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1822 May 26

Economy etc. Topics. II. Expence minimized

Proposed Heads or Topics

1. Unapt expenditure [...?] in the largest [...?] forms, modes or shapes 1. money 2. power. 3 dignity. 4. [...?] 5 ease in office 1. Things. 2 Personal services

2. Unapt pecuniary and quasi-pecuniary expenditure - [...?] etc 1. Unapt destinations. 2. Unapt expence in apt destinations

3. Expence 1 purely wasteful. 2. productive of ill-placed profit i.e. 1 in toto. 2. pro rata

4. Expence 1. by destination unapt in toto: by superfluity, the destination not unapt

5. Mischiefs of unapt expence. 1. Power of prevention 2. Production of evil practices 3. Prevention of good practices. 4 Corruption.

6. Pockets out of which the unapt expence may come 1. Publics. 2. Individuals.

7. Occasions on which the expenditure is made 1. Periodical. 2. Casual 3. Temporary. 4 Perpetual.

8. Codelinquents by unapt expence - parts borne by them. Shapes and degrees of Moral guilt attached to these several parts.

9. Remedies against unapt expence: viz. where destination is unapt

For Identn. of interests make Deputies not reeligible

Directive Rules.

1. All expence, in so far as the matter of it is drawn from unwilling contributors being evil, it lies upon him by whom each head or act of expenditure is justified, to shew that from such expenditure good in a specific form results, and that in comparison of the value of the evil, the value of the good is preponderant. Say - You who defend an expence, shew in what specific shape preponderant good results from it.

II Unapt Destinations

1. Church Establishment

2. Distant Dependencies

3. Encouragement of Fine Arts and Useless Literature

4. Pensions of retreat

5. Relief of elevated indigence

6. Support of dignity.

7. Emolument of Offices 1. useless. 2. needless. 3. mischievous.

Questionable destinations

1. Relief of indigence

2. Government education