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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &c/ //**

Act of Colonial Legislature A) or other Authority

under which levied.

SPIRIT LICENCES,—Continued.

Chinese Wine and Spirit Shop Licence:-

(a.) City of Victoria West of the line formed by the Albany

Nullah,

(b) City of Victoria East of the line formed by the Albany

Nullah,

(c.) Quarry Bay, from Tsat Tsz Mui, Police Station to the

S.E. boundary of Shaukiwan M.L. 1,

(d.) Shaukiwan, from the S.E. boundary, of Shaukiwan_M.L. 1 to the boundary of War Department land East of Ah Kung Ngam,

(e) Aberdeen and Aplichau,

.$650 Parable in 4 quarterly

instalments in advance.

550

400

$400

$ 350

(f) Tsim Sha Tsui, Yaumati and Hunghom, and that portion of the Kowloon Peninsula which is South of a line drawn from Nullah Street, Mong Kok Tsui, to the centre of the road between K.M. Lots 52 and 53 at Shek Shun, ......$650 (g.) Sham Shui Po and the remaining portion of Kowloon not

included under (f.),'

(h.) Kowloon City and the remainder of New Kowloon,

Chinese Restaurant Licence

When the valuation of the premises occupied is-

Under $500, a licence fee of .

$500 or more but under $2,000, a licence fee of Over $2,000, a licence fee of .................

Eating-houses where no intoxicating liquors are sold,

In Victoria,

Elsewhere,

Spirit Licences, New, Territories

Chinese Wine and Spirit Licence, Distillery Licence,******

$400. $350

Ordinances - 8 of 1898-

and 37 of 1902,

$300 .$.600; $ 900

Annually,

20 Annually, in advance.

:

.$ 25.00ʻpayable half-yearly in advance. .$ 25.00 $100.00

European Wine and Spirit Licence,

STAMP DUTIES:-

Note. A document containing or relating to several distinct matters is to be sepa

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. Affidavits, Statutory declaration or declarations in writing on oath or affirmation made before any person authorised by law to take the same or to administer an oath or affirmation and not otherwise chargeable with duty,

J

$1

$3

Exemption. This Article shall not apply to any such affidavit or declara- tion made for the immediate purpose of being filed or used in the Supreme Court or before any Judge or Officer of such Court or to any affidavit or declaration made for the sole purpose of enabling uny person to receive any pension or charitable allowance.

3. Affirmation,

4. Agreement, or any memorandum of an agree- mont, under haud only, and not otherwise specially charged with any duty, whether the same be only evi- dence of a contract or obligatory on the parties from its being a written instrument,.

$3

$1

Note. Agreements as to letting or tenancy are in all cases chargeable as leases.

(See articles 32 and 34.)

Agreement or Contract accompanied with the de- posit of Title Deeds to any immovable property or for securing the payment or repayment of any money or stock

See Mortgage, 38.

Ordinance 8 of 1899, & Government Notifica- tion No. 356 of 1902.

· Ordinance 38 of 19