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Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 June 1916, Page 4

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» , FOR READY WERENCE. fiTAMP DUTIES. j 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/ 2e 6d, exceed £100, and does not exceed £210 10s, £?ZM) 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 t and not exceeding £50 Is, every 10s. Bills of Exchange. Oon demand 2.1; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding £50, 1b; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such sum upon each hill of the set as to make up the same duty as it a single bill were drawn tor the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part ot £50 of the amount of the consideration for sate 7a 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 ol the property I conveyed or transferred or assessed un- j der "The Property Assessment \ot, j 1885," oil- any Act amending the *ame at the data when such instrument takes effect, 10s. Promissory Notes.—Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exeeec Lng £25, 6d,; exceeding £25 and t exceeding £50, 1».; 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 the 6ame duties as the original instrument ; in any pther case 3s. Land Transfers.—Generally speaking, the same duties as would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Ltase, without any consideration by way of premium : Where r«nt does not exoeed £50 3s for every additional £50 or part of £50 3s. jt'or any instrument affecting * partition of lands upon iny 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 Ihe 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 t.he 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 sectiou provides that a Council may (1) let land t j a worker for the purpose of erecting a worker's dwelling; (2) advance money to a worKer to enable him po acquire land and build a worker's dwelling thereon; (8) sell to a worker ay separate worker's dwelling. Provision ia made for the repayment of advances and the payment of advances arid the payment of purchase- money hy instalments. THE FENCING ACT.

N ERECIION OF FENCES. A fonce of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a fitfficiont fence within the meaning of Fencing Act (5.7). The occupiera of adjoining lands not liivided by a sufficient fence are liable to join in o/ contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence cetween such lauds, although such fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no occupier ia liable to contribute to any fence which is not, u !ai (i practicable, ooitinu .>«- tbjuughout its length. THE RULES-OF THE ±vOAD The Rule of the Road is a paralo* quite; For in driving yoar carriage along, If you bear to the left you Ere iure to go right, If yon tarn to the riyht you go wrong. But in Walking the streets 'tis a different case; To the right it is right won nhoald steer, On the left should be left enough of clear space For the people who wish to walJr there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of ,monew may legale be made—in the cas eof bronze coii»*, for any awount not exceeding Is; in the case 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, sec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1890). Bank notes are now legal tender In New Zealand and ft?*# 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 ... ••• 3 31 a.m.

Alexandria 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam 0 50 am. Berlin ••• ••• ••• 23 a m. Barna 1 0 8 ra * Bombay * ... 6 21 a *o. Boston ••• 7 46 pm. Brindisi 1 42 am. Brisbane 1.0 80 am. Brussels 6 24 am. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a lawn, the ground should be trenched as directed for the vegetable garden any time during tfie autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season nay be gained by sowing the grass seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised »n<l trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 211Tb; Feetuca tenuifolia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Lolium tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens 41bs of each. This mixture will "uffice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept out close -ajpswerp most soils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may *Ibo ba nad from any seedsman. Home of our native poas and other grasses woild answer admirably tor lawn purposes. If tho ground is of a retentive natjro, sowing the seeds should no deferred til' August. Commence to cut as tjoon as the machine will act. Some »reler the scythe for the tirst time o? cutting. Soil previous to mowing; this will save the knives ot the moipor.

IMPOUNDING CATTLE, EIC. All trespassing cattle may be im pound-id by the occupier of the land on svliich tliey are trespassing; but iu [he case of unfenced land, the occu pier is not entitled to ciaim any damages except fees for driving, or 'o' giving notice of the detention uf such cattle, as provided in the Second Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. barley, 2* to 2J'bushels; beans, 2 to -2| bushels; buckwheat, or blank, H bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to'transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1„ «o 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 ; t/s; do. for singlerline fencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbrf; kohl rati (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, I lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 2} bushels; linseed, for seed, 11 bushels, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 16 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushel?; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pit; rye, 2( to 8 bushels; rya grass (if drilled, one-fourth lees), 2 to 2| Vasbels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, Si bushels; d0.,-spring, 2 to 2) bushels; trifolinm incarnatum, 14 lbs; turnip, 2 to 8 lbs; turnip stubble, 1 lbs; wheat- 21 to 2} bushels.