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1823. May 20.

Example I. France.

At the time of the French Revolution, an operation
of this sort was performed: but, as to the nomenclature employed on that occasion of its aptitude,and
much cannot be said. For designating the result
of the first division, the old name Province being, not for
without perfectly good reason, laid aside, – another, namely department,
was employed: and this denomination was applied, to parts more
numerous, and consequently less extensive. Of the next division,
the results were denominated Districts. But, in these,
was nothing that could serve to indicate which was the
quantity containing, which was the quantity contained. As
well might a district have been divided into departments,
as a department into districts. Indeed not merely as
well, but better. The word Department had, and has, the effect
of presenting to view a quantity belonging to the logical, as
well as a quantity belonging to the physical – to wit the geographical,
field of government. Thus are the departments,
of the Seine and Loire, confounded with the departments
of War and Finance.

Example II. Spain.

In the Spanish Constitutional Code, still
greater, but not correspondent indistinctness. The kingdom
is divided into Provinces: the Ultramarian, situate in
the other hemisphere, included. For the purpose of Elections,
each Province is divided into Partidos, translated
Districts: each District into Pueblos, translated not
very congruously Towns: each Pueblo into parts which
retain the name of Ecclesiastical Parroquias, Parishes.
(Parish, a name taken from the altogether apposite Greek
name – a cluster of habitations.)

According to the nomenclature here employed, the
French department would be a district: the French district
a Sub District, the French parish, a Bis-sub-district. The Spanish Province would be a district, the Spanish
Partido a sub-district: the Spanish Pueblo, a Bis-sub-district:
the Spanish Parroquia a Tris-subdistrict.

As to the English plan of division and nomenclature
it is too complicated, diversified and heterogenous to admitt of any
account but such an
one, as, by means of
the explanations which
would be indispensable,
would swell into a dissertation,
alike length & uninstructive.

Identifier: | JB/037/104/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 37.
Date_1	1823-05-20	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	037	Main Headings	constitutional code rationale
Folio number	104	Info in main headings field	constitut. code iii rationale
Image	001	Titles	example i france / example ii spain
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d2 / e2
Penner	john flowerdew colls	Watermarks
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Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
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