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 Grafton Road Embankment.

Patteson Street Reserve.

Customs Street West Reserve.

The following Parks belonging to the City are situated beyond the City boundaries.

Cornwallis Park, Auckland's largest beach domain, was presented, in 1911, to the Citizens by the Executors of the will of the late J. Mitchell McLachlan. It is situated on the shores of the Manukau Harbour, and extends from Nihotupu Park to Puponga Point. The area, from which extensive views of the Manukau Harbour and the Waikato country are obtainable, has been preserved in its natural condition, and contains fine groups of native bush. A monument, in memory of the donor's mother, was erected on Puponga Point by the City Council. To gain access to this domain, take train to New Lynn, thence by motor, via Titirangi.

This Reserve was gifted to the City of Auckland by the late Henry Atkinson, on February 17th, 1913. From the highest point of this Reserve, Mount Atkinson, which reaches a height of 654 feet above sea level, commanding views of the whole Isthmus and surrounding country can be obtained. A motor drive on a