1904 — Page 12

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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &c.

Act of Colonial Legislaturo or other Authority under which levied,

STAMP DUTIES,—Continued.

36. Letter or Power of Attorney, or other instrument in the unture thereof, for the sole purpose of appointing or authorizing a proxy to vote at any one meeting at which votes may be given by proxy, whether the number of persons named in such instruments be one or more,

37. Letter of Guarantee,

38. Mortgage, or Agreement for a Mortgage, Bond, Debenture, Covenant, Warrant of Attorney to confess and euter up judgment, and Foreign security of any kind not specially charged with duty under this Schedule, to be levied on the amount or value of the principal sum secured.

(i) Being the only, or principal, or primary security, and also where any further money is sudded to the money already secured,

(ii) Being a collateral or auxiliary or additional or substituted security, other than a Mortgage executed pursuant to a duly stamped agreement for the same, or by way of further assurance for the above-mentioned purpose where the principal or primary security is duly stamped, and for every extension of the time of an Original Mortgage whether or not endorsed on such Mortgage,...

(iii) Transfer, assignment, disposition or assignation of any Mortgage, bond, debenture, covenant, or foreign security, or of any money or stock secured by any such instrument, or by any warrant of Attorney to enter up Judgment, or by any Judgment; to be levied on the amount transferred,

(iv) Re-assignment, release, discharge, surrender, re-1 surrender, warrant to vacate, or renunciation of any such security as aforesaid, or of the benefit thereof, or of the money thereby secured. Where the payment of interest in respect of the money secured is mentioned in any re- assignment or other document specified in this subsec- tion, no duty shall be payable in respect of such interest.) * Whenever the Land Officer shall certify that a re- assignment has bẹen made for the sole purpose of enabling the Mortgagor as the owner of any property held from the Crown to obtain a Crown Lease thereɔf, and that a new Mortgage of the same property similar in all respects to the previous Mortgage was made imme liutely upon the granting of such Crown Lease, then such re-assign- ment and new Mortgage shall be exempt from stamp duty, and the Collector shall, on production to him of suel re-assignment and now Mortgage, endorse thereon n certificate to the effect that the same have been exempt from stamp duty under this rule. This rule shall take effect as from tho thirty first-day of August, 1904.

(v) Mortgage executed in pursuance of a duly stamp- ed agreement for the same,

39. Any Notarial Act whatsoever not otherwise charged with duty in this Schedule,....

40. Note of Protest by any Commander or Master of a vessel, or with regard to any Promissory Note or Bill of Exchange,

41. Policy or Risk Note (insurance) for each; copy and every renewul,-

(a) Life Insurance (including Interim Receipts), (b) Marine, Hull Risks for Time,

(e) All other Insurances (Fire, Marine, or otherwise),

5 cents.

See also 42.

See Agreement, 4.

10 cents for every $100 or

part thereof.

a cents for every $100 or

part thereof,

1 cout for every $100 or Ordinance 38 of 1902,

part thereof.

$3.

} $3.

75 cents.

25 cents for every $1,000

or part thereof insured.

Where the amount insured does not exceed $1,000, 10 conts.

Where it exceeds $1,000,

25 cents.

* Order in Council-29th September, 1904.