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Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 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.; .x----ceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s ttd, exceed £100, and does not exceed £2)0 10s, £%K) 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 6d, exceeds £25, and not exceeding £50 Is, every additional £50 or part of £50 Is. 10s. Bills oi Exchange. Oon demand 2d; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, tor any amount not exceeding 1-50, 16; every additional £50 or part of £'50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such an<m upon each bill of the set as to make up the same duty as it a single nil were drawn for the amount. Conveyance Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part ot £50 of tne amount of the consideration for sale 7» 6d. Any instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred to or vested in any person ior a nominal consideration or where no cousiderat- ■ ion passes, for e*eiy £50 or part of £50 [ of the amount or value ot the property j conveyed or transferred or assessed "inI der "The Property Assessment 4.ct, 1885,'' oj' any Act amending the >auie at the data when such instrument takes effect, 10s. Promissory Notes.—fayment on demaud 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exceec ing £25, 6d,; exceeding £25 and t exceeding £50, Im. ; every addition*! £o0 or part of £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any >n strument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to $s, the same duties as the original instrument; in any other case 3s. Land Transfers.—Generally speaking, the same dutiei aa would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Laase, without any consideration by way of jureaiium : Where rent does not exceed £50 3i: for every additional £50 or part ; of £50 3s. j Foor 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 Councils are empowered by the Municipal Corporations Act to erect for 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 52 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, Council* axe further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The section jitovides that a Council may (1) let land t.) a worker for tihe 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; (S) sell to a worker Iny separate worker's dwelling. Provision ii 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 sufficient fenoe 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 ot contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence Between such lands, although such fence may not extend along the wbole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which is not, as far as praotieaMs, wnftinai>i!> throughout its length. THE RULES OF THE JttOAD The Rule of the Road is • 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 ri#ht yen go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different cose; To the right it is right won should steer, On the left should be left enough of clear space For the people who wish to wali there.

LEGAL TENDER.

Tender of monew ma; legal tv be made—in the caa eof bronze coii-<, 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 coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (93 and 34 Vie. c. 10, sec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1890). Bank notes are now legal tender in New Zealand and ar* still a first charge on the assets of the bank of '.saue ("Bank Note Twue Act, 1893 TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME. As compared with— Adelaide 10 0 a.m. Aden ... 9 91 a.m. Alexandria 9 28 a.m. Amsterdam 0 50 am. Berlin 1 23 in. Barne 1 0a m. Bombay . K 5 21 am. Boston ... 7 46 pm. Griudisi 142 a m. Brisbane 10 30 am. Brussels 6 24 » «n. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a lawn, ihe ground should be trenched as directed for the vegetable garden ftny time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared iu March, a season :ray be gained by sowing the ;;rn5S seed during that month;- the surface must be thoroughly pulverised ..ml trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, ir procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21 Bis; Festuca tenuifolia, 41 bs; Featuca duruscula, 21bs, Loliurn teiiuifolia percnne, 2011)8; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, Slbs; Poa Nemoralis ai:d Seuipcrvirpns libs of cacß. This mixture will ufiico for half an acre, and icill form a very good la'.vn. and if kept cut close answerp most soils. Special mixtures for laving down Ibk'ds ina.v »lso to iiad iroui uuy seedsman. Souie of -jur native poas aud other grasses wo ild uiiswcr admirably ior lawn purposes, i! the- ground is of a retentive nat.ire, sowing the seeds should De deferred til' August. Commence to cut as <soon :is the machine will act. Some ireI'er the scythe for the first time of cutting. .Roll previous to mowing; ibis will save the knives of the mo^jr. IMPOUNDING CATTLE, EIC. All trespassing cattle ma; be im pounded by .the occupioi of tlie land on whick they aie irebp.ifcsinjj; b'li m tfle case of ui; fcnced land, th* <y:ri p:er is not entitled fo fi.iini any din. ages except fees f-ir driving, or '<>• giving uotii i» of t!ie detention »i "icll cattle, ae provided in the Sernnd Schedule.

SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW a\ ACRE.

tJarley, 2* to 21 bushels; beans, S to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or blank, 1} bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; <*vrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, * . to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 be; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 'b; do., drilled. 4 lbs, linseed, for flax, 21 buehols; linseed, for seed, 11 bushels., lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wwrtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3to 4 bushel?; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or oole, 1 pet; ryp, 2{ to S bushels; rys grass (if c'.rillod. one-fourth lees), 2 to 2J WsI'els; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tare*, winter, Ui bushels; do., spring, 8 to 2} bushels', trifolirun incarnstum, 34 lbs; turnip. 3 to .8 lbs; turnip stnbble, 4 Iba , wheat- 31 to 2} bushels.