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legitimate by the best authorities on the subject. A Guyot or a. 

 Von Babo would simply laugh at a man who, finding his must too 

 heavy for a light wine, hesitated or omitted to dilute it. In 

 Germany and also in France they often sufEer from want of 

 glucose, and have to supply it artificially. 



It will probably be some time before scientific wine-making 

 finds favour with our growers and can be practised by many of 

 them. Underground cellarage is an absolute condition of success 

 with delicate light wines, and this is only exceptionally to be met 

 with now. But in the wineries, which it is the intention of the 

 Government to establish in the several wine-growing centres, it 

 would not be difficult under the management of well-qualified 

 experts to show how close we can go in reproducing here the very 

 best of European patterns for light wines, and that year after year 

 in our glorious climate we can get them of uniform quality. 



Before a dep6t can be established in London with any chance 

 of success we must make sure of a steady supply of wines of 

 superior quality exactly suiting the taste of the British public, 

 and this supply must come from the wineries and must actually be 

 manufactured in them from grapes bought from the growers. It 

 would be a big undertaking requiring much capital, but if properly 

 managed it would be remunerative and under any circumstances 

 confer a great boon on the wine industry. 



Mr. C. O'Grady read the following paper : — 



From the very supposed discovery of the phylloxera in Bendigo,- 

 the action of the Department or of its officers is most condemnable 

 — their acts in that direction proves the greatest ignorance on 

 their part. I will not put the blame on the one or the other, 

 because I really do not know who is to blame. There is or was 

 a Phylloxera Board, the responsibility should be laid on them, 

 and whatever they recommended should have been carried out to 

 the letter by the Government ; if the Government has any doubt 

 on the board's knowledge, let that body be suppressed. The 

 appointment of a local board as executive is wrong, for the 

 members, to gain popularity, would naturally favour the local 

 interest, not the interest of the country at large. The resolution 

 of the local board in recommending compensation is a proof of 

 my theory. A mistake has been done in Geelong in compen- 

 sating, the sarde policy must not be followed. An infested 

 vineyard, or the one close by, has but only a short life to live, it 

 can be compared to a mob of cattle attacked with pneumonia 

 or anthrax, if the affected oneaaranot destroyed and the others 

 treated preventively they will all die. To prevent the spreading 

 of the disease, the Government has the right to destroy or quaran- 

 tine them. If quarantined, the owner has to support the keepiug^ 

 and treating; if destroyed, the owner is not compensated. A* 



