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Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 June 1916, Page 4

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FOR READY REFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Hemorandua. of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, etc.,' Attached, 3s. Appraisement ot Valuation where tlie I amount does not exceed £20, Is.; ■xceed £20, does .not exceed £50, 2e 6d, exceed £100, and does not exceed £210 10s, £2.2)0 and does not exceed £500 15s, exceeds £500 20s.

Award, same a» Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, '20s; exceeds £1000, 35a. P.n's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £25, And not exceeding £50 Is, every 10s. Bills oi Exchange. Oon demand 21;' 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 sum upon each bill of the set as to trake up the same duty as it a single L'ill were drawn for the amount. Conveyance. —Conveyance on sale : l«'or every £50 or part ot £50 of the ; amount of' the consideration for sale is fid. Any instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred U' or vested in any person tor a nominal consideration or where no consideration passes, for e*ery £50 or part of £50 of the amount or value ot the property conveyed or transferred or assessed 'aider "The Property Assessment \3t, 1885," Oil - any Act'amending the -aine at the data when such instrument takes effect, 10a. Promissory Notes.—Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise' than ou demand : For.every sum not exceec ing £25, 6d,; exceeding £25 and t exceeding £50, I*.; every addition*! £50 or part of £60, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any u> struraent chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to fe, the same duties as the original instrfvment; in any other case 3s. Land Transfers.—Generally speakir g, the same dutie» aa would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Liase, without any consideration by w*y of premium : Where rent does not eioeed £50 8c for every additional £50 or part of £50 3s.

For any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon *ny consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' ©states are exempt from all diity up to £5000 in respect to every succession by lineal descendant or \uooator. WORKERS' DWELLINGS. Borough Councils axe empowered by (lie Municipal Corporations Act to erect for the occupation of work era 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 Act, 1913, Councils are further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The section provides that a Council may (1) let land t) a worker for the purpose of erects ing a worker's dwelling; (2) advance money to a worker to enable him to aoi quire land and build a worker's dwell- | ing thereon; (S) sell to a worker wy I separate worker's dwelling. Provision i# made for the repayment of advances and th« payment of advances and the payment of purchas«v L'ioney hy instalments. THE FENCING ACT. REJECTION OF FENCES. A fenoe of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a efficient fenoe within the meaning of the Fencing Act (a. 7). The occupiers of adjoining lands not divided by a sufficient fence are liable to join in Q? contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence Between such lands, although tuoh fence may not extsnd along the wbole boundary line. But no occufcter is liable to contribute to any fence which is not, as far as praetisalik, C#*ltin«9«? throughout its length.

LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a lawn, the ground should be drenched B0 directed tor the >'ijiu maiden any time during th<. autumn. II the i'iot can bo pr»pnn-& iu Mtu.eLi, d season ii'ay bo gainod li\ flowing the iris seed during that mouth; tho surface must bo thoroughly ' pulverised <-ud trod don down firmly. 'bo following i» a good mixture, :i procurable:— Crested Dug-tail, SSIUs; i-V.-.tnwi ten>iifoiia, libs; Fe.stuca dunin-uia, 21bs; Loliiim l-enuiloliit porouno, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, Sibs ; Poa Xemoralifi mid Sompervirens 4lbs of eacfi. Thin mixture will uflicj for half au acre, and trill form b n>ry mmi! lii'.vn, and ii !iept cut close hcsw'ts' 111Oi s t sot!&. Spot* ml inixt-'i.fjs f(11- laying down la.vris may »!,>(> fc*.' lad fnuii any .-vino of ;iii llilt!V( , j.; -;: > i n'. ' ■» ' *v\> lid ii'SV 4 . <.'i" .I*ill I! ;i lily I*'! ':uv'i pw I M l-ii;n"iiid If- vl a ivi-.Miinr uat «.h iiiH i.lih oh- ui'i i". 'vl.'Viid id' Uii• Ii . v'«i:n ilu-urf I" i<h «JOl', ■ki L! t 1 iniichwif \v:li ;U'l. jTO- • r liit' scythe ivi \hv tn-l timo J 1 ;<ull |■i -- v 11..; s i,i unr.M'iy, :>l3 *i'.l lht> kn;i'«vs ui ' the iihi,<_m t J.Uj'Ol" <DING C.Vf I I.K. KIC.

•A I. i!«>>p»isiitg cilttle :naj bo .u>_ ..-.l.'inl 'd hy the •".vupiei "f ih.- imit ..i «h.rh iliey ase ) re?p.w.ing; but in i um.' ol uiiieneinj land, the occj rf' i« .int t'rillto .'laiui any ilam i-swpt t.)i \inving, "r '•<>• ivii:r;; lint iii> -it 'he <I'.-; entinii >i •■•leb i-61 tie, ini i-Tuviiie-i iu '4n." Secn.'iu Si-lnid'.ile. aOlLtel tISiyUIUJCD 'i'O i'.lW N ACRE. tlarliy. 2 1 "to SI bu«hels , beam?, 2 to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or blank, IJ bushels; cabbage Ulrundiead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; (""-rot in • Irills. So-o 12 lbs; m 17 iba; furze or gorse, for fred, 20 t<: 21 bs; do. for single-line fencing, to sow on© milo, 3to 4 Ibe; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs, linseod, for flax, 2|, bunhels; linseed, for seed, 1J bushals; lucerne, broadcast, 20 Ibn; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, whito. 1 pkt; mangold vrnrtzel, 5 lhs; oats, 3 to 4 bushelp; parsnip. 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pit;' rye, 2} to 8 bushels; rye grass of drilled, one-fourth less), to 2J l:els; nairfoin, giant, n hushele; taros, wintor, ili bushels; do.,' rpnng, 3 to bunhels; trifoliuiy incarnatum, 14 Urn ; turnip, S to 3 lbrs; turnip stabhle, i Iba ; wheat- 2t to i ounhel#

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