[16] See Lord Grey’s _Colonial Policy of the Administration of Lord J. Russell_, vol. ii. p. 18. The average annual number of convicts sent to Van Diemen’s Land, from 1840 to 1845, was no less than 3,527 annually (see p. 5). [17] Sismondi, _Ital. Rep._ vol. ii. ch. xi. p. 212. ————————————— End of Book ————————————— Transcriber’s Note (continued) Punctuation errors have been corrected. Inconsistencies in spelling, grammar, capitalisation, and hyphenation are as they appear in the original publication except where noted below: Page 6 – “preventible” changed to “preventable” (from preventable causes:) Page 19 – “market-gardeners” changed to “market gardeners” (as market gardeners) Page 30 – “is is” changed to “it is” (it is hard to) Page 78 – “ascendency” changed to “ascendancy” (maintaining an ascendancy) Page 89 – “road-side” changed to “roadside” (by the roadside) Page 155 – “mouth” changed to “month” (once a month) Page 205 – “politican” changed to “politician” (or politician)