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Plan of the Paper
CONTENTS.
Early History of Transportation
Inquiry by Sir W. Molesworth's Committee in 1837 and 1838 Consequent changes
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VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.
Lord Derby's Plan of Convict Discipline in 1842
Mr. Gladstone's proposed course in 1846
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Plan of Lord Grey and Sir George Grey in 1847 and 1848.. Endeavours to open new fields for Convicts
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VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.
Progress of events in 1849 and subsequent years
Improvements in the Management of the Convicts
Controversy on effect of their presence upon the moral state of society General union of the Australian Colonies against their further introduction Gold Discoveries
Abolition of Transportation to Van Diemen's Land, 1852
Penal Servitude Act, 1853
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
Progress of events in 1850, and subsequently
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Number of Convicts introduced
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Pensioner-Guards as Settlers..
Good conduct of the Convicts, and stimulus to the prosperity of the Colony Demand for Labour, however, still very limited ..
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Question of Free Emigration..
Heavy Expense of the Convict Establishment
Small numbers of Convicts for Transportation
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Question of the further use of the Western Australian establishment..
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CONTENTS.
Question of the MERITS or TRANSPORTATION.
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Arguments in favour
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Objections, and the Replies
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Practical Obstacles in the existing Colonica
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Reasons why a new Colony would not meet the difficulty
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Conclusions, therefore, which led the Government to give up the punishment,
and to substitute Penal Servitude
Statistics
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BERMUDA AND GIBRALTAR
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1. Number of Convicts sent to the different Colonies in Australia
11. Number transported from Great Britain and Ireland respectively
III. Numbers transported to Bermuda and Gibraltar
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IV. Amount of Votes for the Convict Establishments in the Colonies
V. Amount of Votes for Expense of Transport
VI. Number of Persons sentenced to Transportation and Penal Servitude
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