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Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 August 1916, Page 4

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» FOK READY 1 5UUT£IUSN0B. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, 1b 3d with letter*, eta., attached, 3s. Appraisement oi Valuation whore the Miiuunt does nol exceed £30, Is.; ■xcoed £20, does not exceed £60, 3b tid, cxcced £100, and does not exceed £310 lOs, £%)Q and does not exceed £600 1 )s, exoeeds £600 20b. Award, same a* Valuations, except exceeds £600 but not £1000, 80s; exceeds £1000, 3os. t.a's. not exceeding £35 6d, exceeds £S Jj and not exceeding £60 la, every 10b. Kills oi Exchange. Oon demand 9>i; otltirwiee than on demand, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding £<0, 1b; every additional £60 or part of £60, Is.; if drawn in a set, suoh awn upon each bill of the set as to K>*ke ap the same duty as it a single L-ill w«op drawn for the amount.

Promissory Notes.—Payment on demand 3d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exoeecing £36, 6d,; exceeding £36 and c exceeding £60, Is.; every addition il £60 of part of £60, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty,* where sack duty does not amount to Is, tho Mine duties aa the original instrument ; ifC'Kny dther case Bs. Leaser, or Agreement to Lease, without ooUoideration byway of pmujuni: " Where rent does not exceed £50 8n for etery additional £50 or part of £60 Is. For any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon %ny consideration Exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from aU duty up to £6000 in respect to every succession by lineal descendant or Ancestor. WORKERS' DWELLINGS. Borough Councils are empowered by the Mmniciyal Corporations Aet to erect for the occupation oi 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 same purpose, the letting to be in the tands of th« CkrnnoD.

ion is made for the repayment of advances and the payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money by instalments. THE RULES OF THE HOAD. The Rule of the Road is • paradox qsite; For in driving yomr carriage along, if you bear to the left you are sure to go right, if yon tarn to the right you go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different cose; To the right it is right won should steer, On the left should be left enough of clear space Foi the people who wish to walk there. THE-FENCING ACT. ERECTION OF FENOIO. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in "<the-Second'Schedule * is a mifiwenlpfenod within the meaning of the Fencing Act (5.7). The oocupierß of adjoining lands not divided by a sufioient fence are liable to join in or contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence between suoh lands, although such fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. Bat no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence whioh is not, aa far as practicable, eentin«»a° throughout its length.