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Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 March 1916, Page 4

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[ —« i<Oil UEAlti qjCFJiIUILNCii. STAMP DUTIES. ! Agreement of Alemorandun. of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, :.is. Appraisement o; Valuation where tiio amount does not exceed £20, la.; -.<\- ceed £'20, does uot exceed £50, & lid, j exceed £100, and dues not exceed £2 )0 10b, £200 and does uot exceed £500 15s, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but uot £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 35a. i'.n's. uot t-xceeding £25 Gd, exceeds £25, and uot exceeding £50 Is, every additioual £50 or part of £50 Iβ. 10a. Bills (jj: Exchange. Oon demand 2 .!, otherwise vJiaa ou demand, if runuiug singly, for uuy amount uot exceeding LoO, Iβj every additional £50 or part of £50, Is. ; if drawn m a sot, such .sum upon each biJi of tile set as to wake up the same duiy as n a L'iJi wore drawn tor the amount. (Joureyaiico.—Gouvuya-uco on Haie: For every £50 or part or £50 of tiie amount of the consideration tor salt* 7s" (id. Any instrument whereby any property is legally or tquiiabiy transferred to oi vuated in any person lor a nominal consideration or uiiere no consideration passes, for every £50 or pait of £bO cii the amount or value oi tho property conveyed or transtw'xcd or afissetised under "The i'ropoj iy AsSL*.sme).it \ct, iSBS, !, or any Aei ameuding the -anie at tbe date when auch instrument takea etlvct, 10a. i'j-oinissory JS'otps. —l'uy.tneut on domaud 2d'. Payable othorwiso than on demand: For every sum not exceeding £25, ijd,; oxeeodinK £25 and not. j exceeding £50, Iβ. ; every additional j £50 or part of £50, Iβ. Duplicate or counterpart of any m-f-trument chargeable with duty, where siich duty does not amount to tbe Kamo duties aa the original instru.lne.nt; in any other case 3s. Land Transfers. -—Uenerally speaJsing, liio same duties as wouJd have been payable on a conveyanoe. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of premium : Where rent does not exceed Bod Sfc for every additional £60 or part of £50 3s. For any instrument affecting a partition of lands upoa any consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from a'l duty up to £5000 in respect to every succession by lineal descendant or ancestor.

seed of White Queen or some sort, ahoi.t the middle of November. The soil should be poor, and made firm; sow thickly, and do not thin the plants WORKERS' DWELLINGS. -Borough Councils are empowered by 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 lotting 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 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 my 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 ACT. ERECTION OF FENCES. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a mi£ficifut fence within tho meaning of the Fencing Act (5.7). The occupiers of adjoining lands "not divided by a sufficient fence are liaidu 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 liabie to contribute to any fence which is not, ma far as practicable, oomtina jbp thioughout its length. THE RULES OF THE iIOAD. The Rule of the Road is a parados quite; For in driving your carriage along, If you bear to the left-you ere itiro to go right, If you turn to the r)>bt you go wrong. Hut-in walking the streets 'tis a different case; To the right it is right wou shoald steer, On the left should be left enough of clear space For the people wish to wali thero. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monew may legally be maiio—in the cas eof bronze coins, for Hiiy amount not exceeding Is; in the cas-.- of silver coins, not exceeding 10s; in th ecase of gold" coins for Any amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (33 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 ot the bank of •sfiue {"Bank Note Issue Act, 1893 " TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON \ Z. MEAN I'liuE. As compared with— Adelaide .. ... ... 10 0 a.m. j Aden ... .. ... 331 a.m. Alexandria 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam .. ... 0 50 am. Berlin 1 23 am. Beino 1 0a m. Bombay .. .. ... 5 21 a.m. Boston ... .. ... 7 46 pm. I ft • 1• • tirinai.ss 1 42 o in. Brisbane 10 30 am. Brussels 6 24 * in. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a la.vn, the groiiud should be trenched as directed for the vegetable garden any lime during the autumn. If tho clot can be prepared in ,\i.:reh, a sea-ion n r,y be gained by sowing the gr.tss J during that month; the surface i.'.c.t bo thoroughly pulverised «.nd trodden don ii firmly. The following is a good mixture, it procurable:— C'tesied Dog-tail 21lfs; Festuea tenui- ' toha, 41b,s; Festuea duruscula, 21bs; Loiiuui t-euuifolia perenue, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, Slbs; Poa Nemoralis and Seuipervirens 4lbs of each. This mixture will uffiee for half an acre, aud will form a very good lawn, and ii kept cut close answers jnost soils. Special mixtures fur laying doun lawns may also be ,>ad from any seedsman. Some of our native poas and other grasses woild answer admirably tor iawn purposes. 11 the ground is of a retentive nut.ire, .sowing tho seeds should ue deferred til 1 August. Commence to cut as soon as the machine will act. Some >reler the scythe for the first. time of cutting. Roll previous to mowing; this will save the knives ol the ino.vor. IMPOUNDING CATTLE, ETC. All trespassing cattle may be irn pounded by tiie oceupici of the land on whicfe they are trespassing; hut in the case of unfenced laud, the occupier is nul entitled to claim any damages except fees for driving, or (or giving notice of the detention uf such cattle, as provided iu the Second Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. t'arley, 2J to 7,5 buahcls ; beane, 2 to -i bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 Ib; canary, 3 pkgs; o-vrot hi drills. 8 to 12 lbs; clovor, 1 . <io 17 lbs; fuiiio or gorse, for feed, 20 to 21 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, 2J bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J bushsls; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lhs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, n lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushels; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pKt; rye, 2J to 3 bushels; ryo grass (if drilled, one-fourth less), 2 to 2i Vssfcels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tarea, winter, Si bushels; do., spring, 2 to 21 bushels; trifolium ino&rnatum, S4 lbs; turnip, 2 to 8 lbs; turnip •tnbble, 4 lb»; wheat. 2} to 2} bushels.