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Totara Domain. Section No. 15, Totara Parish. Area, 4 acres 1 rood 5 perches. Work done during year: Embankment formed to prevent encroachment by the tide, and drains made. Improvements now on domain : Embankment and drains. Used for sports. Tuakau Domain. Section No. 45, Tuakau Parish. Area, 36 acres 3 roods. Improvements now on domain : Fences, trees, shrubs, flower-beds, and grassing. Used for picnics and Volunteer manoeuvres. Tupua Domain. Section No. 119, Whangarei Parish. Area, 10 acres. Leased for grazing. Work done during year : Culvert constructed at approach to domain. Improvements now on domain : Fencing. Turanga Domain. Wade's Island, Section No. 133, Pukuranga 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 ("reek, and is occasionally covered by salt water, which prevents the growth of trees and grass Used occasionally by picnic parties and fishermen. Uritawa Domain. Sections Nos. 15 to 29 and 38 to 42, and portions of closed streets, Town of Waterford, Parish of Tahawai. Area, 5 acres 1 rood 24 perches. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Ploughing and sowing down the whole domain, repairing gates and fences, planting trees and shrubs, and constructing a tennis-court. Waihi Domain. Section No. 4, Block IV., Aroha Survey District. Area, 120 acres. Leased to the AVaihi Jockey Club Work done during year : Grandstand with totalisatorhouse, secretary's office, weighing-in room, and conveniences erected and fenced off, together with a saddling-paddock, shelter-trees planted, and an area sown down in grass. Improvements now on domain : Fences, racecourse, grandstand, hedge, and conveniences. Used for races. A quantity of nightsoil is being pitted for use in fertilising during the spring. Waihou Domain. Sections Nos. 113, Block IX, and 8, Block XI, Aroha Survey District. Area, 107 acres 1 rood. Improvements now on domain : Fences, drains, and plantations. Used for agricultural and pastoral shows, football, and cricket. Waikiekie Domain. Section No. 49, Waikiekie Parish. Area, 60 acres. Nil report furnished. Waikino Domain. Section No. 51, Waikino Township. Block XIV, Ohinemuri Survey District. Area, 12 acres and 30 perches. Work done during year : An area levelled and sown down in grass for a football and hockev ground, shelter-trees, and a hedge planted. Improvements now on domain : Fences, hedges, plantations, concrete cricket-pitch, dressing-rooms, gates, buildings, grassing, and conveniences. Used for sports, cricket, football, and hockey. Proposed operations for ensuing vear : Erecting grandstand, levelling, planting, and grassing. Waipu North Domain. Section No. 195a, Parish of Waipu. Area. 21 acres. The value of 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 Xos. 16, 18, 19, E. 64, 65, S. 68, S.E. 75, S. 78, 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 : General maintenance. Used for picnics, as a sanctuary for game, and the preservation of bush.