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EXECUTIVE !lfANAGEMENT. 179
CHAPTER VI.
EXECUTIVE MANAGE~lENT.
1 PROPOSE in this chapter to deal with the exc'cutive
management of relief-works, &c. There
Ire necessarily many details connected with this
oubject which cannot be discussed here: local
I:ircumstances will rule very many of these, and
features peculiar to the individual case will
~uide the action in other directions. I will
therefore divide the subject into three main
heads, and treat only the minutire which may
incidentally turn up in discussing these.
The three heads are: 1st, saving of life;
:.\l, economy of control; and 3d, the prevention
of demoralisation. These three topics
are so intimately connected with each other, that
it is difficult to examine each separat€ly. With
the exception of merely saying that the first
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