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Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 August 1916, Page 4

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« FOR READY .REFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memoaandun. of Agreement, is 3d with letters, eto., attached, Bs. Appraisement ot Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; .x----toed £20, dues not exceed £60, 2s bd, cxceed .£IOO, and does not exceed £210 , 10a, £220 and does not exceed £500 l>s, exceeds £500 20a. Award, same an Valuations, except exceeds £600 but not £1000, 80s; exceeds £1000, 35i. F.u's. not exceeding £2o 6d, exceeds £2o x and not exceeding toO Is, every 10*. of Exchange. Oon demand 2<l ; otherwise than on demand, if running for an; amount not exceeding £'60j lfij every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if drawn in a sot, such •Ma upon oaoh bill of the set as to make ap the same duty as it a single till WKU drawn for the amount.

.Promissory Notes—Payment on dotnaud 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: for every sum not exceec. • ing £25, 6d,; exceeding £25 and c exceeding £50, la.; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any m strument chargeable with duty, where bucL duty does not amount to ss, the same duties as the original instrument; in any oiher case Ba. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of premium : Wihere rant does not exceed £60 So for every additional £50 or part of £50 Bs. For any instrument affecting a partilion of lands upon any consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from a)J duty up to £5000 in respect to every suocession by lineal descendant or ancestor. WORKERS' DWELLINGS. Borough Councils are empowered by the 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 CotmoiL

ion it made for the repayment of advances and the payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money hy instalments. THE RULES OF THE itOAD. The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along, if you bear to the laft you era *ure tg go right, If yoa turn to the ri*ht you go wrong. but in walking the streets 'tis a different case; To the right it is right won ahoald steer, On the left should ba left enoagh of elesr space Foi the people «ho wish to wsli there. THE FENCING ACT. ERECTION OF FENCES. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a rtfficient fence 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 v/ contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence between such lands, although *uch fence may not extend along the wliole boundary line. But no oocupier is liable to contribute to any fence whioh is not, ss far ss praetiaaMe, owmtinaoa? throughout its length.