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Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 March 1916, Page 4

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hOli HEAD V JIEFEUENCE. ij'i'AMF DUTIES. Agreement of Meiuorandun. of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3s. Appraisement oi Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; axcoed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s tid, exceed £100, and does not exceed £2 )0 10s, £200 and does not exceed £600 16s, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20a; exceeds £1000, 33a, i'.a's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £25j and not exceeding JioO Is, every additional £50 or part of £50 Ib. 10s. Bills <ji Exchange. Oon demand 2d ; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding 1:50, Is; every additional £50 or part oi £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such sum upon each, bill of the set as to make up the same duty as H a single till were drawn tor the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part ot £50 of tue amount of the consideration for sale is (id. 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 £60 or part of £50 of the amount or value oi the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment 4.ct, 1885,'' or any Act amending the 'arne at the date when such instrument takes effect, 10s. Promissory Notes.—Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exceeding £25, (3d,; exceeding £25 and not exceeding £50, U.; 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 Ss, the same duties as the original instr lament; in any other case 3s. Land Transfers.—Generally speaking, the same duties as would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Laase, without any consideration by way of premium : Where rent does not exceed £50 3a for every additional £50 or part of £50 3s. For any instrument affecting, a partition of lands upon any consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from all duty up to £5000 in respect to ©vary su««*wion by lineal descendant or allocator. I

seed of White Quwu or some sort. alN.i.t the middle of iNovemuer. The soil should bo poor, and made iirm ; iow thickly, and do not tiim the plants WOItKEUo' DWELLINGS. Borough Councils are empowered Oy the 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 ietting to be in the hands of the Council. By section 62 of the Municipal t-tor-porations 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 worker to enable him to acquire land and build a worker's dwelling thereon; (8) sell to a worker .".ny separate worker's dwelling. Provision is made for the repayment of advances and the payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money hy instalments.

TILE FENCING ACT. ERECTION OF FENCES. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a sufficient fence within the meaning of ine Fencing Act (b.7). The occupiers of adjoining lands not divided by a sufficient fence are liaole to join in or contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence between audi lands, although »uch feuce may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no ooeupier is liabxo to contribute to any fence which is not, as far u practical)!*,, OQntinaom? thioughout its length. THE RULES OF THE jtvOAD. The Rule of the Road is a parados quite; For in driving your carriage along, If you bear to the left you r.re iure to go right, If you turn to the ripht you go wrong. But in walkiug the streets 'tis a dif-

ferent case; To the right it is right wou should steer, On the left should be left enough of clear space Foi the people //ho wish to walk there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monew may legally he made—in the cas eof bronze coins, for any amount not exceeding la; in the cas.- of silver coins, not exceeding tOs; m th ecu&e of gold coins for «cy amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (33 and 34 Vic. c. 10, sec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1890). Bank notes are now legal tender m New Zealand and are etill a iirst charge on the assets ot the hank of Issue ("Bank Note lraue Act, 1893 " TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME. As compared with— Adelaide 10 0 a.m. Aden ... ... 3 81 a.m. Alexandria ... ... 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam 0 50 a m. Berlin 1 23 a in. Berne 1 0a mBombay .. 5 21 a.'h. Boston ... 7 46 pm.

Brindisi 1 42 am. Brisbane 10 30 am. Brussels 6 84 *m. LAVING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a la*'u, the ground should be trenched as directed for the vegetable garden itny time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season nay be gaiued by sowing the griss seed during that month; the surface

must be thoroughly pulverised ~nd trodden down firmly. The following Is a good mixture, it procurable:— Crested Dog-tail. 21Us; Festuca teuuifolia, 41 bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Lolimn 'tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifoliuin minor, Slbs; l'oa Nemoralis and Sempervirens 41bs of each. This mixture will uffiee for half an acre, and will form a very good lawii, and il kept out close answers most soils. Special mixtures

fur laying down lawns may also be nad from any seedsman. Some of jur native poas and other grasses would answer admirably tor lawn purposes. If the ground is of a retentive natare, sowing the seeds should be deferred til. 1 August. Commence to cut as soon as the machine will act. Some oreler the scythe for the first time of cutting. JRoll previous to mowiig; this will save the knives oi the moivar. IMPOUNDING CATTLE, EIG. All trespassing cattle may bo iua pounded by the occupier of the land on whick they are trespassing; but in the case of unfenced land, the occu-

pier is not entitled to ciaim any damages except fees for driving, or tor giving notice of the detention ux such cattle, as provided in the Second Schedule. HEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW A\ ACRE. Harley, 2* to 2} bushels; beano, 2to 21 bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, I. do 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 be; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs > linseed, for flax, 2J bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J busbsls; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3to 4 bushel?; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pat; rye, 2| to 8 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth less), 2 to 21 Vasbels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 2} bushels; do., spring, 2 to 2J bushels; trifolinm inc&rnatum, 24 lbs; turnip, 2 to 8 lbs; turnip stabile, 4 lb»; wheat. Si to 2} bushels.