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Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 July 1916, Page 4

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« FOR READY JUSFERENOS. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, la 3d with letters, ©to., Attached, Bs. Appraisement of Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; .x----ceed £20, does not exceed £60, 3s (3d, excced £100, and does not exceed £210 10a, £220 and does not exceed £500 l>s, exceeds £600 90s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £600 but not £1000, 80s; exceeds £1000, 86s. V.n'm. not exceeding £36 fid, exceeds £26 J and net exceeding £60 la, every 40s. Hills of Exchange. Oon demand Sri; otherwise than on demand, if running ringly, for any amount not exceeding £tO, la; every additional £60 or part of £60, la.; if drawn in a set, such MB upon each bill of the set as to make oft the same duty as it a single Lill wet* drawn for the amount.

Promiflsory Notes.—Payment on demand lid. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exceeding £36, 6d,; exceeding £26 and c exceeding £60, la.; every additional ££0 or part of £60, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any u> strument chargeable with duty, where audi duty does not amount to " Ss, tbo same duties as the original instrument ; in any other case Bs. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of prexiiora: Where rent does not exeeed £50 3r for every additional £60 or part of £60 Bs. For any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon %ny consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates «re exempt from all duty up to £6000 in respect to every succession by lineal desoendant or ancestor. WORKERS' DWELLINGS. " Borough Councils are empowered by the Municipal Corporations Act to erect for the occupation of work<ws employed or resident in boroughs any buildings suitable for workers' dwellings, or may acquire buildingp by purchase or otherwise, and render them suitable for the same purpose, the letting to be in the hands of the Council.

ion is made for the repayment of advances and the payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money hy instalments. THE RULES OF THE ifcOAD. The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving yo»r carriage along, If you bear to the laft you are <ure to go right, If yos turn to the ryrht you go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different case; To the right it is right won alio did steer, On the left should bs left enoagh of clear space Foi the people »ho wish to walk there. THE FENCTNG ACT. &REOTION OF FJINOSB. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a **fficient fence within the meaning of the Fencing Aot (5.7). The occupiers of adjoining lands not divided by a sufficient fence are liable to join in vr contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence ne tween such lands, although »uch feace may not extend the whole boundary lino. But no ooc-npier is liable to contribute to any f«nce which is not, as fax is praetleabie, ewriinmdß? throughout its length.