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Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 May 1916, Page 4

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♦ | FOE, READY REFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agree inent, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached. 3s. Appraisement, ol Valuation where tb-.> amount does not exceed £20, Is.; . x ceed £20,' does not exceed £50, 2e Bd , exceed £100, and does not exceed £2 h) 10s, £'SM and does not exceed £50u 15s, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 3os. P.n's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £25, and not exceeding £50 Is, every additional £50 or part of £50 la. 10s. Bills oi Exchange. Oon demand 2! : otherwise than on demand, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding t'5U, Ik; every additional £50 or pari of £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, sucii sum upon each bill of the set as to up the same duty as if a single full were drawn for the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale; i'or every £50 'ir part oi £50 of tno ajnount of the consideration for ealo 7s (id. Aay iustru meat whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred > or vested in any person for a nominal consideration or where no consideration passes, for en ory £50 or part of £50 of the amount or value oi the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment \ot. 188".' or any Act amending the 'amu at t.lie date when suoh instrument takw. etFoct, 10s. i'romissory Notes.—Payment on tiomaud 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exceei. iiiy; £25, 6d,; exceeding £25 and t oxe-eeding £50, 1».; every addition i! J t'so or part of £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any nt st.ru ment chargeable with duty, where iuch duty does not amount to as, the same duties as the original mstr iuent; in any other case 3s. Land Transfers.—Uenerally speaking Jis same dutie* ae would have been payible on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, -withmt any consideration by way of preuum : Where r«nt does not exceed L r >\) ' h for every additional £50 or part j 1 £50 3a. j ' For any instrument affecting a parti- i c ion of lands upon any consideration , ' xceeding £100. j Soldiers' estates are exempt from all [uty up to £5000 in respect to every uccession by lineal descendant or .m-----eator. j

WORKERS' DWELLINGS. Borough Council.-, are empowered by ibo Municipal C<>> {Mirations Act to erect tar 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 be in the hands of the Council. By section 53 of the Municipal (Corporations Amendment Aot, 1913, Council* are further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The sectiou provides that a Council may (1) let land t) a worker for the purpose of erecting a worker's dwelling; (2) advance money to a woik«r to enable him to acquire land and build a worker's dwelling thereon; (S) sell to a worker Iny separate worker's dwelling. Provision it made for the repayment of advances and th« payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money by instalments.

THE FENCING ACT. ERECTION OP FENCES. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a nafficient fence within the meaning of the Fencing Aot (5.7). The occupiers of adjoining lands not divided by a sufficient fence are liable to join in 02- contribute in equal proportions to the. erection of a fence oetween such lands, although such fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no oocupier is liable to contribute to any fence which is not, m fax M praetisafel®, eeatinaim? throughout its length. THE RULES OF THE riOAD The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along, 4f you bear to the left you ere jure to go right, If yoa tarn to the rijrht you go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different case; To the right it is right woa shoald steer, On the left should bs left enough of clear space For the people rho wish to wall there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monew may lsgaHy he made—in tfie cas eof bronie for any amount not exceeding Is; in the ease of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; in th ecaee 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., 1890). Bank notes are now legal tender ?n New Zealand and are still a first charge on the assets of the bank of issue ("Bank Note Imuo Aot, 1893 TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z MEAN TIME. As compared with — Adelaide 10 0 a.m Aden ... .. ... 8 81 a.m. Alexandria 2 28 a.m Amsterdam 0 60 a.m Berlin 1 33 vm Bsrno 1 oam Bombay 6 21 a m Boston ... ... ... 7 46 p m Brindisi 1 42 a at. Brisbane 10 30 a m Brussels 6 84 «tn

LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a lawn, the ground should be trenched ae directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season "ay be gained by sowing the fyuis seed during that month; the surf ice rmi6t be thoroughly pulverised ..n>! trodden down firmly. The following ls a good mixture, it procurable:— Crested Dog-tail. 21Es; Festuea tenui folia, 41bs; Fentuca duruscula, 21b9. Lolium tenuilolia perenne, 201' is, White cloyer ,21bs; Trifolium minor. Bibs; Foa -Neinoralis and Seinpervirens llba. of each. This mixture will -■uf(ice for half an acre, and will form n very good lawn. and if kept eift olos;answers* most soils Special toixtu-c* !« r laying down lawns rnn.v »1 8 0 t<s nad tioui zuy seedsuja /i. &ome of .jur native poas and other grasses wo lM ■ answer .i'!niirably lor lawn purposes II the groijnd is of a retentive natdre, ,A'i\ i;:g the seeds should oe deferred til' August. Commence to cut. as aoor. iio the machine will act. Some jre ier the scythe for the first time c 1 cutting. 801 l previous to njowiig il'is will sate the knives 01 the motvor IMPOUNDING CATTLE, ETC. All trespassing cattle may be im pounded by the occupier of the land on whick they are trespassing; but m the case of unfenced land, the occu pier is not entitled to ciaitn any dam ages except fees for driving, or ««• giving notice of tlio detention uf «ueh cattle, as provided in the St»eon<i Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW *N ACRE. tfarley, 2 l to 2] bushels; beans, 9to 21 bushels; buckwheat, or blank, li bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; o'/rot in Jrills. Bto 12 lbfi; clover, 1. Co 17 lbs; i'nrze or gnrse, for feed, 20 to 24 'bs; Jo. for single-line fencing, to sow one tnile, 8 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; i'l., drilled. 4 lbs, linseed, for flax, 21 3'inhels; linseed, for seed, H bushels, uoerne. broadcast. 20 lbs; do., drilled. 5 lbs; mustard, white. 1 pkt; mangold vurt/.01, 5 lbs; oats, 3to 4 bushels ; >arsnip. 10 lbs; rape or oota, 1 prt; y<>, 2i to 8 husbels; rye grans iif ! rilled. ojte-fonrth lews). 2 to 3} tu* »ls ; sainfoin, giant, 6 bushels; tar*» finfer, 2} bushels ; do., spring, 3 u I bnshels; trifoliucn iocarnfttnin, 14 if. turnip. 2 to S lbs; tornip otnbbiV llir; 2i to 8J ftnsheln. I