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Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 April 1916, Page 4

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FOll REAIA WERENOE. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of MemoranduiL. of Agree-: went, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached,. 3d. Appraisement ol Valuation where the amount does not exceed £'20, Is.; v>xeeed"£2o, does not exceed £50, 2s tjd, exceed £100, and does not exceed £2')o 10s, £200 and does not exceed £500 15a, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds. £500 but not £1000, 20s; excoeds £1000, 355. P.n's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £25, and not exceeding X,50 is, every additional £50 or part of £50 le. 10a. Bills ox Exchange. Oon demand 2<l; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, for anj amount not exceeding £50, le; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if urawn in a set, such sum upon each bill ol the set as to if also up the same duly as it a single Lill were drawn lor the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part ol £50 of tlia amount of the consideration lor sale i's 6d. ■ Any instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred k> or rested in any person tor a nominal consideration or iviiere no consideration passes, for every £50 or part of £50 ■ of the amount or value ol the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment \ct, 1885/' or any Act amending the l ame at the date when tuck instrument takes effect, 10s. Promissory .Notts.—Payment on de- | mand 2d. Payable otherwise than vn demand: For every sum not exceeding £25, 6(1,; exceeding £25 and not exceeding £50, Is.; every additional £50 ox part of £60, Ib, Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to 4s, the same duties a* the original instro.iment; in any other case 3s. Land Transfers.—Generally speaking, the 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 £50 3s for every additional £50 or part of £50 &f . For an; 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 »n----pe«tor«:

! seed of White Queen or some sort, aKi.t ! the middle of Tlie soil . should' bo poor, and made firm; ww I thickly, and do not thin the plants I 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 Bui table 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 62 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Aot, 1913, Councils are further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The section i>rovides that a Council may (1) let land to a worker for the purpose of erects ing 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 hy instalments. THE FENCING ACT. ERECTION OF FENCES. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Scheduio is a efficient 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 luch fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which is not, £4 far as practicable, eoaiinnonp thioughout its- length.

THE RULES OF THE JtvOAD. The Rule of the Road is * paralo* quite; For in your carriage along, If you bear to the left you ere *ure to go right, If you turn to the riphi you go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different case; To the right it is right wou ahoiild steer, On the left should bo left enough of eloar space. For the people *ho wish to wait there. LEGAL TENDER. Teudor of monow may legally be made— in the cas eof bronze ooine, for any amount not exceeding Is; in the cas 1 of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; in th ecase of gold coins for any amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Viotoria (53 and 34 Vie. c. 10, sec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1890). Bank notes are now legal tender in N w Zealand and are still a first chaigo on the assets ot the bank of issue ("Bank Note Aot, 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 60 a.m. Berlin 1 28 am. Berne 1 Oam. Bombay .. .. ... 5 21 a *n. Host-on . . ... ... 7 40 pm. iJrmdisi 1 42 am. ISj mbano ... 10 30 am. Brussels 6 84 ■« tn. LAVING DOWX A LAWN. When it is desired to form a la vn, tho ground should be trenchxjd as directed for the vegetable garden any tiiua during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season nay be gained by sowing the seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised c .nd down firmly. * The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Created Dog-tail, 2]frs; Festuca teuuifoiia, 4lbs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Lolium fcenuifolia perenne, 201 bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifoliuia minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens 41bs of each. This mixture will ""uffic© for half an acre,, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept out close answers most soils.- Special mixtures for laying down (awns may also be aad from any seedsman. tiome of our uativu poas and other grasses would answer admirably tor lawn purposes. [[ the ground is of a retentive natare, sowing the seeds should be deferred til. 1 . August. Commence to cut as tsoon as the machine will act. Some »reier the scythe for the first time of cutting. Roll previous to mowing; Lhie will save the knives of the mowar.

j IMPOUNDING CATTLE, EIC. , Ail trespassing cattle may be im pounded by the occupier of tii9 [and on whi elr they arc trespassing; but tn the case of unfenced land, the occu- : p:er ie not entitled to ciaim any damages except fees for driving, or *or giving notice of the detention ut such cattle, as provided in the Second Schedule. SEEDS-REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. tJarley, 2$ to *| bushels; beans, 3to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1J Lusheis; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; o*jrot in drills, Bto 12 lbe; cloFer, I. to 17 Ibe; furzo or gorse, for feed, 20 fco 24 : bs; do. tor 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; oat«, 3 to 4 bushel?; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pat; rye, 2} to 8 bushels;. rys grata -(if drilled, one-fourth Ims), S to 3} Vishols; sainfoin, giant, 6 bashelc; tare#, winter, 8} bushels; do., spring, 2 to 21 bnshals;. .iriioliani inearnatom, 14 lbs; turnip, » to g lbs; iarnip stubble, 4 lb*; wheat. U to 9} bnshels.