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<p>depended on the | <p>depended on the N B to order them to go at<lb/> | ||
the usual <unclear>allowance</unclear> would <del><add><gap/></add></del> be <del>willing to go</del> <add>induced to go voluntarily by means of such an addition</add><lb/> | the usual <unclear>allowance</unclear> would <del><add><gap/></add></del> be <del>willing to go</del> <add>induced to go voluntarily by means of such an addition</add><lb/> | ||
The | The N B however <add>or some member of it <gap/></add> by the difficulties in the way of<lb/>my being the <!-- blank space -->that the mere seeing that their<lb/> | ||
superiors treated their being lent from the Yard<lb/> | superiors treated their being lent from the Yard<lb/> | ||
for the purpose of building these Vessels as a<lb/> | for the purpose of building these Vessels as a<lb/> | ||
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in government pay, yet I could not <del>procure</del> <add>induce</add><lb/> | in government pay, yet I could not <del>procure</del> <add>induce</add><lb/> | ||
any good hands <add>from Private <del>out of the <gap/></del> dock yard</add> to go <del>from the <gap/></del><lb/> | any good hands <add>from Private <del>out of the <gap/></del> dock yard</add> to go <del>from the <gap/></del><lb/> | ||
for less. 8 men who offered their services <note>to go from their homes although they were then out of employment. refused to go to | for less. 8 men who offered their services <note>to go from their homes although they were then out of employment. refused to go to Redbridge</note> | ||
<lb/> would not go for less than 12<hi rend='superscript'>d</hi> p<hi rend='superscript'>r</hi> day besides<lb/> traveling expense & lodging and therefore had<lb/> these men <add>from <gap/> yard</add> asked <add>still higher wages than the 9<hi rend='superscript'>d</hi></add> <del>10<hi rend='superscript'>d</hi> p<hi rend='superscript'>r</hi> day</del> I should have <add>considered myself obliged to give it them</add><lb/><del>given them</del> more especially as I <add>considered</add> <del>viewed</del> it<lb/>on various accounts impossible that the number<lb/> | |||
of men asked for should be <del>had</del> <add>obtained</add> from H <unclear>Ms</unclear> yard,<lb/> | of men asked for should be <del>had</del> <add>obtained</add> from H <unclear>Ms</unclear> yard,<lb/> | ||
but <del>however pointless the</del> <add>although it appeared</add> expedient on account of the<lb/> | but <del>however pointless the</del> <add>although it appeared</add> expedient on account of the<lb/> | ||
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depended on the N B to order them to go at
the usual allowance would be willing to go induced to go voluntarily by means of such an addition
The N B however or some member of it by the difficulties in the way of
my being the that the mere seeing that their
superiors treated their being lent from the Yard
for the purpose of building these Vessels as a
matter of private favor to me rather than
of as a measure of expediency for the public
service encouraging them to require overbilling
prices that after the order was given for permitting them to have the d9d I was obliged to engage to
give them 9d pr day before they would consent to leave their homes
As to the reasons I had
to justify my giving such extravagant wages
I must observe that though however extravagant little necessity
they may for giving so much to men already
in government pay, yet I could not procure induce
any good hands from Private out of the dock yard to go from the
for less. 8 men who offered their services to go from their homes although they were then out of employment. refused to go to Redbridge
would not go for less than 12d pr day besides
traveling expense & lodging and therefore had
these men from yard asked still higher wages than the 9d 10d pr day I should have considered myself obliged to give it them
given them more especially as I considered viewed it
on various accounts impossible that the number
of men asked for should be had obtained from H Ms yard,
but however pointless the although it appeared expedient on account of the
particular circumstance of the case that wages 9d pr day
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Ch. 1 Arrangement of the matter of this Essay |
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Recto"Recto" is not in the list (recto, verso) of allowed values for the "Rectoverso" property. |
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Jeremy Bentham |
I TAYLOR 1795 |
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Evan Nepean |
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