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Bentham's project—New South Wales occupied.

SECTION IV 111

Voyage—surgeon-superintendents—convict ship—treatment of women—abuses—systems of management—Dr. Reid—Cunningham—Browning—general safety of convict vessels—loss of the George the Third—the Neva—the Governor Phillip.

SECTION V 123

Early difficulties of convict management—assignment established—disposal of the prisoners.

SECTION VI 129

Origin of bushranging—Howe—his career.

SECTION VII 138

Habits of convict population—1824.

SECTION VIII 143

The colonies re-act on each other—N. S. Wales—state of Parramatta—rocks—allurements of transportation—Macquarie's views—wealth and claims of emancipists—Biggs's views—pardons—emancipists form associations—petition parliament—their alleged reformation—Bigge's commission—Macquarie's recall—character—Rev. S. Marsden.

SECTION IX 172

Bigge's recommendations—his reports—Macquarie Harbor—emigration proposed—demand for labor.

SECTION X 186

Land granted to settlers employing convicts—large immigration of capitalists.

SECTION XI 188

Assignment established in America—debarkation of prisoners—their identification—curious practice—law of assignment—transfer of servants.

SECTION XII 194

Escapes from Macquarie Harbor—Brady—executions—state of colony—causes of bushranging.

SECTION XIII 214

Macquarie Harbor—visit of Backhouse and Walker—seizure of the Cyprus—Frederic—Badger

SECTION XIV 222

Escape of prisoners—seek for China—curious narrative—the Young Lachlan seized—penalty of escape.

SECTION XV 228

Arthur's principles of penal government—number reclaimable—Arthur's system—view of the real state of prisoners—representation of society—of transportation—idea of New South Wales at home—writings of Archbishop Whately—Mr. Secretary Stanley's "certain and severe" system—tickets-of-leave.

SECTION XVI 240

Disposal of mechanics and specials—convict clerks—wives of prisoners—Savary—Port Arthur—Boothe's system—Point Puer—young convicts.

SECTION XVII 248

Views of ministers—certain severe system—conduct of
overseers—retaliation—executions—effects of immigration—colonial protests—curious contrast.

SECTION XVIII 255

Convict system of New South Wales—Governor Bourke—corporal punishment—Major Mudie—Watt—abuses—Burton's charge—its effect—Molesworth's motion.

SECTION XIX 263

Franklin's appointment—Maconochie's commission—his reports—his
opinions—his system—board refute him—different sources of his system—Dr. Henderson's scheme.

SECTION XX 274

Remarks on Maconochie's system—partly erroneous—useful results of assignment—Franklin's opinions.

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