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land. The harbour-endowment area was included by section 6of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act, 1940. The land added has been used as a golf-links, and the action taken will place the areas upon a proper basis. The area of 1 acre 2 roods 22 perches added to the Akaroa Domain was previously an unused part of the Akaroa Cemetery. This land was unsuitable for burial purposes, being a steep broken gully with a stream running through it. The area is well wooded and of value from a scenic point of view. The land added to the Taihape Domain comprised 4 acres 0 roods 26-3 perches of Crown land and 4 acres 2 roods 36 perches previously set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture. The inclusion of this area in the domain will enable extra playing-fields to be provided. The area of 5 acres 3 roods added to the Mataura Domain was purchased out of the proceeds of portion of the domain which was unsuitable for recreation purposes and which was disposed of in 1937. The area added adjoins the original domain and is suitable for extending the sports area. The addition to the Willsher Domain comprised 5 acres 2 roods 11 perches of land at Kaka Point which is being developed as a public camping-ground out of funds provided by the Clutha County Council. The area was previously Native land and was acquired for recreation purposes under the Public Works Act. During the year the reservation over the Waipuku Domain was revoked. This domain, which comprised 2 acres, had not been used for recreation purposes and had been leased for many years. With the consent of the local people the reservation was Cancelled with a view to the area being disposed of and the proceeds devoted to domain purposes. The reservation was also revoked over an isolated portion of the Te Awamutu Domain comprising approximately 7 acres. This land, which was covered in blackberry, was not suitable for recreation purposes, and the Te Awamutu Borough Council, which is the Domain Board, suggested that the area be sold. Arrangements were made to divide the Waikakahi Domain into two parts, each of 5 acres, and to dispose of one portion to the Waimate Acclimatization Society. Part of this domain had been leased by the acclimatization society for many years and a number of fishermen's huts and other improvements had been erected thereon. The reservation of this part of the domain comprising 5 acres was revoked, as it was considered that in view of the purpose for which it was being used it should be taken over by the society. Following on negotiations between the Health Department and the Gisborne Borough Council, the purpose of the reservation over 1J acres of the Makaraka Domain at Gisborne was changed to a reserve for a children's health camp. This reserve has now been vested in the King George V Memorial Fund Board. Approximately 1 acre of the Hector Domain was required for school purposes, and, as the area was not being used for general recreation, the purpose of the reservation was changed to reserve for a school-site. By section 19 of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act, 1940, the reservation over the Pukekaroro Domain was cancelled and this area declared to be a scenic reserve. The Pukekaroro Domain comprised an area of 73 acres situated on the top of a mountain and covered with light bush. The land had never been used for recreation purposes, and it was desirable that it should be declared a scenic reserve. In 1930 an area of 46J acres at Waiho Gorge was set aside and placed under the control of a Domain Board. The domain was provided to meet recreation requirements in the district, but that object was not achieved owing to the greater part of the reserve being used for aerodrome purposes. It was found possible to meet the requirements of both aviation and recreation by the reservation of additional areas of Crown land and closed road. Provision for the reconstitution of the domain was therefore made by section 24 of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act, 1940. As reconstituted the domain comprises an area of 37 acres 1 rood 33 perches, being three small portions of the original reserve, plus four pieces of Crown land and closed road. During the year Orders in Council were issued appointing forty-eight Domain Boards to control domains for further terms, while fifty-seven vacancies on various Boards were filled by the appointment of suitable persons. In four cases additional members were also appointed to Domain Boards. Permission was granted in ten cases for Domain Boards to increase the charges for admission to their domains during the year. Four sets of by-laws were approved, and permission given in eleven cases for the setting-aside of camping-grounds and parking-places in domains. Warrants were issued authorizing the erection of public halls on the Rapahoe, One Tree Point, and Orewa Domains. The sum of £366 was expended by the Department in the acquisition of land for domain purposes. The principal cases dealt with were — (а) Acquisition under Public Works Act in conjunction with the Whakatane County Council of an area of 25 acres for addition to Pukaahu Hot Springs Domain. (б) Purchase of 5 acres at Conway, Canterbury, to replace the old domain which has been taken over for use as a site for an aerodrome.

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