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Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 June 1916, Page 4

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FOJfct READY REFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, Js. Appraisement ot Valuation where the amount does not. exceed £20, Is.; .x----ceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s Bd, sxceed £100, and does not exceed £2 )0 10s, £2xK) and does not exceed £500 15s, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 35a. P.n's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £25 1 and not exceeding £50 le, every 10s. Bills of Exchange. Oon demand 2<l; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, for any amount not ex'ceeding £50, 1b; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such sum upon each bill of the set as to irake up the same duty una single Lill were drawn tor the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance un gale: For every £50 oar part ot £50 of tho amount of the consideration for sale 7b 6d. Any instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred t*< or vested in any person tor a nominal consideration or where no consideration passes, for -ewery £50 or part of £5U of the amount or value ol the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment let, i88o," ol' any Act amending tlie *ame at the date when such instrument takes effect, 10s. Promissory .Notes.—Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than oi demand: For every sum not exceeL ing £25, ijd,; exceeding £25 and t exceeding £50, 1«.; every additional £50 or part of £50, Ib. Duplicate or counterpart of any w strument chargeable with duty, when such duty does not amount to 4s the same duties as the original instrument ; in any other case 3s. Land Transfers.—lienerally speaking the same dutiei as would have been pay ablo on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, with out any consideration by way of preai iuin : Where rent doe® not exceed Hb\ 3:: for every additional £50 or par of £50 3s. For any instrument affecting a parti t»ion of lands upon mj considerstioi exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from ,al duty up to £5000 in respect to ever, succession by lineal descendant or an cestor. WORKERS' DWELLINGS. Borough Councils are empowered b; i he Municipal Corporations Act to erec for the occupation of workers employei ot resident in boroughs any building suitable for workers' dwellings, or ma; acquire buildings by purchase or other wise, and render them suitable for t,h same purpose, the letting to be iu fch hands of tho Counoil. By section 52 of the Municipal Oor porations Ainyndiuent Act, 1918, Goun cil* are further empowered in regard i> workers' dwellings. The section *<ro vides that a Council may (1) let lan< t) a worker for the purpose of erect ing a worker's dwelling; (2) advance money to a worker to enable him to ao quire land and build a worker's dwell ing thereon; (8) sell to a worker •ni separate worker's .dwelling. ion i* made for tho repayment of ad vanoeg and the payment of advance! and the payment of purchase-money hj instalments. THE FENCING ACT. ERECTION OF FENCES. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a efficient 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 07 eontribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence between saoh lands, although tuch fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fenoe which ii not, m far m practicable, MAtinveS? throughout it* length.

j LAYING DOWN A LAWN. I

When it is desired to form a lawn, the ground should be trenched M directed for the vegotaDJe garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared iu March, a season nay be gained by sowing the gr-uss seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulvorised .Jid trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, il procurable:— Crested Dog-tail. 21 He; Feetuca tenuifolia, 41bs; Featuca duruscula, 21bs; Loliuin tonuifolia perenne, 201ba; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81ba; Poa Neaioralie and Semperrirens 41ba of each. This mixture will uf(ico for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept cut close answers most soils. N Special mixtu es for liyiug down lu-.rn.s may »!so be .'ind from any seodsma.i. Homo of -jur native poas and oilier grasses wild icswfcf t>'!mirubly lor lawn purpo-'js. (■ thr- gro-.md is a retentive nat;re, sorting the k'jmilh i;ld in- defwred til' August. Commence to cut. as «6on ,is tI.H umcltiue will act. Soitift >re■cr tln> scythe lor tlu> first tim« j? ■iif'. lift. !io!l prt>»-M.u« tD mowi'ig; I : liis will sure tli" Knives iii the tiwior. 1M i '<)I".<•' I> IN Q-C AT i LE, EJC. Ah i!v> passing c;:ttlo ;uaj be iiii ,■ jrni ><J l>v tljfci tx-cipioi of I lie land llioy a:o trrs;>;uu>iiig; but m • c«.•<» ol unfoiuvd land, the occ.i , " !•* ii->i untitled to r-iuin; nay dttm- «<<•.< •■y.cept it-es f.ir driving, or ♦«>< ..iving ?iotk.« >>) the det'.MJtinn if vich vnttle, a? provided in 'be Second ftt-liedule. aEKDH REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. Uarloy, 2* to 2J bushels; bean*, 3 to H bushels; buckwheat, or brank, li bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgg; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1. to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 : be; do. for single-line fencing, to bow one mile. 8 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs, linseed, for flax, SI bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J bushels; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 His; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtxel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushelc; parsnip. 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 p*t; rye, 2} to 8 bushels; ry« graia iif drilled,, one-fourth less), 2 to Si Vug. Lels; sainfoin, giant. 5 bushels; tares, winter, Si bushels; do., sprang, 9 to it bushels; trifoliara incarnatnm, 84 ibs; turnip, 8 to 8 lbs; turnip ■tnbble, 4 11)"; wheat- 2i to Si bushels

I Alexandria ••• 8 88 a.m. Amsterdam 0 BO a m. Berlin 1 83 .» m. B«rn« 1 Oam. 1 ' Bombay •• •• B 21 * 'n. j ' Boston 7 46 p m. j 1 Briudiai * 42 a m. j [ Brisbane K) -10 a ni. j Brussels 6 84 * m. j