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2 - There are many persons whom it might be of use I should
consult, either with regard to the mode of management, or the
choice of the manufacture: Sir Tho:s Bever - for example,
or the persons at the head of the Oxford establishment, or
such a Man as M:r Arthur Young. None of these persons
I suppose but would be proud to answer queries on the
account of the Government of Ireland, or even singly of
Sir. J. Parnell. I could hardly ask it on my own.
3- The same with regard to the article of health. Some
Medical men of eminence Fellows of the Royal Society that I
would wish to consult, I could consult on my own Account,
others that I am less acquainted with, or not at all acquainted
with, I could not trouble with propriety or much hope of effect,
without mentioning my authority.
From the person who undertook for the Model two other
assistances might be obtained: viz:
1- Opinion and information respecting the adjustment of
the details, as already mentioned.
2- estimate of the expence in all its details.
This though it would not do for Ireland precisely, would
serve at any rate for a rough calculation: and it would shew
the relative expence occasioned by different parts of the design
which on different modifications of the structure might require
to be inserted or omitted
8 - Encouragement to be held out to undertakers. It might
be of use I should have on paper what I remember you threw
out cursorily on that head, and of which I have no precise
recollection. Something like the giving a pension for life to the
amount of the annual average of his savings, supposing success
ascertained by, for example a five years trial, Whatever it was I,
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