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The Okauia Domain is about 10 miles east of Matamata, and comprises 4 acres of land suitable for general recreation. The Belmont Domain, of 29 acres, is at Belmont, 11 miles north of Wellington. It was purchased from the Speedy Estate and is to be developed for general recreation. Portion of the purchase-price for this area was found by the Hutt County Council. The reserve will form a welcome addition to the existing recreation areas in this rapidly-expanding locality. Efforts by local residents to improve the area are already under way. The Hawtrey Domain, situated at Johnsonville, is a little less than half an acre, and is being improved as a playing-area by the local body. The Poplars Domain at Tadmor, 42 miles south-west of Nelson, was donated by the local people. Tennis-courts are to be laid down on this domain, which is only a small area of 1 rood 12 perches. The Stanley Brook Memorial Domain, situated some 40 miles south from Nelson, comprises J acre, and was formerly part of a school-site. The school building on the area is now being used as a public hall, for which purpose it was purchased by the residents of the district. The Mead Domain, of 2 acres, is a general recreation area in Mead Settlement, about 20 miles north of Ashburton. This area is being improved as a memorial ground. The Karoro Domain, situated 2 miles from Greymouth and containing 2f acres, will provide a necessary recreation area for the people of the district, and has already been partially developed for that purpose. The Mossburn War Memorial Park Domain is situated in Mossburn Township, 62 miles north-west from Invercargill. The area is to be used for general recreation purposes and as a site for a community centre, for which purpose special legislative authority was provided in section 5 of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act, 1947.

Additions to existing domains were made as follows

Action was taken during the year to unite into one public domain the Ohakune, the Ohakune Lakes, and the Rochfort Park Domains, situated in the Borough of Ohakune. These three areas will in future be known as the Ohakune Domain. Similar action was also taken in respect of the Fendalton and Millbrook Domains in Christchurch. These two domains have been united under the name of Fendalton Domain.

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Land District. Domain. Area added. A. E. P. North Auckland Beachlands 14 0 0 Korarareka 1 1 13-98 Okaihau 7 0 14-4 Pakuranga 3 2 18 Auckland Rotorua 44 3 26 Waiomio 0 3 39-98 Taranaki Pungarehu 0 1 29-74 Wellington Alfredton 2 0 30 Waimeha 0 2 3 Nelson Riverview 7 3 0 Rotoiti 2 2 0 Marlborough Ngakuta 0 1 5-3 Canterbury Clayton 4 2 3 Westland Wataroa 12 3 8-5 Total area added to fourteen 102 3 31-90 domains