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Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 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.; xceed £20, does not exceed £00, 2s 'jd, exceed £100, and does not exceed £2 )0 10s, and does not exceed £500 15s, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 35a. P.n's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £25, and not exceeding £50 Is, every 10s. Bills of Exchange. Oon demand 2d; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, lor any amount not exceeding £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 n<ake up the same duty as ll a single till were drawn lor the amount.

Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: lor every £50 or part ot £50 of tlie 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 the amount or value ot the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment "Vet, 1885,'' or any Act amending the 'ftine at the data when such instrument takes effect, 10s. Promissory Notes.—Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exceeding £25, 6d,; exceeding £25 and t exceeding £50, Is.; every additionii £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 orjginal instrument ; in any other case 36. Land Transfers.—Uenerally speaking, the same duties aa would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Laase, without any consideration by way of premium : Where rent does not exceed £50 3;; for every additional £50 or part of £50 3s. For any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon my consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from all duty up to £5000 in respect to every succession by lineal descendant or Alices tor.

WORKERS' DWELLINGS,

Borough Councils are empowered by ihe Municipal Corporations Act to erect for the occupation of workerb employed 01 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, 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 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 advance# 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 nafficient fence within the, meaning of the Fencing Act (5.7). The occupiere of adjoining lands not dividod by' a sufficient fence are liable to join in o/ contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence Between such lands, although luch fence may not extend along ihe wliole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which is not, m fax M prMtiaabfo, •oatinua? tbioughout ite length. THE RULES OF THE ivOAD. The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along;, if you bear to the left you are mre to go right, If you turn to the riyM you go wrong. But in walking the street* 'tis a different case; To the right it is right wou shoald •teer, On the left «hoiild be left enough of clear space For the people irho wish to wallr there.

LEGAL TENDER.

Tender of monew ma; l«ga]ty be made—in the cas eof bronze coii.4, for any amount not exceeding Is; in the ease of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; in th ecase of gold coins for &ny 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 Iwue Act, 1893 " TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME. As compared with— Adelaide ... 10 0 a.m. Aden ... .. ... S 31 a.m. Alexandria 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam ... ... 0 50 am. Berlin 1 38 sm. Berne 1 0a m. Bombay ... ... 5 21 a.m. Boston 7 46 p.m. Brindisi ... 1 42 am. Brisbane 10 80 am. Brussels 6 24 »m. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is dosired to form a the ground should be trenched as directed for the vegetable garden ituy time during the autumn. If the j»lot can be prepared in March, a season nay be gained by sowing the griss seed during that month; the surfico must be thoroughly pulverised ..nJ trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21Gis; Festuca tenuifolia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs, Lolinin tenuitolia perenne, 201js , White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor. Slbs ; l'oa Neuioralis and Semperri.-ens libs of each. This mixture will uflice for hall an acre, and will form a very good lawo. aud if kept cut close answers most soils. Special mixta es for I'iyiug down laivus may »l«o be nad from auy seeds ni aa. Some of our native poas and other grasses woild answer admirably lor lawn purposes. It tlit ground is oi a retentive natare, sowing the seeds should De deferred til' August. Commence to cut. as soon as the machine will act. Some ireier the scythe for the first timeoo f cutting. Roll previous to mowing; this will save the knives ot the moivjr.

IMPOUNDING CATTLE, ErC. All trespassing ..cattle may be im pound k! by the occupier of the lan'd ••ri which they are trespassing; but. 111 the case of unfenced land, the occ.i p:er is not entitled to ciaim auy dam ages except fees far driving, or '<)• giving notice of the detention <ji '■■irh cattle, as provided in the Sivnnd Schedule. iiKKUS REQUIRED TO SOW a\ ACRE. tia.ley, 2 A to 2J bushels; beans, 2to bushels; buckirheut, or binnk, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; can.iry. 3 pkgs; ■ t«vrot in drills, 8 -o 12 lbs; clover, I. co 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 'bs; do. for single-line tencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 2J bushels; linseed, for 6eed, 1J bushes, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilUd, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushrflf; parsnip. 10 lbs; rape or cole. 1 p«t ; rye, 21 to 8 tiusbols: rye grass (if drilled, ono-fourth lees), 2 to 21 \nMs; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tar-M. winter, Si bushels; do., »pring, 3 to 21 buahals; trifoliam inoarnatnm. 14 lbs; turnip, 3 to 8 lbs; turnip stabblo, 4 "at; wheat. 21 to 9) bushels.