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Stamp Duties.
And where the premium for such insurance, actually paid, or
contracted for, shall exceed the rate of 30s. per cent, on the sum
insured.
If the sum shall not exceed £100 — 5s.
And if the sum shall exceed <£100, then for every £100, or any
fractional part thereof — 5s.
But if the separate interests of two or more distinct persons
shall be insured by one policy, then the said duty of Is. 3d — 2s.
6d or 5s. as the case may require, shall be charged thereon, in
respect of each and fractional part of £100, as well as in respect
of every full sum of £100, which shall be thereby insured upon
any separate and distinct interest.
And for every policy of insurance, or other instrument, whereby
any insurance shall be made upon any Ship or Vessel, or the
freight of any Ship or Vessel, or any interest in or relating to any
Ship or Vessel which may be insured for any period of time, the
following rates for every £100, and also for any fractional part
thereof; that is to say, where any such insurance shall be made
for any term or period not exceeding three calendar months — 2s. 6d.
Exceeding three calendar months — 5s.
AGREEMENTS, not above 1080 words, 20s Above 1080
words, 35s. — With a progressive duty of 25s. for every
1080 words additional.
Personal Bonds and Mortgages.
Sura not exceeding L50
Ll
Above
L2000 not exc. L3000
L7
Above L50 - - 100
l
10s.
Above
3000 - - 4000
8
Above 100 - - 200
2
Above
4000 - - 5000
9
Above 200 - - 300
3
Above
5000 - - 10,000
12
Above 300 - - 500
4
Above
10,000 - - 15 000
1.5
Above 500 - - 1000
5
Above
15,000 - - 20,000
£0
Above 1000 - - 2000
6
Above
20,000 ..----
25
Progressive Duty 25s Mortgages same Duty as Bonds.
BILLS OF LADING, 3s.
Protests.
Not amounting to L20 2s.
L20 and under 100 3s.
100 500 5s.
L500, or upwards, - - - - 10s.
Any other kind, 5s. and for every
additional sheet, 5s.
DEBENTURES, If not above £100, 5s. Above £100, and
not above £200, 10s. Above £200, and not above £500, 10s.
Above £500, 40s.
DECREE ARBITRAL, 1080 words, £1, 15s. And for
every entire quantity of 1080 words additional, 25s.
Appraisements.
For any sum not above L50 -
Exceeding L50, and not above LlOO -
100 - 200 -
200 - 500 -
500 - ....
s.
d.
2
6
5

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20