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Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 March 1916, Page 4

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Ij'Oß It LOAD V Hilb ERENGE. tiTAAir DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, la 3d wiiii letters, etc., attacked, 3s. Appraisement ol Valuation wliwe the amount does not exceed L'M, Is.; v*xceed £20. does not exceed £50, 2ts lid, . exceed £100, and does not exceed £2')o 10s, £200 and does not exceed £s ! jo 15s, exceeds £500 20s. Award, (same' as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; esceeds £1000, itoa. F.u's. uot txceodiug, £25 (id, exceeds £25, and not exceeding £o0 Is, every additional £50 or pail ot £50 Is. 10s. Bills oi Exchange. Oon deiuAud 2d ; otherwise than on demand, it running singly, i'or any amount not exceeding

£50, is; every additional £50 or part of £00, la.; if drawn ill it set, such sum upon e<icb bdl oi the set as to tralie up tiio saino duty as it a.'single L'ill were drawn lor the aniftunt. Conveyance.—Conveyance on dale: Jj'or every £50 oi pari ol £50 of tlie amount ot bite consideration for sale. 7s (id. Any instrument whereby any property is logaily or equitably transferred to or vested in any person tor a nominal consideration or w hero no consideration passes, for every £50 or part of £50 of tlio amount, or value ot the property conveyed or tranatorxed or a*>se*isod under ''The L'roperty Assessment lot, ISBs,'' or any ixU amending tJw *ame at tlie dat<3 when such instrument takes effect, 10s. IVoinibsory .Notes. —A'ayment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: lor sum not exceeding £'2u, fid, j eicoeding £25 and uot exceeding £50, is.; every additional £50 or part ,of £50, Ib. Duplicate or counterpart of aiy instrument chargeable ■with, duty, wltera suclt ciuty does not amount to is, the same duties m the original lnstriv ment; in any other case 3s. Land Transfers.— Uenerally speaking, the same duties ae «ouid have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of premium : Where rent does not exceed £50 3i< for every additional £50 or part of £50 3s. Foot any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon any consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from a'l duty up to £5000 in respect to every succession by lineal descendant or ancestor.

seed ot White ljueun or some sort, a!:, i t thy middle of Isovemoer. The soil should ■-•i: i- I '.. and made linn; »o\v thick 1.- i! : •'I thu ; 1* •* < 'ants