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Kelso Domain. Sections Xos. 13 to 17, Block 111, Town of Kelso. Area, 11 acres 'Z roods 15 perches. Work done during year : Fences and plantations kept in order. The erection of a"grandstand is Hearing completion. Improvements now on domain: Fences, plantations, and grandstand. Used for sports ami picnics. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Painting grandstand. Lauder Domain. Section No. 2, Block 111, Lauder Survey District. Area, 200 acres. Work done during year : Fences erected and willow and poplar trees planted. Improvements now on domain : Fences, gates, grandstand, stewards' stand, totalisator house, judge's box, enclosure for Plumpton, water-race, and plantations. Maheno Domain. Part of Section No. 2 of 22, Block VII, Oamaru Survey District. Area, 47 acres 3 roods 19 perches. Work done during year : Fences repaired. Improvements now on domain : Fences, plantations, tennis-court, creamery, and dwelling. Used tor football, picnics, and grazing. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Painting and reletterjng notice-boards. .Ma.nuherikia Domain. Section No. 1, Block XXXVII* Town of Alexandra. Area, 96 acres 3 roods 5 perches. During the year the domain was irrigated whenever water was available. Improvements now on domain : Fences, water-pipes, picket fence, and small iron building. Used for general recreation. Proposed operations for ensuing year : General improvement*. Maungatua Domain. Section No. 22, Block XI, Maungatua Survey District. Area, 566 acres. Leased. Used for picnics. Moa Flat and Ettbiok Domain. Section No. 44, Block 1, Benger Survey District. Area, 420 acres. This domain is administered by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Dunedin, and is held under pastoral lease. Mobbaki Domain. Sections Nos. 15, Block 11, 13, Block 111, and 4, 5, 6, and V, Block XVI, Town of Aloeraki. Area, 23 acres .i roods 34 perches. The bath reserve has been leased, and tenders called for a lease of the recreation reserve. Proposed operations for ensuing year: Erecting fences and planting trees. Naseby Domain. Section No. 23, Block 1, Nuseby Survey District. Area, 120 acres. Work done during year : Race-track improved. improvements now on domain : Grandstand ollices, racing-track, and fences. Used for racing. Ocean Beach Domain. Sections Nos. part 28 and 31, Block Ml, Otago Peninsula Survey District, and 4 and 6, Block XII Dunedin and East Taieri Survey District. Area, 221 acres 2 roods 11 perches. During the year the baths have been kept in good order, and the sanitary arrangements carried out satisfactorily, with the result thai enormous yields of marram-grass have been obtained Repairs to concrete walls and platform have been effected, and a fence erected on the sea-wall from Beach Street to the baths, thus affording protection to cyclists and pedestrians. The pile groins at St. Clair continue to do good work, and no portion of the foreshore has been washed away for at least seven years. Fencing has been continued from Tahuna Park to the Tomahawk Road boundary to protect the grass and lupin plantations, and 40 chains of scrub fencing has been erected for the purpose of arresting drift sand, with a view to filling in the low-lying parts of the lagoon off St. Kilda. Lupins continue to spread, and are rapidly covering the whole of the sandhills. Patches burnt off in 1907 were renewed with seedlings, and are now covered with vegetation from 3 ft. to 6 ft, high. The track opposite Moreau Street has been improved, and the one opposite the Queen's Drive is being raised and covered with rock for a further distance of about 3 chains. The bandrotunda has been completed, enclosed with a fence, and the enclosure turfed. Otokia Domain. Section No. 47, Block I, Otokia Survey District. Area, 12 acres 2 roods. Work done during year : Approach to domain formed and shingled. Improvements now on domain: Nine chains fences, and post and chain horse-stand. Used for picnics and sports. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Erecting fences.