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THE STAMP ORDINANCE.

STAMP ORDINANCE, 1866.

[No. 12 of 1866.]

ADDITIONAL ORDER

Made by His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL in Council, this 4th day of October, 1867.

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The Stamp Duty on a Charter Party shall be, during the first half-year subse- quent to the commencement of the said Ordinance, Three Dollars, and also if in sets for each Second, Third, and subsequent part of every such set, One Dollar.

Approved in Council,

L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,

Clerk of Councils.

RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL,

Governor.

STAMP ORDINANCE, 1866.”

[No. 12 of 1866.]

ADDITIONAL ORDER

Made by His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL in Council, this 18th day of October, 1867.

The Stamp Duty payable on any Letters or other Instrument of Hypothecation accompanying deposit of documents of Title to any property, during the period of the first Six Months from the coming into operation of the said Ordinance, shall be Two Dollars for every Sum not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars so secured, and for every further amount not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars, a further Stamp Duty of Two Dollars shall be payable, but when the Sum secured shall amount to Sixty Thousand Dollars or upwards, no further Stamp Duty than Twenty-four Dollars shall be payable. Approved in Council,

L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,

RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL,

Governor.

Clerk of Councils.

ORDER

Made by His Excellency Governor Sir RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, C.B.,

in Council, this 9th day of June, 1868.

1.-It is hereby ordered that the Orders of the Governor in Council of the 28th September, 1867, the 4th October, 1867, the 18th October, 1867, and the 9th April 1868, shall be and they are hereby revoked, from and after the 1st day of July now next ensuing, being the date fixed by ploclamation of the Governor for the coming into operation of Ordinance No. 5 of 1868, and in lieu thereof, it is ordered that the Stamps to be used under Ordinance No. 12 of 1866, and Ordinance No. 5 of 1868 shall be from and after the last mentioned date:-

2.—First, Adhesive Stamps of the respective values of 2 cents, 3 cents, 25 cents, 30 cents, 50 cents, $1, and $1.50, and secondly, impressed or embossed Stamps of the respective values of 2 cents, 10 cents, 15 cents, 25 cents, 30 cents, 50 cents, 75 cents, $1, $1.50, $2, $2.50, $3, $4, 84.50, $5, $6, $6.50, $8 50, $10, $10.50, $20, $25, $40, $50, and a Stamp bearing the words "Adjudication Fee Paid."

3.-All impressed Stamps shall be made and impressed in the Stamp-office in the city of Victoria, on either paper or parchment, and shall be of the form and size of the specimen Stamps enclosed in a case for public inspection under the seal of the Colony, which case shall be kept at the Stamp-office.

4. Each of the seven kinds of Adhesive Stamps aforementioned shall be of the form, size, and material of the specimen Stamps enclosed in a case for public inspection under the seal of the Colony, which case shall be kept at the Stamp-office.