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Carleton Domain, Canterbury Land District. Area :15 acres ; 14 acres leased. Improvements on domain : Pavilion, concrete cricket-pitch, fencing, plantations, and track for sports. Used for sports, cricket, lawn-tennis, and picnics. Proposed work for ensuing year : Erection of fencing and tree-planting. Cashmere Hills Domain, Canterbury Land District. Area : 189 acres ; 173 acres leased. Work done during year : 4,000 trees planted, principally oaks ; other trees cleaned and weeded ; stone gate pier, with memorial tablet erected. Improvements now on land : Ring-fenced, and fences erected round plantations, Victoria memorial (brick), house and nursery-house, and cowshed. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Further tree-planting. Chertsey Domain, Canterbury Land District. Area :28 acres ; leased for grazing. Work done during year : Gorse hedge removed, standard and wire fence erected. Improvements now on domain :30 chains of fencing, belt of pines surrounding whole area, plantations of ornamental trees and shrubs, swimming-bath and dressing-room. Used for sports and picnics. Christchurch Domain, Canterbury Land District. Area : 495 acres ; 371 acres leased. Work done during year : General maintenance ; trees, &c, planted, grass mowed, plantations thinned and pruned, 524 trees cut out to make room for those remaining, gates repaired and painted. Improvements now on domain : Plantations, gardener's cottage, caretaker's cottage, hot-house, two bridges, fencing and gates, special trees, lawns, walks, and lake. Used for general public recreation, cricket, polo, football, hockey, picnics, model-yacht sailing, and review of volunteers. Clifton Domain, Taranaki Land District. Area :28 acres ; all leased. Used for grazing. Clyde Domain, Otago Land District. Area :64 acres ; fenced. Used for general recreation. Coalgate Domain, Canterbury Land District. Area : 28 acres ; 27 acres leased. Work done during year : Repairs to fences. Used for sports and grazing. The land is in English grass in good order. Conway Domain, Canterbury Land District. Area :10 acres ; all leased. Used for grazing only. Courtenay Domain, Canterbury Land District. Area :20 acres. No new work undertaken during year. Improvements now on land :68 chains of live and 12 chains of wire fencing ; about 7 acres of plantation twenty-two years old, and about 3 acres of plantation, three years old. Used principally for picnics ; unsuitable for football or cricket. The land consists of river- terraces, the northern portion being liable to overflow from the river, and in danger of being washed away. Trees grow well, and further planting operations will be undertaken as funds permit. Cromwell Domain, Otago Land District. Area : 231 acres. Completely overwhelmed with drifting sand, which has also covered a large portion of the borough to a depth in some places of 20 ft. £100 was spent during the year endeavouring to prevent the sand which covers the domain from travelling. 2 acres of the mining-reserve adjoining the borough is used for recreation. Casnell Island Domain, Auckland Land District. Area : 7 acres. Used principally for picnics. Dannevirke Domain, Hawke's Bay Land District. Area :40 acres ; 30 acres leased. Used for athletic sports, cycle-races, football, and cricket. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, plantations, pavilion, dressing-room, and cycle-track.. Proposed work for ensuing year : Erection of conveniences, caretaker's lodge, and improvements to pavilion. Darfield Domain, Canterbury Land District. Area :10 acres. Improvements effected : Fencing, plantations, tennis-lawn, and a dressingroom. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Repairing fences and hedges. Denniston Domain, Nelson Land District. Area : 5 acres. Used for sports and picnics. Improvements effected : Draining and levelling. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Further draining and levelling. Land of a rocky nature. Devonport Domain, Auckland Land District. Area :40 acres ; 20 acres leased. Used for general recreation, cricket, football, bowling, tennis, and croquet. Improvements comprise : fencing, drains, pavilions, and plantations. Proposed work for ensuing year : Top-dressing and levelling cricket-ground, and general maintenance.