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Flaxbourne Domain. Section No. 10, Block VI, Town of Ward. Area, 14 acres and 32 perches. Improvements now on domain : Thirty-six and a half chains boundary-fence. The area has been leased on improvement conditions. Kaikoura Domain. Sections Nos. 2 of 267, Suburbs of Kaikoura, and 2, 346, and 349, Block X, Mount Fyfie Survey District. Area, 81 acres 2 roods 18 perches. No improvements effected during the year. Improvements now on domain : Fences, plantations, paddocks, and conveniences. Used for races, rifle snooting, and gun-club matches. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Erecting fences and planting trees. Monkey Face Domain. Section No. 5, Block 111, Hundalee Survey District. Area, 333 acres. No improvements effected during the year. The domain is of rough formation, without means of access, and is used for grazing purposes. The fencing is the property of the lessee. Omaka Domain. Sections Nos. 31 and part 2of 33, Block 111, Taylor Pass Survey District. Area, 242 acres. Work done during year : General maintenance. Improvements now on domain : Fences, drains, plantations, and cottage. Used for cricket, football, sports, and grazing. Proposed operations for ensuing year : General maintenance. Pelorus Domain. Sections Nos. 25, Block VIII, Heringa Survey District, and 66 (Te Hau Island), Block XI, Wakamarina Survey District. Area, 22 acres. No improvements effected ; land not used. Nine acres of the domain is an island in the Pelorus River, subject to floods. The remaining 13 acres is in native bush. Picton Domain. Part of Section No. 1147, Town of Picton. Area, 9 acres 2 roods. This domain is steep and rocky. It contains some native bush and an area of about 2 acres suitable for picnics. Noxious weeds have been kept down. Seddon Domain. Section No. 9, Block VII, Town of Seddon. Area, 13 acres 2 roods 3 perches. Work done during year : Levelling completed, grass sown, and fences repaired. Improvements now on domain : Fences, about two hundred trees (planted by schoolchildren last Arbor Day), plantation, and well. Used for cricket, football, picnics, and general recreation. Proposed operations for ensuing year : General maintenance and improvements. Takahanga Domain. Section No. 410, Town of Kaikoura. Area, 19 acres 2 roods 24 perches. Work done during year : Area inside cycle-track levelled and sown in grass, two lawn-tennis courts formed and fenced, and a small enclosure fenced off for schoolchildren. Improvements now on domain : Fences, plantation, two asphalt tennis-courts, cycle-track, and conveniences. Used for sports, football, cricket, tennis, and hockey. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Planting trees. Waitohi Domain. Sections Nos. 1150 and 1161, Town of Picton. Area, 15 acres 1 rood 15 perches. This domain is under the control of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Blenheim. About a hundred loads of street-scrapings have been placed in the low-lying portions of the domain. The domain is a low flat situated at the point where the Waitohi Stream empties into the head of Picton Harbour, and the greater portion of it is subject to flooding by tidal waters.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT. Ahauka Domain. Sections Nos. 12, Block I, Ahaura Survey District, and 30, Block XIII, Mawhera-iti Survey District. Area, 100 acres. Nil report furnished. Blackball Domain. Reserve No. 1237, Block 11, Mawheranui Survey District. Area, 7 acres. This area was brought under Part II of " The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908," on the 17th December, 1908. Since the close of the year a Domain Board has been appointed.