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Ataahua Domain. Reserve No. 3705, Block 111, Ellesmere Survey District. Area, 5 acres 3 roods 39 perches. Work done during year : Trees attended to, fences repaired, and water laid on. Improvements now on domain : Fences and plantation. Used for sports, picnics, football, and cricket. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Keeping plantations and fences in order and making a cricket-wicket. Beckenham Domain. Lots 165 and 166, and parts of Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of Rural Section No. 49, Sydenham Ward, Christchurch. Area, 11 acres 1 rood 24 perches. Work done during year : Land ploughed, disced, harrowed, and sown. Used principally as a children's playground, but it is intended to have it made available for football at an early date. Burkes Pass Domain. Reserve No. 1595, Block VIII, Burke Survey District. Area, 45 acres and 3 perches Work done during year : Trees planted, fences repaired, and noxious weeds cut. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, trees, and grassing. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Repairing fences and tree-planting. The domain is used for general recreation and grazing. Carleton Domain. Reserves Nos. 2808 and 2858, Block V, Mairaki Survey District. Area, 13 acres 3 roods. Work done during j 7 ear : Fencing, trimming hedges, grubbing gorse, and topping pines. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, hedges, trees, building, concrete cricket-pitch, and conveniences. Used for sports, cricket, picnics, and general recreation. Leased. Cashmere Hills Domain. Reserve No. 161. Halsw 7 ell Survey District. Area, 188 acres 3 roods 11 perches. Work done during year : Erection of notice-boards for the guidance of the public. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, caretaker's cottage, brick tea-kiosk, and trees. Used as a holiday resort. Leased. Cave Domain. % Reserve No. 3683 (Rosewill Settlement), Block IX, Pareora Survey District. Area, 10 acres 1 rood 35 perches. Work done during year : Fence removed, trees planted, and grass cleared from young trees. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, ploughing, grassing, and trees. Leased. Used for football and general recreation. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Form an asphalt tenniscourt. Chertsey Domain. Reserves Nos. 2376, Block VIII, Ashburton Survey District, and 3057, Town of Chertsey. Area, 32 acres and 25 perches. Work done during year : General maintenance. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Rebuilding bath-house which was destroyed by fire in December last, and planting ornamental trees and shrubs. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, trees, water-races, running-track, and grassing. Used for general recreation and drilling purposes. Leased. Christchurch Domain. Parts of Reserves Nos. 24 and 25, Block XI, Christchurch Survey District. Area, 495 acres. Work done during year : 24 acres cropped w 7 ith potatoes to clean land for resowing and levelling for hockey-grounds; rose-garden and native and Australian sections extended; palm and orchid house erected; large number of imported shrubs planted; new walks and drives formed; bridges, gates, and houses painted. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, iron and other gates, avenues, walks, carriage-drives, magnetic observatory, museum, house for head gardener, cottage for park ranger and garden caretaker, tool-sheds, four propagating-houses, potting-shed, palm and orchid house, spade-house, stables, cart-sheds, four large and several small bridges, lawns, walks, avenues, water-tanks, motor-pump, artesian wells, five ornamental lakes, nursery, trees, tea-kiosk, fountain, playground for children, large rhododendron border, native and Australian sections, and large rose-garden. Used for acclimatization purposes and for polo, golf, cricket, bowls, tennis, croquet, football, hockey, model-yachting, military encampments and reviews, picnics, and general recreation. Coalgate Domain. Reserve No. 2409, Block VIII, Hororata Survey District. Area, 28 acres 2 roods 29 perches. Improvements now on domain : Fencing, plantations, asphalt tennis-court and croquet-court. Used for tennis, croquet, and grazing. Proposed operations for ensuing year : Trimming fences and eradicating gorse. Conway Domain. Section No. 46, Block XII, Hawkswood Survey District. Area, 10 acres. Leased for grazing. Improvements now on domain : Fencing and grassing.