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Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 March 1916, Page 4

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FOR READY VJiFERENOE. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3s. Appraisement oi Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; exceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s (3d, • exceed £100, and does not exceed £2')o 10s, £200 and does not exceed £600 los, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 355. P.n's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £25, and uot exceeding £50 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; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such sum upon each bill ot the set as to make up the same duty as it a single Lill were drawn for the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part ot £50 of tne amount of the consideration ior sale Vb 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, for every £50 or part of £50 of the amount or value ot the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment Act, 1885,'' or any Act amending the -aino at tiie date when such instrument takes etfect, 10s. Promissory Notes.—Fayment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exceeding £25, »3d,; exceeding £25 and not exceeding £50, Is.; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to is, the same duties as the original instrument; in any other case ijs.~ Land Transfers. —Generally speaking, the same duties as would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of premium ; Where rem, does not exceed £50 3e for every' additional £50 or part of £50 3s. For any instrument affocting a partition of lands upon any consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from all duty up to £5000 in respect to every succession by lineal descendant or ancestor.

seed of White Queen or some sort. abM.t J the middle of Novemuer. The soil i shoutd So poor, and made lirm ; x.ow thickh . at. .i -jo ;.,»t thin tli'.- plants j WORK BUS' DWELLINGS. Borough Councils are empowered by lhe Municipal Corporations Act to erect for tiisi occupation of workers employed or resident, in boroughs any buildings suitaide for workers' dwellings, or may acquire buildings by purchase or otherwise, and render tiiem suitable for tile same purpose, the letting to be in the hands of the Council. By section 52 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, Councils are further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The section provides that a Council may (1) let laud to a worker for the purpose of erecting a worker's dwelling; (2) advance money to a woiKer to enable him to acquire land and build a worker's dwelling thereon; (3) sell to a worker - ."ny separate worker's dwelling. Provision is made ior the repayment of advances and the payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money hy instalments. THE FENCING ACT. ERECTION OF FENCES. A fc-nce of any of the Vinds mentioned in the Second Schedule :s a iick'iit fence within the moaning oi ihe Fecciiig Act (5.7). The occupiers of adjoining lands not | divided by a sufficient i-juce are liable to join in or contribute in equal proportions to the erection ol a fence i<ty tween such lands, although such feuce may not extend along the whole boundary, liue. Hut no occupier is liatuo to contribute to any fence which in" not, us far cfi piaotioabie, £»atina>Ev .thioughnut its length. THE RULES OF THE i.OAD The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite For in driving year carriage aloug, 1! you bear to the left you Kre jure to go right, if you turn to the riyhl. you <jo wrong. I'ilL in walking the f.tiects 'tis a diflerent caw, 'To the right it is ngnt won should ateer, On Mio kfi should bo left enough of clear space Foi the p'.-ople alio wish to wali there." j LEGAL TENDER. Tender of mouew may. legally be made —in the cas eof Lrcnze coins, for any amount not. exceeding Is; in the cas - of silver coins, uot exceeding 40s; i:i th ecu so of gold coins for ,\vy amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Q;ieeu Victoria (33 and 34 Vic. c. 10, see. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1890). Bank notes arc now legal tender m New Zealand and aro\ still a hrst charge on the assets •/> tiie bank of issue ("Dank Note 1.-'-aie Act, 1593 TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N A ' MEAN TIME. As coinpured with — Adelaide ... 10 0 a.m. Aden .. .. ... 3 81 a.m. Alexandria ... 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam ... ... 0 50 at m. Berlin 4 23 jm. Heme ... 1 0 a m. Bombay ■■■ 5 2! a. <n. Boston 7 46 p.m. Brindisi ... ... i 42 a a*. iSri&bane 10 ~W u ui. Brussels . . (j 2-i i ui. LAYING DOW .\ LAWN. When it is desired to form a ia.vn, the groiind ijiiould be trenched ad directed lor t!ie • vegi.'t a Die garden i-ny time during Ibe a u 11;::: n. If the (dot can be prepared in March, a sea ion nay i<e gained bj rowing the : r ,i iss seed during tiiai month; the surf.ice must be thoroughly pulveiiiied .-.'id troddiui down firmly. l'lie following is a good mixture, it procurable: — (.'rested Dog-tail 2lij.- ; teuuifolia, 4lbs; i''estuca duruscuia, 2lljs; Loliuin teuuilulia perennc, 20lbs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, . Slbs; Poa Nemoralis and Sompo-rvi.-ens libs of each. This mixture wdi uffice for halt an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept cut close answers most soils. Special mixtu.es fur lajing down lawns may also be :iad from any seedsman. Some of ;ur native -poas and other grasses wo'ild ai/swer admirably ior lawn purposes, li the ground is oi a retentive nature, sowing the seeds should uo deferred till August. Commence to cut as soon as the machine will act. ' Some >reI'fer the scythe for the first time of cutting. Roll previous to moiviig; this will savo the knives ol'the mo.var.

IMPOUNDING CATTLE, EIC. j All trespassing cattle may be im pounded by the oecupioi of the land on whicfc they are trespassing; bai, hi ' the case of unfenced land, the occupier is not entitled to ciaiw any damages except lees [jr driving, or /oi giving notice" of the detention uX such cattle, us provide-d in the Second Schedule. ti.KHDS REQUIRED TO SOW A \ ACRE. tSarley, 2} t-o 2J bushels; beana, 2 to '2i bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1J bushels; cabbage to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 8 pkgs; (•-■•.-rut in drills, Bto 12 lbs; clovor, 1. oo 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 bs; do. for single-line lencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), t-o transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs, linseed, for flax, 2J bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J bushals; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 1-5 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold icurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushel?; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole. 1 p«£t; rye, 2$ to 8 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth less), '1 to 2J bushels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tarea, winter, 2} bushels; do., spring, 2 to 2J. bushels; trifolipin incarnafcum, 14 lbs; turnip, 2 to S lbs; torsip stubble, i lbs; wheat. 2i to 2J bushels.