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Outram Domain, Otago Land District. Area :11 acres ; 6 acres leased. Work done during year : Eradication of weeds, clearing track, trimming hedges and trees, and general maintenance. Used for picnics, football, cricket, tennis, and bowls. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, drains, skating-pond, plantation, and hedges. Proposed operations for ensuing year : General maintenance and improvements. Owaka Domain, Otago Land District. Area :12 acres. Not used by the public. Board is unable to find a tenant. No improvements effected. Paeroa Domain, Auckland Land District. Area :16 acres ; 9 acres leased. Work done during year : J acre of land purchased and added to domain, marble fountain erected to the memory of the late Trooper Bradford, the first New Zealander killed in the South African War. Improvements now on land : Footpaths, flagstaff, and memorial fountain. Used for public recreation, and grazing. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Fencing, clearing, planting, and general improvements. It is proposed to raise a loan of £1,750 to be expended on the domain. Pahautanui Domain, Wellington Land District. Area : 105 acres. Improvements now on domain : Fencing and draining. Used for cricket and other sports occasionally. Pakuranga Domain, Auckland Land District. Area :23 acres ; all leased. Used for picnics and amusements. Work done during year : Fencing) and erection of stiles and water-troughs. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, plantation, stiles, and water-troughs. Palmerston Domain, Otago Land District. Area : 3 acres. Improvements now on domain : Fencing. Used for cricket and football. Palmerston North Domatn, Wellington Land District. Area :13 acres. Used for pasturage only. No improvements effected. Land contains a small area of native bush, which is being conserved. Panmure Domain, Auckland Land District. Area : 5 acres ; all leased. Enclosed on three sides by a stone wall, and on the fourth by water. Used for sports. Papakura Domain, Hawke's Bay Land District. Area : 39 acres ; leased for grazing. Papanui Domain, Canterbury Land District. Area : 6 acres ; all leased. Work done during year : General maintenance. Used for cricket, football, and picnics. Improvements now on domain : Pavilion, outbuildings, fencing, gates, plantations, artesian well, and drains. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Painting buildings and gates, and repairs. Paremoremo Domain, Auckland Land District. Area : 5 acres. Nil report furnished. Patea Domain, Taranaki Land District. Area :66 acres ; 38 acres leased. Work done during year : General maintenance. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, cricket-ground, tennis-court, cricket-pavilion, tennis-pavilion, and grandstand. Used for football, hockey, cricket, tennis, and picnics. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Tree-planting. Patutahi Domain, Hawke's Bay Land District. Area :60 acres ;55 acres leased. Used for picnics. Work done during year : Fencing, construction of culverts, eradication of weeds, and maintenance. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Further eradication of weeds, construction of new culverts, and gravelling. Pelorus Domain, Marlborough Land District. Area :22 acres. No improvements effected. Land not used. 9 acres of the domain is an island in the Pelorus River, subject to floods, and covered with scrub and noxious weeds ; the remaining 13 acres is in native bush. Pihama Domain, Taranaki Land District. Area :14 acres ; 11 acres leased. Work done during year :11 acres grassed. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, hedges, plantations, bowling-green, tennis-lawn, well, and windmill; until recently used for grazing only. Pipiriki Domain, Wellington Land District. Area :18 acres. Unsuitable for purposes of recreation. No improvements effected. Pohangina Domain, Wellington Land District. Area :10 acres ; all leased. Work done during year : Burning off timber, and sowing grass-seed on burnt patches. Not sufficiently improved for recreation purposes. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Stumping and levelling about two acres.