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Buffalo Domain. Sections Nos. 31 and 32, Village of Butialo, Suburbs of Coromandel. Area, 20 acres 1 rood 39 perches. Work done during year : A portion of the domain has been levelled aud graded for recreation purposes. Improvements now on domain : Post-and-wire, galvanized-iron, and picket fencing and gates. Used for football, cricket, sports, picnics, and for grazing horses. A military encampment was held on the domain during the year. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Further grading and levelling a portion of the domain. Cambridge Domain. Sections Nos. 576, 359, 360, 361, 361 a, 367, 581, 578, 579, 363, 363 a. 364, 365, 366, 368, and 370, Town of Cambridge East, and the Cambridge East Town Belt. Area, 484 acres 1 rood 7 perches. Work done during year: The pavilion has been lined, painted, and telephone laid on; breeding-pens for ducks and swans erected, ornamental trees planted, portion of lake cleared of raupo, gorse and noxious weeds grubbed and cleared, rustic bridge erected across the end of the lake, and general improvements made to the ground. Another pair of white swans have been procured. Improvements now on domain : Band-rotunda, pavilion, bowling-greens, tenniscourts, breeding-pens for water fowl, native and ornamental trees, seats, flower-beds, walks, fences, hedges, tool-shed, rustic bridge, and gates. The pavilion, rotunda, and walks are lighted with gas, and the lake is stocked with white ami black swans, mallard, paradise, teal, and other ducks. Used for bowls, tennis, band-concerts, picnics, general recreation, and as a promenade. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Generally improving the grounds, grubbing and clearing gorse and noxious weeds, clearing raupo from the edges of the lake, planting more ornamental trees and shrubs, and laying out more bowling-greens and tennis-courts. A portion of the domain is leased. Casnell Island Domain. Section No. 196, Mahurangi Parish. Area, 16 acres 3 roods. Nil report furnished. Devonport Domain. Allotments Nos. 36, 37, and 39 of Section No. 2, and Mount Victoria Reserve, Takapuna Parish. Area, 41 acres 2 roods 36 perches. Work done during year: Cricket-pitches top-dressed and lulled; football-ground cleared of uoxious weeds and top-dressed; tennis, croquet, and bowling greens weeded, top-dressed, and well rolled; fences and paths renewed, noxious weeds cleared, and overgrowth cut. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, cricket and football grounds, bowling-green, croquet-lawn, tennis-courts, pavilions, seats, draining, conveniences, and trees. Used for cricket, football, bowls, tennis, croquet, and hockey. Portion leased. Proposed operations for ensuing year: Generally improving and maintaining the several recreation-grounds by levelling, weeding, and top-dressing them, and renewing paths. Drurt Domain. Allotment No. 85 of Section No. 8, Village of Drury. Area, 3 acres and 32 perches. Work done during year : The lessee ploughed and sowed part of the domain in oats, fences repaired, and noxious weeds kept down. It is proposed to lay down the domain in English grasses. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, clearing, draining, and ploughing. Used for grazing. Eastern Mahurangi Domain. Section No. 176, Parish of Mahurangi. Area, 108 acres and 15 perches. Nil report furnished. East Tamaki Domain. Sections Nos. 140 and 40, Pakuranga Parish. Area, 18 acres 1 rood 35 perches. Work done during year : Clearing noxious weeds. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, road, and dam. Used for sports and picnics. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Ploughing and laving down in grass a portion of the domain for a sports-ground and clearing noxious weeds. Epsom Domain. Allotments Nor. 180, 180 a. and 182 of Section No. 10, Suburbs of Auckland. Area, 19 acres 1 rood 5 perches. The Board was appointed to have control of the domain on the sth September, 1911. The domain is used for grazing and general recreation. Leased. Epsom and Mount Eden Domain. Part of Allotment No. 46, Allotment No. 49, and part of Allotment No. 48, of Section No. 6, Suburbs of Auckland. Area, 29 acres 3 roods 16 perches. Work done during year : An area of about 3 acres has been fenced, levelled, ploughed, and grassed. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, clearing, and grassing. Used for general recreation.