Bobert:

If you can persuade the authorities to take another crack at the system, I would be interested in seeing the results. I'm dubious, I confess, as to the result, but I'll hope for the best!

The modern world & it's people are less simple than of old but... Look up Captain Maconochie, & the system that he introduced to Norfolk Island. This is in context with "The Fatal Shore" (Robert Hughes) & Transportation again. Part of the reason that Maconochie never got a fair crack of the whip was that he was too inclined toward reward, rather than punishment. This neither agreed with the theory that he presented in advance of his appointment, nor sat well with his superiors afterwards, but it surely makes for interesting reading now?