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Mr Bentham's Proposal being scarce incapable capable
of abridgment, must be allowed for the
most part to speak for itself. An unpublished but A printed
Copy of it printed but the same in substance
as the original abovementioned, accompanied
with a few with only the addition of a
few notes is added in given in the Appendix
to this Report. †
† Appendix

As to economy, the annual expence upon which
in New South Wales upon the Colony plan will never be again,
(of the apprehension of Your Committee should be realized be well
grounded) be so little as £45 per head,
which on the original plan Penitentiary
could not would never in according to the estimation of Your Committee
have been so little as £28 a
more than head more than twice as much which
at that time on the Hulk Plan, (deducing
the value of the Labour according as valued by
to the valuation of the Superintendent himself)
had not been so little as £16 per head,
was upon Mr Bentham's to be but £12.
provided that a number not less than a thousand
were <add> constantly under his charges</add>
A building was indeed necessary: but towards
the expence of this building, Mr
Bentham instead of £200,000 (£200 per
head) the expence of upon the original
Penitentiary plan, required but £15,000:
(£15 per head) being a year's
difference between the annual Hulk price
and his. This sum
[+] (for, judging from the
Report of the Committee
of 17 . the only
source of information open
to Mr Bentham at the
forming of his Proposal
the Hulk price was
a few shillings over or

under £27

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Box	150	Main Headings	panopticon versus new south wales; police bill
Folio number	371	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	b2
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
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Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	50592
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