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Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 June 1916, Page 4

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FOR READY BJEFEEENQB. 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.; .x----ceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s (id, exceed £100, and does not exceed £210 10a, £?xK> and does not exceed £500 15s, exceeds £500 20a. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 bat not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 35b. P.n'e. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £25 f 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, Is i every additional- £50 or ]Sart of £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such sum upon each bill of the set as to irake up the same duty as it a single L'ill were drawn for the amount. Conveyance—Conveyance on sale: For every £50 or part oi £50 of tiie amount of the consideration for sale 7a 6d, Ahy 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 ewery £50 or part of £50 of the amount or value ot th« property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property' Assessment \ct, 1885,'' or any Act amending the >ame at the da to when such instrument take* effect, 10s. Promissory Notes.—ifayment on domand 2d. Payable otherwise than ou demand: -For every sum not exoeec ing <,£25, 6d,; exceeding £25 and i exceeding £50, -Is.; every additional £50 or part of £60, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any in strument chargeable with duty, wixeje such duty does not amount to is, the same duties as the original. ment; in any other case 3s. Laud Transfers.—Generally speaking, the a&jne dutiei aa wouid have, been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to JLaase, without any consideration by way of premium: Where runt docs not exceed £50 3c for every additional £50 or part of £50.85. For any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon 'vny consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates, arc exempt from all duty up to £5000 in respect to every succession*by lineal descendant or ,\ucestor.

WORKERS' DWELLINGS.

Borough Councils ore empowered by the 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 the same purpose, the letting to be in the hands of the Council. By section 52 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Aot, 1913, Councils aire further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The section 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 to'acquire land and build a s worker's dwelling thereon; (3) sell to a worker •ny separate worker's dwelling. Provision i> made for the repayment of advances and the payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money by : instalments. IHJE FENCING ACT. fiJRJEOTION OF FEN CIS. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Seoond Schedule is a f*fficient fence within the meaning of the ■Fencing Act (f1.7). The occupierß of adjoining lands not divided by a sufficient fence are liable to join in or eontribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence between such lands, although luch fence may not extend along the wliole boundary line. Bnt no oooupier is Habit to contribute to any fenoe which is not, a* far as pj-aetisaMs, s#aUin»#«p throughout its length..

LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it 18 desired to form a lawn, tile ground should be trenched as directed for the vegetaDle garden any time during the Autumn. li the plot can be prepared in March, a. season uay be gained by sowing the |!T'WB seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised «nd trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, it procurable:— Greeted Dog-tail, 2 IKb ; i'estuca teuuifolia, 41bs; Fesiuoa duruscula, 2lbs; LoJium tenuiioiia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21ba; Trifolium minor, albs, Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens 41bs of each. This mixture will uftice for lialf an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept cut close arsivers most soJe. Special inixtu.ee [.r 1-iying down laiVDs may "lso bo iad from any scodsmaj. Some of jar •:;itiro p<j:'.s iwJ oth-.T grasses woild ■ !;svrcr admirably lor lawn purposes. M thr- ground is of a retentive nature, ■"iwitig the sew.!t> sh-iuhl in- deferred til' August. Commence to cut as ~oon it ihu uiucbiue will act. Some j r tier vtj.e scythe fur the liral time j' tit'.iig. Uoll previous to mowiig, I'ls will save th« knives oi the mon'.'r. I.UJ'Ot .CDING CATj'LJE, EIC. A!i trespassing cjittlo ;naj be :ni ,I.>tiriiJ by the <«-ctipioi of the land •'i i". hicV they are tre£[>;i&>iiig; biit, in ca.-e of unfenwd land, the occj jj't" ;s .iol entitled to claim any dam except fees fjr driving, or 'ogiving notiii> of the detention it cattle, as ;>rovided iu 'he Second Schedule. sISKDS REQUIRED TO SOW aN . ACRE. . tfarley, 2* to SJ bushels "beams, 2 to H bushels; buckwheat, or blank, 14 bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkga; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, L. 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 'be; do. for single-line fencing, to bow one mile, 3to 4 4be; kahl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 2| bushels; linseed', for seed, 1J bushals, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lt>s; mustard, white, lpkt; mangold wurtael, 5 lbs; oate, 3 to 4 bushel?; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, I pit; rye, 21 to 8 bushels; rye grais uf drilled, one-fourth lees), 2 to 2$ \a§~ fcels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tare®, winter, 2} bushels; do., upring, 3 to 2} bushels; trifoliani incarnstam, S4 lbs; turnip, 3 to S lbs; turnip stubble, 4 lbi; wheat- !i to 2J bn&helc

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