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association, it can never come up to — it can never
do otherwise than fall deplorably short of — a well-
ordered Penitentiary House. — In the article of economy
in one point of view it cannot but fall considerably
short of it, since among a number of
persons in that condition of life, and of those
habits of mind and body, there will naturally
be a considerable portion proportion unfit for
such outdoor, and thence almost necessarily heavy
work, as that which can alone be put into the
hands of a body of men so lodged. *

In the comparison of the Hulk system with
the Penitentiary system, the most material point of
all is — that the ground on which the former
system approaches to the level of the latter, is
that sort of ground, in which the interest of the
individual — the delinquent prisoner, much more
than any other and more public interest, is
concerned: I means the absence of the means of
drunkenness, in a situation, in which except to
the

*
Note
In 28th Finance Report Appendix (N.7.) p. 114 in
the following in a a Report relative to the Convicts stationed on board
the Hulks at Langston and Portsmouth Harbours, during the year 1797
the concluding paragraph is in these terms: "A great Number
"of the Convicts on board the above Hulks were rejected as unfit
"to proceed to Botany Bay at the several Transportations, and
"many received from the Gaols are so emaciated by long Confinement
"and Debility arising from former Debaucheries, that
"they are unable to work; to these add the Number necessarily
"employed in keeping the Ships and Wards clean, and
"they will amount to nearly One Third of the whole Number
"confined. A.H. Dyne."
"London 17th May 1798".<p>

Identifier: | JB/117/257/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 117.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	117	Main Headings	panopticon versus new south wales
Folio number	257	Info in main headings field	letter 3d
Image	001	Titles	note
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d4
Penner	john herbert koe	Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	38874
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