AMOUNT COLLECTED in 1875.
| No. | Description | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | For registering every Assignment, Mortgage, or other Alienation | $5.00 |
| 2 | For registering every Will or Judgment, or receiving any Certified Certificate | $1.00 |
| 3 | For receiving for safe Custody any Deed, Will, or other Instrument | $5.00 |
| 4 | For every Search | $1.00 |
| 5 | For Certificate of Receipt of any Document, or certifying a Copy thereof, and every other Certificate | $5.00 |
| 6 | For every uncertified Copy of any Will, Deed, Memorial, or other Instrument, per folio of 80 words | $0.25 |
| No. | Description | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Preparing Transfer for Chinese | $2.00 |
| 8 | Affixing Public Seal to Lease | $5.00 |
| Description | Fee |
|---|---|
| For each Grave of 12 superficial feet, Ground Fee | $15.00 |
| Grave Digging | $1.00 |
| Description | Fee |
|---|---|
| Pauper Funerals | Free |
| Children under 9 years, Ground Fee | $5.00 |
| Children under 9 years, Grave Digging | $1.00 |
| Officers, Non-commissioned Officers and Privates in the British Army, and their Families | $0.75 |
| Officers, Warrant Officers, and Sailors in the British Navy and their Families | $0.75 |
| Colonial Government Officers, and their Families | $0.75 |
1 d. 403 6 8 122
| Description | Fee |
|---|---|
| Monuments or Enclosures covering more than 24 superficial feet and less than 40 feet | $50.00 |
| Monuments or Enclosures covering less than 24 superficial feet | $25.00 |
| Upright Head Stones and Flat Stones not occupying more space than the Grave | Free |
| Description | Fee |
|---|---|
| For the Signature of the Governor | $5.00 |
| For the Signature of the Colonial Secretary | $2.00 |
30 16 8
| Description | Fee |
|---|---|
| For the Seal of the Colony | $5.00 |
*This last Fee is not charged when the Governor's Signature is paid for.
050
| Description | Fee |
|---|---|
| For granting a Marriage Licence | $5.00 |
| Class | Description | Fee (per annum) |
|---|---|---|
| First-class | Boats or Vessels | $10.00 |
| Second | do. do. do. | $6.00 |
| Third | do. do. do. | $3.00 |
| Fourth | do. do. do. do. | $0.50 |
| Description | Fee (per quarter) | |
| Hawkers | $0.50 |
1,025 0 1
By Rules of Court passed.
And by Order XXX of the General Orders under the Bankruptcy Ordinance, No. 5 of 1864, passed the Legislative Council on the 15th August, 1864.
Carried forward: 2,501 15 1
(9)
AUTHORITY UNDER WHICH THE PRESENT RATES WERE PAID, AND SCHEDULE.
DATE OF AUTHORITY.
AMOUNT COLLECTED is 1875.
28th Feb., 1844, 1
i. For registering every Assignment, Mortgage, or other
Alienation,
...................................$ 5.00
Terified Certificate,.
1.00
Instrument,
5.00
1.00
Copy thereof, and every other Certificate..
5.00
or other Instrument, per folio of 80 words,.......
0.25
7th Aug., 1845,
.$ 2.00
5.00
Government Notification of
For each Grave of 12 superficial feet, Ground Fee, Grave Digging,
5th Sep, 1867,
$15.00
1.00
EXCEPTIONS.
Pauper Funerals...............
Free.
Children under 9 years, Ground:Fee,
$ 5.00
Grave Digging,
1.00
Officers, Non-commissioned Officers and Privates in the British
Army, and their Families,.............
0.75
Officers, Warrant Officers, and Sailors in the British Navy
and their Families,...
0.75
Colonial Government Officers, and their Families,
0.75
MONUMENTS.
1
d.
403
6 8
122
Monuments or Enclosures covering more than 24 superficial
feet and less than 40 feet,...
$50.00
Monuments or Enclosures covering less than 24 superficial feet, 25.00 Upright Head Stones and Flat Stones not occupying more
space than the Grave,
Free.
Ordinance No. 5 of 1845,
12th July, 1845,
For the Signature of the Governor,
$5.00
For the Signature of the Colonial Secretary,
2.00
30
16
8
For the Seal of the Colony,.......
5.00
*This last Fee is not charged when the Governor's Signature is paid for.
Ordinance No. 5 of 1845, .
19th July, 1845,
050
For granting a Marriage Licence,
.$ 5.00
Ordinance No. 8 of 1858,
10th May, 1858,
.$10.00
Second
do.
du.,
do.,
6.00
1,025
0 1
Third
do.
du.,
do.,
3.00
Fourth
do.
do.,
do.,
0.50
0.50
Regula Generalis of
31st Oct., 1854,
Ordinance No. 13 of 1850,
21st June, 1856,
Ordinance No. 14 of 1856,
31st July, 1856, !
884 10
12th Nov., 1846, +
By Rules of Court passed..
And by Order XXX of the General Orders under the Bankruptcy Ordinance, No. 5 of 1864, passed the Legislative Council on the 15th August, 1864,
Carried forward..............
2,501 15
1
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