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NELSON GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

Superintendent's Office, Nelson,
28th September, 1870.

IT is hereby notified for general information, that I
have appointed

JAMES KERR
Poundkeeper of the Public Pound, situated at Waimea
West, in place of John Chapman, resigned.

OSWALD CURTIS,
Superintendent.

Superintendent's Office, Nelson,
28th September, 1870.

THE undermentioned Circular is published for
general information.

ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Provincial Secretary.

[CIRCULAR.]

Office of the Commissioner of Stamps,
Wellington,
22nd September, 1870.

SIR—Referring to Section 14 of "The Stamp Duties
Amendment Act, 1869," prohibiting the registration of
Transfers of Mining Shares, except upon instruments
properly stamped I have the honor, by direction of the
Commissioner of Stamp Duties, to enclose for your
information a copy of "The Stamp Duties Amendment
Act, 1870," and to call your attention to the provisions
contained in sections 2 and 3 of that enactment, with
reference to the stamping of the instruments re-
ferred to.

I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
C. T. BATKIN,
Secretary for Stamps.

The Mining Registrar,
Nelson.

(Clauses 2 and 3 of the Stamp Duties Act, 1868.)

2. The duty by "The Stamp Duties Act 1866"
   (hereinafter referred to as "the said Act") and "The
   Stamp Duties Act Amendment Act 1867" imposed
   upon the transfer of any share or shares in the stocks
   or funds of any corporation company or society what-
   soever in New Zealand upon such transfer may in the
   case of shares in any goldmining company carrying on
   business within the limits of any proclaimed goldfield
   or of the transfer of any property held by virtue of
   miner's rights be denoted by an adhesive stamp affixed
   thereto and the Minister shall provide stamps for that
   purpose.

3. Whenever any adhesive stamp shall be used for
   denoting the payment of stamp duty charged on such
   instrument as in the precceding section mentioned the
   transferor shall at the time of executing the instrument
   of transfer so sign his name thereto as that part of his
   signature shall be on the left side of the stamp part on
   the stamp itself and part on the right side of the stamp
   and the signature shall be written continuously and
   shall be so written as if the stamp were part of the
   paper and in default thereof the stamp shall be of no
   avail and such adhesive stamp shall be affixed by the
   transferor and such transferor failing to affix and
   cancel as aforesaid any such stamp at the time of
   executing such transfer shall be liable to a penalty of
   fifty pounds.

Extracts from New Zealand Gazette.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 10th September, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

CHARLES HUGH WEBB BOWEN, Esquire,
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at
Westport, and

EDWARD HARNOTT BULLEN, Esquire,
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at
Ahaura.

W. GISBORNE.

Treasury, Wellington,
13th September, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the following gentlemen to be Receivers
of Gold Revenue on the Nelson South-west Gold-
fields for the Districts set opposite their names
respectively :—

CHARLES HUGH WEBB BOWEN, Westport;
EDWARD HARNOTT BULLEN, Ahaura;
ERNEST CHARLES KELLING, Charleston.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Nelson, by R. LUCAS and SON, Bridge-street,
Nelson, Printers for the time being to the said Government.