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Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 May 1916, Page 4

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* FOR READY REFERENCE. fiTAMP DUTIES. Agreement of. Me moxandun, of Agreoment, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3s. Appraisement ot Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; .x----eced £20, does not exceed £50, 2s <jd, exceed £100, and does not exceed £210 10s, £'J'M and does not exceed £500 loh, 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 £25, and net exceeding £50 'Is, every additional £50 or part of £50 la. 10s. Bills oi Exchange. Oon demand 2d ; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, lor any amount not exceeding LoO, Its; every additional £50 or pari ui j;SO, Is.; if drawn in a set, sum upon each bill of the set as to up the same duty as it a single ctll were drawn for the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale; For every £50 or part oi £50 of tne amount uf tlio : ousideiation tor sale 7a 6d. Any instrui ont whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred V' or vested in .'.sy per&on lor a nominal consideration ot w here no considerat ion passes, lor &te y £50 or part of £50 of tlio amount or value oi the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "Th e Property 4.ct. 1885,'' <<r any Act amending the »ame \ at data when such instrument takes efft •-1., 10s. | J'">iniasory Notes fayment on deiiuunl Payable otherwise than oi' demand: For every sum not exceee iug £25, '3d, ; exceeding £25 and i exceeding £50, is. ; every addition*.' .L'.'iO or part of £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any m strument chargeable with duty, wher* j such duty does not amount to Ss. ] the samo duties as the original instrument; in any other case 3s. Land Transfers.—Uenerally speaking tile same duties aa would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to L«ase, with- I out any consideration by way of preaiium : Where rent does not exceed £ad ?.! i >-r every additional £50 or part of £50 3e. | For any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon any consideration , ' exceeding £100. : ■ Soldiers' estates are exempt .from aU 1 duty up to £5000 in respect to every succession by lineal descendant or ancestor.

WORKERS' DWELLINGS. .Borough Councils are empowered uy 111e Municipal Corporations Act to arret for the occupatiou of workers empioj o j or resident in bcroughs any building 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 th« Council. By section 52 of the Municipal (Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, Council* axe 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 him to acquire land and build-a worker's dwelling thereon; (8) sell to a worker ■ny separate worker's dwelling. Provision ii made for the repayment of advances and ths 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 Schedule is a neffioienfc 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 <>/ contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence oe tween such lands, although luch fence may not extend along the wliole boundary line. But no occupier is liablo to contribute to any fence which ie 1 not, u far m praotimhfo, oratinsoi? throughout it* length. THE RUL.E3 OF THE WAU The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along, If you bear to the left you ere jure to go right, If yoo turn to the ycu wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a dif ferent cose; To the right it is right wou shoald •teer. On the left should be left' enough ol clear space Foi the people who wish to wall there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monew may legal tr bo made—in the cas eof bronte coi<«4, for any amount not exceeding Is; in the caso of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; in th ecaso of gold coins for «.ny amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (S3 and 31 Vic. c. 10, sec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1890). Bank notes are now legal tender 'n New Zealand and are still a ' tret charge on the assets ot the bank of issue ("Hank Note Iwue Act. 1893 '" TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N V. MEAN TIME. As compared with — Adelaide ... ... ... 10 0 i.m. Aden .. . ... 3 31 a.m. Alexandria ... ... 2 28 a m Amsterdam ... ... 0 50 am. Berlin ... 1 23 s m Borne 1 oam Bombay 6 SI a.m. Boston 7 46 p.m. Brindisi ... 1 42 am. Brisbane .. 10 30 am. Brussels 6 84 *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 If the piol can be prepared in March, a season uay be gAined by sowing the j*r'u»s seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised ..mi trodden down firmly. The following id a good mixture, ii procurable Crested Dog-tail. 2IEs; Festuca teuui folia, -libs; Fe-ituca duruscula, 21bs, Lolium tenuilolia perenne, 201bs, White clover ,21bs; Trifolium lainor. Slbs j l'oa NeiJioialis in:d Semporvi-ens lib;: of each. Thin mixture will uflice for half an ucre, and aill forin a very good lawn. aud i? kept eift -.lose answers most sods. Special mixt'j.es lor laying down luwns may »lao be iiad from ntiy seedsman. Some of our native [jo,'is and -other grasses wo'lld answer fl'!ni!rnii|y tor lawn purposes- !; the- ground i« of u rcU'utire natire, !»g tiie seeds should oe deferred til' August. Commence to '.'tit as mjou as the machine will act. Some (refer the scythe for the tiist time o< cutting. Roll previr. tis to tnowiig. this will save the knives-oi the mon'jr .IMPOUNDING CATTLE. EIC. All trespassing cattle may be itn pounded- by the occupier of the land on whicli they are trespaesiug; but in the case of uofeucod land, the occi p:er is not entitled to claim any d-un ages except fees Lir driving, or '<>• giving not ire of tjie detention ui - 'lrli rattle, as provided in the Second Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW ,i N ACRE. riarley, 2* to SJ bushels; beano, 2 to 2{ bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 11 hustle's; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; e-.'rot 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 mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled. 4 lbs-, linseed, for flax. 21 bushels; linseed, for seed, 1} busby's, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wu-tzel, 5 lbs ; oats, 3 to 4 bushrtl?; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or oole, 1 prt; rye. 24 to 8 bushels; ryo grass (if drilled, one-fourth lees), 3 to 21 V>g fcels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tare*, winter, 2} bushels; do., ipring, 2 to 2$ bushels; trifolinm. inenrnstnrn. 94 Ibc ; turnip. 3to lbs; turnip stcbhle. 1 ibt; wheat- 21 to 25 iiusbeln.