CO129-266 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1895 [1-3] — Page 230

two particulars in which I theick the wording might be amended.

qua

A The Ordinance makes it a sin

that the adhesive stamp should be affised by

one of the Stamp Office Staff. While I think that the Staff should be prepared to undertake the duty (and should,

if

ive

ecessary, be increased for the purpose by the addition of

one

Olinece), I do not turk that

any

document tendered for in- pressing, which bears on its face,

the

an unused

bu

occo-

a suitable place, stamp of proper valve, should be refused. The main objection to

my proposal is, as I have stakes,

-delay which

may sioned to the public, and, if

any firm desires to affix adhe. sive Revenue stamps for itself, and so to avoid delay, I do not think that it should he pre-

would

vented from doing

20.

B.

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The Ordinance only affects

such instruments as

require

e an

impressed stamp. In certain

Cover

documents are allowed to be stamped

either with adhesive or

impressed

stamps. These could not be said to

require

arr

impressed stamp, and

therefores that they

it would seem

it be held to be properly stamped might if impressed only as at present. If

isoned seems better to word the law. so as to render impressions null and void in all cases unless effected over an adhesive stamp of proper value. 17. truments stamped in Bombay and Calcutta where the impression

I have been shown wiw-

on the revenue stamp, instead of being in colour and shorsing both value and sate indicates the latter only, by means of small numbers This while certainly neater than the

Singapore

€

g.