The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-20 00:00:00

V. R.
INLAND REVENUE OFFICE, LONDON.
CAUTION.
l'itktil) on the STAMP REVENUE in the TRANSFERS of
SHARES in RAILWAYS and other PUBLIC COMPANIES.
It being understood that, on the Sale of Shares in Railway, and
ether Joint Stock Companies, a practice exists of omitting to state
In the Instrument of Transfer the true sum paid or agreed to be paid
lot such Shares, whereby the Stamp Duty payable on such Transfer
2 evaded; the Commissioners of Inland Revenue deem it right to
6iTe the following Public Notice, viz.:—
That on the Sale of Property of any kind, it is required by Law
that the full Purchase or Consideration Money which shall be
directly or indirectly paid, or secured or agreed to be paid for the
'rine, shall be truly expressed and set forth in words, at length,
i the Deed or Instrument whereby the Property shall be trans
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Incur
; and that in default thereof, both the Purchaser and Seller
leur a penalty of Fifty Pounds and live times the amount of the
duty evaded by the omission ; and that the person employed in
preparing the Transfer incurs a penalty- of Five Hundred Pounds ;
!lid if he be an Attorney, Solicitor, or Writer to the Signet, he is, on
uenviction, thenceforth disabled from practising.
That if either of the Parties to the Transfer gives information to the
‘-',.,onunissioners, wheroby the Penalty incurred by the other, or the
Quintuple Duty, or any part thereof may be recovered, he is net
only to be indemnified and discharged from his liability, but may be
rewarded, out of the money so recovered, to such an extent not ex-
ceeding one-half thereof as the Commissioners shall think proper.
That the Purchaser may recover back from the Seller, in an action
4tl4w, so much of the Purchase Money as shall not be set forth in
the Transfer, or the whole thereof, if no part be set forth.
The Commissioners also give notice, that they will liberally reward
persons who may give them information by means of which any of
'itch Penalties shall be recovered.
By Order of the Board,
J. C. F REELING, Secretary.

Larch, 1849,

EAST INDIA HOUSE, Mallen 14, 1849.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice,
,That a Proprietor of East India Stock has postponed until the
wiarterly General Court of the said Company. appointed to be held
et their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY', the 21st in-
'tant, the following motion, viz.:—
i
That the petitions presented to the Court upon the subject of
, tit
and other Temples in India be taken into consideration
7 the Court of Proprietors."
That the same Proprietor has given notice of his intention to sub-
talt the following motion, viz.:
'That before the meeting of :any future Court of Proprietors, a
tinted notice announcing it, togetmale Prop riet her with any
or being qualified to
business known to
then coming on, be seat to every
'f°te at such meeting."
Zhat another Proprietor has given notice, that he will submit
following motion, viz.:—
" That copies of all correspondence which has passed between the
rafrt of Directors and the Board of Control regarding the booty cap-
tared at Mydrabad be laid before the Court of Proprietors."
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, JANUARY 31, 1849.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
• INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice,
That a Quarterly General Court of the said Company will ;be held
ilt their House in Leadenhall-street on WEDNESDAY, the 21st March,
1849, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon.
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.