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Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 February 1916, Page 4

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0 FOll READY REFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3s. Appraisement ol Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; .ixceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s Ud, exceed £100, and does not exceed £2 )0 10s, £200 and does not exceed £500 15s, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 35a. P.n's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £25, and net exceeding £50 Is, every additional £50 or paa t of £50 Is. 10s. Bills of Exchange. Oon demand 2il; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding £50, 1s; every additional £50 or part ut £50, Is.; if drawn in a set,' such sum upon each bill of the set as to u<ake up the same duty ae it a single Lill were drawn for the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: for every £50 or part ot £50 of tiie 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, lor every £50 or part of £50 of the amount or value of the property conveyed or transienred or assessed under "The Property Assessment Act, iBBS, 5 ' oir any Act amending the \anie at the <iate when such instrument <fcake& effect, 10a. Promissory Notes.—Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: Eor every sum not exceeding £25, fid,; exceeding £25 and not exceeding £50, Is.; every additional £50 or part, of £50, Ib. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to 3s, tI.U3 same duties as the original instrouicotj in any other case 3s. Lund Transfers.—Generally speaking, tits inline duties as would have been payable -vn a conveyance. Lea.«e, or Agreement to Lease, without an.T consideration by way of premium : iW-here rent does not exceed £50 3a for every additional £50 or part ol' £50 B,'». For anjt instrument affecting a partition of liinds upon any consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from all duty up to- £5000 in respect to every succession b*y lineal descendant or ancestor.

seed of White Queen or some sort. ai-.i : the middle of November. The soil should be poor, and made firm; vow thickly, and do not thin tlio plants WORKERS' DWELL]AGS. Borough Councils aro 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 Aniyndment Act, 1913, Councils are furt'ner empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The section provides that a Council may (1) let land ta a worker for the purpose of erecting a worker's dwelling; (2) advance money to a woiitcr t-o enable him to acquire land and build a worker's dwelling thereon; (3) sell to a worker r.ny separate worker's dwelling. Provision is made lor the repayment of advances and the payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money hy instalments.

THJE FENCING ACT. ERECTION OF FENCES. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule :s a r-uf-ficieut fence within the meaning of fbo Fencing Act (5.7). The occupiers of adjoining lands not divided by a-sufficient fence are liaide to join in or contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence i.ie tween snub lands, aftiiough such fence may not extend along tlio whole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any whicJi is not, m far M practicable, ooaiinu-jQ-tbioughout its length. THE RULES OF THE iwjAD. The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in dxjving youi . lirriage along, If you bear w> the left you ere *ur<; to go right, If you turn to the ripM you %o wrong. Ru.t in walking the streets 'lis a different case; Xo tli© rigbt it is rigiit wou sboald steer, On ,he left =hould be left enough of clear space For the people ,viu> wish to walk there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monow may legally be made—in the cas eof bronze coine, for any umouut not exceeding Is; in the cas-3 of silver coins, not exceeding 10s ; in f:: ecn.'-.o of gold coins for any' amount, unless coined prior to the reigu of Queen Victoria (33 and 31 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 as.seU of the bank of issue ("Untik Note If-suo Act, 1893 TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z MEAN TIME. As compared with- - Adelaide ... ... ... 10 0 a.m. Aden ... ... ... 8 31 a.m. Alexandria 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam 0 50 am. Berlin 1 23 i in. Berne 1 0 am. Bombay ... 5 21 a.m. Boston . . ... 7 46 pm. Brindisi ... ... ... 1 42 am. Brisbane ... 10 80 am. Brussels .... 6 24 Ul. LAVING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a la.vn, the ground should be trench jd ua directed for the vegetable garden i'uy timo during the autumn. If the i>i< t can fie prepared in March, u s r i.-'m nay be gained by sowing the ;;n.-is seed dui'ing that mouth ; the surf.u miiht he thoroughly pulvenrod . n-.l t'oddeu down Dimly. fl-,e folio'is a good mixture, it procurable: — Crested Dog-tail, 21hs ; Kestuca teuiiifolia, 41bs; Kestuca duruscula, 2lbs; Lolium teuuifolia pcronne, 201 bs, White clover ,2lbs; Tri folium minor, Slbs; Poa Neinoralis and Seinpervirens 41bs of eacfi. This mixture will uffice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept cut close answers most soils. Special mixtures ior laying down lawns may also be aad from any seedsman. Some of jur native poas and other grasses wo lid answer admirably "-lor lawn purposes. It the grouud is of a retentive nature, sowing the seeds should be deferred till August. Commence to cut as soon as the machine will act. Some >reter the scythe for the first time of cutling. Roll previous to mowiag; tins will save the knives oi the ui<nvar.

IMPOUNDING CATTLE, El< All irwpassing cattle may bo iiu pounded by tbo occupier of the land on ivhif> they an? trospaKsing; but m ihe caso of inifeuceii land, the otc.ip;er is not entitled to ciaim any damages except fees tor driving, or <oi giving notice of the detention ui v.ich cattle, provided in the Second Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. xJarley, 21 to 2} bushels; beans, 2 to 21 bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; evrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1.. ix) 17 Jbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 bs; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 ib; do., drilled, 4 lbs, linseed, for flax. 21 bushels; linseed, tor seed, 11 bushals; luoerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushel.*; parsnip. 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pat; rye, 21 to 8 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth less), 2 to 2i bushels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares,' winter, 21 bushels; do., spring, 2 .to 21 buehois; trlfoliam incarnatuin, 34 lbs; turnip, 2 to S lbs; turnip stnbble, 4 lbs; wheat- 21 to 31 bushel*.