abstinence and temperance movements during the 1880s and 1890s. Information on the Reverend John Ignatius Bleasedale (1822-84) who advocated healthy, sober, jolly, wine-drinking population. The Dean of Melbourne in 1875 who claimed " the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden must have been the grape." In 1878 the South Australian Band opf Hope and the Total Abstinence League offered a 100 pounds (English)for the best essay proving the worthlessness of wine as a beverage. A clergyman won it. Anybody done research on the Liquor Licensing Act of 1882 in New South Wales. This bill enabled a person to take out a 'Colonial Wine Shop' license for 3 pounds and sell colonial wines by the glass or in quantities up to two gallons. By 1887, over 400 such shops existed, including 126 in Sydney, according Gerald Walsh. The outlets unfortunately became sly-grog selling and did nothing to enhance the reputation of colnial wines or drinking habits for the working classes According to the Votes and Proceedings, Legislative Assembly of N.S.W.., 1887, P27 of Rep. IMPERIAL GALLONS BEER SPIRITS WINES N.S.W. 13.19 1.30 0.64 VIC. 15.80 1.05 1.15 QLD. 10.93 1.91 0.64 S.A. 14.08 0.78 1.56 U.K. 26.85 0.97 0.38 NZ. 8.63 0.87 0.26 In South Australia, wines were given that were immature to give it more kick, but only in Victoria and South Australia did the consumption of wine outstrip spirits. In September 1887 Intoxicating Drink Commission reported "Sydney is unquestionably more statistically "drunken" than most cities in the United Kingdom, but not quite as drunken as Liverpool and not nearly so drunken as Limerick"! What I would like to know is any of you esteemed people have further notations on this era in Australia...and did it influence the west coast of the USA.? Martin Platts h.c.i.m.a.