From the commencement of the Ordinance, be 50 cents, or, if drawn in Sets, 25 cents for each part of such instrument.
5. That the Maximum Stamp-duty payable on any one or other instrument of hypothecation under Section 16 of the Schedule to the Ordinance shall not, during the first half-year from the commencement of the Ordinance, exceed the sum of $25.
The Draught Orders are then amended accordingly, and passed.
The presence of Mr. Mitchell being no longer required, he is permitted by His Excellency to withdraw.
(Thus Extract.)
Thomas Mason
Clerk of Council.