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STAMP DUTIES.
EXEMPTIONS. — Any draft or order drawn by any banker upon,
any other banker, not payable to bearer, or to order, and used solely
for the purpose of settling or clearing any account between said
bankers. Any letter written by a banker to any other banker,
directing the payment of any sum of money, the same not being
payable to bearer or to order, and such letter not being sent or
delivered to the person to whom payment is to be made, or to any
person on his behalf.
BILL OF LADING, Os 6d
Whatever number of Bills may form a set, each Bill of a set is
liable to this duty. Penalty for executing any Bill of Lading not
duly stamped, £50.
BONDS AND MORTGAGES, being the only or principal or
primary security for the payment or re-payment of money not
exceeding £25,
Above £25 and not exceeding £50,
50 „ „ 100,
„ 100
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150,
„ 150
200,
„ 200
250,
„ 250
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300
.. 5s
. £5 not Exc. £10,
£0
10
15,

15
20,

20
25,

25
50,

50
75,

75
, 100,

100
, 125,

Exc. £125 not Exc. £150, £0 15
150 „ 175, 17
And for every £100, or fractional part of £100,
CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER ON SALE of any
property (except Debenture Stock or Funded Debt)
when the amount or value of the consideration does not
exceed £5,
Exc. £5 not Exc. £10, £0 10
1 6
2
2 6
5
7 6
10 6
12 6
For every £50, or fractional part thereof, 5s.
INDENTURE OF APPRENTICESHIP,
Duty on an Indenture to be borne by the master, unless
the contrary be agreed on.
LEASE OR TACK of any Lands, Tenements, or Heritable
subjects, for a term not exceeding thirty-five years, when
the rent does not exceed £5 per annum,
Exceeding £5 and not exceeding £10,
175
200
225
250
275
200,
225,
250,
275,
300,
8d
3d
6d
9d
Od
3d
6d
6d
2s 6d
15 ,
20,
20
25,
25
50,
50
75,
75
00
100,
Os
6d
Is
Od
Is
6d
2s
Od
2s
6d
5s
Od
7s
6d
[0s
Od
For every full sum of £50, and also for any fractional part
of £50 thereof, .. = 5s Od
RECEIPT given for, or upon the payment of, money amounting to
£2 and upwards, 0s Id