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Motueka Domain. Section No. 193, Block 111, Motueka Survey District. Area, 50 acres. Leased on improvement conditions. Improvements now on domain : Fences, plantations, and iron gate. Not used by the public. MutciiisoN Domain. Sections Nos. 18 and 20 (Square 170), Town of Murchison. Area, 27 acres 2 roods. The contract for forming a recreat ion-ground, let during the previous year, is about completed. Improvements now on domain: Fencing, felling, and grassing. I'sed for picnics. Proposed operations for ensuing year: Sowing down the 2 acres stumped, and further clearing. Nelson Domain. City of Nelson. —Area, 21 acres •'! r Is 5 perches. Nil report furnished. Reepton Domain. Section No. 189, Block IX, Reefton Survey District. Area, 58 acres 2 roods 39 perches. Used chiefly for picnics. Leased for grazing. Wai-iti Domain. Section No. 156, Block XV, Wai-iti Survey District. Area, ■> acres. Trees were attended to during the year. Improvements now on domain : Fences, plantations, levelling, clearing, and stumping. Used for picnics and general recreation. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Erecting new boundary-fence and planting trees and shrubs. Wakefield Domain. Part of Section No. 85, Block XII, and Section 79b, Block XVI, Wai-iti Survey District. Area, SI acres 1 rood 8 perches. At the (lose of the year steps were being taken to effect the sale of the existing domain, its authorised h\ section 32 of " The h'eserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1907," and purchase Sections 1 and '1, Block XVI, Wai-iti Survey District, containing 5 acres 1 rood 36"8 perches, in lieu thereof. The Board proposes to improve the new domain during the ensuing year. Wangapeka Domain. Section No. 31, Block XV, Wangapeka Survey District. This area was brought under the provisions of " The Public Domains Act, 1881," on the 9th November, 1907. Since the close of the year a Domain Board was appointed to control the domain. Westport (1) Domain. Sections Nos. 1020, 1021, and 1022, Town of Westport. Area, 38 acres 1 rood 6 perches. Work done during year: Caretaker's lodge erected, hedges trimmed, pathways cleaned, and noxious weeds eradicated. Improvements now on domain : Fences, hedges, drains, band-rotunda, caretaker's lodge, and ornamental trees. Used for general recreation and as a pleasure resort. Proposed operations for ensuing year; General improvements. The services of a caretaker have been obtained. Westport (2) Domain. Sections Nos. 986 and 987 (Victoria Square), Town of Westport, 103 and 104, Block VII, Kawatiri Survey District, and 12 acres 2 roods 30 perches, in the Town of Westport, known as •the Beach Reserve. Area,' 114 acres 1 rood 2 perches. Work done during year : Victoria Square fenced, cleared, levelled, sown down in grass, and surrounded by an ornamental hedge, cycle-tracks and tennis-courts formed, grandstand and tennispavilion erected, walks made, and ornamental trees planted. The reserve on the beach has been partially cleared and enclosed with a substantial fence. Improvements now on domain: Fences, grandstand, tennis-pavilion, cycle-tracks, walks, trees and shrubs, clearing, draining, and levelling. Used for sports, football, cricket, tennis, and general recreation. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Planting trees and laying off grass-plots.

MARLBOROUGB LAND DISTRICT. Browni.ki: Domain. Sections Nos. 68, 69, and 70, Town of Havelock. Area, 2 acres and 29 perches. Work done during year : Noxious weeds cleared and general maintenance. Improvements now on domain: Nine chains fences, 4 chains stone drains, plantation, filling, levelling, and clearing. Used for sports and general recreation. Proposed operations for ensuing year: Erecting pavilion and further filling and levelling. Flaxbourne Domain. Section No. 10, Block VI, Town of Ward. Area, 14 acres and 32 perches. Work done during year: Thirty-six and a half chains fencing erected, and an area cleared of flax and ploughed. Improvements now on domain : Fencing. Leased.