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Patutahi Town Domain. Sections Nos. 17 to 20, 24 to 30, 65 to 76, and 102 to 113, Town of Patutahi. Area, 8 acres 1 rood 16 perches. Improvements now on domain : Fences, hedges, trees, hall, and piano. Leased for grazing. The hall is used for public entertainments. Proposed operations for ensuing year : General maintenance and improvement. Puketitiri Domain. Section No. 30, Block XIV, Pohui Survey District. Area, 11 acres 3 roods 16 perches. Leased on improvement conditions. Improvements now on domain : Boundary-fences and plantation. Te Araeoa Domain. Section No. 21, Te Araroa Township. Area, 10 acres. This domain is under the control of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Napier. It is used for picnics. Tiniroto Domain. Sections Nos. 8, 14, and 15, Tiniroto Village. Area, 4 acres. This domain is under the control of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Napier. Leased. Uawa Domatn. Block 111, Town of Uawa. Area, 25 acres and 32 perches. Work done during year : Trees planted and fences erected. Improvements now on domain : Fences, gates, pavilion, trees, and 5 acres levelled, subsoiled, and grassed for recreation purposes. Used for cricket, football, and picnics. Twenty-five acres leased for grazing. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Planting trees, and erecting conveniences and goal-posts. Victoria Domain. Section No. 42, Block X, Woodville Survey District. Area, 23 acres 3 roods 10 perches. Work done during year : Old fence removed and replaced by a new post-and-wire fence, barberry hedge cut back in a line with the new fence, and macrocarpa plantation topped and trimmed. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, clearing, grassing, draining, stumping, ploughing, hedges, and trees. Leased for grazing. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Erecting new gate-posts and gate, and new post-and-wire fence on two sides of the domain, thus protecting young plantations from stock, and levelling an area for a recreation-ground. Waipawa Domain. Sections Nos. 16, 27, 28, and 29, Block XI, Waipukurau Survey District, and 105, Town of Waipawa. Area, 71 acres 2 roods 30 perches. Improvements now on domain : Fences, walks, and shrubs. Used for picnics and band concerts. Weber Domain. Section No. 51, Block V, Weber Survey District. Area, 10 acres and 32 perches. Work done during year : Stumping, clearing, and tree-planting. Improvements now on domain : Stumping, clearing, planting, and fencing. Used for sports and grazing. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Ploughing and removing stumps. Whetukura Domain. Section No. 35, Whetukura Village. Area, 8 acres 1 rood. Improvements now on domain : Fencing and grassing. Leased fer grazing. Woodville Domain. Section No. 78, Block VIII, Woodville Survey District. Area, 39 acres 3 roods 19 perches. Improvements now on domain: Dwellinghouse and outbuildings, fences, hedges, ploughing, stumping, and draining. Not used by the public. Proposed operations for ensuing year : General maintenance.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT. Clifton Domain. Section No. 71, Block VII, Waitara Survey District. Area, 66 acres. This domain is under the control of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, New Plymouth. Work done during year : Noxious weeds kept down. Cattle have been kept out of the domain, with the result that the native bush is reappearing over the slopes of the hill and along the river-bank, and in a year or two the depredations made by stock and fire will in a vast measure be covered by this young growth. Improvements now on domain : Twenty acres in grass, and fencing on southern boundary. Local supervision is exercised by an honorary ranger.