Whenever any Crown Grant shall, after the first day of July next, have been advertised in any Government Gazette to be ready for delivery, and shall have remained in the office of the Colonial Secretary or in any other Government Office for more than three calendar months after the date of such Gazette, there shall before the delivery of any such grant be demanded from and paid by the grantee therein named, or other the person duly authorized to receive the same, the sum of five shillings for every month during which such grant shall have remained in the said office after the expiration of three calendar months from the date of the Gazette in which such grant shall have been so advertised as aforesaid; all such sum or sums to be appropriated to the use of Her Majesty, her heirs and successors, for the public uses of the Colony, and the support of the Government thereof.