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Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 June 1916, Page 4

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—» FOR READY SJEFERENCE. STAMP DDTiKS Agreement or Meiuorandiin of Agreement, 1b 3d with letters, etc.. attached, 38. i aisement ot Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is. ; .x----ceed £20, does not exceed £00, 2s 6d, exceed £100, and does m i exceed £2)0 10s, £:'<M and doeb noi' exceed £500 15s, CiCeeds £500 20s. Awa; 1, same 'as '■ a! i.:tions, except exceeds £500 but not £ICOO, 20a; exceeds £1000, 355. P.n'e. not exceeding £25 6d, exceedß £25, and not exceeding £50 Is, every 10s. Bills of Exchange. Oon demand 2d; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding £50, Is; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such su>m upon each hill of the set as to irvake up the same duty us it a single bill wefe drawn lor the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale; For every £50 or part of £50 of the amount of the consideration for sale 7» Cd. 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 ervery £50 or part of £50 of the amount or value ot the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment Act, 1885,'' or any Act amending the »ame at the date when such instrument takes ) effect, 10a. Promissory Notes. —Payment on do- • mand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand : For every sum not exceed - ing J225, <3d,; exceeding £25 and t exceeding £50, 1».; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of anj m strument chargeable with duty, whore such duty does not amount to the same duties as the original instrument; in any other case 3s. Land Transfers.—Generally speaking Ul9 same duties as would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by Way of premium : Where rent does not exceed £50 3r? for every additional £50 or part' of £50 3s. For any Lnatrument affecfcing-* partition of lands upon *ny consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from aU duty up • to £5000 in'respect to every succession by-lineial descendant ■or ancestor.

WORKERS' DWELLINGS.

Borough Councils are empowered by i lie Municipal Corporations Act to erect lor the occupation of workers ejpployed 01 resident ill boroughs any buildings suitable for workers' dwellings,-or may acquire buildings by purchase or otherwise, and render them suitable for +.lw same purpose, the letting to be in the hiind*, of the Council. By section 52 of the Municipal f'orj»oratious Amendment Act, 1913, Conn cut are further empowered in regard t<> workers' dwellings. The section vides that a Council may (1) let land t) a worker for the purpose of ejecting a worker's dwelling; (2) advance money to a worner to enable him to acquire laud and build a worker's dwelling thereon; (8) sell to a "worker ny separate worker's dwelling. Provision ii tuade for the repayment of advances and the payment of advances and the payment of purchase- money hy instalments. ' THE FENCING ACT V ERECTION OF FENCES A fence "f any -jf -this kinds meutioucd in t be Secoud Schci'lait* is a • U !ici»-nt fonc-e within tht> moaning cf 'Bei'crrnig Act (&./)• I i:i' orrupit'i.s of adjoining lands io' .;ivi<i«l by a stiffkwct 1 "IK>- are liu.V -• j-:-:;i in i'/ (M.'iiti ihi:u< in eijiifti j>r«»poi!;iin.« u.i ihi- ol u foiice , «> i»-wn (=ui;h inii'J.s. iii;kuc'i •kisj not oMimml aimit tr.« '* Livilo I;u-iii-.<iviipier is liaftie , < oil tribal t> to «:iy K-ii(v. !<■ c.t, m f«r t& [)'toua»-i!a, ttbtnkiDiJ jatlioughout its b-ng'.h. THE UTLtft OK i'liK uo.xn II.« It ii k< Ujt. l!uuil is a pant-to* quite; Koi in driving your carringo -.alufiji, 1! y<m bear to the left you rro jure to go right, If von turn to th<' rip'tit you %o wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different case; 'j To" the right it is-right wou ahojld j •teer, On ihe left niton Id be left' tittoUgh of clear spaoe Foi the people rho wish to walk there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of" tnonew may lega 1 '* be tuaJe—in the cas oof bronze coi>«/, for any amount not exceeding Is; in ohe cßk~> of silver coins, not exceeding (Os; in th ecuso of gold coins for s-ny amonnt, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (33 and 34 Vio. c. 10, eec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Not., 1890). Bank notes are now legal tender in Now Zealand ?nd ar# still a first cbarge on the nssete ot the bank of issue ("Hank Note l«ue Act, 1393 TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z MEAN TIME. As compared with — I Adelaide ... 10 0 a.m. j Aden ... .■ . ... ,3 81 i.m.

Alexandria .2 88 a.m. ' dUibVtilUdlU ••• ■■■ 0 -.V i Ui. | Lioilki . ■ 1 •'•J » " B«m« •• 1 0 j u. j Bombay .. ■ * <<• J Boston ... 7 j Brindiai ... 1 1- 14 ''»• i Diiabano #0 n <u. Brussels ... 8 84 ■% m. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a the ground ahould be trenched as directed for the vegetaDle garden any time during the autumn. If the piot can bo prepared in March, a se&ion nay be gained by sowing the ftrisß seed during that month; the surf ice must be thoroughly pulverised ..nd trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21Bs; Festuca tenuifolia, 41bs; Festucu duruscula, 21bs; Lolium tenuilolin perenno, 20) be; White clover ,21bk; Trifolium minor, \ 81 bs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervi-sns 41bs of each. Thin -mixture will 'uftice for half an acre,"and will form a, very good lawn, and if kept eui close answer* most soilh. Special mixta--.* lor laying down law us may «!so bo .md from any seedsmau. tiuuie of jui native poas and other grasses woild aaswer a'lmirably lor lawn purpo.jya. H the- ground is ui a ivteiiti'.o uat:to, .i-.viiig the awde dbitild o<; deferred til' Commence to cut. as >oon '.!■ tKe inacbitu" will act. Some jre•:r the scythe f,<r the tirst time j* siting. Itoll previous to mo.vhg; ■ !>is will save ths knives ot the morfjr. LMI'Or.vDINQ CAIiLE. KIC. Ali trespassing cattle may be <tu pound ;d by the ocoupio of the land . ■ -ihicli they are trespassing; bin in ihe case of unfoncod land, the occupier is not entitled to ciaim any damages except fees fjr driving, or "t)< giving notice of the detention ui l, ieh cattle, as providtni in *.be Second Schedule. REQUIRED TO SOW «N ACRE. Harley, 2* to *J bushels; beann. 3to 24 bushels; buckwheat, or blank, li bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to traimplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ("•/ rot in drills. 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1 . u> 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 La; do. for single-line ler.eing, to sow one uiile, 8 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turnipuioted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb"; do., drilled, 4 lbs, linseed, for flax, 2f bushels; linseed. for seed, li lmsii;«Ls. lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do;, drills!, 15 lbs; uiustaid, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; ojita, 3 to 4 bush.;l.=; parsnip, 10 lbs;, rape or- cole, 1 i>it, rye, 2) to 8 bushels; rye . grass (if drilled, one-fourth Iccb), 2 V> ''.it-L-els; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; winter, 2| bushels; do., spring, 2 t< 2} bnshels; trifolium incarßatnm, lbs; turnip, 2 to S lbs; t!Jrz:ip 4 lbs; wheat to 2J bnnhtsl*