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EDINBURGH COUNTY DIRECTORY CALENDAR.
Postal Information.
j. d
Inland Letters, \ oz., o i
>t >> i oz., o 2
And id. for every \ oz., or
fraction of \ oz.
If not prepaid, or defi-
ciently paid, double the
above rates.
Late Letters 2d. extra.
Petitions to the Queen, Free
Pari. Proceedings,
Book-post packages
per 4 oz
Patterns, per 4 oz.,
Registration of Letters, o 4
Stamps, Adhesive, id. , id.,
3d., \d., 6d., gd., is.
Do., Embossed Envelopes,
is. i^d. per doz.
MONEY ORDERS.
On Sums not exc. £2, o 3
Above £2 „ £5, o 6
„ £5 it £7, o 9
„ £7 „ £™> 1 °
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Receipt Stamps.
Receipts for Money, s. d
£2 or upwards, . o 1
Receipts for Bills or
other Securities, . o 1
AnyNote, Memorandum,
or Writing whatever, given
upon the payment of money,
whether signed or not, shall
be a Receipt if it shall im-
port or signify that any sum
of money, debt, or demand,
or any part thereof, amount-
ing to £2 or upwards, has
been paid or settled. And
like documents given upon
payment by Bills, Drafts,
Promissory Notes, or other
securities for Money, are
also Receipts.*
Where Adhesive Stamps
are used, they must be can-
celled with the name or
initials of the Granter writ-
ten on them. The penalty
for omission is ;£io.
Lease Stamps.
Rent not exceed. .£5,
25,
50,
75,
I 5°> 15
Rising 5s. for every ,£50.
Note. — A lease means
for any term, although less
than a year. For longer
leases than thirty-five years
another scale is applicable.
Lease of a dwelling-house
or tenement, or part of such,
for less than a year, at a
rent payable by the week
or month, if not above 3J. 6d.
per week, Stamp, . . id.
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CALENDAR
FOR
1870-1
• A Letter by post acknowledging 1 the
receipt of a Bill or Promissory Note requires
a Receipt as well as a Postage Stamp. The
letter itself cannot be recognised as evi-
dence of the receipt of the Bill.
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Arbitration Stamps.
Where the value of the mat-
ter in dispute shall not
exceed £5, . £0 o 3
Exc. £s, &not;£io, 006
10,
20,
3°,
40,
5°.
100,
200,
5°°»
750,
1 o
1 6
2 o
2 6
5 o
10 o
IS °
o o
100,
200,
5°°»
75°,
TOOO, ISO
1000, and all other cases
not provided for, 1 15 o
Merchant Companies and
Chambers of Commerce are
specially referred to this
Table.
Conveyance Stamps.
Where the purchase or
consideration money s. d
shall not exceed £5, o 6
Exc. £5, & not exc. 10, 1 o
,, 10, ,, 15, 1 6
15.
125,
150.
175.
200,
225,
250,
275.
20,
25.
50,
75,
100,
125,
150.
175,
2 o
2 6
5 o
7 6
10 o
12 6
15 o
17 6
200, 20 o
225, 22 6
250, 25 o
275, 27 6
300, 30 o
Rising 5$. for every £50.
Bill Stamps,
Payable otherwise than on
demand. s. d
Not exceeding £5, . o 1
Exc. £5, &notab. £16, "o 2
„ i°i II 25, o 3
„ 25, „ 50, o 6
>• 5°. » 75, ° 9
>, 75, ,, *ioo, 1 o
* This Table gives a rate of
1/ per £ioo.
Promissory Notes above
£100, payable to bearer on
demand, can only be legally
made by Bankers.
The acceptance of a Bill
of Exchange must be in
writing on the Bill.