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Eutherglen people would favour the general principles, but he was 

 Bure they would object to the basis of representation. He had 

 asked the other day whether there were any figures, but they 

 were not forthcoming. The meeting would be surprised to find 

 out, on comparing the areas under vines, the differences there 

 were, and, unless that was looked at, it would cause annoyance 

 in the future, as a district with, perhaps, 10,000 acres would 

 have only one representative the same as small places. He would 

 recoi^meud that the question of representation be discussed. 



Mr. Ckaike seconded the motion. He said it was arranged at 

 the breaking up of yesterday's meeting that they were to meet in 

 the evening., It was no use wasting time to go over the whole 

 thing item by item. He was surprised that so important a place 

 as Eutherglen was not represented at the meeting last night. 



A Member said it was because they did not think that anything 

 effective could be done. 



Mr. West would not favour the idea of sending the Eutherglen 

 people away with the idea that they were ignored, but the question 

 was fully discussed last night, and there had been a splendid spirit 

 of patriotism shown. Were the members of the Board going to 

 represent their own districts only or the best interests of the 

 colony ? The time had come when a man should sink the interest 

 of his own district only. In California they had now about 

 160,000 acres under vines, and there were only nine men and nine 

 districts in connexion with the Board. Some of the vignerons 

 there had twice the number of acres of any man here, but they 

 had been loyal to the country, and to-day the industry there was 

 an example to the world.- Tie would ask the Eutherglen people 

 to keep up to tliat patriotism that they had shown in thetoast. 



A Member said that Eutherglen had something like 9,00WM!res,. 

 and then there was Nathalia, he did not know the abreag^ and 

 there were other places that were small and there was such a vast 

 difference between them that something should be given to them. 

 According to the proposed scheme, they had only three men given 

 to them out of seventeen. 



Mr. Vahland thought it would be well to show how it was 

 that one man was given to Eutherglem. It was at first thought 

 that there would be thirteen members on the Board and Eutlierglea 

 was to have had two representatives ; but then it was thought 

 that for the sake of cheapness eight would be a better number so 

 that every one would think—" Well, if I do not go there will be 

 no quorum," and so every one would attend the meetings. He 

 held entirely with Mr. West that they should not insist on the 

 representation on the area under vines in. certain districts. It was 

 a national work, and the Board should legislate for the whole of 

 the colony. He would have no objection to granting two or 

 three members to Eutherglen as they could not alter a vote, they 



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