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W t aipu North Domain. Section No. 195 a, Parish of Waipu. Area, 21 acres. Improvements now on domain : Grassing. Leased. Wairere Domain. Section No. 9, Block XI, Wairere Survey District. Area, 46 acres 1 rood. This domain is under the control of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland. Used for picnics. There is a beautiful waterfall on the domain. Waitakerei Domain. Sections Nos. 16, 18, 19, E. 64, 65, S. 68, S.E. 75, S. 78, S. 79, 110, 111, and S. 112, Karangahape Parish; N. 54, Block V, Waitakerei Survey District; and 163 and 193, Waipareira Parish. Area, 4,732 acres. Work done during year: Motor-track formed along pipe-track for a distance of three miles and three-quarters, and fencing and gates erected. Used for recreation purposes and for the preservation of the native fauna and flora. Waiuku Domain. Section No. 73, Waiuku Village. Area, 10 acres. Work done during year : Grubbing out blackberries over an area of about 2 acres and preparing same for grass, clearing noxious weeds from shrubbery and road-frontages, repairing fences, and general maintenance. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, plantations, drains, pavilion, concrete cricket-pitch, and conveniences. Used for cricket, football, and hockey. Leased. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Sowing down prepared area in grass, and general maintenance. Waiwera Domain. Sections Nos. 168. 169, 170, and 171, Waiwera Parish. Area, 12 acres 2 roods 9 perches. Improvements now on domain : Fencing and ploughing. It is proposed to lease the domain on improvement conditions. Whaingaroa Domain. Sections Nos. 86 and 86a, Waipa Parish, and 139, Whaingaroa Parish. Area, 364 acres and 21 perches. Work done during year : Renovation of ladies' baths. Improvements now on domain : House of about twenty rooms, with outbuildings, fencing, orchards, and plantations; ladies' and gentlemen's baths, with bath-house buildings. Used as a health resort. It is proposed to further improve the baths. Leased. Whakatane Domain. Sections Nos. 285 and 286, Waimana Parish. Area, 40 acres 2 roods 18 perches. Work done during year : Fencing, gate and conveniences erected, hedges and trees cleaned, blanks in hedges filled, and brier and other weeds grubbed out of plantation. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, tennis-court, grassing, and plantations. Used for cricket, football, sports, picnics, and as a drill-ground. Portion leased. Proposed operations for ensuing year : ErSct fencing and gates, sink well and lay water on to all paddocks, tending plantations, and trimming hedges. Whananaki Domain. Section No. 26, Block IX, Opuawhanga Survey District. Area, 28 acres 2 roods 32 perches. Under the control of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland. Fences are out of repair, and the ground is becoming covered with drift-sand. Whangaripo Domain. Section No. 10a, Parish of Pakiri. Area, 15 acres. Improvements now on domain : Fencing. Whangateau Domain. Section No. 156 a, Omaha Parish. Area, 15 acres and 20 perches. Work done during year : Levelling grounds and forming a tennis-court. Improvements now on domain : Hall, piano, tanks, conveniences, ornamental trees, tennis court and shed, concrete cricket-pitch, open and tile drains, 2 acres of native bush, ploughing, grassing, and fencing. Used for sports, picnics, tennis, cricket, football, and grazing. Wharere Domain. Section No. 7, Block 11, Waihi South Survey District. Area, 51 acres 2 roods. Work done during year : 11 chains boundary-fence erected, and 15 acres ploughed and sown down in grass. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, ploughing, grassing, and plantation. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Fencing and tree-planting. Leased.

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