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Thus the most culpable: those who had gcommitted great Crimes & who had
contrived to secure the profits of their Crimes
were least punished .- The littleminor thieves
novices, & inexperienced malefactors who had
not secured their plunders bere? the double Chain
of banishment and Slavery.

Under the System of Transportation
to Botany Bay the whole expense of the
is borne by the Government the Governor
of the Colony always retains his an authority
over the Convicts, and acts as their Goaler
he provides them with habitations, Employment
& food; they are placed under his sole
controul he may employ them either in
public or private works - Hard labour
with some few exceptions is the lot of all
Exemption from it cannot be purchased
by Money In this respect the inequality
above spoken of has been greatly
corrected and the punishment having
been rendered more certain is consequently
more efficacious-

Transportation to America
was attended with another inconvenience -
that Country presented too many facilities for
the return of the Convicts. Agreat number of them
availed themselves of these opportunities and
returned to the Mother Country to exercise their
fatal talents with superior skill. Somewhere

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Box	141	Main Headings	rationale of punishment
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