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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES &c.

Act of Colonial Legislature or other Authority under which levied.

DEEDS REGISTRATION,-Continued,

NEW TERRITORIES :-

1. For Registration of a Conveyance on Sale, to be charged on the amount or value of the consideration money, such consideration money to include any sum payable by the purchaser in respect of any mortgage or other debt remaining upon the property purchased or released by such purchaser to the Vendor.

10 cents for every $10 or purt thereof up to $50, if above $50, 50 couts for every $100 or part thereof.

2. For the Registration of a Lense or Agreement for a lenso, to be charged on the amount of nunual reut reserved.

50 cents for every $100

or part thereof.

3. For the Registration of a Lease exccuted in pursuance The same fee as on the

of duly stamped agreement for the same.

Agreement but not exceeding $1.

4. For the Registration of a Surrender of a Lease or

cancellation of an Agreement for & Lease,

The same fee as is puy- able on the Lease or Agreement itself un- der article 2.

5. For the Registration of a Mortgage or Agreement for a Mortgago whether the primary or collateral Security and for every deed or document extending the time of any mortgage and for every transfer of any mortgage, to be calculated upon the principal amonnt secured.

6. For the Registration of a Reassignment or redemption of any mortgage to be culculated upon the principal amount secured by or under any such mortgage.

7. For the Registration of a Conveyance when no money consideration or merely nominal cousideration passes. Provided that where snch conveyance is made for the purpose of effecting a partition of land held by two or inore persons conjointly the Land Officer shall have power to romit the fee payable or such portion theroof as he may think fit.

5. For the Registration of a Power of Attorney,

9. For the Registration of any Order or document issual auder the Seal of the Supreme Court of Hongkong, Probate, Letters of Administration in respect of any land upon which Stamp or Probate Duty has been paid, Certificate of Satisfaction, and all other documents not heroin provided for.

10 cents for every $100

or part thereof,

10 cents for every $500

or part thereof.

$1 for the first lot und 10 cents for each ahli- tional lot or portion of a lot after the first, with a minimum fee of $2.

10 cents.

$1 for the first lot and 10 cents for every adili- tional lot or portion of

a lot.

of }

25 cents.

10. For every uncertified copy of any Instrument of

record por folio of 72 words.

11. For every certifial copy of any Instrument of record

not exveeding 3 folios of 72 words euch.

For each additional folio,

}/$1.

30 cents,

Government Notification

No. 21 of 1911.