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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

MONEY ORDER OFFICES.
England.

Money Order Offices will be opened on the 1st of
October at—

Head Office.
Askern
Blofield
Bramham
Brooke
Cowden
Etwall
Failsworth
Greenhill
Greenodd

Doncaster
Norwich
Tadcaster.
Norwich
Edenbridge
Derby.
Manchester
Sheffield
Newton-in
Cartmel

County.
York.
Norfolk.
York.
Norfolk.
Kent,
Derby.
Lancaster.
York.

Lancaster.
Cambridge.
Gloucester.
Stafford.
Devon.
Derby.
Derby.
Lancaster.

Haddenham
Ely
Hambrook
Bristol
Hanford
Stoke-on-Trent.
Lifton.
Exeter
Shardlow
Derby
Sudbury
Derby
Wavertree Road, R.O. Liverpool

By Command of the Postmaster-General.

General Post Office,
24th September, 1866.

Government Offices,
Wellington, 30th November, 1866.

IT is hereby notified that "The Stamp Duties Act,
1866," will come into operation on the 1st day of
January, 1867, and the following Schedules to that
Act are published for general information.
Copies of the Act can be obtained from the Sub-
Treasurers and Registrars of Deeds in the several
Provinces.

J. C. RICHMOND.

SCHEDULE TO "STAMP DUTIES ACT, 1866."
SCHEDULE I.

Containing the Duties on Deeds and other Instruments
relating to transactions between living persons.

AGREEMENT or any minute or memo- £ s. d.
randum of an agreement under hand
only where the matter thereof shall be
of the value of £20 or upwards whether
the same shall only be evidence of a
contract or obligatory on the parties
from its being a written instrument
together with every schedule receipt or
other matter put or indorsed thereon
or annexed thereto ... 0 1 0

Provided always that where divers
letters shall be offered in evidence
to prove any agreement between
the parties who shall have written
such letters it shall be sufficient if
any of such letters shall be stamped
with a duty of two shillings and
sixpence.

BILLS OF EXCHANGE—
Inland Bill of Exchange Draft or Order
for the payment to the bearer or to
order at any time otherwise than on
demand of any sum of money not
exceeding £50 ... 0 1 0
Ditto not exceeding £100 ... 0 2 0
And where the same shall exceed
£100 then for every £50 and also
for any fractional part of £50 ... 0 1 0
Foreign Bill of Exchange drawn in but
payable out of the Colony of New
Zealand—

If drawn singly or otherwise than in
a set of two or more

The same duty
as on an Inland
Bill of the
same amount
and tenor.

If drawn in sets of two then for every
Bill of each set where the sum
payable shall not exceed £50 ... 0 0 6
And where it shall exceed £50 and
not exceed £100 ... 0 1 0
And where the same shall exceed
£100 then for every £50 and also
any fractional part of £50 ... 0 0 6
If drawn in sets of three or more for
every Bill of each set where the
sum payable thereby shall not
exceed £50 ... 0 0 4
And where it shall exceed £50 and
not exceed £100 ... 0 0 8
And where the same shall exceed
£100 then for every £50 and also
any fractional part of £50 ... 0 0 4
Exemptions from the foregoing duties
on Bills of Exchange—All Deben-
tures and Treasury Bills issued by
the Government of New Zealand
All Drafts or Orders for the payment
of any sum of money to the bearer
on demand drawn upon any Banker
person or company are exempt from
the foregoing duties but are subject
to the duty of 1d. charged upon
Drafts or Orders.

Bill of Exchange drawn out of the
Colony but indorsed or negotiated
within the Colony the same duties as
on a Bill of Exchange drawn within
the Colony and payable within the
Colony

The same duty
as on an Inland
Bill of the
same amount
and tenor.

Promissory Note for the payment in
any other manner than to the bearer
on demand of any sum of money not
exceeding £25 ... 0 0 6
Exceeding £25 not exceeding £50 ... 0 1 0
Promissory note for the payment
either to the bearer on demand or in
any other manner than to the bearer
on demand of any sum of money
exceeding £50 and not exceeding
£100 ... 0 2 0
Where the sum shall exceed £100
then for every £50 and fractional
part of £50 ... 0 1 0
Exemptions from the foregoing duties
on Promissory Notes but not from
any other duty to which the same
may be liable—All Promissory Notes
for the payment of money on demand
issued by any Bank or Banking
Company in New Zealand authorized
to issue such notes and making such
returns and paying such compositions
as in this Act respectively mentioned.
All Bills Drafts or Orders or Pro-
missory Notes for the payment
by any Bank or Banking Company
of any sum of money though not
made payable to the bearer or to
order and whether delivered to the
payee or not and all writings or
documents entitling any person to the
payment by any Bank or Banking
Company of any sum of money
whether the person to whom payment
is to be made shall be named or
designated therein or not or whether
the same shall be delivered to him or
not shall respectively be deemed to