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Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 April 1916, Page 4

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FOR READY S£FERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3s. Appraisement ot Valuation where the amount does not. exceed £20, Is.; exceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s (id, oxceed £100, and does not exceed £200 10s, £200 and does not exceed £500 15s, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 3ob. P.n'o. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £25, and not exceeding £50 Is, every additional £50 or part of £50 Is. 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 suim upon each bill of the set as to up the same duty as it a single L'ill were drawn ior the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale : For every £50 or part oi £50 of the amount of the consideration for sale. la 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 tbe amount or valuo ot the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment 4ct, 1885,'' ou- any Act amending the «ame at the date when ciich instrument takes effect, 10s. Promissory Notes.—fayment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum noi exceeding £25, 6d,; exceeding £25 and not exceeding £50, is.; every additional £50 or part of £60, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to Ss, the same duties as the original instrument ; ill any other case 3s. Land Transfers.—Generally speaking, the same duties as would have been payable op a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any «onsideration by way of premium : Where rent doea not exceed £50 3a for every additional £50 or part of £50 3a. For any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon ahy consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from all duty up to £5000 in respect to ev®ry succession hy lineal deecendauit or *ttaestor.

seed oi White Queen or some sort, about the middle of November. The soil should be poor, and made di m; ww 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 Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, Councils aire 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 ihim to acquire land and build a worker's dwelling thereon; (8) sell to a worker rny 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 efficient fence within the meaning of the Fenoing Act (5.7). The occupiers of adjoining lands not divided by a sufficient fence are liable to join in or contribute in equal pro- ' portions 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, m far a* egatinßoa? throughout its length. THE RULES OF THE ROAD. The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving yoar carriage along, If you bear to the left you ure iure to go right, If yoa tarn to the rifrht you go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different caw; To the right it is right wou shoald •teer, On the left should be left enoagh of clear space For the people pho wish to walk there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender oF monew may legally be made—in the eas eof bronze coins, for any amount not exceeding Is; in the caso of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; in th ©case 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 baak of issue ("Bank Note lfsue Act, 1893 " TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME. As compared with— Adelaide 10 0 a.m. Aden S SI a.m. Alexandria 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam 0 50 a.m. Berlin 1 S3 im. Berne •• 1 0a m. Bombay ... 6 21 am. Boston ... 7 46 p.m. Brindisi 1 42 am. Brisbane 10 30 a m. Brussels 6 24 *m. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a la f?a } the ground should be trenched as directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season may be gained by sowing the grass seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly' pulverised ..nd trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, jf procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21Ea; Feoticgi tenuifolia, 41bs; Festuca durusoula, 2lt>9; Lolium tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens 41bs of e&cfi. This mixture will 'uffice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and it kept cut close answers most soils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may also be />g.d from any seedsman. Some of aur native poas and other grasses would answer admirably tor lawn purposes. If the ground is of a retentive nat.ire, sowing the seeds should be deferred til. 1 August. Commence to cut as esoon as the machine syill act. Some orefer the scythe for the first time of cutting. Roll previous to mowing; this will save the knives ot the mow or.

IMPOUNDING CATTLE, ETC. All trespassing cattle may be impounded by the occupier of the land on whicl they are trespassing; but in the case of unfenc&d land, the occupier is not entitled to claim any damages except fees for driving, or 'or giving notice of the detention of such cattle, as provided in the Second Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. riarley, 2J to 32 bushels; beans, 3 to 2 J bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, I* to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 'l»e; 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, 1} bushels; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs j oats, 3 to 4 bushel?; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 rye, 2} to 8 bushels; rys gra«a (if drilled, one-fourth less), I to Si Vsahels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tare*, winter, 3} bushels; do., spring, I to 2} bashate; Mfoliam incarnatem, 14 lbs; turnip, 9 to 8 lbs; itxrnlp stmbVle, 4 lbs; wheat. Si to 8} bushels.