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Normanbt Domain. Subdivision No. 10 of Section No. 45, Block V, Hawera Survey District. Area, 20 acres. Work done during year : Fences trimmed, trees kept in order, and grass cut for hay. Improvements now on domain : Fences and trees. Used for general recreation. Proposed operations for ensuing year: Planting a box-thorn hedge. Opunake Domain. Blocks I, IV. V. VI, VIII, and Sections Nos. 1 to 6 of Block II, Town of Opunake, and the Opunake Town Belt. Area, 35 acres 2 roods 3 perches. Work done during year: Cabbage-trees and pampas planted, and plantations cleaned. Improvements now on domain : Grandstand with luncheon and other rooms, boundary-fences, gates, another fence (enclosing plantation) 1 chain inside boundary-fences, box-thorn hedges, 60 chains drains, and an inner circular fence enclosing sports-ground. Used for sports, football, cricket, and picnics. Proposed operations for ensuing year: Cleaning plantation and planting trees. Patba Domain. Blocks XL1V and XLV, Town of Patea. Area, 65 acres 2 roods 25 perches. Work done during year: Turnstile erected, path formed, and trees and shrubs planted. Improvements now on domain : Fences, football and cricket ground, plantations, tennis-courts, Hower garden, nursery, paths, gates, turnstiles, grandstand, pavilion, and toolhouse. Used for tennis, cricket, hockey, football, athletic sports. Volunteer encampments, and picnics. Proposed operations for ensuing year: Putting street frontages in order, repairing pavilion, painting grandstand, and tree-planting. . Pihama Domain. Section No. 48, Block I, Oeo Survey District. Area, 14 acres 2 roods. Used for bowls and tennis. Improvements now on domain: Sixty-six chains and a half fences, including 42| chains ditch-and-bank fence planted with box-thorn, plantation, bowlinggreen, tennis-lawn, shelter-shed, well, windmill, and water-supply. Proposed operations for ensuing year : General maintenance,. Punehu Domain. Sections Nos. 1, 2, 5, 6, and 41, Village of Punehu. Area, 7 acres. Improvements now on domain : Felling, fencing, and draining. Leased for grazing. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Clearing, ploughing, and sowing down in grass 1 acre. Purangi Domain. Section No. 2, Block II, Ngatimaru Survey District. Area, 10 acres. Improvements now on domain : Grassing. Used for picnics. Rotokare Domain (Ngaire). Section No. 1, Block XII. Ngaire Survey District. Area, 530 acres. This domain is under the control of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, New Plymouth. Work done during year: Fences erected and repaired. Improvements now on domain: Boundaryfences. The area is practically all in native bush, and contains the Rotokare Lake. Rotokare Domain (Paritutu). Part of Native Reserve No. 2 (Arapepe), Block VIII, Paritutu Survey District. Area, 48 acres. This domain is under the control of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, New Plymouth. Work done during vear: Fences erected, and noxious weeds eradicated. Improvements now on domain : Boundary-fences and fences around native bush. Leased for grazing on improvement conditions ; also used as a picnic resort. Stratford Domain. Sections Nos. 24 to 33, 36, 37, 38, 67 to 76, 79, 80, 81, 111 to 124, 150 to 163, 470 to 484, 509 to 518, 542 to 551, 574 to 581, 607 to 619, 639 to 651, 781, 858, 935, and 936, Town of Stratford, and Section No. 28, Block 1, Ngaire Survey District. Area, 83 acres 1 rood 2 perches. Work done during year: Fences repaired, hedges trimmed, trees cleared of weeds, ground dug and trees planted in King Edward Park, new path formed through the bush, and new seats made and fixed. Victoria Park North has also been stumped, ploughed, and laid down in grass. Improvements now on domain: Four miles and three-quarter fences, 11 acres plantation, grandstands running and cycling tracks, football and hockey grounds, suspension bridges over Patea River ' seats, and paths. Used for athletic sports, football, hockey, cricket, golf, and aquatic sports'. Proposed operations for ensuing year: Erecting fences around the running and cycling tracks in Victoria Park, erecting protecting fences, and installing water-supply.