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Tupua Domain. Section No. 119, Whangarei Parish. Area, 10 acres. Leased for grazing. Work done during year: Fences repaired, and noxious weeds eradicated. Improvements now on domain: Fencing and grassing. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Renewing grass. Turanga Domain. Wade's Island, Section No. 133, Pakuranga Parish. Area, 26 acres. Under the control of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland. The domain is not suited for recreation purposes. It is an island in Turanga Creek, and is occasionally covered by salt water, which prevents the growth of trees and grass. Used occasionally by picnic parties and fishermen. Waihi Domain. Section No. 4, Block IV, Aroha Survey District. Area, 120 acres. Leased to the Waihi Jockey Club. Work done during year: Racecourse levelled, ploughed, and laid down in grass, and an additional 4 acres grassed. Improvements now on domain: Itences, racecourse, conveniences, and grassing. Used for races Proposed operations for ensuing year: Erecting a grandstand and further grassing. Waihou Domain. Sections Nos. 113, Block IX, and 8, Block XI, Te Aroha Survey District. Area, 107 acres 1 rood. Work done during year: Drains constructed, widened, and deepened; six new culverts made, and old one near river removed ; fences, three new stiles, and flood-gate erected; old gates replaced, blackberries cut down, and trees and hedges planted. Improvements now on domain: Substantial fences, drains, grassing, and plantations. Used, for agricultural and pastoral shows, football, cricket, and cycling. Waikiekie Domain. Section No. 49, Waikiekie Parish. Area, 60 acres. Xil report furnished. Waikino Domain. Section No. 51, Waikino Township, Block XIV, Ohinemuri Survey District. Area, 12 acres and 30 perches. Work done during year : Boundary-fence, turnstiles, and gates erected; football and cricket ground levelled, ploughed, and laid down in grass, and superfluous trees felled. Improvements now on domain : Fences, shelter-shed, two gates, dressing-room, concrete cricket-pitch, and 2£ acres grassed. Used for football, cricket, and sports. Proposed operations for ensuing year: Planting trees, renovating shelter-shed, forming running-track, levelling cricket-pitch, and erecting conveniences. Waipu North Domain. Section No. 195 a, Parish of Waipu. Area, 21 acres. The value cf this domain is prospective. It is situated on a steep hillside, two miles from the nearest dwelling. The area contains native bush, and is leased on conditions that provide for the erection of fences and the protection of the bush. Waitakerei Domain. Sections Nos. 16, 18, 19, E. 64, 65, S. 68, S.E. 75, S. 78, S. 79, 110, 111, and S. 112, Karangahape Parish; N. 54, Block V, Waitakerei Survey District; 163 and 193, Waipareira Parish. Area, 4,732 acres. Work done during year: Tracks formed to provide better access to falls. Used for picnics, ;i« a sanctuary for game, and the preservation of bush. Waiuku Domain. Section No. 73, Waiuku Village. Area, 10 acres. Work done during year: Noxious weeds eradicated, 6 acres laid down in grass, and fences, drains, and trees attended to. Improvements now on domain: Fences, drains, plantation, and grassing. Leased for grazing. Proposed operations for ensuing year: General maintenance. Waiwera Domain. Sections Nos. 168. 169, 170, and 171, Waiwera Parish. Area, 12 acres 2 roods 9 perches. The work of clearing the scrub is well in hand, and a contract has been let for fencing the domain. Proposed operations for ensuing year: Erecting fences, clearing scrub, ploughing, grassing, and planting trees. Whaingahoa Domain. Sections Nos. 86 and K6a, Waipa Parish, and 139, Whaingaroa Parish. Area, 364 acres and 21 perches. Improvements now on domain : House of twenty rooms, fences, outbuildings, plantations, orchard, concrete baths for both sexes, and tennis-court. Used as health resort. It is proposed to improve the mineral baths as soon as funds permit.