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Upon an Average I think one Shilling per
day should might be drawn from Expect every male felon & from
every female. Leaving them the rest to support.
for the Expence of Guarding them & as revenue to
the State. Leaving them the rest to support themselves
& to accumulate . . . And as Habits of Industry
are perhaps the only Criterion of their again
becoming proper members of Society I should hope
a man might permitted to purchase the of part of
the term of his Captivity (not by so much money

(for that might be fraudulent) but by

Stated an Extra & pretty Smart Quantity of Labour

to the State & appraising upon the Books of the House &

When the Term of his Confinement was at an

End he should might be provided with a small house in the neighbourhood & with work at the
same Rate that he had it allotted to him in
Prison, but with difference to keeping all & this would to be remove the pretence of loss of Character & want of work
he could have & If three Thousand men were & might prevent the return to the Practices of Thieving again
gained gave about one Shilling per day to the State
it would produce from 45 to 50,000 Per Annum
but suppose it Paid only 40,000 - -
The Much would depend upon a - proper
Situation & Its Contiguity to a River or






Identifier: | JB/119/019/001
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119

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019

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001

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copy/fair copy sheet

Number of Pages

2

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recto

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Penner

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39530

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