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Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 August 1916, Page 4

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■ » FOR KKADY REFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement or Memorandun. of Agreement, 1b 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3s. Appraisement ol Valuation where the nmotirit does not exceed £20, Is.; . v ceod £20, does not exceed £50, 2s (id , exceed £100, aad does not exceed £2 K) iOs, i'i'.iK) and does not exceed £500 1 "•». e"icu«-df. USOO 20s. Award, muue as Valuations, except f.eoedN £500 but not £1000, 20s; osceeds £1000, 35a. F.u's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £:- f>, and uot exceeding £50 Is. every 10s. I'.ills ox Wxehange. Oon demand 8d ; otl orwise than on demand, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding £60, la; every additional £50 or part of £50, In. ; if drawn in a sot. such ■SOi upon ;--aoh Lili of the sot as to ntake Hp the sumo duty »n it a single nil ware drawn tr.r the amount.

Promissory Notes.—Payment on demand.2d. Payable other',vise than on demand: For overy bum not exceec uig £25, fid,; exceeding £25 and i: exceeding £50, la. ; every addition*! £&? or part of £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any in strcment chargeable with duty, where sucL duty does not amount to %, tho same duties as the original mstrur men t; in any other caße 3e. : Lease, or Agreement to Lease, »rith- : out any consideration by -way of inrr;: Where rent does not exceed £50 3rr for every additional £50 nr part of £50 Bs. } For any instrument affecting a parti lion of landa upon my consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates arc exempt from aM duty up to £5000 in respect to evary ' succession by lineal descendant or mi- ' castor. 1 WORKERS' DWELLINGS. ' Borough Councils are em-powered liv ihe Municipal Corporations Act to erect for tho occupation of workers employed or resident in boroughs any buildings suitable for workers' dwellings, or mav acquire buildings by purchase or otherwise, and render them suitable for thr name purpose, tho letting to be in the hands of tho Council.

■ion i* made tor tho repayment oi adranees and the payment of advances and the payuieut of purchase-money hy instalments. THE RULES OF THE *aJAD jhe Rule or the Road is » paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along, li you bear to the left you exe iure to go right, j • you turn to the ripht yon go wroug. lint in walking the streets 'tis a different case; to the right it is right wou sho.iid stser, O.s the left should be loft enough of clear space [-'or the people Jpho wish to wait there. THE FFIN-CINQ ACT ERECTION OF FF.NUE9. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a f efficient fence within the meaning of 'he Fencing Act (5.7). The occupiers of adjoining lands :v>r ilividvd by a sufficient fence ftre liaiiio to join in >>/• contribute in equal proportions to the erection of » fence <•*-- tv.k'.n ;.!!«;>, lands, although Mich ft>w may not ivstuud alonn the whole bonri dary line. But no occupier is lialiie to contribute to any fence which ie not, «c f»? wi pr«etit»M*, eowiins.ja^ thi ougiiout. ite length.