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Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 February 1916, Page 4

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♦ FOR READY JfcEFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, is 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3s. Appraisement ot Valuation where ttie amount does not exceed £20, Is. j axcoed £20, does not exceed £50, 2a tid, exceed £100, and doea not exceed £200 10s, £200 and does not exceed £500 10s, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 355. P.n's. not exceeding £S6 6d, exceeds J. 25, and not exceeding £60 Is, every additional £50 or part of £50 Is. 10s. Bills of Exchange. Oon demand 2d; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding £50, Is; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such sum upon each hill of the set as to make up the same duty aa it a single bill wore drawn for the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part oi £50 of the amount of the consideration for sale. 7s 6d. Any instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred to or vested in any person tor a nominal consideration or where no consideration passes, for every £60 or part of £50 of the amount or value ox the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment \ct, 1885,'' <xr any Act amending the 'ame at the date when such instrument take* effect, 10s. Promissory Notes. —Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exceeding £25, fid,; exceeding £26 and not exceeding £50, Is.; every addition*l £50 or part of £60, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to 3a, the same duties ss the original instr Or iiient; in any other case Bs. Land Transfers.—Generally speaking, the same duties as would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of premium ; Where rent does not exceed £50 3s for every additional £50 or part of £50 3s. For any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon any consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from all duty up to £5000 in respect to every succession by lineal descendant w *n» ceßtor.

seed of White Queen or some sort. alNit ! the middle of November. The soil should be poor, and made Hiui; *uy> | thickly, and do not thin the plants J WORKERS' DWELLINGS. Borough Councils are empowered by the Municipal Corporations Act to erect for the occupation of workers employed or resident in boroughs any buildings suitable for workers' dwellings, or may acquire buildings by purchase or otherwise, and render them suitable for the same purpose, the letting to be in the hands of the Council. By section 52 of the Municipal Corporations Ainondment Act, 1913, Councils aire further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The section provides that a Council may (1) let land to a worker for the purpose of erecting a .worker's dwelling; (2) advance money to a woxiter to enable him to acquire land and build a worker's dwelling thereon; (3) sell to a worker my separate worker's dwelling. Provision is made for the repayment of advances and the payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money by instalments. THE FENCING ACT. ERECTION OF FENCES. A fence of any of the kinds mention- J ed in the Second Schedule is a r-uf-ficieut fence within the meaning of the i Fencing Act (5.7). j The occupiers of adjoining lands not ] divided by a sufficient fence are liable to join in or contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence Between suoh lands, although such fence may not extend along the wbole boundary line. But no occupier is liabie to contribute to any fence which is not, aa far as practicable, eoatinnaa? tluoughout its length. THE RULES OF THE tiOAD. The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along, If you bear to the left you are *ure to go right, If you turn to the rifrht you go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different case; To the right it is right wou should steer, On .be kli diould be left enough of clear space Foi the people who wish to walk there. LEGAL TENDER. J Tender of monew may legally be made—in the cas eof bronze coins, for any amount not exceeding Is; in the case of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; in th ecase of gold coins for any amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (33 and 34 Vic. c. 10, sec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1890). Bank notes are now legal tender m New Zealand and are still a first charge on the assets ot the bank of issue ("Bank Note Iwue Act, 1893 TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME. ' As compared with— 1 Adelaide ••• 10 0 a.m. Aden ... ... ... 3 31 a.m. Alexandria ... ... 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam 0 50 a.m. Berlin ... ... ... 1 13 am. ' Berne ... ... 1 oam. Bombay ... ... 6 21 a.m. Boston ... 7 46 pm. Brindisi 1 42 am. ' Brisbane • ... 10 80 am. 1 Brussels ... 6 84 » tn. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. | When it is desired to form a la*n, the ground should be trenched a a directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot 1 can be prepared in March,, a betuon may be gained by sowing the fjrass seed during that month; ■ the surface ' must he thoroughly pulverised ~nd ' trodden down firmly. The following ' is a good mixture, if procurable:— ' Crested Dog-tail, 21ffs; Festuca tenuiFolia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; 1 Lolium tenoifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, » 81bs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens ' 41bs of each. This mixture will "uf--6 fice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept cut close ' answers most soils. Special mixtures 3 for laying down lawns may also be nad " from any seedsman. Some of 6 native poas and other grasses wo'ild answer admirably for lawn purposes. If the ground is of a retentive natare, * sowing the seeds should be deferred till ® August. Commence to cut as soon l > as the machine will act. Some orer fer the scythe for the first time of cutting. Roll previous to mowing; it this will save the knives ot the mowar. IMPOUNDING CATTLE, ETC. All trespassing cattle may be itn i) pounded by the occupier of the land t on whicli they are trespassing; but ni the case of unfenced land, the occupier is not entitled to claim any damI ages except fees for driving, or for giving notice of the detention uf «uch II cattle, as provided in the Second y Schedule.

SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. Parley, 2} to X] bushels; beans, 9 to 21 bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1} bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgß; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, L, to 17 lbs; frrze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 'be; do. for 6ingle-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs-, linseed, for flax, 2| bushels; linseed, for seed, 1} bushals; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurteel, 5 lbs; oate, 3to 4 bushels; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pat; rye, 21 to 8 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth lees), S to 2J bushels ; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, ii bushels; do., spring, 8 to S} bushels; trifoliam incarnatum, 84 lbs; turnip, 8 to 8 lbs.; tnrnlp stubble, 4 lbs; wheat. Si to 3} bushels.