| DATE OF AUTHORITY | AMOUNT COLLECTED IN 1878 | Description | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28th Feb., 1844 | $8.00 | 8. For receiving for safe Custody any Deed, Will, or other Instrument | $5.00 |
| 1. For registering every Assignment, Mortgage, or other Alienation | 1.00 | ||
| 2. For registering every Will or Judgment, or receiving any verified Certificate | 6.00 | ||
| 4. For every Search | 1.00 | ||
| $3,644.00 | 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 | ||
| 7th Aug., 1846 | 7. Preparing Transfer for Chinese | $2.00 | |
| 8. Affixing Public Seal to Lease | $5.00 | ||
| Government Notification of 5th Sept, 1867 | For each Grave of 12 superficial feet, Ground Fee, Grave Digging | $16.00, $1.00 | |
| EXCEPTIONS | |||
| Pauper Funerals | Free | ||
| Children under 9 years, Ground Fee | $0.00 | ||
| 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 | ||
| $1,020.00 | Colonial Government Officers, and their Families | $0.75 | |
| MONUMENTS | |||
| 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 | ||
| Exhumation of corpse | $5.00 | ||
| Ordinance No. 5 of 1845, 12th July, 1845 | $76.00 | For the Signature of the Governor | $5.00 |
| For the Signature of the Colonial Secretary | $2.00 | ||
| For the Seal of the Colony* | $5.00 | ||
| Ordinance No. 14 of 1875, 7th Sept, 1875 | Notice of Marriage, Section VIII | Nil | |
| $281.00 | Certificate of Notice, Section XI | $1.00 | |
| Marriage Licence. Section XII | $5.00 | ||
| Special Licence, Section XIV | $26.00 | ||
| Marriage at the Office of the Registrar General | $2.00 | ||
| Ordinance No. 8 of 1858, 10th May, 1858 | 1. First-class Boats or Vessels, per annum | $10.00 | |
| Second do. do. | $6.00 | ||
| $5,791.67 | Third do. do. | $3.00 | |
| Fourth do. do. | $0.60 | ||
| 2. Hawkers, per quarter | $0.50 | ||
| Regula Generalis of 31st Oct., 1854, 21st June. 1856, Ordinance No. 14 of 1856, 31st July, 1856 | $4,221.24 | ||
| By Rules of Court passed 12th Nov., 1846, And by Order XXX of the General Orders under the Bankruptcy Ordinance, No. 5 of 1864, passed the Legislative Council on the 16th August, 1864 |
| | ...8 | Carried forward | $15,094.31
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AUTHORITY UNDER WHICH THE PRESENT RATES WERE PAID, AND SCHEDULE.
DATE OF AUTHORITY.
AMOUNT COLLECTED IN 1878.
C.
28th Feb., 1844,
8. For receiving for safe Custody any Doed, Will, or other
Instrument,
1. For registering overy Assignment, Mortgage, or other
Alionation,
2. For registering every Will or Judgment, or receiving any
verified Certificate,
$5.00
1.00
* * *
6.00
4. For overy Search,
1.00
5. For Certificate of Receipt of any Document, or certifying a
Copy thereof, and every other Certificate,
3,644
00
+
5.00
6. For every uncertified Copy of any Will, Deed, Memorial,
or other Instrument, per folio of 80 words,
0.25
7th Aug., 1846,
7. Preparing Transfer for Chinese,
.$ 2.00
8. Affixing Public Seal to Lease,
5.00
Government Notification of..........................
5th Sept, 1867,
For each Grave of 12 superficial feet, Ground Fee, Grave Digging,
$16.00
1,00
EXCEPTIONS.
Pauper Funerals,....
Free.
Children under 9 years, Ground Foo,
$ 0.00
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
1,020 . Go
Colonial Government Officers, and their Families,
0.75
MONUMENTS.
Monuments or Enclosures covering more than 24 superficial
feet and loss than 40 feet,......
$50.00
Monuments or Enclosures covering less than 24 superficial feet, 25.00 Upright Head Stones and Flat Stones not occupying more
space than the Grave,
Free.
Exhumation of corpse........
5.00
Ordinance No. 5 of 1845,
12th July, 1845,
For the Signature of the Governor,
.$ 5.00
For the Signature of the Colonial Secretary,...
2.00
76
00
For the Seal of the Colony,.....
5.00
*This last Feo is not charged when the Governor's Signature is paid for.
Ordinance No. 14 of 1875, .
7th Sept, 1875,
Notice of Marriage, Section VIII,
Ni.
Certificate of Notice, Section XI,
$ 1.00
281
00
Marriage Licence. Section XII,
5.00
Special Licence, Section XIV,
26.00
Marriage at the Office of the Registrar General,
2.00
Ordinance No. 8 of 1858,
10th May, 1858,
1. First-class Boats or Vossols, per annum,.
$10.00
Second do.
do.,
Third do.
do.,
do.. do.,
6.00
5,791
67
3.00
Fourth
do.
do.,
do..
0.60
2. Hawkers, per quarter,
0.50
Regula Generalis of............................ ..................................................................1 (489-11- Ordinance No. 13 of 1856,
31st Oct., 1854,
21st June. 1856,
Ordinance No. 14 of 1856,
31st July, 1856,
4,221
24
12th Nov., 1846,
By Rules of Court passed
And by Ordor XXX of the Goneral Orders under the Bankruptoy Ordinance, No. 5 of 1864, passed the Legislative Council on the 16th August, 1864,
Carried forward,
...8
15,094. 31
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