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Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 March 1916, Page 4

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L'Oli READY REFERENCE. .sta.yip duties. dgieement ot Mouiorandun. of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3s. Appraisement oC Valuation where the atnoum does not cxeeed £20, Is.; exceed £20, doos not exceed £50, 2s Ud, exceed £100, and does not exceed £2')o 10s, £200 and does not exceed £500 los, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 36a. i'.u's. not exceeding £25 (id, exceeds £25 a and not exceeding £50 Is, everv J additional £50 or pari 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 bill of the set as to make up the same duty as it a single Liil were drawn for the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: L'or every £50 w part oi £50 of the amount of the consideration for sale 7s 6d. Any instrument w.hereby any property is legally or equitably transferred to or vested in any person tor a nominal consideration or where no consideration passes, for every £50 or part of £50 of the amount or value ot the property convoyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment let, 1885," or any Act amending the -ame at the date when such instrument takes effect, 10s. Promissory Notes.—Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: ll'or every sum not exceeding £25, tid,; exceeding £25 and noL exceeding £50, Is.; every additional £50 or part of £50, Ib. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument- chargeable with duty, where 6uch duty does not amount to 3s, the same duties aa the original instrument, ; in any other case 3s. Land Transfers.—Otenerally speaking, the sanie 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 3t! 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 £6000 in respect to every succession by lineal descendant or ancestor.

seed of White (Jueen or some sort. t j the middle ol November. The sod i should be pour, anil made firm; sow tliiekl.), aim do not thus Uio plants WORKERS' D WELLINGS. Hoi .j'lgb Councils a: e empowered Uy Ihe Municipal Corporations Act to erect lor the occupation of workers employed or resident in boroughs any buildings suitable for workers' dwellings, or iuay 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 Amendment Act, 1913, Council's are 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 woruer to enable him to acquire land and build a worker's dwelling thereon j (3) sell to a worker - 1 i O' 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 ACL'. EREGIION Ol' FENCES. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a sufficient fonce within the meaning of the Fencing Act (5.7). The occupiers of adjoining lands not divided by a sufficient fence are liable to join in or contribute in equal pro- ' portions to the erection of a fence be tween suotf lands, although Buch fence may not extend along the whole boundary iine. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which is not, u far m piwstioable, ooniinaoHthioughout its length. _ THE RULES OF THE ivOAD The Rule of the Road is * paraiov quite; For in driving yoiii carriage along, If you bear to the left you ere jure to go right, If you turn to the riyht you go wrong. tint in walkiug the ivtreeto 'tis a different case; 'l'u the riy;ht it is right wou should steer, tin ihe loli. should bo left enough oi clear space For the people a'ho wish to walk there. LEGAL TENDER.

Tender of nionew may legally bo wailo— iu l.fie cas oof brons© coins, for any amount uot exceeding Is; in the: eas; of silver coiuß, not exceeding 10s; i:i tli (.-cast? of gold coins for any amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Quoen Victoria (33 and SI Vic. e. 10, sec. 4. and Koy al Proclamation 2'J, Nov., 1890). iiiiak notes are now legal tender >n New Zealand and are still a first ciu'.sgt? on tLo assets ot the bank of iiseue ("Batik Note I;-sue Act, 1893 TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z MEAN TIME. As compared with — Adelaide ... 10 0 a.m. Aden 3 81 a.m. "Alexandria ... ... 2 iiß a-rn. Amsterdam ... ... 0 50 a.m. Berlin ... ... ... 1 28 a in. Borne .. ... I 0a m. Bombay ... 5 2] a.m. Boston . . ... ... 7 46 p.m. Brindini ... ... 1 42 sm. Brisbane 10 30 a tn. Brussels ... . . G 24 * as. LAYING DOWN S LAWN When it is desired' to form a la.vn. i !:■.> !j,r'i: id should he trenched as directed lor. the vegetable garden ;• Jiy t:iiiti during the aulnum. Ii" the *»iol tail 'be ptvpumi iu -Vluich, a mlujuii nay be gained by eoumg the ,",i-uss -i.eiJ t.'iat iiiotil.li; tb> surf-iee luuit U Iholo.igliiy pulverised ~ud Uv.luou do-rtU iit'i.il.y. i'ua follow log is a good mixture, ii procurable:— Crested Dog-tnil, iiilJs; Festuca tenaiioiia. -libs; Kestuca duruseula, 21bs; Loliiim tenuifolia perenne, 2()lbs; Whito clover ,2ibfi: Trii'oluuii minor, Slbs; I'oa XiMiioralia and libs of each. Tliifi mixture will uftice lor half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and it kept cut close answers most soils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may also be aad from any seedsman. iSomc of jur native poas and other grasses woild answer admirably lor lawn purposes. 11 the ground is oi a retentive nature, solving the seeds should Do deferred till August. Commence lo cut as soon as tho machine will act. Some jrei'er the scythe for the tirst time of cntting. lioll previuis to mowing; this will save the knives ot the mower.

JAIL'OUNDING CATTLE, 810. Ail ii'c.spuDsing iviittlv may bu itn poiuiu'ud by the oucupiur of the land o.n wbicfc thoy are trespassing; but in the caso of unfenced laud, the occupier is nut entitled to ciaim any damages except fees fur driving, or for giving no!ice of the detention uf vjch cattle, ns provide in tbe Secund Schedule. MEICDS REQUIRED TO SOW A V ACRE. rJarley, 2i to S| bushels; beams, 2 to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ow.jrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, *. _ vo 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 be; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 Ibe; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs-, linseed, for flax, 2J bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J busby Is; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oate, 3 to 4 bushel.*,; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 j)j£t; rye, 2J to_ 3 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth lees), 2 to 2J bushels ; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, Si bushels; do., spring, 3 to 2J bushels; trifolium iuoarnatuui, S4 Ibej turnip, 2 to 3 lbs; turaip stubble. 4 lbs; wheat. 21 to 2| ouohaLs