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Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 June 1916, Page 4

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FOR READY "REFERENCE. ST AMP DUTIES Agreement of Memorandum of Agree- | meut, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, , 3s. Appraisement of Valuation where the 1 amount does not exceed £20, Is.; •x----ceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s 6d, exceed £100, and does not; exceed £2X> 10s, £'J'M and does not exceed- £o'JO 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 10s. Bills of Exchange. Oon demand 2d ; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, iof any amount not exceeding £50, Is; every additional £50 or part of £60, Is.; if drawn in a set, such sum upon each bill of the set as to make up the same duty as if a single bill were drawn for the amount. Conveyance—Conveyance on sale: For every £50 ocr part of £50 of tiie amount of the consideration for sale 7s ed. Any instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred to or vested in any person tor a nominal consideration or whore no consideration passes, for ewery £60 or part of £50 of the amount or valua oi th« property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment \ct, 1885," or any Act. amending the 'aine at the date when such instrument takes effect, 10s. Proihisßory Notes.—Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than ori demand: For every sum not exceec ing £25, <3d,; exceeding £25 and t exceeding £50, Is.; every addition*! £50 or part of £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any in strument chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to is, tbe same duties as the original instrument; in any other case 3s. Land Transfers.—Generally speaking, the same duties as would have been payable on a-conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to' L*ase, with - out any consideration by way of premium : Where rent does not eieeed £50 3c for every additional £60' or part of . £50 Bs. For any instrument affecting a partition of lands 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 (he Municipal Corporations Act to erect for the occupation of workers 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 game purpose, the letting to be in- the hands of the Council. By section 52 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, Council* are further empowered in regard to workers' The- section provides that a Council may <1) let land ti 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 ay separate worker's dwelling. Provision is made for the repayment of advances and the payment of advances aud the payment of purchase-money by instalments. THE FENCING ACT ERECTION OF FENCES. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a futticiont fence within the meaning of tie tercuig Act (5.7). I'bo wtupiurs of adjoining lands not uvidt'd by a sugipjerji fence are liable -) join in i>/ contribute ip equal proportions to the erection of a fence oetwecD snub lands, although »»ch fouco ■i-ay not axtoud along tho whole bouu.iaij iine But no occupier is liable do contribute to any !tsuc« whicn if iM. aa far ac p' acnnable, ©oatinn ja-il-iio'ighoul it* ictiicih. 111K RULES OF THE mMI) I be Rule c( Lin* Homl is a paralos quite; tor in your carriage .along, it you benr to the left yon ilu tore to tfo fight. If yoa turn to the n#»ht you go wrong. But in walking the e>r recta 'tis a different cuse; To the right it is right won. should steer, On Ihe left should be left enough of clear space For the people vho wish to walk there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monew may lega'ty be made—in the oas eof bronze cow, for any amount not exceeding Is; in the caso of silver coins, not exceeding 40s; in th ecase of gold coins for s.ny amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (S3 and 34 Vio. c. 10, seoi 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1880). Bank notes are now legal tender New Zealand and are still a first charge on the assets ol the bank of issue ("Bank Note lf=*ue Act, 1893 '' TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME. As compared with — Adelaide 10 0 a.m. Aden ... 3 SI a.m.

Alexandria 3 88 a.m. Amsterdam ••• 0 50 3 mi. Berlin 1 23 am. Berne ••• 1 ■ 0 am. Bombay ••• " 21 * 'a. Boston ••• 7 4fi p ra. | Biindisi ... ••• 1 am. Brie bane ... ... ... .10.30 am. Brussels ... ••• 6 14 <• to..

LAYING DOWN A LAWN. I

When it is desired to .form a Ja*n, the ground should bo trenohed as directed for.the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the piot can bo prepared in March, a season nay be gained by sowing the ry-iss seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised «Jid trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Created Dog-tail, 211)8; Festuca teuuifolia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Lolium tenuilolia perenne, 201ba; White clover ,21bs; . Trifolium minor, 61 bs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens libs of eacfi. This mixture will 'uflico for half an aero, and will form a yery good lavro, and it kept cut close answers- most soJts. Special mixta .os u>c laying down UnvDsma.v »lso bo iia<] from any eeodsmaa. Some of <jur native p-jas and othur grasses wo lid answer a-imirably lor lawn gurposes. If tli£, ground is of a roteutire uat-irp, mowing the stjeile-should do deferred til' Vug'ist. Commence to cut. as 10011 •is the machine will act. Souie ireler the scythe for the .first lime j' rutting. Roll previous to mowi'ig; this will save the knives oi the mow'Jr IAIJ'Or.vDING CATTLE, EIC. All trespassing cattle may be im pound »d by the occupiei. of the laud ■■>0 whicli they are trespassing; bui m cho case of unfcncud land, the ocou p.er is not entitled to ciaim iiny Jam a<;es except foes for driviug, or '«• giving noiice of the detention ux «'ich, cattle, as provided in the Second Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO 80W AN ACRE. riarley, 2* to XI bushels; beans, 3 to 2i bushels; buckwheat, or blank, li bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3pkgs; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1. Co 17 lbs; furze or gorse,- for feed, 20 to 24 be; do. for single-line fencing, to so>w one mile, 3to "1 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4,lbs, linseed, for flax, 2i bushels; linseed, for seed, 1} bushsls, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1; pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3to 4 bushtib; parsnip, 10 lbs; .rape or cole, 1 pit, rye, 2j to 8 bushels; rye grais (if drilled, onip-foarth* !«««), 2 to 2i bushels ; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels: tare*, winter, bnshela; do., *pr)ng, 8 to li bushels; trifolinni incarnat-am, 31 lbs; turnip. 2 to * lbs; turnip atnbbl<> < !b»; wheat- Si to 2} oashaln