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Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 April 1916, Page 4

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« FOR READY STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3s. Appraisement ot Valuation where the amount does not exceed i,HO, Is.; exceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s tkl, exceed £100, and does not exceed £2')o 10s, £200 and does not exceed £600 los, exceeds £500 20a. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 355. P.n's. not exceeding £25 fid, exceeds £25, and not exceeding X,ol) la, 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, le; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if drawn ui a set, such sum upon each bill ot the set as to irake uy the same duty im n a single L'ill were drawn for the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part oi £50 of tne amount of the consideration for salo 7s 6d. Any instrument -.v hereby any property is legally or equitably transferred to or vested in any ;jo:oou tor a nominal consideration or « iioi'o no consideration passes, for every —50 or part oi £50 of the amount or value oi the property conveyed or trans! t rred or assessed under "The Property Assessment let, 1885,'- oi' any Act 'imemiing the ■ ame at the date when t'.xh instrument takes elfect, 10a. Promissory A'otfs.—Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exceeding £25, tid,; 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 dnty does not amount to is, the same duties as tii» original instrorment; in any other cas® 3e. Land Transfers.—Generally speaking, the same duties as would havo been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of premium : Where rent does not exceed £50 3e for every additional £50 or part of £50 3s. For any instrument affecting & 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 *11-

seed of White Queen or some sort, ati.i-t j the middle of November. The soil i should be poor, and made firm; vow thickly, and do not thin the plant®. WORKERS' DWELLINGS. Borough Councils are empowered by ihe Municipal Corporations Act to erect tor the occupation of workers employed or resident in boroughs any buildings suitable for workers' dwellings, or may acquire buildings by purchase or otherwise, and rend ear 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, 1918, 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) advanoe money to a wor&er to enable him to acquire land and build a worker's dwelling thereon; (8) sell to a worker mny separate worker's dwelling. Provision is made for the repayment of advances and the payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money hy j 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 ihe Reccing Act (a.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 suah lands, although such fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no oocupier is liable to contribute to any fence which i« not, a» far M practicable, ©eatinaon? throughout its length. THE RULES OF THE AOAD. The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along, If you bear to the left you are <ure to go right, If you turn to the ripht you go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a dif - ferent cose; To the right it is right wou should steer, On ihe left should be left enough of cleat space Foi the people who wish to walk there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monew may legaKf be made—in the cas eof bronie cow, for any amount not exceeding Is; in the cat" 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 31 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 issue ("Bank Note Iwue 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 50 a.m. Berlin 1 23 am. Berne 1 oam. Bombay ... 6 21 a «n. Boston 7 46 pm. Brindisi ... 1 42 am, Brisbane 10 80 am. Brussels 6 14 »m. 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 tima during the autumn. If the'plot can bo prepared in March, a season iray 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, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21 Bis; Feetuca tonuifolia, 41 bs; Festuca durusoula, 21bs; Lolium tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, Slbs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens 41b,9 of eacfi. This mixture will 'uffice 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 seedsman. Some of our native poas and other grasses would answer admirably tor lawn purposes. If the ground is of a retentive nature, sowing the seeds should be deferred til. 1 August. Commence to cut as c»oon us the machine will act. Some prefer the scythe for the first time of cutting. Roll previous to mowing; this will save-the knives ot the movv«jr.

IMPOUNDING CATTLE, ETC. All trespassing cattle may be im pounded by the occupier of the land on whick they are trespassing; but rn the case of unfenced land, the occupier is not entitled to claim any damages except fees for driving, or 'or giving notice of the detention ur such cattle, as provided in the Becond Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. Barley, 2J to sf| bushels; beans, 2 to 2i bushels; buckwheat, or branlc, I) bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; oanary, 3 pkgs; cvrot in drills, Bto 12 lbs; clover, to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 bs; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one ifiile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turaiprootod cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 3} bnehels; linseed, for seed, 1J bushels; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushelp; parsnip, 10 lbe; rape or eole, 1 jut; rye, 2} to 8 bushels; ry« graic (if drilled, one-fourth Icm), | to SJ Vwtela; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, Si bushels; do., spring,- I to 2J bnahals; trifoli&m incarnatnm, S4 lbs; turnip, 8 to 8 lbs; iorolp 4' lb»; wheat' SJ to Si boshela.