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CONTENTS.

Chapter I.
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Sketch of the origin and history of the Transportation system	1
Chapter II.
Statement of some of the advantages of Transportation, as a species of punishment	17
Chapter III.
Transportation to the American colonies before the War of Independence, contrasted with the system pursued in the Australian settlements	35
Chapter IV.
First cause of the comparative failure of the Transportation system in the Australian colonies,—the want of a sufficiently numerous free emigrant population	56
Chapter V.
Second cause of the comparative failure of the Transportation system,—the unlimited importation and consumption of ardent spirits in the Australian colonies	76
Chapter VI.
Third cause of the comparative failure of the Transportation system,—the gradual relaxation of penal discipline	89
Chapter VII.
Fourth cause of the comparative failure of the Transportation system,—the facilities for acquiring wealth and influence enjoyed by emancipated convicts in the Australian colonies	97
Chapter VIII.
Fifth cause of the comparative failure of the Transportation system in the Australian colonies,—the transportation of educated convicts	101