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THE STAMP ORDINANCES.

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THE STAMP ORDINANCES.

ORDER,

9th June, 1868.

1.-It is hereby ordered that the Stamps to be used under Ordinance No. 12 of 1866, and Ordinance No. 5 of 1868, shall be:-

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, $4.50, $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 afore-mentioned 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.

5.-The Stamps for Bank Cheques under Section III. of the Schedule to The Stamp Amendment Ordinance, 1868, may be adhesive Stamps.

6.-Adhesive Stamps may be used for Bills of Exchange, when drawn out of the Colony, as specified in section 3 of the said Schedule, and under authority of the 11th clause of The Stamp Ordinance, 1866, provided always that the Stamp on Bills of Exchange not exceeding $100 drawn out of the Colony shall be 30 cents until further notice:-and provided also that Adhesive Stamps may be used for receipts and discharges under section 11 of the Schedule to The Stamp Amendment Ordinance, 1868. Nothing, however, herein contained shall prevent its being lawful to use impressed Stamps for any of the foregoing purposes.

7.-Stamps shall be impressed or embossed at the Stamp-Office, and Adhesive Stamps sold between the hours of 10 A.M and 3 P.M. every day, authorised holidays excepted.

The Stamp Duty payable on an instrument in writing under seal, ordinarily termed a Servant's Security Bond, is 50 cents.

STAMP OFFICE RULES.

1.-Office hours are from 10 to 3.

2.-Applications for Impressed Stamps must be made on a requisition supplied

gratis.

3.-Payment must be male on requisition.

4.-Requisitions will be executed as received. When they cannot be completed at once, a time will be named for completion and a receipt given for the goods, which will be delivered on its presentation.

5.-All goods and change should be examined before being removed. No question as to wrong counting or of weight or goodness of money will be entertained afterwards.

6.-Spoiled Stamps on unexecuted Instruments.

a.-Allowance will be made for Stamps upon Instruments spoiled by error in the writing :

b. Or defaced by accident:

c.- Or rendered useless by unforeseen circumstances before completion. 7.-The claim for such Stamps must be made by Affidavit within Six Months after spoiling.