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24 Letter 3d

"being transported": [and therefore none but those
who, as soon as ever such opportunity arrives,
are to be transported. —] It is after understanding
this that his Grace proceeds to the "other" class
of Convicts mentioned in the Act as included
by it intended by it to be consigned to such
Penitentiary Houses viz: all besides transportable
ones and of these he says as follows —

" I incline to think it would be very inexpedient
to remove such persons from the Country
"Gaols, unless the crowded state of those Goals
"should render it absolutely necessary : for it would
"naturally tend , not only to check that spirit of
"improvement which now so universally * * So universally ? - how universally? For an answer see further on p. prevails
"in the several Counties, in respect of those Gaols,
"but would be the means of the Gaols themselves
"being neglected; by which means the greater part
"of the prisoners who are or hereafter may be
"confined in them would necessarily be sent to
"the Panopticon, where the expence attending their
"custody must be borne by Government, + + — [by Government] i:e: in the manner intended and prescribed by Parliament: viz: borne by the whole body of his Majesty's subjects, in the proportions adapted by Parliament to their respective faculties. - instead of
"being defrayed by the respective Counties."++ ++ - [defrayed . . . . by the Countries] i:e: defrayed by an already overloaded

Identifier: | JB/116/621/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 116.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	116	Main Headings	panopticon versus new south wales
Folio number	621	Info in main headings field	letter 3d
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d24
Penner	john herbert koe	Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	letter was never sent; see note 8 to letter 1747, vol. 7	ID Number	38154
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