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Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 March 1916, Page 4

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J' • — FOR, READY REFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. ■ Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, eto., attached, 3s. Appraisement ol Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, le.; exceed £20, does not exoeed £50, 2s lid, exceed £100, and does not exceed £210 10s, £200 and does not exceed £500 15b, exceeds -£500 20b. Award, same aa Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 355. P.n's. not exceeding £85 6d, exceeds £25j and not exceeding £50 Is, every additional £50 or part of £50 la. 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 suim upon each bill of the set as to irake up the same duty u it a single bill were drawn for the amount. Conveyance—Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part oi £50 of ttte i amount of the consideration for sale ,7s 6d. Any instrument whereby any property. fe legally or equitably transferred to or wasted in any person tor a nominal consideration or where no consideration glasses, for every £50 or part of £50 of the amount or value oi the property ' .conveyed or transferred or assessed unj der "The Property Assessment 4ot, aSßs,'' or any Act amending th® '&mo at the date when such instrument takes effect, 10s. .Promissory Notes.—Payment on demn ruV 2d. Payable otherwise than on denuuni: Foe every sum not exceeding £26, 6d,; exceeding £25 and not exceeding ,£SO, !»•; every additional £50 ®r part of £60j Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where such duty does oob amount to 3s, the same duties as .til® original instrument j in any other case 3a. Land Transfers. —Generally speaking, the same duties as woujd have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of premium : Where rent does not exoeed £50 3c fur every additional £60 or part of £50 3s. Far ainy instrument affecting a partition of lands upon amy consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates am exempt from all duty up to £6000 in wspeet to every succession by lineal deeoonciant or ancestor.

seed of White Queen or some sort, about the middle oi November. The soil should be poor, and made firm; »»' thickly, and do not thm tiiu plants WORKEIUj' DWELLINGS. Borough Councils are empowered tiy ihe 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 th 6 hands of the Council. By section 52 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, Councils are further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The' sectiou 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 worker 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 fenco of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule :a a sufficient fence within the meaning of fbe fencing Act (6.7). The occupiers of adjoining lands not divided by a sufficient fence are liatile to join in or contribute in equal proportions to the eroution of a feneo uetween suoli lands, although such fence uiay not extoud along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is liab'ie to contribute to any fence which is not, as far m pr*oti»abi«, owatinuoathioughout its length. TEE RULES OF THE tiOAD. The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving your carriage alo.ug, If you bear to the left you r.re it) rv to go right, If you turn to the you £0 wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different cnse; lb the right it is right wou should steer, On ;tie left should be left enough of clcar space For the people *ho wish to walls there.

LEGAL TENDER. Tender <jf monew rimy legally bo made—in the cas eof bronze coins, for ally amount not exceeding Is; in the caej of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; in th ecase of gold coins for aoy amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (33 and 31 Vic. c. 10, sec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1890). Bank notes are now legal tender 111 New Zealand and are still a first charge on the assets ol the bank of issue ("Bank Note Ireue Act. 1893 TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME. As compared with — Adelaide ... 10 0 a.m. Aden ... ... ... S 31 a.m. Alexandria ... ... 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam 0 50 a.m. Berlin 1 23 %m. Borne 1 0 am. Bombay .. ... 5 21 am. Boston ... 7 46 pm. Brindisi ... ... ... 1 42 a oi. Brisbane .. 10 30 am. Brussels Q 24 * in. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is dosired to form a the ground abould be trenched as directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season uay be gained by sowing the ;;i"ass seed during thut month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised ..ad trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable Crested Dog-tail, 21Bs; Eestuca tenuifolia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Lolium tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralis and Seinpervirens 41bs of each. 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 for laying down lawns may ako be cad from any seedsman. Some of .jiir native poas and other grasses wo'ild answer admirably lor !awn purposes. If the ground is of a retentive natjre, sowing the seeds should be deferred til) August. Commence to cut as soon as the machine will, act. Some »refer the scythe for the first time of cutting. ' Roll previous to mowi.ig; this will save the knives ot the mower. IMPOUNDING CATTLE, ETC. All trespassing cattle may be iin pounded by the occupier of the land on whick they are trespassing; but in the case of unfenced land, the occupier is not entitled to claim any damages except fees for driving, or for giving notice of the detention ur such cattle, as provided in the Second Schedule. HEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. Uarley, 2J to ®| bushels; beans, 9 to 2 J bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; -ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, to 17 lbs; furze or gor&e, for feed, 20 to 24 : bs; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniproofed cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 2i bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J bushals; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, IS lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushels; parsnip, 10 lbe; rape or cole, 1 put; rye, 2J to 8 bushels; rya grass (if drilled, one-fourth less), 2 to 2J Vaahels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 2} bushels; do., spring, 3 to 2} bushels; trifolium incarnatum, 14 lbs; turnip, 3 to 8 lbs; turnip stubble, 4 lb»; wheats Si to 8} bushel*.