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STAMP DUTIES.
XI
Showing the nu
From
January,
A TABLE,
mber of Days in one Month, to the same Bay in any oilier Mon th.
Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
;365| 31 i 59 1 90 1 120 | 151 | 181 |
212 1 243 1 273 1 304 | 334
334 1 3G5 1 -28 1 59 | 89 | 120 | 150 |
181 1 212 1 242 1 273 | 303
306 1 337 1 365 | 31 j 61 j 92 | 122 |
153 1 184 1 214 1 245 | 275
275 1 306 1 334 | 365 ( 30 | 61 | 91 |
122 153 1 183 1 214 | 244
May,
245 1 276 1 304 i 335 | 365 | 31 | 61 |
92 1 123 1 153 1 184 1 214
June,
July,
August,
September,
214 1 245 1 273 | 304 | 334 | 365 | 30 |
61 1 92 1 122 1 153 | 183
184 1 215 1 243 | 274 | 304 | 335 | 365
31 1 62 1 92 1 123 | 153
153 1 184 1 212 1 243 1 273 | 304 | 334
365 1 31 1 61 1 92 1 122
122 1 153 1 181 1 212 | 242 | 273 | 303
334 1 365 1 30 1 61 | 91
92 1 123 1 151 1 182 | 212 | 243 | 273
304 1 335 1 365 | 31 | 61
November,
61 1 92 1 120 1 151 1 181 1 212 1 242
273 1 304 1 334 | 365 | 30
31 1 62 1 90 1 121 1 151 1 182 | 212
243 1 274 1 304 | 335 | 3 6
STAMP DUTIES.
Bills, Promissohy Notes. &c.
Oil Demand, or after Date.
For
Above
Above
Above
Above
Above
Above
Above
Above
£ s. £,s.
2 Onot above? 5
5 5
20
30
50
100
200
300
500
Above 1000
Above 2000
Above 3000
20
30
50
100
200
300
500
1000
2000
3000
s. c.
12
15
1 5
Excecdiiiff i
inonths'dHtf,
iir 60 days'
sieht.
£ s. d.
6

6
6
6


8 6
12 6
15
1 5
Foreign Bills of Exchange,
For every bill of each set.
Amount not exceeding L.lOO
Abive £100 and not above 200
Above 200 . . 500
Above 500 . . . 1000
Above 1000 . . 2000
At-ove 2000 . . . 3000
Above 3000 . . . . .
1 10
IN SETS.
L.O 1
3
0, 4
5
7
10
15
thereof, insured upon any voyage otherwise than
from any Port or Place in the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, or in the Islands of Guern-
sey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, to any other
Port in the said Kingdom or Island, if the premium
does not exceed 15s per cent. . . Is 3d.
Exceeding 15s and not 30s . 2 G
Exceeding 30s . . .50
And any Policy effected for any term or period
not exceeding three months, . . 2 6
exceeding three months, . • 5
for every L.lOO or fractional part thereof.
Agreements, when of the value of L.20 or
upwards, and without clause of registration, if not
above 1080 words, 20s. — Above 1080 words, 35s.
— With a progressive duty of 25s. for every 1080
words additional.
Personal Bonds and Mortgages.
L. L.
For 5 and under 10
Receipts.
10
20
.50
100
200
. 20
. 50
100
200
300
s.d.
3
G
1
1 6
2 G
4
L. L. s. d.
For 300 & under 500 5
For 500 . . 1000 7 C
For 1000 and upwards 10
In full of all demands 10
Receiver of money pay.s
stamp.
Policies of Assurance.
Policy on Life or Lives.
Where the sum shall not exceed L.60 L.O 2 C
Amount L.50 and not above 100 050
Amount 100 and not do. 500 10
Amount 500 and not do. 1000 2
Amount 1000 and not do. 3000 3
Amount 3000 and not do. 5000 4
Amount 5000 and upwards 5 00
Policy against loss by fire-, Is.
And for every L.lOO insured, 3s. per annum.
Policj on any ship or vessel, or goods on board
Sum not exc.
Above £50
Above loo
Above 200
Above 300
Above 500 lOOd
Above 1000 2000
L.
50
100
200
300
500
L
s
1
(1
1
1(1
o
r
3
c i
4
o!
5

6
c :
L. L
Above 2000 not ex. 3000
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
3000
4000
6000
10,000
15,000
20,000
4000
5000
10,000
15,000
20,000
Progressive duty, 25s., for every entire 1080 words
above the first lOfiO words, but for mortgages cr
heritable bonds, 20s.
Bills of Lading, &c., 3s.
Protests.
Not amounting to L.20 2slL.500, or upwards, ]ns
L. 20 and under 100 3s| Any other kind, 5s. & i( r
100 . . 500 5s| every addit. sheet, 5s.
Decree Arbitral, 1080 words, L.l, 15s And
every entirequantityof 1080 words additional. 25-.
Debentures, if not above L.lOO, 5s. Above
L.lOO, and not above L.200, 10s. Above L.200
and not above L. 500, 20s. Above L.500, 40s.
Appraisements.
For any sum not above L.50
Exceeding L.50, and not above L.lOO .
100 . . 200 .
200 . . 500 .
500 and upwards, ,
s.
d.
2
6
5

10

15

20