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   — increase of the occupations and responsibilities of government ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   566

4. 5.

   — superior efficiency of private agency, owing to stronger interest in the work ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   568

5. 6.

   — importance of cultivating habits of collective action in the people ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   570

6. 7.

   Laisser-faire the general rule ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   572

7. 8.

   — but liable to large exceptions. Cases in which the consumer is an incompetent judge of the commodity. Education ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   576

8. 9.

   Case of persons exercising power over others. Protection of children and young persons; of the lower animals. Case of women not analogous ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   580

9. 10.

   Case of contracts in perpetuity ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   584

10. 11.

    Cases of delegated management ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    585

11. 12.

    Cases in which public intervention may be necessary to give effect to the wishes of the persons interested. Examples: hours of labour; disposal of colonial lands ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    588

12. 13.

    Case of acts done for the benefit of others than the persons concerned. Poor Laws ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    593

13. 14.

    — Colonization ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    596

14. 15.

    — other miscellaneous examples ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    603

15. 16.

    Government intervention may be necessary in default of private agency, in cases where private agency would be more suitable ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    606