1822 May 24

Economy etc

Location of functionaries by superiority in the scale of pecuniary

competition in the case of certain offices, viz Offices not requiring appropriate

scientific aptitude, or in Offices although requiring scientific aptitude in case of

equality of altitude in the scale of scientific competition

Objection - exclusion of Candidates all but such as are furnished

with property in the shape of capital to a certain amount all but the relatively and

comparatively rich.

Addition to be made to the answers on another sheet.

1 A most strongly probative circumstantial and presumptive evidence

of relish for the function in question, and consequent appropriate aptitude in

respect of all its branches taken together is the smallness of the recompence if any

or retribution which the Candidate is content to receive in consideration of

/compensation for/ his taking upon himself the obligations attached to the Office To

exclude pecuniary competition in the shape in question on the occasion in question is

to deprive /divest/ the public service /in its character of Master/ of this important

security for appropriate aptitude on the part of its servants.

2. The money and time expended on the acquisition of the requisite

degree of appropriate aptitude, is so much capital employed in the construction of

the psychological machinery necessary to the performance of the work belonging to the

Office No reason can be assigned why to enable them to obtain the matter of

subsistence and abundance by the use of machinery in this form - of capital applied

to this branch of industry capital should in the shape of a bounty be bestowed upon

any description of persons any more than to enable them to do the like by the use of

machinery and capital applied to any other branch of industry. If it were right that

at the expence of all the government should give capital to the few for the purpose

of its receiving this application - so would it be that capital should thus be given

for the purpose of every other application that could be named: instead of having the

/a correspondent/ chance of correspondent eventual profit, to all such as out of

their own stock shall be at the same time able and willing to purchase it by the

making of the necessary advance.