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Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 July 1916, Page 4

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V FOii READY STAMP DUTIES. ' of Memotrandun. of Agree : .t,lb 3d with letters, etc., attached I'-s. ppraisement di Valuation where thi : . imt does not oxceed £20, Is.; . \ i 1 £20, does not exceed £50, 2s 6d i 'cd £100, and does not exceed £2 > i •, £%K) and does not exceed Jb'o l ) i , exceeds £600 20s. i.ward, same as Valuations, exce'p t eeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; ex n tig £1000, 355. 1' i'a. not exceeding £25 6d, exceed and not exceeding £50 Is, ever, IP-. liille oi Exchange- Oon demand 2! c'i erwise thau on dointuid, if runniuj for any amount no» exeeedini Is; every additional £50 or par ( * £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, stici sii-u upon each bill oi the set as to rraisi nn tie. same duty w :i a single Lil ,vc>re drawn tor the amount. Conveyance—Conveyance on sale !'V,;- every £50 or part oi £50 of tin >i":ount of the consideration for ".alt* . , 6d. .Any instrument whereuy any proper Iv is legally or equitably i;-aci»feiTe<l or vested in any person tor a no min a. (•.-.u.iider«tion or where n-- consideration passes, for £50 or unit of £51 i:f the amount or value o! the property rr*>-eyed or transferred cr assessed - m"The Property Assessment 4cf or any Act amending the -aou fit the date whan such in si: union t take; e'feot, 10s. ,Ar «uro as water qnencnea &re, bo will "NAZOL" afford relief from kaary r-j troublesome eougna, sore threat? ». id >a&u*xui». Tot at.

Promissory Notes.—Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exceeding £25, (3d.; exceeding £25 and c exceeding £50, is.; every additional or part of £50, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any in- ' strument chargeable with duty, where sucli duty does not amount to is, tho same duties ae the original instrturueut; in any other case 3a. j LMid Transfers.—Generally speaking, j tti-! same duties aa would have been payable .on a conveyance. t Lesae, or 'Agreement to Lwifce, without any consideration by way of ip — : Where rent does not exceed iioO S;t for every additional £50 or part I of £"0 3s. For any instrument affecting a partition of lands npou <uiy consideration exceeding £100. 51 Soldiers' estates are exempt from a'l dutv up to £5000 in respect to every succession by lineal descendant or n-n----cofttor. I WORKERS' DWELLINGS. s Borough CoujQcdls are empowered by iho Municipal Corporations Act to erect for tli« occupation of workers employed 01 resident in boroughs any buildings , suitable for workers' dwellings, or may acquire buildings by purchase or otherwise, and render them suitable for the ) • samo purpose, the letting to be in the hands of the Council. By section 55 of the Municipal Corporations Amandmnnt Act, 1913, Coun--1 cil« are further empowered in regard to > workers' dwellings. The section provides that a Council may ft) let iand t) a worker for the purpose of erecting a worker's dwelling: (2) advance money to a worker to enable him to ««- .quire land and build a worker's dwelling thereon : fS) sell to n worker ny sepnrate worker's dwelling. Prodis-

ion i» made for th« repayment of advances and th« payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money <vy instalments. THE RULES OP THE M>AD. The Rule of the Kot.d is a paradox qnite; For in driving' yoar carriage along, If you bear to the left you er« iuro to go right, If ,joa to the ryrht you go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a rtiifereut case; To the right it is right wou sho.ilu »teor, On the left should be left enough of clear space Fo: the people vho wish to wa!i> tb«r«. THE FENCING AOT. JSRECTION OF FF.XUEB. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in th« Second Schedule is a tefficient fence within the meaning of "io Fencing Act (5.7). The occupiers of adjoining lands not 'livided by a sufficient fence are lia')!a to join in ct contribute in equal proportion d to the erection of a fence '•«?- tweeu such lands, although such way not along the 1-onij-dary line, But no occupier is to contribute to any fence which it not, ma far a* prActieabla, ©o»*in«>Btbioughont ita length.