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Riverton Domain, Southland Land District. Area :10 acres ; 6 acres leased. Used for sports, picnics, football, cricket, and cattle-shows. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, plantation, dwellinghouse, caretaker's hut and ticket office. Roslyn Domain, Otago Land District. Area :13 acres ; all leased. Used for grazing only. Ross Domain, Westland Land District. Area : 3 acres. Used for cricket, football, and picnics. Improvements now on domain : Two sheds, fencing, and drains. Ruapuna Domain, Canterbury Land District. Area :27 acres ; 23 acres leased. Work done during year : Removing stones, sowing grasses, and tree-planting. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, and plantation. Not used by the public. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Further tree-planting. Sandy Point Domain, Southland Land District. Area : 5,630 acres ; all leased. Nearly all sandhills. Work done during year : Sowing seeds. There is a dwellinghouse on the domain valued at £275. Scarborough Domain, Hawke's Bay Land District. Area :12 acres ; all leased. Used for picnics and general recreation-ground. Improvements now on domain : All felled and grassed, 6 acres stumped and ploughed, 2 acres of plantations, and 50 chains of fencing. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Clearing stumps and tree-planting. Scotsburn Domain, Otago Land District. Area :50 acres ; 40 acres leased. Used for grazing only. Work done during year :40 acres resown with English grasses. Improvements now on domain : Fencing and 10 acres of plantation. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Construction of water-race. Seddon Domain, Marlborough Land District. Area :14 acres. Used for picnics, cricket, and football. Work done during year : Erection of 15 chains of fencing; 1J acres planted with trees. Improvements now on domain : Fencing and plantation. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Further tree-planting. Sefton Domain, Canterbury Land District. Area :15 acres ; all leased. Used for cricket, tennis, and picnics. Work done during year : Erection of flagpole, garden-seats, and conveniences. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, plantation, pump, garden-seats, tennis-courts, flagpole, and conveniences. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Erection of pavilion. Sheffield Domain, Canterbury Land District. Area : 20 acres ; all leased. Used for picnics, cricket, football, and trotting-races. Work done during year : Construction of running-track and general maintenance. Improvements now on land : Fencing, pavilion, judge's box, seats, and 6 acres of plantation. South Invercargill Domain, Southland Land District. Area : 2 acres ; not used. Board is unable to find a tenant. South Rakaia Domain, Canterbury Land District. Area : 158 acres ; 114 acres leased. Used for sports, picnics, races, swimming, and general recreation. Work done during year : Removal of buildings to a more convenient position ; alterations to judge's box ; and fencing. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, well and pump, pond, two dressingsheds, two-roomed building, concrete cricket-pitch, and 130 acres of plantations. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Renewal of fences, and other work not yet decided. Springston Domain, Canterbury Land District. Area :10 acres ; all leased. Used for sports and picnics. Improvements now on domain : Fencing and plantation. Proposed operations for ensuing year : General maintenance. St. Andrew's Domain, Canterbury Land District. Area: 24 acres ; 17 acres leased. Used for sports and picnics. Work done during year : General maintenance and erection of notice-board. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, drains, and plantation. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Tree-planting, erection of shelter-sheds, seats, &c. St. Bathan's Domain, Otago Land District. Area :23 acres ; all leased. Used for sports, picnics, football, and cricket. Work done during year : Eradication of broom. Improvements now on land. Fencing, artificial lake of 1J acres, and plantation.