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Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 August 1916, Page 4

Our Permanent Columnd

FOU READY REFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of MenioiranduiL. of Agr«<aaaeut, la 3d with letters, eto., attached, Appraisement ot Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, le.; .i----c ei'd £20, does not exceed £50, 2s bd, exceed £100, and doe* not exceed £210 H>B, £/jHO and does not exceed £600 1 >3, exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, ecoept exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20a; exceeds £1000, 355. P.n's. not exceeding £25 fid, exceed* £j>sj and not exceeding £60 la, every 16s. ISills oi Exchange. Oon demand 3d ; otl orwiee than on demand, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding £60, 1b; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such Mm upon each bill of the set as to make up the same duty as it a single Kll ware drawn for the amount.

i Promissory Notes.—fayjnent on tie- i mkod 2d. Payable otherwise than on i demand: For every Bum not exeeet- i ing £25, 6d,; exoseding £25 and c exceeding £50, Is.; every additional ££o'or part of £50, Is. 'J Duplicate or counterpart of any w ' struinent chargeable with duty, where j siiok duty does not amount to Is, J tho same duties as the original instra- . ment; in jfe. } Agreement to Lmm, with- i j oot any'oonsideration; I>y way of pros- J jam: does not exssed £50 l So for «irtery~ additional £60 or part . of £50 Ss. < a For iainy instrament afeotipg a partiy tiori of lands spon consideration .Exceeding £100. 'Soldiers' estates are exempt from all j duty up to £6000 in respect to evsry £ succession lby lineal deseendant or iuit oestor. 3 WORKERS' DWELLINGS. \ I -Borough Conned Is are empowered by the'Msnicipal Corporations Act to erect c fotf 'th# occupation of workers employed t or resident in boroughs any buildings j I suitable for worlEers' dwellings, or may t acquire buildings by purchase or other- t 5 wise, and, render them suitable for the c tame purpose, the letting to be in the t hands of tho OennsiL 0 : t

ion it made {or the repayment of advances and the payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money by instalment*.. THE . RULES OF THE JS/OAD. The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving yoar carriage along, if you bear to the left yon an jure to go right, If yon tarn to the ryrjrt yoa go wrong. But in walking the street* 'tis a different ohm ; ; To the right it is right wo* thoald steer, On ;Le left thoald be ieft sriofigh of eltar spooe Foi the people rfco wisii to walk there. THE FENCING ACT. /CitBOTTON 05 s #KSNOIB. A fenosrof any of fche kinds mentioned in th«>Second Schedule is a f»i-fioient'-fsnoe withinthe'teeaning of the Fencing Act •(».?). This oocnpiensof adjoining lands not divided by a suCcient fence are liable to join in 0/ contribute in eqoa) proportions to the erection of a fenoe between suoh lands, although such fence may not extend along the wliole boundary line. Bnt no oocupier is liable to contribate to any fenoe whioh is not, as far as praetieaUe, Matina*«p throughout its length.