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 432 SIR GEORGE YOUNG'S PROPOSAL. 1735 The expense, therefore, attending the transporting of them by this Cheap trans- ^lethod must certainly be much less than by any others whatever, portaUon. without even the most distant probability of their return. Every ship may take any number of felons not exceeding seventy. Necessary Implements : — Iron in ban Forges and anvils Spades and shovels Spikes and nails Mattocks Pitchforks Axes of sorts Iron crows and wedges Saws of sorts Large hammers Mills Grindstones Cutlery Window glass Grain of sorts Fishing tackle Gardening tools Carpenter's tools Smith's tools Shoemaker's tools Bricklayer's tools Mason's tools Cooking utensils Iron pots of sorts Shoes and leather Linen and woollen doth Tinware Thread, needles, &c. Stockings Soap Hats and caps Wheels of barrows Seeds and plants Articles of trade with natives of the Islands Coals as ballast Some leaden pumps Scythes Pewter and earthenware. 1786 Propoeal for a penal settlement. HEADS OF A PLAN For effectually disposing of convicts, and rendering their trans* portation reciprocally beneficial both to themselves and to the State, by the establishment of a colony in New South Wales, a country which, by the fertility and salubrity of the climate, con- nected with the remoteness of its situation (from whence it is hardly possible for persons to return without permission), seems peculiarly adapted to answer the views of Government with respect to the providing a remedy for the evils likely to result from the late alarming and numerous increase of felons in this country, and more particularly in the metropolis. It is proposed that a ship-of-war of a proper class, with a part of her guns mounted, and a sufficient number of men on board for Digitized by Google