HC Deb 12 May 1899 vol 71 c538

2. Resolved, That in lieu of the Stamp Duties mentioned in the resolutions numbered 2 and 4, relating to Stamp Duties, agreed to by the House on the thirteenth day of April, One thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, there shall be charged the following Stamp Duties, namely—

  1. (1) On all foreign and Colonial marketable securities transferable by delivery which are not at present chargeable with Stamp Duty, and which are negotiated in the United Kingdom after the first day of August, One thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine; and
  2. (2) on any instrument to bearer by means of which any share or stock of any company or body of persons formed or established out of the United Kingdom is, after the first day of August, One thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, negotiated in the United Kingdom,
a Stamp Duty of one shilling for every ten pounds, and also for any fractional part of ten pounds, in the case of a marketable security of the money thereby secured, and in the case of any such instrument to bearer of the nominal value of the share or stock to which the instrument relates.—(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.)