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Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 April 1916, Page 4

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FOR READ! (REFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Alemorandun. of Agreement, Is 3<l with letters, etc., attached, iis. Appraisement oi Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; exceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s 6d, exceed £100, and does not exceed £200 10s, £200 and does not exceed £500 Ids, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 355. P.n's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds and not exceeding £50 Is, every additional £50 or part of £50 la. 10s. I Bills oi Exchange. Oon demand 2d; ; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding >-50, 1b ; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such sutn upon each bill oi the set as to irake up the same duty aa it a single bill were drawn tor the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: i'or every £50 or part oi £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 e*ery £50 or part of £50 oi the amount or value oi the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment 4ct, 1885,'' or any Act amending the i ame at tlie date when such instrument takes effect, 10s. Promissory Notes.—Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exceeding £25, 6d,; exceeding £25 and t 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 instritinent; in any other case 3s. Land Transfers.—Uenerally speaking, tha same duties as would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Laaee, without any consideration by way of premium : Where rent does not exceed £50 3o for every additional £50 or part of £50 Bs. For any instrument affecting ft partiiion of lands upon any consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from a'l duty up to £5000 in respect to every r succession by lineal descendant or ancestor.

seed of White Queen or some sort, about the middle of November. The soil should be poor, and made firm; vow thickly, atid do not thin the plants

WORKERS' DWELLINGS

Borough Councils are empowered by the Municipal Corporation* Act to erect for th« occupation of workers employed or resident in borough# any buildings suitable for workers' dwelling, or may acquire buildiag# 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 Aot, 1918, Councils axe further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The section provide# that a Couneil may (1) kt land to a worker for the purpose of erecting a worker's dwelling; (2) advanee money to a wortcer to enable feim to acquire land and build a worker's dwelling thereon; (8) sell to a worker «\ny separate worker's dwelling. Provision is made for the repayment of advances and the payment of advaxces and the payment of purchase-money hy ! instalments.

the fencing act.

ERECTION OF FENCES. A fence of any of th# kinds mentioned in th© Second Schedule is a sufficient fence within the meaning of the Fencing Act (5.7). The occupiers of adjoining lands not divided by a sufficient fence ars liable j to join in or oontributs in equal pro- ■ portions to the erection of a fsnoe 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, as far m practicable, ooatinaj*" tbioughout its length. THE RULES OF THE riOAD. The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along, ! If you bear to the left you are iure to go right, If you turn to the ryrirt you go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different cage; To the right it is right won should steer, On the left should bs left enough of olear space For the people who wish to wsllr there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monew may lsgato be made—in tfie cas eof bromse for any amount not exceeding Is; in the case of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; in th ecase of gold coins for any amount, unless soined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (83 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 bank of issue ("Bank Note Iwue Aot, 1893 TWELVE OCLOOK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME. As compared with— Adelaide 10 0 a.m. Aden ... S 31 a.m. Alexandria 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam 0 50 a.m. Berlin 1 28 vm. Berne 1 0 a m. Bombay ... .. ... 6 21 a.m. Boston 7 46 pm. Brindisi ... ... 1 42 am. Brisbane 10 80 am. Brussels 6 24 «m. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a the ground should be trenched as directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plotcan be prepared in March, a season may be gained by sowing the griss soed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised ..nd trodden down firmly. . The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21ITs; Festuca tenuifolia, -libs; Festuca durusonla, 21bs; Loliuin tenuifolia perenne, 201' os; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 3ibs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens 41bs of each. This mixture will suffice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept out 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 for lawn purposes. If the ground is of a retentive nature, sowing the seeds should be deferred tiL 1 August. Commence to cut as soon as the machine will act. Some »refer the scythe for the first time of cutting. Roll previous -to mowing; this will save the knives ot the mowor. IMPOUNDING CATTLE, ErC. All trespassing cattle may be im pounded by the occupier of the land on whicli they are trespassing; but in 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 of *ueh cattle, as provided in the Becond Schedule. MEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN AGUE. barley, 21 to 2] bushels; beans, 2 to H bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; o*.*rot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, L., to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 bs; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one ( mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rati (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 2i bushels; linseed, for seed, 1} buahals; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, .3 to 4 bushel.*; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or ools, 1 p<t; rye, 2i to 8 bushels; rye,gra«s (if drilled, one-fourth lsss), 2 to IJ Vi»hels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 9} bushels; do., spring, .9 to 2} bushels; trifoli&m incaraatum, 94 lbs; turnip, 3 to 8-lbs; turnip stubble, 4 Iba; wheat. Si to S}. bushels.