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1821 Dec r 24

Codification Proposal

'.5. Draughtsman single /Admission Universal/

As to the choice of hands here follows expressed in the fewest words possible a general indication of the result of the present enquiry, expressed in the smallest possible number of words: an indication of the conclusions formed, together with a correspondently concise and compressed indication of the principal considerations by which these same opinions were suggested

I. Conclusions

1. Original Draughts, the more the better: so as to proposed alterations.

2. For Draughtsmans service reward at the public expence none.

3. For the original Draught, a Foreigner as such is likely to be most apt.

4. For each original draught workman one only: it being known that there is but one, and who he is

II Principal grounds and reasons of the above conclusions

1. For multiplicity of competitors. The more the draughts, the greater the chance of having the best possible: and the more compleatly powerless the draughtsman is, the less his chance of his flattering himself with the hope of being able by means of his draught to give effect to any sinister interest or prejudice.

2. For preferring a foreigner, exemption from native sinister interests and prejudices.

3. For gratuitousness of the service, avoidance of inaptitude through favoritism, and precipitation: and of delay and final non-performance.

4. For singleness. The more the hands, the less the responsibility: the less the force of the quondam power of public opinion upon each.

the above are but faint anticipations. For placing all these several points in full light, considerable explanations will be unavoidable

To commence with the article of singleness. Hands concerned in each draught, no more than one