STAMP DUTIES, 
Great Britain, in liie year ending 5th Janu- 
ary 1806: 
England and Wales °£3, 931,616 8 6| 
Scotland - - 262,669 4 3§ 
<£4, 194,285 12 lOf 
This amount is subject to various deduc- 
tions, as, the charges of management, dis- 
counts, and other parliamentary allowances, 
the cost of parchment and paper for the 
country distributors, an allowance to the two 
universities on almanacks, and many inci- 
dental expences, which reduced the actual 
nett produce paid into the exchequer to the 
following sums : 
England and Wales of 3,672,793 5 2 
Scotland - - 246,170 17 2 
3,918,964 2 4 
The expence of collection amounted to 
31. 5s. per cent, on the gross revenue, or 
31. 9 s. 5 d. per cent, on the nett produce, 
which is considerably less than the manage- 
ment of this branch of the public income 
amounted to a few years back. 
The total gross produce of the stamp-du- 
ties of Ireland for the year ending 5th Janu- 
ary 1806, was 501,943/. 9v. 10 jd., and the 
nett sum paid into the exchequer 456,535 /. 
1 Is. 4| ;d . ; the expence of collection amount- 
ed to 5l. 0s. Id. per cent, on the gross pro- 
duce, or 51. 7s. 6$d. per cent, on the nett 
produce. 
The following are the stamp-duties at pre- 
sent in force: 
Actions, entry of, in inferior courts, for 40.s. 
and upwards, Is. 6d. 12 Geo. c. 22. 
Acts. See Notarial Acts. 
Adjudications, apprisings, charter, resig- 
nation, dare-constat, cognition of heirs, heri- 
table right, confirmation, novodamus, prin- 
cipal and original instrument of surrender, 
retour, sasine, and service in Scotland, 9s. 6d. 
37 Geo. 111. c. 90. 
Administration. See Probate. 
Admiralty, or cinque-ports. Any answer 
exhibited in these courts, 7s. 4l Geo. III. 
c. 86. 
Any libel, allegation, deposition, or inven- 
tory, exhibited in the courts of admiralty or 
cinque-ports, 5s. 37 Geo. III. c. 90. 
Any copy of any citation, monition, or an- 
swer,” ma»'e in the courts of admiralty or 
cinque-ports, 5s. 37 Geo. III. c. 90. 
Any copy of any libel, allegation, deposi- 
tion, or inventory, exhibited in the courts of 
admiralty or cinque-ports, 5s. 37 Geo. III. 
c. 90. 
Any personal decree, warrant, or moni- 
tion, in any court of admiralty, or the cinque- 
ports, or any copy thereof, 10s. 27 Geo. 
III. c. 90. 
Any sentence given in the courts of admi- 
ralty or cinque-ports, or any attachment 
made out by the same, or relaxation thereof, 
It. 37 Geo. III. c. 90. 
Any 7 sentence or final decree exhibited in 
the courts of admiralty or cinque-ports, or 
any 7 copy thereof, 4.y. 37 Geo. III. c. 90. 
Admission into corporations or companies, 
8s. 37 Geo. III. c. 90. 
Admission into any inn of chancery, 41. 2s. 
57 Geo. III. c. 90. 
Admission into any of the four inns of court, 
■16/. 4?. 37 Geo. ill. c. 90. 
Admittance of fellow of college of physi- 
cian 5 , attorney, clerk, advocate, proctor, 
notary, or other officer of any court what- 
soever in Great Britain, except under 10/. 
per annum, 16/. 37 Geo. III. c. 50. 
Advertisement in newspapers, 3s. 37 Geo. 
111. c. 50. 
Advertisement in periodical pamphlets, 3s. 
29 Geo. III. c. 50. 
Advocate. See Admittance. 
Affidavit in any court of law or equity, at 
Westminster, or in any court of great session 
for the counties in Wales, or in the court of 
the county jpalatine of Chester, or copies 
thereof, 2s. 35 Geo. III. c. 30. 
Affidavits in inferior courts, Is. 35 Geo. 
III. c. 30. 
Agreements (except where the matter of 
agreement shall not exceed twenty pounds, 
and also except those for lease at rack rent) 
of messuages under live pounds, those for 
hire of labourers, artificers, manufacturers or 
menial servants, and those relating to sale of 
goods, See. 10 s. 37 Geo. III. c. 90. 
No memorandum or agreement written 
upon an unstamped paper shall be deemed 
void, in case it is stamped at the head office 
and the duty paid within 21 days after the 
same shall have been entered into. 
Allegation. See Citation. 
Almanack, book or sheet,, 8 d. 37 Geo. 
III. c. 90. 
Answer in court of equity'. See Biils, 
copy. 
Answer, sentence, and final decree, in ec- j 
clesiastical courts, and copies thereof, and 
copies of citation or monition, 2s. 23 Geo. 
III. c. 58. 
Appeal, writ of. See Certiorari. 
Appeal from the admiralty, arches, or pre- 
rogative courts of Canterbury or York, 12/. 
37 Geo. III. c. 90. 
Appearance on common bail, in the courts 
at Westminster, great sessioss, or counties 
palatine. Is. 6d. 32 Geo. II. c. 35. I 11 all 
other courts, Is. 
Appearance on special bail, 2s. 10 W. 
III. c. 25. 
Apprentices. The stamp’s upon appren- 
tices’ indentures amount to 25s. for each in- 
denture, except p •ish-apprentjees, or cha- 
rity-children, for whom a sixpenny stamp is 
sufficient. Also where the fee given with 
the apprentice does not amount to 10/., eacli 
indenture is subject to a stamp of 15s. only. 
See Deeds. 
And if a fee is given with an apprentice, 
clerk, or servant, bound or articled for a 
term of years, the following duty must be 
paid in respect of such fee : 
From 1/. to 50/. sixpence for every pound. 
All above 50/. and upwards. Is. for every 
pound ; to be paid by the master or mistress. 
The full sum given must be set down in 
the indentures, or forfeit double the amount 
if the deception can be discovered. 
And the indentures must be brought to 
the stamp-office : if executed within the bills 
of mortality 7 , within one month ; or if exe- 
cuted in the country, to their agents within 
two months after binding, and the duty paid, 
or the indentures become void, and forfeit 
50/. besides. 
Apprisings. See Adjudication. 
Articles of clerkship. See Attorneys’ clerks. 
Assignments. See Deeds. 
Assignments of bail-bonds, Is, 10 W. III. 
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c. 25. 
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I Assurance of houses and policy. See In- 
surance. 
Attachment in. admiralty or cinque-ports, 
1/. 37 Geo. HI. c. 90. 
Attested copies. See Copy. 
Attorney, letter of. See Deeds. 
Attorney 7 , admittance of. See Admittance. 
Every solicitor, attorney, notary, proctor, 
agent, or procurator, practising in any of the 
courts at Westminster, ecclesiastical, admi- 
ralty, or cinque-port courts, in his majesty’s 
courts in Scotland, the great sessions in Wales, 
the courts in the counties palatine, or any 
other courts holding pleas to the amount of 
40s. or more, shall take out certificates an- 
nually, upon which there shall be charged, 
if the solicitor, &c. reside in any of the inns 
of courts or in London, Westminster, South- 
wark, St. Pancras, St. Mary-le-bone, or 
within the bills of mortality, a stamp-duty of 
51.; in any other part of Great Britain, 3/. 
25 Geo. III. c. 80. 
And every solicitor, attorney 7 , notary 7 , 
proctor, agent, or procurator, in any court 
in England, holding pleas of 40s., shall annu- 
ally, between November 1. and the end of 
Michaelmas term, deliver at the head office 
for stamps, a note containing his name and 
place of abode ; and thereupon, and upon 
payment of the duties in respect of his abode, 
every such person shall be entitled to. his cer- 
tificate, to be issued by the commissioners of 
stamps, or their proper officer. 37 Geo. III. 
c. 90. 
And every such certificate so obtained, 
shall be entered with the proper officer of 
the court where the party shall practise, who 
shall be paid l.v. for the entry, and the bowks 
of such entry may be inspected by all per- 
sons gratis. 
And every such certificate shall bear date 
the 2d day of November, and shall cease on 
the 1st day of November next following. 
Persons who shall, from and alter the 1st 
day of November, 1797, act without obtain- 
ing a certificate, or without entering the 
same as aforesaid, or shall deliver in to any 
person at the stamp-office any account of a 
residence with intent to evade the higher 
duties, shall forfeit 50/. and be incapable of 
suing for any fees. 
And every person admitted, sworn, in- 
rolled, or registered in any of the courts, who 
shall neglect to obtain his certificate in man- 
ner aforesaid for the space of one whole year, 
shall from thenceforth be incapable cf prac- 
tising in his own name, or in the name of 
any other ; but the courts may re-admit him 
on payment of the duty accrued since the 
expiration of his last certificate, and such fur- 
ther sum as the court shall order by wav of 
penalty. 
And by 39 and 40 Geo. III. c. 72. from 
and after November 1., 1800, every person 
who shall act as a public notary, or use or 
exercise the office ot a notary in any manner, 
or do any notarial act whatsoever, without 
having been duly admitted in the court 
where not ries are , usually admitted, and 
without having delivered in his name and 
usual place of residence, and taken out such 
certificate as is directed by the acts, shall 
forfeit 50/. and be incapable to do any act as 
a notary-public, or recover any fee. 
Attorneys’ clerks. By 34 Geo. III. c. 14. 
there shall be paid for every contract in 
writing, whereby any person shall become 
