Schedule Number.
Table shewing the result of a general Increase of Stamp Duty amounting to about 50 per cent. on the whole.
DESCRIPTION.
Revenue in 1885.
Increase per cent.
Result.
159
0.
C.
07313 CON ∞ =
1
Adjudication Fee,
2
Agreement,
25.00 1,997.50
100
*
50.00 1,997.50
Arbitration Award,
Articles of Clerkship,
10.00
100
20.00
50.00
100
100.00
Attested Copy,
72.00
100
144.00
6
Bank Cheques,
1,495.24
50
2,242.86
7
Bank Note Duty,
27,099.79
81
29,358.10
8
Bill of Exchange and Promissory Note,
18,143.85
100
36,287.70
9
Bill of Lading,
19,983.00
*
10
Bottomry or Respondentia Bond, and Average Statement,...
52.80
100
19,983.00 105.60
11
Broker's Note,
871.50
*
871.50
12
Charter Party,
3,687.25
50
5,530.87
13
Copy Charter,
14
Conveyance or Assignment,.
891.00 6,408.80
50
1,336.50
*
6,408.80
15
Copartnership Deed,
178.00
50
267.00
16
Declaration of Trust,..
50.00
50
75.00
17
18
21
8588aaa
22
19
Deed of Gift,
Duplicate Deeds,
Emigration Fees,
20 Foreign Attachment Bond,
Miscellaneous Instruments,
Lease with Fine or Premium,
225.00
100
450.00
273.50
100
547.00
236.00
236.00
164.50
50
246.75
445,00
50
667.50
:
23
Lease on Agreement,
24
Lease without Fine or Premium,.
636.30
50
954.45
25
Letter of Hypothecation,.
749.40
100
1,498.80
26
Mortgage,
1,431.20
Do. (ii) Additional Security,
112.50
Do. (iii) Transfer,
100.50 1,793.17
50
2,689.75
Do. (iv) Re-assignment,
147.97
Do. (v) on Agreement,
1.00
27
Notarial Act,
213.00
100
416.00
28
Note of Protest,.
80.25
100
160.50
29
Policy of Insurance,
6.346.10
100
12,692.20
30
31
32
32A
Power of Attorney,
Probate or Letters of Administration,
Receipt Stamps, Impressed,..
Do.
Adhesive,
33
Servant's Security Bond,
586.00 5,765.25
226.29 6,227.01 126.00
50
879.00
100
11,530.50
*
226.29
*
6,297.01
50
189.00
34
Settlement,.....
46.50
662
77.50
35
Transfer of Shares,
7,478.00
200
22,419.00
ADHESIVE STAMPS, (except 32A),
$31,265.08
Deduct Court Fees, &c.,
14,259.74
17,005.34
100
34,010.68
TELEGRAPH FORMS,
79.50
79.50
COURT FEES, (Impressed Stamps),
757.23
757.23
MEDICAL DECLARATIONS,.
5.00
Do.
CERTIFICATE C,
Do.
do.
D...
25.00
BILLS OF HEALTH,.
822.00
5.00
25.00
822.00
TOTAL,.....$131,322.07
202,585.09
DUTY IN 1885,...............
$131,322.07
INCREASE,..... $71,263.02
*Not desirable to increase duty.
Stamp Office, Hongkong, 29th March, 1886.
ALFRED LISTER, Collector of Stamp Revenuc.
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