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Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 June 1916, Page 4

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FOR READY QJSFERENCE. STAMP DUTJES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, eto., attached, 3s. Appraisement ot Valuation where tho amount does not exceed £20, Is.; . v ceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s 'id, exceed £100, and does not oxepod £2 )0 10s, £22)0 and does not exceed £500 15s, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; excoeds £1000, 355. i'.u's. not exceeding £26 tkl, exceeds £25j and not exceeding £50 Is, overy 10s.' Bills oi Exchange. Oon demand 2d ; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding 1b; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; il drawn in a set, such sum upon each bdl of the sot as to lrake up tho same duty us it a single l-ill were drawn tor the amount. Conveyance.—-Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part 01 £50-of tiie amount of tho consideration for «al« 7s tkl. Any instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred or vested in any person tor a nominal consideration or where no consideration passes, for wery £50 or part of £50 ut the amount or value ot tho property conveyed or transferred or assessed 'Wider "The Property Assessment Vet, 1885,'' or any Act amonding the -ame at t ho da to when such instrument takes effect, 10s. Promissory Notes—l'aymeiit on de mand 2d. Payable otherwise than 01; demand : For every mini not exceei luc £26, fjd,; exceeding £25 and 1 exceeding £50, I#. ; every addition* 1 £50 or part of £50, 1«. Duplicate or counterpart of any in strument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to Ss, the same duties as the original instrument ; in any other case 3a. Land Transfers.—Uenerally speaking the same dutiei an would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to L*aee, without any consideration by way of premium : Where rent does not exceed £50 3s! for every additional £50 or part of £50 3a. 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 ' Knrregion by lineal descendant or riu-

WORKERS' DWELLINGS.

Borough Councils are empowered by tho Municipal Curpurm.hois, .'»« t to erect lor the occupation of u otiiei.- employed oi ievident in tiui'<>ugha an,> buildings suitable for workers' dwellings or may acquire buildings by purchase or otherwise, aa'l render them suitable for the same purpueo, the letting tu he in the hand* of tho Council. By seel ion 52 of tho M . uicipal Corporations Ait' 'udment Act, 1913, Councils aie i m .or empowers: lin regard to workeia' dwellings. Uie -ectiOii provides that a Council may (1) let land t j a worker for the purpose of ereoting a worker's dwelling; (2) advance money to a wor&or to enable him to acquire land and build a worker's dwelling thereon; (8) sell to a worker ny (ieparate worker's dwelling. Provision is 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 raificient 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 o/ contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence Detween such lands, although such fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which is not, u far m p> AOtieafeie, ®emtin»ja= thioughout its length. THE RULES OF THE txOAD The Rule of the Road is a paraio* quite; For in driving your carriage aio;i<, If you bear to the left you ir.rv <ure to go right, if yoa turn to the ri#rht . you go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different case; To the right it is right won should •teer, On the left shoujd be left enough of clear space Foi the people fho wish to wall there.

LEGAL TENDER.

Tender of monew may Wgakv be made—in the cas eof bronie cow, for any amount not exceeding Is; in the ease of silver coins, not exceeding <0s; in til 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 in Now Zealand and are etill a first charge on the assets ot the bank of issue ("Hank Note l.«sue Act, 1893 " TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z MEAN TIME. As compared with — Adelaide 10 0 a.m. Aden ... 3 81 a.m. Alexandria ... ... 3 28 a.m. Amsterdam ... .. 0 50 am. Berlin 1 33 .•» tn Berne ... 1 oam Bombay ... 5 21 am. Boston ... ... 7 46 pm. tirindisi ... 1 42 am. Brisbane .. 10 80 am. Brussels ... ... 6 94 * tn. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a lawn, the ground should be trenched as diluted for the vegetable garden f riy time during the autumn. If the plot Tin be prepared in March, a season ii ny be gained by sowing the -cod during that mouth; the surf ice must bo thoroughly pulverised ..rid Uoddcti down firmly. I'he following is a good mixture, il piocurable: — Crostfi Dng-tnil 211*.; l''«u.tuca tcnii tdiia. 41l»fc; I'esiuca duruscula, 21bs, Lolium touudolia pi-reu;.e, 20I!)3 , Vi'i.te clover ..'iijs; Tiifoliuiu Minor, "lbs; I'oa Neinoralis imd ISonip.Tvireax <il each. Thin mixture will ufUi" Kir halt an m-rv, urid ivill i'onu u • try lawn. au<i il iiept. out '..loa-.' ur.bwerp most so.lh. ,Npec;ui mixta e* u,r laying dowu Imvns may »!mi l.e nad iruui any seedsman. iSome of jur native pytifc atuj other Ki'HSM'b no ild ar.s.ver ii'lmaably lor lawn purposes, il t'::. ground is o: a retentive nat'.iie, .sowing Liu* s>eodn should »»» deferred til' Aug-iat. Coruirivuco to cm. as soon as the machine nil) net. Some- >re•ur the scythe for liio iiitjt- time of cutting. It oil pi'cvli.UK to mowing; ibis <viii «avo the kni'.e;; ot the iuowji. IMPOUNDING CATTLE." ii ItAll trespassiuß cattle may be 'it. pound-d by the occnpio, of (lie land on whic.ir they aie tio.S'Wotig; i"n m the caf?e of uufcuced land, the <kv,i pier is not entitle<l tu ••jiiiui any darn, ages except fees fjr driving, or ■<.. firing uotice of the detention or • icli cattle, as provided in the Second Schedule. sEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW * \ ACRE. fiarley, 2* to SJ bushels; be&tm. 2 to 2i bushels; bui'ivTient, or blank, 1J bushels; cabbage tdrumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; e.'vnrt in drills,- 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1 . no 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 t<; 24 'bs; do. for single-line teucing. to sow one mile. 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turuiprootpd cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled. 4 lbs-, linseed, (or flax. 2) hnidie's; linßeed, for swl, H bushels, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, l r > lbs; mustard. white, 1 pkt; mangold Vviirteel, 5 lbp; oats. 3to 4 bushels; parsnip. 10 lbs: rape or cole, 1 pit; rve, 2t to 8 bushels; rys> grass (if 'iriJled, one-fourtb !<»«), 2 to 2J W»ghels ; sainfoin, giant,. 5 bushels; tJ,re« winter, Si bushels; do., spriny;, J t«> Si bunbels,' trifolinrj i/icarnntnrn. 34 lbs; turnip, i to S lbs; tnrnip »t«bhle. 4 lbs; wheat- 2i to unahel*