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land as would be requisite, would see no hope of granting
any thing more than a fair valuation price: whereas
otherwise they would naturally be inclined to visit
upon an exorbitant price, trusting to the fear of opposition
as a motive for complying with the Demand. Of
the £1500 extra thought too much for Government
to give, were for the advantages above stated,
I would cheerfully take upon myself this
part of the purchase: in which case the Wharf might
be purchased by me on my own private account, and
in my own name or that of some Trustee, the Treasury advancing its
£2000 to me on account (as the former £2000
was advanced to me) and in three years time I
would engage to replace the advance.

By the institution of the Temporary Establishment
on any one of the above plans, the substantial
part of the Penitentiary system would at once be placed
out of the reach of contingency and delays: the experiment
would be tried at no small an expence as
£15,000: and for the exhibiting the institution of the
Permanent establishment inducements would exist
which do not exist now. £8:10 a head
(the difference between £22 and a fraction, the
present Hulk price, and £13:10 and a fraction,
my present price) would make, upon 1000 Convicts
(the least number that under the Contract can
be given me) £8,500 a year; upon 2000 (the a number
that might very well come to be given me) £17,000 a year.

Identifier: | JB/117/087/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 117.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	117	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	087	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f9 / f10 / f11 / f12
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	tw 1794
Marginals		Paper Producer	francis hall
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1794
Notes public	not sent; see note 7 to letter 1348 and note 2 to letter 1357, vol. 6	ID Number	38704
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