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SCHEDULE, PART I.	Duty.
RECEIPT—Exemptions continued.		£	s.	d.
Receipts, or Acknowledgments of Payment, indorsed upon any Bills drawn pursuant to any former Act or Acts of Parliament, by the Commissioners of the Navy, or by the Commissioners for Victualling the Navy, or by the Commissioners for managing the Transport Service and talcing care of sick and wounded Seamen, upon and payable by the Treasurer of the Navy.
See also the General Exemptions at the End of this Part of the Schedule.
RECOGNIZANCE, Statute Merchant, and Statute Staple, entered into as a Security for the Payment of any Sum or Sums of Money, Annuity or Annuities, or for the Transfer of any Share or Shares in any of the Government or Parliamentary Stocks or Funds, or in the Stock and Funds of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, or of the East India Company, or of the South Sea Company;
Where such Payment or Transfer shall not be already secured by a Bond or Mortgage, or by some other Instrument hereby charged with the same Duty as a Bond or Mortgage	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	The same Duty or Duties as on a Bond given for the like Purpose in England.
And where such Payment or Transfer shall be already secured as above mentioned		1	0	0
RECOGNIZANCE, Statute Merchant, and Statute Staple, entered into as Security for the Performance of any Covenant, Contract, or Agreement, or for the due Execution of any Office or Trust, or for rendering a due Account of Money received or to be received, or for indemnifying any Person or Persons against any Matter or Thing		1	0	0
And where any such Recognizance or Statute as aforesaid, together with any Schedule or other Matter put or indorsed thereon or annexed thereto, shall contain 2,160 Words or upwards, then for every entire Quantity of 1,080 Words contained therein, over and above the first 1,080 Words, a further progressive Duty of		1	0	0
REGISTER or Entry of the Degree of a Barrister at Law taken in either of the Inns of Court in England.—See Admission.
REGISTER or Entry of Degrees taken in the Universities of Great Britain.—See Admission.
RELEASE upon the Sale of any Property.-See Conveyance.
RELEASE and Renunciation of Lands or other Property, real or personal, heritable or moveable, or of any Right or Interest therein; any Deed or Instrument of, not otherwise charged in this Schedule, nor expressly exempted from all Stamp Duty		1	10	0
And where the same, together with any Schedule, Receipt, or other Matter put or indorsed thereon or annexed thereto, shall contain 2,160 Words or upwards, then for every entire Quantity of 1,080 Words contained therein, over and above the first 1,080 Words, a further progressive Duty of		1	0	0
RENUNCIATION upon the Sale of any Property.—See Conveyance.