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Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 March 1916, Page 4

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» FOll READ* REFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memarandun. 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, 2e tid, exceed £100, and does not exceed £210 10s, £200 and does not exceed £S'JO 16s, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20#; exceeds £1000, 355. P.n's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £25, and not exceeding HSO 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, sueii sum upon each bill of the set as to irake up the same duty as it a single LUI were drawn for the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part of £60 of tue amount of the consideration for sale. 7s 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 £60 of the amount or value ot the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment 4ct, 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: For every sum mot exceeding £26, (3d,; exceeding £26 and not •xceeding £50, Is.; every additional I £50 or part of £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to $s, the same duties as the original instroment; in any otfref case 3s. Land Transfers.—(Generally speaking, &e same duties aa would have been payable on & conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Laase, without any consideration by way of premium : Where rent does net earned £50 te for every additional £50 or part >f £50 Ba. For any instrument affecting a partition of lands Upon any oomtfdearation ixce«ding £190. Soldiers' estates are exempt from all luty up to £SMO in reipeot to every iHMMSion hy lineal descendant «r satuafeer.

seed of White Queen or some sort. aVout the middle of November. The soil should bo poor, aud made firm; sow thickly, aud do not thin uio plants. WORKERS' DWELLINGS. Borough Councils are empowered by the Municipal Corporations Act to erect for the occupation of workers employed or resident ill 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 the hands of the Council. By section 52 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Aot, 1913, Councils 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 worker to enable him to acquire land and build a worker's dwelling thereon; (8) sell to a worker ."iiy 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 AOT. ERECTION OF FENCES. A lence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a sufficient fence 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 proportions to the erection of a fence Between such lands, although such fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence whioh is not, as far m practicable, ©oafrinaoet? thioughout its length. THE RULES OF THE tv^OAD. The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite ; For in driving your carriage along, if you bear to the left you are iure to go right, If you turn to the- ripht you go wrong. Bnt in walking the streets 'tis a different case; To the right it is right wou should steer, On the left should be left enough of clear space For the people //ho wish to wait there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monew may legally be made—in tße cas eof bronze coins, for any amount not exceeding Is; in the casj of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; in th-tease of gold coins for any amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (83 and 31 Vic. c. 10, sec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1890). Bank notes are now legal tender m New Zealand and are still a first charge on the assets of the bank of '.ssue ("Bank Note I.=sue Act, 1893 TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME. As compared with— Adelaide ... ... ... 10 0 a.m. Aden ... .. ... 3 31 a.m. Alexandria ... ... 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam 0 50 a.m. Berlin 1 23 am. Berne 1 Oam. Bombay 5 21 a.ni. Boston 7 46 pm. Briudisi 1 42 am. Brisbane 10 30 am. Brussels 6 24 * tn. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a lax'n, the ground should be trenched as directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season ■'ray be gained by sowing the gruss bC'Oii during that month; the surf-ice ui iitst bo thoroughly pulverised ~nd trodden, down firmly. The following is a good mixture, it procurable:— Crested Dog-tail. 21Fs; Festuca tenuifoiia, 41bs; Festuca dnruscula, 21bs; Lolium tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; Whito clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, Slbs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens dibs of each. This mixture will suffice for half au acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept cut close answers most soils. Special mixtures for laying doun lawns may also be nad from any seedsman. Some of our native pous and other grasses would answer admirably lor iawn purposes. If the ground is of a retentive nature, sowing the seeds should be deferred til. l August. Commence to cut as soon as the machine will act. Some orefer the scythe for the first time of cutting. Roll previous to mowing; ibis will iffive the knives ot the mower. IMPOUNDING CATTLE, ETC. | All trespassing cattle may be im pounded by the occupier of the land on vvhicie they are trespassing; but ni 1 the case of uufenced land, the occupier is not entitled to claim any damages except fees for driving, or for giving notice of the detention of sucb cattle, as provided in the Second Schedule. I

tiEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. liar ley, 21 to 2| bushels; beans, 2 to 2i bushel*; buckwheat, or brank, 1} bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 ptga; id drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, Liio 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 : bs; do. for single-line fencing, to e»w one ' mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 2| bushels; linseed 1 , for seed, 1J bushels; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzcl, 5 lbs; oats, 3to 4 bushels; parsnip. 10 lbs; rape or oole, 1 pat; rye, 2i to 8 bnshels; rye grata (if drilled, one-fourth lees), fi to Si Vasbels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, - winter, Si bushels; do., spring, 8 to 2} bnshels; trifolitrai inpaniatum, 34 lbs; turnip, S to 8 lbs; turnip stubble, 4 lbs; wheat; 2i to 3} bushels.