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Mount Hobson Domain. Allotment No. 2a of Section No. 11. Suburbs of Auckland. Area,, 23 acres ] rood. Work done during pear: Paths, channels, and culverts renewed and kept in order; shrubs attended to; substantial fences etected; new gates erected; new seats set in cement and placed over the domain in view of the baj ; fences and gates painted; tool-house erected; and roads formed to the mountain top; a new reservoir Ims been Formed on the top of the mountain capable of holding a million gallons. Improvements now on domain : Fences, three plantations of native and other trees and shrubs, paths, gates, seals, and tool-house. The domain is used by the public as a pleasure resort. Proposed operations for ensuing year: Keeping paths in good order and attending to trees and shrubs. .\ lawn will probably be formed over the reservoir. Leased. Mount Maunganui Domain. Section No. I. Block VI, Tauranga Survey District, and Motuotau and Moturiki Islands. Area. 203 acres •"! roods 27 perches. Work done during year: Walks maintained, trees planted, and conveniences erected. Improvements now on domain : Wooden wharf, stone pier, two miles of tracks, plantation, and water-supply. Used for picnics and camping. Leased. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Renewing stringers and repairing wharf, planting trees, erecting shelter-shed and conveniences, and improving tracks and stone pier. Mount Richmond Domain. Allotment No. 60 of Section No. 12, Waitemata Parish, Suburbs of Auckland. Area, 33 acres. Work done duiing year : Fences repaired, and a wall built across face of quarry. The Otahuhu Road Hoard have sunk a well in the domain, and are erecting a pumping plant for supplying water to Otahuhu. Improvements now on domain : Post-and-wire and live fences, stone wall across quarry-face, and small plantation. The domain is leased, the lessee being required to keep the fences in order, and the ground clear of noxious weeds. Mount Roskill Domain. .Allotments Xos. S.">n and Bof of Section No. LO, Suburbs of Auckland. Area, 11 acres 2 roods 22 perches. Work done during year . Stone wall and fences repaired. Leased for grazing. Mount Smart Domain. Allotment No. 22 of Section No. 17, Suburbs of Auckland. Area, 32 acres 2 roods 22 perches. Improvements now on domain : Fencing. Used for grazing. Mount St. John Domain. Allotment No. 12a of Section No. 11, Suburbs of Auckland. Area, 8 acres 2 roods 21 perches. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, planting, and seats. Used as a public resort and for grazing. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Planting trees, making paths, and painting gates. Mount Wellington Domain. Part of Allotments Nos. 56 and 64 of Section No. 12, Suburbs of Auckland, and Lots Nos. 51, 51a, 55, and part of 5G of Section No. 1, Small Lots near the Village of Panmure. Area, 66 acres 3 roods 10 perches. Work done during year : Noxious weeds cleared, windmill repaired, and new pipes up to reservoir laid down. Improvements now on domain: Fencing, plantations, carriage-road to top of mountain, well, cistern, windmill and pump, pipes, and trough. Used by sightseers, and for picnics, general recreation, and grazing. Proposed operations for ensuing year: Levelling and preparing an area of about 3 acres for a sports-ground, and eradicating noxious weeds. Naumai Domain. Section No. 213, Parish of Tauhoa. Area, 33 acres 1 rood Nil report furnished. NoarOTO Domain. Section No. 176 a, Ngaroto Parish. Area, 6 acres 1 rood. Leased on improvement-conditions. Ngaruawahia Domain. Sections Xos. L23a, Horotiu Parish, 101, Suburbs of Newcastle, and 670 and 663 a, Town of Ngaruawahia. Area, 131 acres 1 rood 28 perches. Work done during year : Fencing completed. Improvements now on domain : Fences and buildings. Used principally for races. Leased. Ngatikoi Domain. Seel ion No. 15, Block XVI, Ohinemuri Survey District. Area. 133 acres 3 roods. Improvements now on domain : Fencing and shelter-trees.