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No 2. Page 12." The only work in which its is pretended
to employ the Prisoners is that of picking oakum
. . . . at a maximum of three pence a day in earnings". * * Compare this three pence with the Philadelphia twenty pence. —

No3. Page 27 — "Supposing the Prisoners to work fairly,
. . . and not to secrete, as has frequently been done,
a great part of the materials, rather than be at the
trouble of picking them."— + + Quere, how much would be secreted by prisoners in a Panopticon Penitentiary House, in which they need never be an instant out of sight? —

N<hi rend='underline'>o</hi>.4. Page 13. "A new system of feeding the Prisoners
without the Prison , by their relations and friends, was most
unfortunately introduced". —

N<hi rend='superscript'>o</hi>. 5. Page 15. "The peace and quiet of the Prison
"is utterly detstroyed by the perpetual visits of the prisoner's
friends with victuals: The friends without are
"frequently distressed, in order to furnish the prisoners
"with food , and are driven to cru evil practices to procure
"the supply". —

No 6. Page 35. "The ostensible idea was that it would
"save a considerable sum to the Country; I have no reason
"to believe that it saves the Country a farthing
; the
"prisoners demands his allowance, as if nothing were
"brought to him; and is glad to make himself friends
"among his fellow-prisoners, by distributing what he does
"not want for himself". —

N<hi rend='underline'>o</hi> 7. Page 36. " These mere work of opening the hatch
"at the prison gate . . . . and serving the . . . . rath rations
"through the different parts of the prison would engage more



Identifier: | JB/116/629/002
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 116.

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Marginal Summary Numbering

Box

116

Main Headings

panopticon versus new south wales

Folio number

629

Info in main headings field

letter 3d

Image

002

Titles

Category

copy/fair copy sheet

Number of Pages

2

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

d35 / d36

Penner

john herbert koe

Watermarks

1800

Marginals

Paper Producer

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

1800

Notes public

letter was never sent; see note 8 to letter 1747, vol. 7

ID Number

38162

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