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Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 July 1916, Page 4

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9 FOit READY tEFERJENGE. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement or Meinorandua. of Agreemuiib, Is 3d with letters, oto., attached. 3h. Appraisement oi Valuation where the amount does uot exceed £20, Is.; . jsceud £20, does not exceed £50, 2s 8d; exceed £100, and does not exceed £2 )0 10s, £%K) and does not exceed £s*lo 16s, exceeds £500 20a, Award, eauie as Valuations, except excooda £500 but not £1000, 20b ; exceeds £1000, 35a. P.n s. not exceeding £26 6d, exceeds £25., and not exceeding £60 Is, every 10b. Bills of Exchange. Oon demand 2.1 ; otherwise than on demand, if running •ingly, for any amount not exceeding £60, Is; every additional £50 or part of £50, la.; if drawn in a set, such smm upon each bill of the set as to make up the same duty aa it a single bill ware drawn for the amount.

Promissory Notes—Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exceeding £25, 6d,; exceeding £25 and t exceeding £50, It. • every additional £50 or part of £60, Is. duplicate or counterpart of any ?n strument chargeable with duty, where Buoli duty does not amount to Ss, tho same duties as the eriginal instrument; in any other case Ba. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of yrevium: Where rent does not exceed £60 8c for every additional £60 or part of £50 Ba. For any instrument afiectinjj a partition of land* upon any consideration i-xoeeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from aIJ duty up to £5000 in respect to every succession by lineal descendant or -*uceator. WORKERS' DWELLINGS. Borough Councils are empowered by iho 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 *ame purpose, the letting to be in the hands of the Council.

ion it made for th# repayment of advances and the payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money hy instalment*. THE RULES OP THE AOAD. The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving yoar carriage along, If you bear to the left you are jure to go right, If yo« turn to the rijrht you go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different ease; To the right it is right wou shoald steer, tin the left should bs left enough of elosr space For the people ivho wish to walk there. THE FENCING ACT. ERECTION OF FENCES. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a ficient fence within the meaning of the 1 Fencing Act (5.7). The occupiers of adjoining lands not divided by a sufficient fence are liable to join in or contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence oetween such lands, although such fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which is not, as far aa piaotiaafcfe, eeatinaoa? throughout its length.