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half in Bills of Exchanged to undir so Dollars. It is expected that a... will soon system of Post office orders be established her for similar amounts, and it seemed desirable in the interest of the poorer classes, and also of the lower ranks of the Majesty's Military and Naval forces that a tax on remittances should be rendered as light as possible. I therefore trust Your Grace will approve this alteration.
Much dissatisfaction had been created by the duty on letters of Ny frochecation accompanying deposit of Title Deeds- being equal to that on Mortgages, because the former transactions generally take place at comparatively short dates, sometimes for a few days only. I felt there was force in that reasoning, and therefore with the approval of the Executive Council the duty chargeable in such cases has been fixed at the same amount as for Mortgages when the time secured is unlimited - viz: duty of $2.65.
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These with an alteration of the Stamp duty of five dollars on a Charter Party to three dollars, and one dollar - not previously chargeable - on each part of the set, as Charter Parties are usually issued in triplicate, comprise all the changes...