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2000 ORDINANCE No. 16 OF 1886 .


Stamp.


2. Agreement, or any memoran- )
dum of an agreement, under hand only,
and not otherwise specially charged with
any duty, whether the same be only evi 50 cents .
dence of a contract or obligatory on the
parties from its being a written instru
ment, .......
Note. -Agreements as to letting or tenancy are in all cases chargeable as leases . See
articles 22 and 24.
Agreement or contract accompa
nied with the deposit of title deeds to any
immovable property or for securing the See Mortgage, 26.
payment or re-payment of any money or
stock, ... ....
Exemptions. -Label, slip, or memorandum containing the heads of any
insurance to be effected by means of a duly stamped policy or risk note.
Memorandum, letter, or agreement made for or relating to the sale of any
goods, wares, or merchandise, or to the sale of any shares in any public
company, not being a broker's note or document given by a broker.
Seaman's advance note, or memorandum, or agreement made between the
master and mariners ofany ship for wages.
Emigration Contract.
Passage Ticket.
3. Arbitration Award, $1.

4. Articles of Clerkship , or
contract whereby any person shall first
become bound to serve as a clerk in order $ 50 .
to his admission as an attorney or soli
citor, .....

Assignment, by way of security, See Mortgage, 26.
or of any security,..... }
Upon a sale, ... See Conveyance, 14.

5. Attested Copy of any docu
ment chargeable with stamp duty under $1.
this schedule, ........
Average Statement, .... See Bond, 10.

6. Bank Cheque payable on de 2 cents .
mand to any person, to bearer, or order, ... (
Two-thirds per cent. per annum on the
average value of such notes in circula
tion . To be collected monthly on a
7. Bank Notes , or other obliga
statement thereof to be furnished by
tions for the payment of money issued by each banker or banking company to
any banker or banking company in the the Collector of Stamp Revenue at the
Colony for local circulation and payable end of each month, and to be signed by
to bearer on demand , ………………….
the banker, or manager, or agent, and
by the accountant of such banker or
banking company.
8. Bill of Exchange drawn out
of but payable on demand within the Co 2 cents .
lony, not being a cheque, and bearing the
date on which it was made, ..……………………….