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ON COLONIAL WINES. 
BENEFICIAL ACTION OF THE ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY. 
That the Acclimatisation Society has already ren- 
dered most inestimable service by introducing into this 
new country many valuable kinds of foreign birds, 
beasts, and fishes, all having a direct bearing on the 
wants of human life, is beyond doubt ; might I without 
offence direct the attention of the Council to one or 
two other matters of scarcely less importance than 
the above, to human life and happiness, viz., to 
introduce the best South European habits of life ; 
South European manners of living and dressing ; of 
out-of-door recreation in the evenings, and proper 
public walks and gardens as places for such recreation. 
In your own already beautiful and interesting garden 
suitable accommodation for the people, whom you wish 
to attract thither, must be provided, where simple food, 
fruit, and a bottle of pure wine could be had cheap, 
and you will set an example that will soon be followed 
elsewhere to the advantage of public morals, the 
healthful enjoyment of all, but especially the artizan 
classes at first, and the diminution of larrikinism. It 
will be something for the Society to be able to say 
that they were the first to make the grounds of the 
Hoyal Park the means of putting down juvenile 
ruffianism, by making them attractive for all kinds of 
suitable outdoors recreation, after the day's work 
is over, and, under suitable regulations, supplying 
their reasonable wants at the lowest possible price ; 
while, as in the countries of Southern Europe, their 
parents and sisters would amuse themselves for 
hours under the strict regulations of your enclosed 
gardens. 
