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Stratford Domain, Taranaki Land District. Area :86 acres ; 41 acres leased. Used for athletic sports, aquatic sports, picnics, and general recreation. Improvements now on domain : 4f miles of fencing, plantations, about 8 acres ; grandstand, running and cycle track, suspension-bridge, paths, and seats ; about 15 acres of native bush. Proposed operations for ensuing year : General maintenance. Taieri Lake Domain, Otago Land District. Area : 430 acres ; all leased. Work done during year : Fencing. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, and plantation of willows. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Further tree-planting and fencing. Takahanga Domain, Marlisorough Land District. Area :20 acres ;12 acres leased. Used for cricket and football. Work done during year : Formation of tennis-courts, and tree-planting. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, and plantation, Proposed operations for ensuing year : Construction of running-track, cricket and football ground, and drain. Takapuna Domain, Auckland Land District. Area : 180 acres. Nil report furnished. Taneatua Domain, Auckland Land District. Area :10 acres. Not suitable for purposes of recreation ; nearly all subject to floods ; covered with water to a depth of 3 ft. three times recently. Tangihua Domain, Auckland Land District. Area :65 acres ;No improvements effected. Land is of poor quality and Board is unable to find a tenant. Tarata Domain, Taranaki Land District. Area : 8 acres. Used for sports, picnics, and lawn-tennis. Work done during year : Ploughing, sowing grass-seed, formation of tennis-courts, and erection of gate. Improvements now on domain : Sheep-proof fences, lawn-tennis courts, and plantation. Tauhoa Domain, Auckland Land District. Area :93 acres ; leased. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Fencing and grassing. Taumata Domain, Taranaki Land District. Area :12 acres. Used for athletic gatherings and picnics. Work done during year : Erection of grandstand and fencing. Improvements now on domain : Dressing-shed, fencing, and plantation. Domain also contains some native bush. Tauranga Domain, Auckland Land District. Area :16 acres ; leased. High School site of 8 acres adjoining, of which Board has temporary use, is also leased. Used for football, cricket, and athletic sports. Work done during year : eradication of weeds, tree-planting, and maintenance. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, band-rotunda, and trees. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Further eradication of weeds, tree-planting, and maintenance. Tauranga Racecourse Domain, Auckland Land District. Area : 200 acres. Used for races and volunteer-encampments. Work done during year : Eradication of gorse. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, saddling-paddock, booth-building, and steward's room. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Tree-planting. Te Awamutu Domain, Auckland Land District. Area :21 acres ; all leased. Improvements now on domain. Fencing, grassing, and plantation. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Tree-planting. Temuka Domain, Canterbury Land District. Area : 133 acres ; 96 acres leased (Waitohi Reserve No. 1561 containing 50 acres, is also leased by Board) ; Used for sports and picnics. Work done during year : 219 cords of firewood cut, of which 205 cords have been sold; iron entrance-gates as memorial to troopers who fell in South Africa erected. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, hedges, six wicket-gates, four double-gates for vehicles (three of iron and one of wood), caretaker's cottage, pavilion, tennis-shed, cloak-room, plantation, two tennis-courts, and cycle-track. Taihape Domain, Wellington Land District. Area : 107 acres : Used for sports, cricket, and football. Work done during year : Planting on area used for sports ; remainder of land is in native bush. Improvements now on domain : Fencing ; 5 acres stumped and levelled. Proposed operations for ensuingjyear : Fencing in the native bush.