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Page 106
... labour the least beneficial . Nor can it be so productive as if guided by the will and for the self - intrest of an industrious individual , which is very obvious by comparing the settlers who have just emerged from that state and the ...
... labour the least beneficial . Nor can it be so productive as if guided by the will and for the self - intrest of an industrious individual , which is very obvious by comparing the settlers who have just emerged from that state and the ...
Page 159
... Labour for stacking and carrying grain and securing stacks , & c . from 5 in the morning till 7 at night , allowing 3 hours for food and rest , 5s . per day . The labourer to find his own food , or the master to charge 2s . 6d . per day ...
... Labour for stacking and carrying grain and securing stacks , & c . from 5 in the morning till 7 at night , allowing 3 hours for food and rest , 5s . per day . The labourer to find his own food , or the master to charge 2s . 6d . per day ...
Page 253
... labour of the whole day was exacted from the convicts ; and this rule was not relaxed until a scarcity of provisions having occurred , their labour ceased at three o'clock on each day , to enable them to work at gardens in the town of ...
... labour of the whole day was exacted from the convicts ; and this rule was not relaxed until a scarcity of provisions having occurred , their labour ceased at three o'clock on each day , to enable them to work at gardens in the town of ...
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