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Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 March 1916, Page 4

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J • FOR READY SUEFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agree- ' ment, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, i 3s< Appraisement ot Valuation where tlie • amount does not exceed £20, Is.; exceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s lid, 1 exceed £100, and does not exceed £2 )0 ' 10s, £200 and does not exceed £500 15s, exceeds £600 20ls. « Award, same ai Valuations, except 1 exceeds £50Q but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 355. P.n'e. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds 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 j every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such ■suim upon each bill of the Bet as to make up the same duty as li p. single i-ill were drawn for the amount. - Conveyance—Conveyance on tiale: For every £50 or part of £50 of tiie amount of the consideration for sale 7s 6d. Anyi 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 £50 or part of £oU 5 of the amount or value oi the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment \cg, 1885,'' or any Act amending the "'"ame at the date when suoh instrument take» eifect, 10s. Promissory Notes.—Payment on Ue- f maud 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exceeding £25, fid,; exceeding £25 and not exceeding £50, Is.; every additional £50 or part of £60, Ib. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to 3s, the same duties aa the original instror inent; in any other case 3s. Land Transfers.—Generally speaking, the same duties aa would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of premium: Where rent doe* not exceed £50 3c for every, additional £60 or part of £50 8«. ij For any instalment aJEeotang a parti- j ij lion of lands upon any consideration ' - .exceeding £100.; j | Soldiers' &ttittt an£i exempt from all : ? duty up to £6000 ■in respect to every : succession hy lineal descendant or »n----oeitor.

seed of White Queen or some tort. abi.i.t th>» niiddle of November. The soil t-Jumld 'ii? poor, and made lirm; sow lluck!;. . ai.U do *u<>t thio Uio plants WORKERS' DWELLINGS. Boiough Councils are empowered by She Municipal Corporations Act to erect lor iiiy occupation of workers employed or resident in boroughs any buildings su liable for workers' dwellings, or may acquire buildings by purchase or otherwise, and render them suitable for the i same purpose, the letting to be in the hand.s of the Council. By section 52 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, Council'? are further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The section provider that a Council may (1) let land t.3 a worker for the purpose of erecting a worker's dwelling; (2) advance money to a woricer to enable him to acquire laud and build a worker's dwelling tbereon; (3) sell to a worker .-ny «epurato work or'a dwelling. Provision is made for the repayment of advances and the payment of advances aud the payment of purchase-money hy instalments. THE FENCING ACT. EREC'J lON OF FENCES. A leru'e of any of the kinds mentioned in ihe Second Schedule is a *ufuciriit, fence within the meaning of the I'Vni'ing Act (5.7). l'he occupiers of adjoining lands not iiivid.xl by a sufficient fence are liable to join in or contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence oetwewi auu'u lands, although such fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. -But no occupier is liabie to contribute to any fence which is uot, a« far a» practicable, ©oatinuoß? il idiighout its length. HIE RULES OF THE tvOAD Iho Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For ia driving your carriage Along, I! you boar to the left you are iure to go right, ii you turn to the ripht you go iv ronu;, Hu! n walking the streets 'tis a different case; in the right it is right wou should steer, On ,he iefi should be left enough of clear space f <ii the people a 1 ho wish to walk there. LEGAL TENDER. i euder of monew may legally be in the cas eof bronze coins, for any amount' not exceeding Is; in the oaf-,.' of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; i:. ;cease 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., 1830). Bank notes are now legal tender in New Zealand and are still a first cliarge ou the assets ot the bank of :.iiiiie ("LSank Note l.«sue Act. 1893 " I'WELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON NZ MEAN TIME.

As compared with--Adelaide ... 10 0 a.m. Aden .. ... S SI a.m. Alexandria - ■ ... 2 28 a.m. Atiistorduw ... ... 0 50 a.m. lierlia ... ... ... 1 23 %m. Hotne .. 1 0 am. iio.nbay .. .. ... 5 21 a >n. Uv:>t«>n' ... ... 7 46 pm. iin;:<!:si 1 42 am. Brisbane 10 80 am. Brussels 6 24 *m. LAVING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a la*n, liits ground should be trenchod as directed for the vegetable garden uny time during the autumn. If the plot can bo prepared in March, a season n .!\ be gained bj (sowing the css during that month; the surface must tie thoroughly ""pulverised ..nd tioddi'u down firmly. The following a go<jd mixture, it procurable:— CiLsti"! Dog-tail, 2155; Festuca tenui--libs; Festuca duruecula, 21bs; Loliuin tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; Wliito clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, SiUs; Poa jN'o.-noialis and Sempervirens 11 Lis of each. This mixture will ''ufiice tor half an acre, and will form a very Rood lawn, and II kept cut close answers most soils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may also be nad from any seedsman. dome of our native poas and other grasses would answer admirably lor lawn purposes. II the ground is of a retentive natjre, sowing the seeds should he deferred till August. Commence to cut as soon aa the machine will act. Some >reter the scythe for the first time of cutting. Roll previous to mowiag; tiiis will save the knives oi th 6 motver. IMPOUNDING CATTLE, EIC. All trespassing cattle may be impounded by the occupie* of the land cm which they are trespassing; but rn the case of unfenced land, the occupier is not entitled to claim any damages except fees for driving, or tor giving notice of the detention u/ uicb catllc, as provided in the Second Schedule. SKEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. iiarley, 2i to 3J bushels; beans, 2 to '2} bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1) bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; o*„'rot in drills. 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1. to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 : bs; d >. for single-line febcing, to sow one j imio. 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turnip- ] rooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; j do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 2* ! bunhels; linseed, for seed, li bushels; | lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, j 15 Ilis; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold ! wurtze], 5 lbs; oate, 3 to 4 bushelg; I parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pat; | rye, 21 to 8 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth lees), 2 to 2} bas-h-els; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 2j bushels; do., spring, 9 to 2} bushels; trifolium inoarnatam, 14 lbs: turnip, 2 to 8 lbs; turnip stabble, 4 lb*; wheat- 21 to 2} bushels.