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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &c.

Act of Colonial Logislature or other Authority under which levied.

LICENCES, &C.,-Continued.

$5 per annum.

MONEY CHANGERS' LICENCES,

OPIUM MONOPOLY:-

The Opium Farm including Dross Opium, leased from 1st March, 1895, to

28th February, 1898, at $23,833.33 per mensem,

PAWNBROKERS' LICENCES, per annum, $350 plus a mouthly sum of 10 % of takings

of each shop,

PETROLEUM, &c.:—

Ordinance 21 of 1887,

Section 6, and Ordi- nunce 9 of 1867, Sec- tions 7 and 8.

Ordinance 21 of 1891,

and Government No- tification 151 of 1895.

Ordinance 3 of 1860, & C.S.O. 2897 of 1894.

For half-yearly licence, for storage of,

.$ 1.00

Ordinauce 8 of 1873,

Section 11.

Ordinance 15 of 1885,

5.00

Section 5, as amended by 4 of 1892.

SHOOTING LICENCES :-

Permission to Shoot and take Game, a year,

SPIRIT LICENCES:—

Distillery License (sec. 3),

$150 per annum in advance.

Temporary License (sec. 8) at the discretion of the Governor. In advance.

Public-house Licenso and Adjunct License, respectively, (sec. 13):–

When the annual valuation of the premises occupied is-

under $1,000 a license fee of ............................

....... ..$ 300

$1,000 or over, but under $4,200 a license fee of $ 360 $4,200 or over, a license fee of

Removal License (sec. 18),.....

$ 480

Annua ly, in advance; subject, however, to the provisions of section 14.

$ 10 In advance.

Note.-If the new premises are of a higher annual valuation than those from which the License is removed a proportionate part of the extra fee (if any) payable in respect of such difference of valuation must also be paid.

Transfer of a Publican's or Adjunct License (sec. 16), Wholesale License (sec. 28),

Grocer's License (sec. 28),

.$ 10

................................$ 240 Annually, in advance.

Chinese Wine and Spirit Shop License (scc. 30),..............................

Chinese Restaurant License (sec. 31)

When tho annnal valuation of the premises occupied is-

under $500, a license fee of.................

$500 or more but under $2,000, a license fee of over $2,000, a license fee of

99

.$ 240

$150 Table in a quarterly

instalments. Îi advande.

$ 150 Anuually, In advance. $ 300

$ 450

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Eating-houses (where no intoxicating liquors are sold) (sec. 32), %

STAMP DUTIES:-

Note,-A document containing or relating to several distinct matters is to be sopa- rately and distinctly charged with duty in respect of each of such matters. Any document liable to stamp duty under more than one article of this schedule shall be charged under that article which imposes the highest duty.

1. Adjudication as to the amount of stamp duty to be levied on any document,.................................

2. Agreement, or any memorandum of an agree- ment, under band only, and not otherwise specially charged with any duty, whether the same be only evidence of a contract or obligatory on the parties from its being a written instrument,.

$1.

50 cents.

Note.-Agreements as to lotting or tenancy are in all cases chargeablo as leases.

Seo articles 22 and 24.

Ordinance 24 of 1898.

Ordinance 16 of 1886.