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Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 April 1916, Page 4

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FOlt READI REFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3s. Appraisement of Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; exceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s (id, exceed £100, and does not exceed £2 r )o 10s, £200 and does, not exceed £o')0 15s, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20»; exceeds £1000, 3os. I'.n's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £25j and not exceeding £50 Is, every additional £50 or part of £50 la. 10s. Bills ox' 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 sunn upon each bill of the set as to irake up the same duty as it a single till were drawn for the amount. Conveyance Conveyance on sale : For .every £50 or part ot £50 of the 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 £50 of the amount or value ot the property conveyed br transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment Act, 1885,'' oi- any Act amending the 'ame at the date when such instrument takes effect, 10a. Promissory Notes. —Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exceeding £25, 6d,; exceeding £25 and not exceeding £50, Is.; every additional £50 or part of £50, Ib. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to Ss, the same duties as the original instntrnent; in any other case 3a. Land Transfers.—Ueneially speaking, tii9 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 3j] for every additional £60 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 every succession by lineal descendant or ancestor.

seed of White Queen or some sort, al'i.i.t the middle of iMovernoer. The soil should be poor, and made arm; 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 letting to be in the hands of the Council. By section 52 of the Municipal Oor-

porations Amendment Aot, 1913, Councils are further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The section yxovides that a Council may (1) let land tD a worker for the purpose of erecting a worker's dwelling; (2) advance money to a woXKer to enable him to aequire land and build a worker's dwelling thereon; (S) sell to a worker ."<ny separate worker's dwelling. Provision ii made for the repayment of advances and the payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money hy instalments. THE FENCING AOT. ERECTION OF FENCES. A fence of any of the kinda mentioned in the Second SoheduJe is a ftuificient fence within the meaning of i'ne Fencing Act (e.7). The occupiers of adjoining lands not J divided by a sufficient fence are liable to join in or contribute in equal pro- i

portions to the erection of a fence between snch lands, although euch fence oiay not extend along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is liabie to contribute to any fence which is not, u far &s practicable, oeniinaoa? throughout ite length. THE RULES OF THE ivOAD. The Rule of the Road is a paraiot quite; For in driving your carriage along, If you bear to the left you are *ure to go right, if you turn to the riybt you go wrong. But in walking the street* 'tis a different oase; To the right it "is right wou should eteer, ' On the left should bu left enough of clear space Foi {he people wish to wali there. ' LEGAL TENDER. L Tender of inonew may legally be made—in the cas eof bronze coine, for 1 any amount not exceeding Is; in the caso of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; s in th ecase of gold coins for adj* 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 I New Zealand and are still a first 3 cbaige on the assets ot the bank of issue ("Bank Note Ipsuo Act, 1893 s TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON NZ. " MEAN TIME. B '. 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. Berno •• ••• .... 1 Oam. 5 Bombay .. .. ... 5 21 am. Boston ... 7 46 pm. I Brindisi 1 42 am. i Brisbane .. 10 30 am. i Brussels 6 24 ■> m.

LAVING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a la.vn, the ground should Lβ trenclwd aa directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a seajon nay be gained by sowing the ;xr.ias seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised «nd trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable :— Crested Dog-tail, 21Fs; l/estuca touuii'olia, 41bs; Feetuca duruecula, 2lbs; Lolium tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, Slbs; Poa Neinoralie and Sempervir-ens 41bs of each. Thie mixture wilJ 'uftico for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept cul; close answers most soils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may also be nad from any eeedeman. dome of jut native poas and other grasses wo'ild answer admirably ior lawn purposes. If the ground is of a retentive nature, sowing the seeds should be deferred til. 1 August. Commence to cut as tsoon as the machine will act. Some ?refer the scythe for the first time of cutting. 1101 l previous to mowing; this will save the knives 01 the nioivor. IMPOUNDING OAITLE, ETC. All trespassing cattle may be im pounded by the occupier of the land on which they are trespassing; but in the case of un fenced land, the occupier is not entitled to claim any damages except fees for driving, or 'o> giving notice of tlie detention ui such cattle, ae provided in the Second Schedule.

SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AX ACRE. rJarley, 21 to SJ buehels; boane, 2 to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or brani, 1) buehels; cabbage {drumhead), to treneplant, 1 lb ; canary, 3 pkgs; cvrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1. to 17 lbs; fuize or gorso, for feed, 20 to 24 ; bs; do. for single-line fencing, to sow ono njile. 3 to 4 Ibe; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 Jbs; linseed, for flax, 2J bushels; linseed", for seed, 1J bushels; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold vrurtzel, 5 Ibe; oate, 3to 4 bushels; par_snip. 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 put; rye, 21 to 8 bushels; rye grate (if drilled, one-fourth lees), S to Si Vashels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushele; tares, winter, 2i bushels; do., spring, S to 21 bushels; trifolium inoarzuvbnm, S4 lbe; turnip, t to Slbej turnip etmbWe, 4 lbs; wheat. »1 to S| buehele.