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Horowhenua Chronicle, 12 July 1916, Page 4

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» FOR READY REFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. . Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3a. Appraisement ot Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; .x----ceed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s 6d , exceed £100, and does not exceed £210 10a, £2i)o and does not exceed £500 exceeds £500 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20b; exceeds £1000, 35b. P.n's. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds £25,, and not exceeding £50 Is, every l(Jj. • Bills of Exchange. Oon demand 3]; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding £60, la; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such sun upon each bill of the set as to irake up the same duty aa if a single till ware drawn for tie amount. fA» awe as water quenches ire, su iriil "NAZOL" afford relief from heavy colds, troublesome soughs, sore throats tnd Inloenaa. Vast it. \

Promissory Notes.—fayment on demand 2d. Payable ctherwise than on demand: for every sum not exceeding £25, 6d,; exceeding £25 and c exceeding £50, Is.; every additional £cO or part of £60, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any m struinent chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to Ss, the same duties as the original instrument ; in any other case Bs. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any consideration by way of pre 21iurs: Where rent does not exoeed £50 Be for every additional £50 or part of £50 Ba. For any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon *ny consideration exoeeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from all duty up to £5000 in respect to every succession by lineal descendant or ancestor. 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 may acquire buildings by purchase or otherwise, and render them suitable for the ■ame purpose, the letting to be in the hands of the Council.

ion it made for the repayment of advances and the payment of advances and tho payment of purchase-money hy - instalments. THE RULES OF THE iiOAD. The Rule of the Road is a para-lcx quite; For in driving your carriage along, If you bear to the left you are jure to go right, If yon turn to the ri>rht you go wrong. But in walking the streets 'tis a different case; To the right it is right wou should steer, On the left should be left enoagh of clear space Foi the people f/ho wish to walfc -there. THE FENCING ACT. £REOTION OF FENCES. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a *:tf- • ficient fence within the meaning of the Fencing Act (5.7). The occupiers of adjoining lands not divided by a sufficient fence are liable to join in 0/ contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence Between such lands, although such feuce may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is liabie to contribute to any fence which is not, as far as practicable, eoatinsaa? throughout its, length. 1