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for my so doing I should be ready and desirous to concurr
in any efficient measure that should be suggested for bringing
my own personal interest in that respect as near as possible
into a coincidence with the interest of the public purse in
that behalf; viz. upon some principle analogous in this
respect to that which suggested the agreement, entered into
as above, with the late Mr Bunce.

Not that in point economy any more than a comparatively
small advantage need be lost by the change.
If the principles of the plan itself be not disapproved the great
saving is upon the plan. That saving would be retained.

As to the difference between an Architect taken upon intimate
acquaintance, and with the advantage of such a mode of remuneration
and adjustment of interest as has been mentioned, and
one Architect taken at a venture and without any such advantage;
a difference which would be ruinous to an individual, would to the
public purse be no more than a deduction from the saving which
would originally have been made.

Mr Blackburns' minimum was £200,000 for 900 Prisoners:
my maximum was £27,000 for 1,000 Prisoners.

Question. "If you cannot..... state any terms upon which
"you would now enter upon a contract for carrying your plan into
"execution"

Answer. What concerns the building being (as per Answer to
Question 1)out of the question, as to what concerns superintendance
(what I mean by it is the entire management) is as follows.
Should it be the pleasure of the Committee to give a correspondent
recommendation to the proper authorities, I should be
ready and willing to undertake the superintendance of the
number before agreed upon (to wit 1000 Male Prisoners: .viz:



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Box

117

Main Headings

panopticon

Folio number

337

Info in main headings field

Image

001

Titles

Category

copy/fair copy sheet

Number of Pages

1

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

f3

Penner

john herbert koe

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Paper Producer

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

letter 2106, vol. 8

ID Number

38954

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