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Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 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 ol Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; .x----ceed £'20, does not exceed £50, 2e t>d, t-sceed £100, and does not exceed £21C 10s, £9/10 and docs not exceed £50C 15s, exceeds £500 20a. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 355. P.n's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £25, and not exceeding £50 Is, every additional £50 or part of £50 le. 10s. Bills oi Exchange. Oon demand 21; otherwise than on demand, if running for any amount not exceeding i-50, Is; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such sum upon each bill of the set as to irake the same duty as u a single till »ere drawn tor the amount. Conveyance —Conveyance on sale: i or every £50 or part ot £50 of tbe amount of the consideration for sale 7 s tid. Any instrument whereby any properj ty is legally or equitably transferred to or vested in a-y person lor a nominal consideration or no consideration passes, for eftery £50 or part of £50 I of the amount or value ot the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment Yet, I ioso,-"' any Act amending the i ame !' at tJiu dat-a when such instrument take& effect, 10s. l'r-jiiiissory Notes.—i'ayment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than or. demand : For every sum not exceee in j; £25, ijd,; exceeding £25 and t exceeding £50, ia. ; every additional J..A) or part of £50, le. Duplicate or counterpart of any in strument chargeable with duty, where sach duty does not amount to Ss, tiie same duties as the original instranient; in any other case 3e. Land Transfers.—Generally speaking, ths same dutiei as would have been pay- | able on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of preai-iu-in : Where rent does not exceed £50 3: for every additional £50 or part of £50 3b. For any instrument affecting a 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 ancestor.

WORKERS' DWELLINGS. Borough Cuiincila are empowered by the Municipal Cot pur&tiohs 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 render them suitable for the same purpose, the letting to he in the hands of th« Council. By section 52 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Aot, 1913, Councils are further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The section provides that a Council may (1) let land tj a worker for the purpose of ereoting a worker's dwelling; (2) advance money to a woxiwr to enable him to acquire land and build a worker's dwelling thereon; (3) sell to a worker ny separate worker's dwelling. Provision i» made for the repayment of advances and the 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 ficient 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 os contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence Between sueh lands, although »uch fence may not extend along the wliole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which is not, aa far as pxaotieaMe, eomtin ■-.>*? throughout ite length. THE RULES OF THE jtvOAD. 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 yon turn to the ri#cht yea go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different owe; To the right it is right won should steer, On the left should be left enough of clear space Foi the people »ho wish to walk there.

LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monew may l»ga.Hy be made—in tfie cas eof bronie ooii-rf, for any amount not exceeding Is; in the ease 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 Vic. c. 10, sec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 18901. Bank notes are now legal tender m New Zealand and are still a first charge on the assets of the bank of issue ("Bank Note Issue Act. 1893 " TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z MEAtf 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 23 a m Berne ... ... 1 0a m Bombay ... 5 21 am Boston ... ... ... 7 46 p.m Brindisi 1 42 a m Brisbane 10 80 a in. Brussels 6 24 * m

LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a lawn the ground should be trenched Bi directed for tlie vegetable garden «nj time during the autumn. If the nlol fun be prepared !□ March, a sejuo; uay be gained by sowing the •seed during that month ; the surf ic« iuust be thoroughly pulverised ..m trodden down firmly. Tlie following is n good mixture, ii procurable: — Created Dog-tail. 21 Up ; I'"t';ca ten ii lolia.. lll>s; Ko-ttuca duruscula, '211)9 lj(!ium t<?im itoli.H ;»ert>nno, 201'.)s White clover ,2lbs; Tiifolium rainor Slbe ; Poa Nemoralia aod Soinpervi-on: ■lllid of oacf:. This mixture will uf for half an aero, and will form i '•cry good lawo. and if kept cut clos; answern n<ost so.ls. Special mixture: 'or laying down lawns may »lso to na< Uimi any seedsman. tiome of ou native poas and other grasses wo il< answer a-imirably lor lawn purpose it tbii ground is of a retentive nature siiivnig the seeds should oe deferred til August. Commence to cut as oooi as lite uiaohine. will act. Some »re .er the scythe for the first lime o

cutting. 14 oIJ previous to i-ioniig tl'is will save the knives oi tlio mo a'or IMPOUNDING CATTLE, EIC. All trespassing cattle maj ban pounded by the oecupiot of the lane on tvliici thoy arc tre.-piinsinii; but n the case of urift'ni'cl lan;], the i.htj pser ia not eul.tk-j U; cairn any darii except fees f,ir driving, or <<• giving notice of the detention »i mic! cattle, us provided in the .Secern Schedule. •SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW a\ ACRE. tJarley, 2* to Z| bushels j be&na, 3 U '21 bushels; buckwheat, or biank, lj bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; c.'rot ii drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clovar, 1„ a> 17 lbs furze or gorse, for feed, 20 tc 24 bs ilo. for single-line fencing, to sow on< mile, 3 to 4 Ibe; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb

Jo., drilled, 4 ibs; linseed, for flax, 2] bushels; linseed, for eeed, 1$ bushels, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, •r- Ibs; mustard, white. 1 pfet; mangold •A'urtzol, 5 lbs; onts, 3 to 4 bu&h-ilp; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or oole, 1 pit; >\V". 2} to Sb isbo's; rye grans (if ,; ri!!.-d, .mo-fourth IfM), 3 to 2$ bols; sainfoin, giant, 5 b'ishele; tared, winter, 2$ b:isbf>ls; do.. «priDg, 3 to 21 . trJfolinjr. tncarnaf'im. 94 ; turnip. 3>tr> # lb-.; tur.iip atnbhiA. i Ibt . » h"al "2J to 2; i-.osbfl!». . ■» l ~'