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channels attended to. Improvements now on domain: Fencing and plantations. Used for hockey, cricket, football, shows, military encampments, sports, and generally as a pleasure resort. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Further tree-planting and protection with wire netting. Waihemo Domain. Section No. 74, Block IV, and parts of Sections Nos. 56 and 58, Block X, Moeraki Survey District. Area, 139 acres 1 rood 5 perches. Work done during year : Hedges trimmed, trees and shrubs weeded, fish-pond completed, tile drains constructed, and paths formed and sown in grass. A cycle-track is in course of construction; it is proposed to complete it during the ensuing year. Waikouaiti Domain. Situated in Town of Hawksbury. Area, 448 acres 2 roods 26 perches. Work done during year : Filling-in work continued and trees planted. Improvements now on domain : Canal and connecting-drains, fencing, reclaimed area, plantations, embankments, bridges, pavilions, bowling-green, and tennis-courts Used I'm sports, races, picnics, bowls, tennis, cricket, football, hockey, and grazing. Proposed operations lor ensuing year: Improving recrea-tion-ground and planting trees. WATi'.un Domain. Section No. 14, Block VII, Town of Waipahi. Area, 5 acres 2 roods 16 perches. Improvements now on domain: Fencing ami trees. Used for picnics and general recreation Proposed operations for ensuing year : Ploughing and sowing down the domain in grass. Wanaka Islands Domain. Manuka or Pigeon Island, Crescent or Rabbit Island, the island in Stevenson's Arm, and Merino or Roy's Island, till in Lake Wanaka; Sections Nos. 1, Block XIII, and 29, Block XIV, Lower Wanaka Survey District, and 1 to I, Block XIV. I to 3. Block XV, 1 to 6 and 8 to 14, Block XVI, and 1 to 16, Block XVII, Town of Pembroke. Area. 1,007 acres 2 roods 30 perches. Work done during year : Roads and tracks repaired, Manuka Island wharf repaired, hut erected. The hut has been erected near Mount and will be greatly appreciated by visitors. Improvements now on domain: Fencing, plantations, wharves, huts, marram-grass planting, and tracks. Used for sports, picnics, as a sanctuary lot flightless birds, and as a studyground of nature. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Planting trees and shrubs along Bullock Creek, forming dam with a view- to introducing foreign fish, and reclaiming and beautifying an area in the Town of Pembroke. Wangaloa Domain. Part of Section No. 8, Block VII, Coast Survey District. Area, 32 acres 3 roods 13 perches. Improvements now on domain : Fences, drains, and plantations. Used for picnics and sports. Willsher Domain. Sections Nos. 1, 3, and 4 of 16, and an intersecting road-line. Block VII, South Molyneux Survey District. Area, 14 acres and 39 perches. Improvements now on domain: Draining, seats, fencing, tennis-court, racing-track, and trees. Used for sports and picnics.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT. Brydone Domain. Section No. 152e, Block 11, Brydone Village. Area, 4 acres 3 roods. Work done during year : Trees planted. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, trees, and grassing. Used for picnics, cricket, and football. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Erecting building and replacing failures in trees. Calcium Domain. Sections Nos. 16 and 17, Block I, Town of Calcium. Area, 3 roods 36 perches. Work done during year Fences repaired, ami about eighty macrocarpa trees planted. Improvements now on domain: Fencing, gate, and trees. The domain provides access to the public hall. Clifden Domain. Section No. 5, Block I, Lillburn Survey District. Area, 73 acres 3 roods 3 perches. Work done during year : Twenty-seven chains of racecourse resoiled, and building erected. Improvements now on domain : Racecourse, draining, grassing, fencing, clearing, and building. Used for picnics, sports, and races. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Erecting fencing and painting building. The cost of the improvements effected during the year was paid by the racing club and residents of the district.