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SCHEDULE, PART I.	Duty
AGREEMENT—continued.		£	s.	d.
And where the same shall contain more than 1,080 Words		1	10	0
And 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
Provided always, that where divers Letters shall be offered in Evidence to prove any Agreement between the Parties who shall have written such Letters, it shall be sufficient if any one of such Letters shall be stamped with a Duty or, 1l. 10s. although the same shall in the whole contain twice the Number of 1,080 Words or upwards.
Exemptions from the preceding and all other Stamp Duties.
Label, Slip, or Memorandum containing the Heads of Insurances to be made by the Corporations of the Royal Exchange Assurance, and London Assurance, or by the Corporations of the Royal Exchange Assurance of Houses and Goods from Fire, and London Assurance of Houses and Goods from Fire:
Memorandum or Agreement for granting a Lease or Tack at Rack Rent of any Messuage, Land, or Tenement under the yearly Rent of Five Pounds :
Memorandum or Agreement for the Hire of any Labourer, Artificer, Manufacturer, or Menial Servant :
Memorandum, Letter, or Agreement, made for or relating to the Sale of any Goods, Wares, or Merchandize :
Memorandum or Agreement made between the Master and Mariners of any Ship or Vessel for Wages on any Voyage Coastwise from Port to Port in Great Britain :
Letters containing any Agreement (not before exempted) in respect of any Merchandize,or Evidence of such an Agreement, which shall pass by the Post, between Merchants or other Persons carrying on Trade or Commerce, in Great Britain, and residing and actually being, at the Time of sending such Letters, at the Distance of Fifty Miles from each other.
See also the General Exemptions at the End of this Part of the Schedule.
APPOINTMENT, in execution of a Power, of Land or other Property, Real or Personal, or of any Use or Interest therein, where made by any Writing, not being a Deed or Will		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 (being the Amount of Thirty common Law Folios or Sheets of Seventy-two Words each) or upwards, then for every entire Quantity of 1,080 Words (or Fifteen common Law Folios or Sheets) contained therein, over and above the first 1,080 Words, a further progressive Duty of
If made by Deed. See DEED.
APPOINTMENT of a Chaplain, operating as a Qualification to hold Two Ecclesiastical Benefices in England		1	10	0
APPOINTMENT of a Game-keeper. See DEPUTATION.
APPOINTMENT to Offices. See ADMISSION, GRANT.