Numb. 11. 83

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1867.

G. GREY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At Christchurch, the fourth day of February, 1867.
Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Stamp Duties Act, 1866,"
it is enacted that the Governor may, by Order
in Council from time to time frame all such regula-
tions and forms as may be necessary for carrying
out the provisions of the said Act:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the Colony, in pursuance and exercise of
the above recited power and authority, doth hereby
make the regulations contained in the Schedule
following.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

SCHEDULE.
Regulations.

1. The Stamp Office at Wellington shall be the
   Chief Office. A branch of the Stamp Department
   shall be established at the Office of the Registrar of
   Deeds in the chief town of the Provinces of Auck-
   land, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay, Nelson, Marlborough,
   Canterbury, Otago, and Southland; and the offices
   so established shall be designated the Stamp Offices
   of the said Provinces respectively.

2. The several Registrars of Deeds shall be the
   Stamp Officers of, and shall conduct the business of,
   the Stamp Office in their respective Provinces, and
   shall act under instructions from the Minister
   charged with the administration of the Act, conveyed
   through the Commissioner of Stamp Duties.

3. At the offices so constituted, adhesive and im-
   pressed stamps will be sold on requisition, and stamps
   will be officially impressed and affixed to deeds. The
   official impress to be given to stamps affixed at the
   said several Stamp Offices shall at present be made
   by the seals of the respective Registrars of Deeds.

4. The Stamp Offices in the several Provinces will,
   unless otherwise directed, be open to the public for
   the issue of stamps and receipt of money at Ten a.m.,

and will close at Three p.m., on every working day
except Saturday, when they will close at One p.m.

5. Postmasters appointed "Official Distributors"
   of Stamps are required to sell adhesive stamps on
   demand at all times during office hours.

6. All Sub-Postmasters are hereby constituted
   ex-officio licensed distributors of stamps.

7. All licensed distributors are required to sell to
   the public for cash any stamps in their possession on
   demand made between the hours of Nine a.m. and Five
   p.m. on every day except Sundays and holidays.

8. The duties payable on bills of exchange, pro-
   missory notes, bills of lading, policies of insurance,
   agreements, drafts or orders for the payment of
   money, including cheques, and receipts or discharges
   given on payment of money will be denoted by
   an impressed or an adhesive stamp. The duties pay-
   able on conveyances leases or agreements for lease,
   memoranda of transfers under the Land Registry
   Act, transfers of runs or stations held under lease or
   license from the Crown, or of any interest therein,
   probates of wills, letters of administration, and all
   other deeds or instruments will be denoted by an
   impressed stamp alone, or by an adhesive stamp,
   impressed affixed and obliterated by an officer of the
   Stamp Department.

9. Stamps for denoting duties without the use of
   an adhesive stamp will be impressed on blank forms
   of cheques, drafts or orders, bills of exchange, pro-
   missory notes, receipts, bills of lading, policies of
   insurance, and on paper and parchment not previ-
   ously written on, but such stamps will be impressed
   only at the chief office.

10. All applications for stamps at the Stamp Offices
    (except those relating to legacy duty, succession
    duty, and duty on residuary account), must be made
    by requisition, in the Forms A., B., C., or D., in the
    Appendix hereto.

11. Applications for adhesive stamps, amounting
    in the whole to less than £2 cannot be received at
    the Stamp Offices, except for stamps to be affixed by
    the office; and all stamps must be paid for in cash at
    the time of application.

12. A commission (in the form of discount) will
    be allowed on adhesive stamps purchased at the
    Stamp Offices, after the following scale :—