(AB)
SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &c.
Act of Colonial Legislature or other Authority under which levied.
STAMP DUTIES,- Continued.
Agreement or Contract accompanied with the de- posit of Title Deeds to any immovable property or for securing the payment or repaymont of any money or stock,
See Mortgage, 26.
Exemptions-Label, slip, or memorandum containing the heads of any Insurance to be effected by means of a duly stamped Policy or Wisk Note.
Memorandum, letter, or agreement made for or relating to the sale of any goods, wares, or merchandise, or to the sale of any shares in any public company, not being a Broker's note or document given by a Broker.
Seaman's advance note, or memorandum, or agrcement made between the master and mariners of any ship for wages.
Emigration Contract.
Passage Ticket.
3. Arbitration Award,
Where the amount claimed or involved does not ex-
Ordinance 16 of 1886.
ceed $500,
$1.
Where the amount claimed or involved excceds $500 | but does not exceed $1,000,
And for every additional $1,000 or part of $1,000 over the first $1,000,
Ordinance 13 of 1894.
$1.
Where no money claiın is made or the amount involved cannot be ascertained, ........
4. Articles of Clerkship, or Contract whereby any person shall first become bound to serve as a clerk in order to his admission as an Attorney or Solicitor,
Assignment, by way of security, or of any seen-
rity,
Upon a sale,
5. Attested Copy of any document chargeable with Stamp Duty under this schedule,
Average Statement,
6. Bank Cheque payable on demand to any person, to learer, or order,
7. Bank Notes, or other obligations for the pay- meut of money issued by any Banker or Banking Com- pany in the Colony for local circulation and payable to bearer on demand,
8. Bill of Exchange drawn out of but payable on demand within the Colouy, not being a Cheque, and bearing the date on which it was inado,
* Bill of Exchange drawn out of and payable on demand out of the Colony, when negotiated within the Colony,
} $2.
$50.
See Mortgage, 26.
See Conveyance, 14.
Ordinance 16 of 1886.
$1.
See Bond, 10.
2 couts.
One per cent. per annum on the average value of such notes in circulation. To be enl. lected monthly on a state- ment thereof to be furnished by each banker or banking company to the Collector of Stamp Revenue at the eml of cach month, and to be signed by the banker, or manager, or agent, and accountant of such banker or banking company,
2 cents.
2 cents.
Ordinance 13 of 1894.
Bill of Exchange of any other kind whatsoever except a Cheque or Bank Note, and Promissory Note of any
kind whatsoever except a Bank Note,
From
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$00 to $10
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17
$70 $250
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$500
$10,...Free. $50,... 2 cts. $250,... B $500,...10 # $1,000,...20
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3
$1,000 +
$2,000,...50
+
H
$2,000 $3,000
#
$3,000,...$1.00
$5,000
· Ordinance 16 of 1886.
$0,30
$5,000,...$1.50 11
$10,000,...$2.00 $10,000 $15,000....$3.00
|Every $5,000 additional |
or part thereof,
Note 1.-A Bill of Exchange for exactly $50 is to be charged 2 conts, and so
throughout the table.
If
Note 2.—When Bills of Exchange or other such documents are drawn in sets of two
or more, half the above duties to be charged on each part of a set. the Duty be 5 cents the first part of the sot shall be charged 3 cents, and the other parts 2 cents cach.
Note 3.—In the case of Bills in sets drawn out of the Colony, the whole duty shall be payable on that part of the sot which is first presented for paymont or acceptance, or is first otherwise negotiated, the other parts of the set being free.
*Order in Counel! of 7th April, 1987.
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