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Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 August 1916, Page 4

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FOR lUiAD* REFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, 1b 3d with letters, etc., attached, Us. Appraisement 01 Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; .x----ceed £20, does not exceed £60, 2s Bd, exceed £100, and does not exceed £210 iUs, £'J/iO and does not exceed £600 I">3, exoeeds £600 20s. Award, same a» Valuations, except c:.coeds £600 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 35a. Jfn'a. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £i / o l and not exceeding £60 la, every l&s'. 12 ilia of Exchange. Oon demand 2d; otl.orwise than on demand, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding £60, Is; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such ■■HI) upon each hill of the set as to make op the same duty u it a single liil w«r» drawn for the amount.

Promissory Notes.—Payment on demaud 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For ©very sum not exceet ■ in 2 £25, 6d,; exceeding £26 and c exceeding £60, la.; every additional ££0 or part of £60, la. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where sucL duty does not amount to 3a, tho same duties as the original instrument; in any other cue 3a. Leue, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of yreiiium: Where rent does not exeeed £50 8r for every additional £50 or part of £60 fe. For any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon wj consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from all duty up to £6000 in respect to every succession by lineal descendant or sucestor. 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 mav acquire buildings by purchase or other-. wise, and render them suitable for t.He same purpose, the letting to be in the hands of the Council.

ion is made for the repayment of advances and tli« payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money hy instalments, THE RULES OF THE ROAD. The Rule of the Road is a paradox qaite; For in driving yoar carriage along, if you bear to the left yon are *ure . to go right, if yoa tarn to the rijrht yon go wrong. But in walking the street* 'tis a different com; To the right it is right iron ahoald steer, On the left ihould bs left anoagh of elear space For the people if ho wish to w«li there. THE FENCING AOT. ERECTION OP FKNOIB. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a fafficient fanoe within the meaning of the Jbencing 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 fenoe between such lands, although »uch fence may not extend along the wliole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence whioh is not, aa far as praotiaaMa, eemtinooa? throughout its length.