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(A 34 )

SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &c.

Act of Colonial Legislature or other Authority under which levied.

FEES OF COURT OR OFFICE, &c,,—Continued.

DREDS REGISTRATION :-

For every Search..................

$1.00

For Certificate of receipt of any document, or certifying a copy thereof,

and for every other Certificate,

13.00

For every uncertified copy of any Will, Deed, Memorial, or other Instrument,

per folio of 72 words,

Ordinance I of 1844 and

GovL Notification No.

0.75

644 of 1903.

For registering Memorial of a Writ of Foreign Attachment,

3.00

For filing a Certificate that a Writ of Foreign Attachment is dissolved, or

that the Judgment in the action is satisfied,

3.00

NEW TERRITORIES:--

1. For the 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 Veilor.

1. For the Registration of a Lease or Agreement for a lease, to be charged on the amount of annual rent reserved.

1. For the Registration of a Lease executed in pursuance

of duly stamped agreement for the same.

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

cancellation of an Agreement for a Lease,

1. For the Registration of a Mortgage or Agreement for a Mortgage 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 amount secured. 6. For the Registration of a Reassignment or redemption of any mortgage to be calculated upon the principal amount secured by or under any such mortgage. 7. For the Registration of a Conveyance when no mouey) consideration or merely nomiual consideration passes. Provided that when such conveyance is made for the purpose of effecting a partition of lands held by two or more persons conjointly the Land Officer shall have power to remit the fee payable or such portion thereof as he may think fit.

1. For the registration of a power of attorney, 9. For the registration of any Order or document issued

under the seal of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong / Probate Letters of Adininistration in respect of any land upon which Stamp or Probate Duty has been paid, Certificate of satisfaction, and all other documents not berein provided for.

1. For every uncertified copy of any instrument of record

per folio of 72 words.

1. For every certified copy of any instrument of record

not exceeding 3 folios of 72 words each.

For each additional folio.

ENGAGEMENT AND DISCHARGE FEES:-

10 cents for every $10 or

50

part thereof up to $50, if above $50, cents for every $100 or part thereof,

50 cents for every $100

or part thereof.

The same fee as on the Agreement but not exceeding $1.

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

10 cents for every $100

or part thereof.

10 cents for every $500

or part thereof.

$1.00 for the first lot

and 10 cents for each additional lot or por- tion of a lot after the first with a maximum fee of $2.00.

10 cents.

$1.00 for the first lot and 10 cents for every additional lot or por- tion of a lot.

25 cants.

$1.00.

50 cents.

(1.)—Engagement and discharge of seamen at the Mercantile

Marine Office.

Fee for engagement or discharge of a mate, purser, engineer, surgeon,

carpenter, steward or wireless telegraph operator ..............................................$ 1.00 Fee for engagement or discharge of every other seaman

(2.)—Engagement and discharge of seamen on board ship.

0.75

The feo for engagement or discharge shall be as in paragraph 1: Provided that where seamen are re-engaged on board the ship at the time of discharge the fee payable shall be the discharge fee plus half the engagement fee.

Government Notification

No. 21 of 1911.

Section 5 of Ordinance 10 of 1899, and Sche- duld of Ordinance, Table / as amended by Ordinance 5 of 1931.