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|+CONTENTS. |- class="rowcenter" |colspan=2|Chapter I. |- | ||style="font-size:83%;"|PAGE |- |Sketch of the origin and history of the Transportation system||1 |- class="rowcenter" |colspan=2|Chapter II. |- |Statement of some of the advantages of Transportation, as a species of punishment||17 |- class="rowcenter" |colspan=2|Chapter III. |- |Transportation to the American colonies before the War of Independence, contrasted with the system pursued in the Australian settlements||35 |- class="rowcenter" |colspan=2|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 |- class="rowcenter" |colspan=2|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 |- class="rowcenter" |colspan=2|Chapter VI. |- |Third cause of the comparative failure of the Transportation system,—the gradual relaxation of penal discipline||89 |- class="rowcenter" |colspan=2|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 |- class="rowcenter" |colspan=2|Chapter VIII. |- |Fifth cause of the comparative failure of the Transportation system in the Australian colonies,—the transportation of educated convicts||101 |}