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ON COLONIAL WINKS. 
have been drawn from the representative wine dis- 
tricts of Victoria, viz. : — North of the dividing range 
is represented by August Heine, Bruhn Brothers ; 
Castlemaine, by Mellon ; the Loddon River, William 
Botten ; Sunbury, by Hon. J. G. Francis ; Yering, by 
Hubert de Castella ; Melbourne district, by Charles 
Maplestone and John Davis ; Geelong wine districts, 
by the Hon. Dr. Hope and Mr. Jacob Weber ; and the 
high country about Daylesford, by M. Jean Merle. 
The necessity of having this essay printed in time 
for the Official Report of the Exhibition Commission 
prevents me from carrying on my inquiry further into* 
the character of the wines sent to the Exhibition ; bufc 
I trust to be able to continue it, and publish my results 
in a paper for the next volume of the Acclimatisation 
Society's Transactions. Meanwhile, I will just add 
that they show, as a whole, great progress in the arts 
of making and treating wine. 
If the Victorian vignerons will make their wines 
carefully, and sell them cheap, they will clear out all 
but the very best from year to year, and have no need 
to look for exorbitant prices in foreign markets. 
GOVEENMENT STATISTICS OF ACEEAGE UNDEE VlNES, AND ITS GRADUAL- 
INCEEASE EEOM 1863 TO MAECH 1872. 
Year ending 31st March. 
Vines. 
Acres. 
1863 
2,006f 
1864 
3,076 
1865 l . 
3,594 
1866 
4,078 
1867 
4,111 
1868 
4,340 
1869 
4,046 
4,950 
1871 
5,466 
1872 
5,523 
