Numb. 56. 559

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1871.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
eleventh day of October, 1871.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Stamp Duties Act, 1866,"
it is among other things enacted that the
Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council,
may frame all such regulations and forms as may be
necessary from time to time for carrying out the
provisions of the said Act: And whereas by an Order
in Council made under the provisions of the said Act,
bearing date the fourth day of February, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-seven, and published in the
New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-second day of
February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
seven, after reciting as is therein particularly recited,
the Regulations therein mentioned and set forth were
made: And whereas by an Order in Council bearing
date the twenty-sixth day of October, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy, and published in the New
Zealand Gazette on the seventh day of November,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy, the Regula-
tion therein mentioned and set forth was made: And
whereas it is expedient that other Regulations should
be made in lieu of certain of the said Regulations so
made as aforesaid:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise
and pursuance of the power and authority vested in
me by the said Act, and by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said Colony,
in lieu of the said Regulations of the fourth day of
February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
seven, numbered respectively seventeen, eighteen,
nineteen, twenty, and twenty-one, do hereby make
the several Regulations set forth in the First Sche-
dule hereto, and with the like advice and consent as
aforesaid, in lieu of the said Regulations of the
twenty-sixth day of October, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy, I do hereby make the Regula-
tions set forth in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
REGULATIONS AS TO THE ALLOWANCE OF SPOILED
STAMPS.

1. All applications for the allowance of spoiled
   stamps must be made to the Commissioners or to a
   Deputy Commissioner, accompanied by an affidavit,
   duly sworn, according to the form "F" in the Appendix
   hereto; and a receipt will be given for all or any
   spoiled stamps which may be affixed to or impressed
   on any paper or parchment, in the form "G."

2. All spoiled stamps (if not allowed) will be
   marked with the word "Disallowed," and the date
   when so disallowed; and, together with the parch-
   ment or paper on which the same are affixed or
   impressed, will then be returned to the person
   leaving the same for allowance, but the receipt given
   at the time of the same being left for allowance
   must be given up to the Stamp Office.

3. Every receipt for spoiled stamps must be pre-
   sented within one calendar month from the date
   thereof at the Stamp Office where the application for
   allowance has been made, or the stamps left for
   allowance will be forfeited.

4. In cases where the application for allowance is
   granted, an order for allowance, in the form "H,"
   will be issued in exchange for the receipt, form "G,"
   and such order must be presented in exchange for
   stamps within one calendar month from the date
   thereof.

5. On presentation of such order within the time
   prescribed, stamps will be issued in exchange to the
   amount therein expressed, after deducting therefrom
   commission at the rate of 2\frac{1}{2} per cent. But no such
   deduction will be made in the case of stamps affixed
   by the Commissioners on instruments after execution,
   nor on any order for stamps of less value in the whole
   than twenty shillings.

6. Subject to the production of such evidence, by
   affidavit or otherwise, as the Commissioners may
   require, and to such further regulations as may from
   time to time be issued in that behalf, allowance
   for spoiled stamps will be made in the manner and in
   the cases hereinafter mentioned, that is to say:-
   (1.) The stamp on any material inadvertently and
   undesignedly spoiled, obliterated, or by any