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SCHEUDLE, PART I.	Duty.
Inland BILL—continued		£	s.	d.
be made payable to the Bearer or to Order, or if the same shall be delivered to the Payee or some Person on his or her Behalf:
Foreign BILL of EXCHANGE, (or Bill of Exchange drawn in but payable out of Great Britain,) if drawn singly, and not in a Set	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	The same duty as on an Inland Bill of the same amount and Tenor.
Foreign BILLS of EXCHANGE, drawn in Sets according to the Custom of Merchants; for every Bill of each Set; where the Sum made payable thereby shall not exceed 100l.		0	1	0
And where it shall exceed 100l. and not exceed 200l.		0	2	0
And where it shall exceed 200l. and not exceed 500l.		0	3	0
And where it shall exceed 500l. and not exceed 1,000l.		0	4	0
And where it shall exceed 1,000l. and not exceed 3,000l.		0	5	0
And where it shall exceed 3,000l.		0	10	0
Exemptions from the preceding and all other Stamp Duties.
All Bills of Exchange, or Bank Post Bills, issued by the Governor and Company of the Bank of England :
All Bills, Orders, Remittance Bills, and Remittance Certificates, drawn by Commissioned Officers, Masters, and Surgeons in the Navy, or by any Commissioner or Commissioners of the Navy, under the Authority of the Act passed in the Thirtyfifth Year of His Majesty's Reign, for the more expeditious Payment of the Wages and Pay of certain Officers belonging to the Navy:
All Bills drawn pursuant to anyformer 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 for taking care of sick and wounded Seamen, upon and payable by the Treasurer of the Navy:
All Drafts or Ordersfor the Payment of any Sum of Money to the Bearer on Demand, and drawn upon any Banker or Bankers, or any Person or Persons acting as a Banker, who shall reside or transact the Business of a Banker, within Ten Miles of the Place where such Drafts or Orders shall be drawn; provided such Place shall be specked in such Drafts or Orders; and provided the same shall bear Date on or before the Day on which the same shall be issued; and provided the same do not direct the Payment to be made by Bills or Promissory Notes:
All Bills for the Pay and Allowances of His Majesty's Land Forces, or for other Expenditures liable to be charged in the public Regimental or District Accounts, which shall be drawn, according to the Forms now prescribed or hereafter to be prescribed by His Majesty's Orders, by the Paymasters of Regiments or Corps, or by the Chief Paymaster or Deputy Paymaster and Accountant of the Army Depot, or by the Paymasters of Recruiting Districts, or by the Paymasters of Detachments, or by the Officer or Officers authorized to perform the Duties of the Payrnastership, during a Vacancy, or the Absence, Suspension, or Incapacity of any such Paymaster as aforesaid; save and except such Bills as shall be drawn in favour of Contractors or others, who furnish Bread or Forage to His Majesty's Troops, and who by their Contracts or Agreements shall be liable to pay the Stamp Duties on the Bills given in Payment for the Articles supplied by them