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Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 May 1916, Page 4

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FOR READY REFERENCE. 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.; •\- ceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s 6d, exceed £100, and does not exceed £2 )0 10s, £'/<X) and does not exceed £500 15s, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 355. P.n's. not exceeding £25 tki, exceeds £25, and not exceeding £50 Is, every additional £50 or part of £50 la. 10s. Bills of Exchange. Oon demand 2.1; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding i:SO, Is; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such sum upon each bill of the set as to rrake up the same duty as it a single uill were drawn tor tile amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part of £50 of the amount of the consideration for sale 7» 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 tiio amount or valtio ot the property convoyed or traiisteri'ed or assessed under "The Property Assessment \ct, ibris,'' or any Act amending the 'ame at the da to when such instrument takes effect, 10s. Promissory Notes.—fayment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than or demand: For every sum not exceec ing £25, '3d,; exceeding £25 and t exceeding £50, is.; every addition*! £50 or part of £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any in strument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to $s, the same duties as the original instminent; in any other case 3a. Land Transfers. —Generally speaking, the same du tie* as would have been payable <-n * conveyance. L<-ase, or Agreement to Loose, without -my consideration by way of premiun: : Where runt does not exceed £50 3- fur every additional £50 or part ot £•"<> Ba. For any instrument affecting * partition of lands upon any consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from a'l duty up to £5000 in respect to every succession by lineal. descendant or smiceft or.

WORKERS' DWELLINGS. iJorough Cu/inails are. empowered uy the Municipal o'' (-Hjr»tiouo Act to «n ci far the occupati' ii of -workers employe; or resident in bt roughs any building suitable (or 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, 1918, Councils aire further empowered in regard to. workers' dwellings. The section provides that a Council may (1) let land t> a worker for the purpose of ereoting 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 ■ny separate worker' b dwelling. Provision is made for th« repayment of advances and the payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money by instalment*.

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 Fencing Act (b.7). The occupiers of adjoining lands not divided by a sufficient fence are liable to join in ot contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence oe tween such lands, although such fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is liabie to contribute to any fence which is not, m far as praotisaMe, ew*tin«o«p throughout its length. THE RULES OF THE hOAD. Tbti Rule of the -Road is a parados quite; For in driving your carriage along, If you bear to the left you are <ure to go right, If yon turn to the.rijrM you go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different cose; To the right it is,right wou should steer, On the left nhould.be left enough of clear space Foi fhe people *ho wish to wall there. LEGAL TENDER.

Tender of monew may I«ga.Uy be made—in the cas eof brcnse for any amount not exceeding Is; in the easy of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; in th ecase of gold coins for any amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (33 and 34 Vio. c. 10, &ec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1800). Bank notes are now legal tender m New Zealand and are still a first charge on the assets ot the bank of issue ("Hank Note Issue Aot, 1893 " TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON \ T Z MEAN TIME. As compared with — Adelaide .. 10 0 n.m. Aden ... . ... 3 SI a.m. Alexandria 2 28 a.m. diiisterdam .. .. 0 60 am. Berlin 1 13 im. Berne 1 Oam. Bombay ... .. ... 5 SI a.m. Boston ... 7 46 p.m. Brindisi ... 1 48 am, Brisbane 10 80 am. Brussels ... ... ... 6 24 » no. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a the ground should be trenched a* directed for the vegetable garden (*ny time during the autumn. If the r»ic>t can be prepared in March, o season any be gained by sowing the ptr-iss seed during that month; the surf ice must be thoroughly pulverised •.«'! trodden down-firmly. The following is a good mixture, il procurable: — Crested Dog-tail. 211)6; Ke6tuca tenni K'iia, Festucii duruscula, 21bs, lii'Uum t-enuilolia perenne, 201' is, White clover ,21l)s; Trifolintn taiuor, 61bs; X'oa Neinoralis and Sempervirens ilhe of each. Thin, mixture will uftice tor ha'f an aire, and will form a very hum, and iF. kept, cut close answer? niost soils. Special mixta.es tov laying down lawns may nlso tt> nad from auy stM.-dstuavi. tioivie of .jur UHtive pons and other grasses wo'ild answer admirably lor lawn purposes, i! thi- ground is or a retentive nat.ire, sowing the seeds .should oe deferred til' August- Commence to cut as mjo>> at) the machine will act. S<itne >rel'M tilt; scythe for the tiic-1, time o' cutting. Roll previous i-o luourn, u'i.s vri!! Hive the liuivec; ot the uio*-31 IMPOUNDING OA'I i LK. KIC. All trespass in;; cattle, irui.v bo mi pounded by the cccupiot of ih»> .lain: o:i whieli they are t re.«patisi nir . bin i» the case of uuit'iiced l;ui-l. the <*?.m p:er is ;ioi entitle'!* to cm mi. any .Imu' ages except fees tjr <irivini». or giving uotice <>f the detent inn ,jt »• tt-ti cuttle, as provided in tJm Sts-oni Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW N ACRE

tfarley, 2* to ZJ. bushels; beai-s, S to 2} bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1 i bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to traoeplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs ; o-.-rot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, I. to 17 lbs; fursie or gorse, for feed, 20 tc 24 be; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mi In, 3 to 4 lbe; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 2| bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J bushals, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 1-5 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushtflf; parsnip. 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pet; rye. 2J to 3 bushels; ry« graw (if drilled, one-fourth lees), S to 21 Vishels; sainfoin, giant. 5 bushels; tare*, winter, 2J bnsh«la; d<> ; . spring;, 3 to 2J bunhols; trifolii<r:i iamrtistnui. 24 !lir ; turnip. 3 to 5 lbs; turnip «tnbbl«. i ibi, wheat- 21 t034