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Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 March 1916, Page 4

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♦ FOR READ* REFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memoiandun- of Agreement, Is 3d with loiters, etc., attacked, 38. Appraisement ot Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; exceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2e (id, exceed £100, and does not exceed £210 10s, £200 and does not exceed £500 15s, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 355. P.n'e. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £25, and not exceeding £50 Is, every additional £50 or part of £50 Is. 10s. liills or Exchange. Oon demand 2d; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding £50, la; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such sunn upon each bill of the set as to n?ake up the same duty as it a single Lili were drawn for the amount. > Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: for every £50 or part ot £50 of fclie amount of the consideration for sale. 7s 6d. Any. instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred to or vested in any personlor a nominal consideration or where no consideration passes, for every £50 or part of £50 of the amount or value of the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment Act, 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 not exceeding £20, Gd,; exceeding £2o and not exceeding £50, la.; every additional £50 or part of £60, Ib. 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 3s. Land Transfers.—Generally speaking, jfciie same duties as would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of premium : Where rent does not exceed £60 3a for every additional £50 or part of £50 3«. I For any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon any consideration 1 exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from a'l duty up to £9000 in reap*ei to «rory sMMuion by luml descendant or Mt«cster.

seed of White Queen or some sort, about the middle of November. The soil should be poor, and made firm; jow thickly, and do not thin the plants. WORKERS' DWELLINGS. j .Borough Councils are empowered by I ihe 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 letting to be in the hands of the Council. By section 52 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, Council# are further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The section prorides 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; (3) sell to a worker Jiy separate worker's dwelling. Provision iB made for the repayment of advances and the payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money hy instalments. THE 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 the Fencing Act (5.7). 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 such lands, although such fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which is. not, aa far m practicable, wmtinuoop throughout its length. THE RULES OF THE Jttf>AD. The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along, If you bear to the left you ere iure to go right, Jf yoa turn to the ripht you go wrong. But in walking the streets' 'tis a different case; To the right it is right wou should steer, On the left, should be left enoagb of clear space Foi the people /pho wish to walk there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of mcJnew may legally be made—in the cas eof bronie coins, for any amount not exceeding Is; in the of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; in th tease 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., 1890). Bank notes are now legal tender in New Zealand and are still a first charge on the assets of the bank of •sstiG ("Bank Note 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 a, m. Berne .. ... ... 1 0a m. Bombay ... ... 5 21 a.m. Boston 7 46 pm. Brindisi ... ... •> ... 1 42 am. Brisbane ... ... ... 10 30 am. Brussels 6 84 % va. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a la*n, the ground should be trenched as directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the piot can be prepared in March, a season iray be gained by sowing the 2r.iss seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly . pulverised „nd trodden clown firmly. - The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21Gb; Festuca tenuifolia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Loliutn tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21 bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; I'oa Nemoralis and Sempervirens 41bs of eacfi. This mixture will '•uffico for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept cut close answers most soils. Special mixtures' for laying down lawns may also be nad from any seedsmaa. Some of <jur native poas and other grasses woild answer admirably lor iawn purposes. If the ground is of a retentive nature, sowing the seeds should be deferred til! August. Commence to cut as soon as the machine will act. Some arefer the scythe for the first time of cutting. Roll previous to mowing; ihis will save the knives ot the mo war. IMPOUNDING CATTLE, ETC. All trespassing cattle may he impounded by the occupier of the land on whicl they are trespassing; but m the case of unfenced land, the occapier is not entitled to claim any damages except fees for driving, or for giving notice of the detention of such cattle, as provided •in the Second ■Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW A\ ACRE. xJarley, 2J to ZJ bushels; beans, 2 to 21 bushels; buckwheat, or brank, lj bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in drills,to 12 lbs; clover, I. to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 'bs; 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, 2} bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J bushels; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled' 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3to 4 bushels; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or oole, 1 pst; rye, 2J to 8 bushels; ry® grass (if drilled, one-fourth lees), 8 to 8J V*shels; sai&foin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 3) bushels; do., spring, 1 to 2| bushals; trifoliom incarn&tum, 14 lbs; turnip, S to 8 lbs; tnrnlp stabile, 4 lbs; wheat. 3§ to 3) bushel*.