REGISTRATION.

Births.—Persons should cause their children to be registered within forty-two days after birth, by giving personal notice to the registrar of their district, without any fee whatever. Registration may be effected after the expiration of the forty-two days, and within six months, on payment of a fee of 7s. 6d.; but after six months no birth can be registered.

Deaths.—Intimation should be given of deaths in the same manner as births. This is of importance to be done early, as the undertaker must have a certificate to give to the minister who reads the funeral services, without which he may refuse to bury the body.

As the cause of death is to be entered, sound discretion should be used in ascertaining the real nature of the deceased’s death, for which important purpose even facility should be given.

STAMPS AND TAXES.

Receipt Stamps.

£5 and under £10 0s. 3d.
10 ,, 30 0 6
20 ,, 50 1 0
50 ,, 100 1 6
100 ,, 200 2 6
200 ,, 300 4 0
300 ,, 500 5 0
500 ,, 1000 7 6
1000 and upwards 10 0
In full of all demands 10 0

Persons receiving the money are compelled to pay the duty.

Penalty for giving receipts without a stamp, £10 and under £100, and £20 above that sum.

Bills and Promissory Notes.

Not exceeding two months after date, or sixty days after sight.

Longer Period.

If £2 & not exeg. £5 5s

1s

0d

1s

6d

Above 5 5s ,, 20

1

6

2

0

20 ,, 30

2

0

2

6

30 ,, 50

2

6

3

6

50 ,, 100

3

6

4

6

100 ,, 200

4

6

5

0

200 ,, 300

5

0

6

0

300 ,, 500

6

0

8

6

500 ,, 1000

8

6

12

6

1000 ,, 2000

12

6

15

0

2000 ,, 3000

15

0

25

0

3000

25

50

0

Life Insurance Policies.

When the sum is not above £50 £0 2 0
Above £50 and under 100 0 5 0
,, 100 ,, 500 1 0 0
When 500 ,, 1000 2 0 0
,, 1000 ,, 3000 3 0 0
,, 3000 ,, 5000 4 0 0
,, 5000 and upwards 5 0 0

Fire.

Duty on each policy 1s, besides 3s per cent. per annum on every insurance made or renewed.

Exemptions.—Public hospitals: also agricultural produce, farming stock, and implements of husbandry, provided the insurance shall be effected by a separate and distinct policy.

Agreements

Of the value of £20, containing 2060 words, 2s. 6d.; more than 1080 words, of 2s. 6d. for every 1080 words.

Bonds and Mortgages.

Not exceeding £50 1s 3d
£50 and not exceeding 100 2 6
100 ,, 150 3 9
150 ,, 200 5 0
200 ,, 250 6 3
250 ,, 300 7 6

And where the some shall exceed £300, then for every £100, or any part of it, 2s 6d.

Conveyances.

Where the purchase money shall not exceed £25 £0 2 6
£25 and not exceed 50 0 5 0
50 ,, 75 0 7 6
75 ,, 100 0 10 0
100 ,, 125 0 12 6
125 ,, 150 0 15 0
175 ,, 200 1 0 0
200 ,, 225 1 2 6
225 ,, 250 1 5 0
250 ,, 275 1 7 6
275 ,, 300 1 10 0
300 ,, 350 1 15 0
350 ,, 400 2 0 0
400 ,, 450 2 5 0
450 ,, 500 2 10 0
500 ,, 550 2 15 0
550 ,, 600 3 0 0

And where the purchase or consideration money shall exceed £600, then for £100, or any part of £100, 10s.

Lease for a Year.

£ s. d.
When the yearly rent shall not exceed £20 0 1 6
Shall amount to £20, and not exceed £50 0 5 0
Shall amount to £50, and not exceed £150 0 15 0
And for every additional £50, or any part thereof 0 5 0

Apprentices’ Indentures to state the real amount of premium in proportion to which the stamp duty is charged, on penalty of forfeiting double the amount of premium.

For drawing a Bill or Promissory note on unstamped paper, £50.—For post-dating Bills of Exchange, £100.

For drawing a Cheque more than ten miles from the place where made payable, £100. For receiving the same in payment. £20. For bankers paying the same, £100.

DUTY ON INHABITED DWELLING HOUSES.

14 & 15 Vict., c. 36.

For every inhabited dwelling house which, with the household and other offices, yards, and gardens, therewith occupied and charged, is or shall be worth the rent of £20 or upwards, by the year—

Where any such dwelling house shall be occupied by any person in trade, who shall expose to sale and sell any goods, wares, or merchandize, in any shop or warehouse, being part of the same dwelling house, and in the front and on the ground or basement story thereof;

And also where any such dwelling house shall be occupied by any person who shall be duly licensed by the laws in force to sell therein by retail, beer, ale, wine, or other liquors, although the room or rooms thereof in which any such liquors shall be exposed to sale, sold, drunk, or consumed, shall not be such shop or warehouse, as aforesaid:

And also, where any such dwelling house shall be a farmhouse, occupied by a tenant or farm servant, and bonâ fide used for the purposes of husbandry only;

There shall be charged for every twenty shillings of such annual value of any such dwelling house, the sum of 6d.

And where any such dwelling house shall not be occupied and used for any such purpose, and in manner aforesaid, there shall be charged for every twenty shillings of such annual value thereof, the sum of 9d.

Exception.—Market gardens and nursery grounds are not to be included in the valuation of inhabited houses.

SAVINGS’ BANKINTEREST TABLE.

Table of Interest, at £3 8s. 6d. per cent.from £1 to £200 for One Year.

Prin.

Interest.

£

£

s.

d.

1

0

0

8

2

0

1

4

3

0

2

0

4

0

2

8

5

0

3

5

6

0

4

1

7

0

4

9

8

0

5

5

9

0

6

1

10

0

6

10

20

0

13

8

30

1

0

6

40

1

7

4

50

1

14

2

60

2

1

0

70

2

7

10

80

2

14

8

90

3

1

6

100

3

8

5

200

6

16

10