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Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 June 1916, Page 4

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4 FOR READY REFERENCE. 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 tkl, exceed £100, and does not exceed £2 *)0 10s, £9do and does not exceed £500 15s, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 35a. i'.ii's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £25,_and not exceeding £50 Is, every 10a." Bills ox Exchange. Oon demand 2*l; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, for 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 Bet as to snake up the same duty as it a single bill were drawn for the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance in sale: For every £50 or part oi £50 of the amount of the consideration for sale 7s 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 e*ery £50 or part of £50 of the amount or value ot the property conveyed or transferred or; assessed under "Tbe Property Assessment \ct, 1885,'' od- any Act amending the - atne at the da to when 6ueh instrument takei effoct, 10a. Promissory Notes.— fuyment on 'le maud '2<l. Payable otherwise than oi demand: For every sum not exceec ing £25, <jd,; exceeding £25 and i exceeding £50, Is.;'every addition* £50 or part of £50, It. Duplicate or counterpart of any m strument chargeable with duty, wheri such duty does not amount to Sfi the same duties as the original mstru ment; in any other case 3e. JL/and Transfers.—Generally speaking the same duties at would have been pay able on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to L*aae, with out any consideration by-way of preai iujn : Where r#nt does not exceed £5 3;: for every additional £50 -or pal of £50 3s. For any inatniment affecting a parti tion of lands upon any -oonsideratio exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates, are exempt from a duty up to £5000. in. respect to ever succession by lineal descendant or m

ww tor. WORKERS' DWELLINGS. Borough Councils are empowered. l>y ihe Municipal Corporations Act to erect lor the occupation of workers employed or resident in boroughs any buildings suitable for workers' dwellings, or iaay acquire buildings by purchase or otherwise, and render them suitable for the game purpose, tike letting to be in the hands of the Council. By section 52 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Aot, 1913, Council* are further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The section provides that a Council may (1) lot land t) 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 ny | separate Worker's dwelling. Provie- | ion i» made for the repayment of advances «ml tha payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money by instalments. THE FENCING ACT fiREOTION OF FENCES. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a sufficient fence within the meaning of the Fencing Act (b.7). The occupiers of adjoining lands not divided by a sufficient fence are liatola to join iu o/ contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence between such lands, although luoh fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence whioh is not, aa far aa practicable; MAtina**? throughout ita length.

Alexandria * jj® a " nl, Mnßterfiam - « TO a ra - Berlin ... - - 1 » ra - B.rn. \ Bombay ... 6 81 a -n. Boston 7 46 pm. BrindUi •• - - 1 U * ' b,isb« DP • • 10 30 am. Brussels • ••• ti 84 *m' LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a lawn, the ground should be trenched na directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the <«iot can be prepared in March, a season way be gained by sowing the Brws seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised .Jid trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, it procurable:— Greeted Dog-tail, 21 Be; Foetuca tetiuifolia, 4lbs; Feniuca duruscula, 21bs; Loliuiu tenuilolia perenne, 201.38; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, ilbs; L'oa Numoralis and Seinperviruns 41bs of each. Thin mixture will ufQce for half uq acre, and will form Q wry good la'.vn. and if kept cu*t close aiistvorp most soJs- Spocial taixt'i ee for laying down lawns may "lso be iiad Iroiii any so"id3ii>a<i. iiuiwe of jiii aat-re jKKii ami other grasses wet Id ■rjswor j-'.mirably lor lawn purpo*-*. i! t!:i- ground is of a retentive nat.ire, «j\\ ing liie sc-Js ,»hould 00 deferred til'

t<? '-'tf hs --non i'.o miicliifio will act. So mo jre■■•■l liio scytlie lor the lirst tiino j 1 cut'l.ng. Roll previous to mowhg, -. ins will save the ol Hit* ino«' ji lill'Ol'.vDlNG CATi'I-15. EI'O. .Oi- trojji.'issinu cattle maj be >u> (Aiiinii ;*l iiy the (-wupie. of th« lanii .-i » ar<' trespaKKing; bin m 11!o rast ol ujitenci'd land, the occu i». ,n<i «:iit.itl»-«l to -laini uny dnni <-x«-pi lees !.jr ariving, or 'o,ivii!ii miliu> 'it the dot<?ution if *'ich (.aLtlo, <io provide*! in '.he Second Schodile. aEEDi REQUIRED TO BOW AN ACRE. Oarlny, 2* lo 21 bushels, bean«, 2 to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in drills, 8 -o 12 lbs; clover, _ - to 17 lbs; I'urzc or gorse, for feed-, 20 tc 24 b6; do. for single-line fencing, to bow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for gax, 2* bunhels; linseed, for seed, 11 bnabala, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurteel, 5 lbs; oats, Bto 4 bushelf; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 p*t; rye, 2i to 8 bushels; rye grans (if drilled, one-fourth lees), 2 to 81 VisMs; sainfoin, giant,; 5 bushele; tare*, winter, 8i bushels; do., spring, 8 to 24 bushels; triioliaia incamatnm. H lbs; turnip. 8 to S lbs; tarnip atnbblf. 4 lb« ; wheat- 21 to 21 Bnahel#