Stamp.
Nature of Instrument.
53. SHIPPERS BOOKS (Chinese) and all other receipts for goods shipped given by or on behalf of the owner or master of a vessel where bills of lading are not used.
54. TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER ADVICE. (To be calculated on the equivalent in Hong Kong currency of the money despatched. And see section 33.)
(a) Stamp Duty.
(b) Time for stamping.
(c) Persons liable.
(a) When the freight is under $5: 15 cents.
When the freight is $5 or more: 40 cents.
(b) Before the book is chopped or (as the case may be) before the receipt is parted with to the shipper or to anyone on his behalf.
(c) The person who chops the book or gives the receipt.
(a) 10 cents for every $500 or part thereof.
(b) Two days after the despatch of the money.
(c) The person who despatches the money on behalf of another.
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Exemption.
Telegraphic transfers in silver currencies from the Colony to China.
(a) $10.
55. TRADE MARK (or trade marks), assignment of, together with the goodwill of business concerned in the goods for which it has (or they have) been registered.
(b) 7 days after execution.
56. VESTING ORDER (other than a vesting order which is a conveyance on sale), including the transfer of any property transferred by the order.
57. VOLUNTARY DISPOSITION inter vivos, the duty to be calculated on the value of the property.
(c) All persons executing.
(a) $20.
(b) Before the order is signed by the Registrar.
(c) The person obtaining the order.
(a) $2 for every $100 or part thereof of the value of the property conveyed or transferred.
(b) 30 days after execution.
(c) All persons executing.