Al a meeting ei the Clutha Presbytery Office-bearers' Association held at Balduths. oo the 23rd October the question of ' Prohi bition in the Clutha' was wader considera tion, and the Revß. Carrie, Dalrymple„ Kilpatritfe,. and Mr John Johnston, J.P., were appointed a committee to draw up a. Bhort report embodying both the' state ments made by those present and th» written answers received by the Rev. Jiohn. Kilpatrick, the Synod's conrtner of arte? Committee. The following: is the report:—

From the statements made at the last meet ing of the Clfftba' Presbytery Office-bearers'" Association by representatives from Balslutb*, Puerua, Owaka, Warej*, Kaihiku. and Wal werai and from written statements recenfcl from Clinton, Tapanui, Kelso, Knapdale, a»& Waikaka. it is evident tha* Prohibition ia. the Clutha has been eminently successful— eertainly much more successful than, moat of hs friends anticipated.
