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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,

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