http://hdl.handle.net/2262/9203 2013-05-21T13:34:49Z 2013-05-21T13:34:49Z Carter, C. F. Robson, P. Cuthbert, Norman Black, W. http://hdl.handle.net/2262/8100 2010-06-03T15:55:36Z 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Symposium on the economic outlook for 1954 Author: Carter, C. F.; Robson, P.; Cuthbert, Norman; Black, W. Abstract: We are proceeding in this symposium from the general to the particular; and my task is to discuss in the broadest terms the general economic outlook for the United Kingdom in 1954. This seems to me to involve two questions, one for the short term and the other for the long. The short-term question is this: to which side shall we lean in the delicate balance between inflation and deflation? The first of these would be disastrous to our external accounts; the second is politically unthinkable, and would inflict grave suffering on Ulster. But we must not forget also the long-run problem: what progress are we making in adding to our national wealth, so that we may enjoy a rising standard of living and retain the power to compete in foreign markets? Description: Read before the Society, 12 March 1954

1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Carter, C. F. Bailie, J. C. Streight, R. L. Johnson, Martin Black, W. http://hdl.handle.net/2262/8098 2010-06-03T15:55:48Z 1957-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Symposium on the present and future of inland transport Author: Carter, C. F.; Bailie, J. C.; Streight, R. L.; Johnson, Martin; Black, W. Abstract: The Statistical Society of Ireland is nearly 110 years old, and it has discussed the problems of Irish transport on some twenty-five occasions: for instance, over 90 years ago it was discussing the nationalisation of the railways. But transport problems on road and rail have never been so urgent, complex and interesting as they are today. Description: Read before the Society, 14 December 1956

1957-01-01T00:00:00Z Carter, C. F. Duncan, G. A. Nevin, Donal Ó Buachalla, Liam http://hdl.handle.net/2262/8079 2010-06-03T15:55:48Z 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Symposium on the Report of the Commission on Emigration and other population problems Author: Carter, C. F.; Duncan, G. A.; Nevin, Donal; Ó Buachalla, Liam Abstract: My comments are limited to two points, one demographic and one economic. In matters demographic Ireland is obviously out of step with the rest of the world, and it is difficult to avoid the sense of guilt which comes from being out of step with one's fellows. Yet if one looks ahead towards the end of the century, the future is overshadowed by the disastrous rate of multiplication of mankind. The Society has reason to be proud of the fact that, small and poor as this country is, it has one of the finest statistical services in the world. Description: Read before the Society, 27 January 1956

1956-01-01T00:00:00Z SSISI http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6057 2010-06-03T15:55:40Z 1957-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: one hundred and tenth session -1956/57 Author: SSISI Description: One Hundred and Tenth Session -1956/57

1957-01-01T00:00:00Z Forecast, K. G. http://hdl.handle.net/2262/4270 2010-06-03T15:55:49Z 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Radio Éireann listener research inquiries, 1953-1955 Author: Forecast, K. G. Abstract: Radio Éireann began conducting its own listener research in. March 1953 and has since completed four inquiries on listening in the Twenty Six Counties. The first referred to listening in the fortnight 15th-28th March 1953, the second to listening in the week 13th-19th September 1953 , the third to listening in the fortnight 14th-27th February 1954 , and the fourth (and latest) to listening in the fortnight 27th February-12th March 1955. People in all parts of the country have given information about their listening habits and likes and dislikes and the number of interviews with individual listeners now totals 25,904. All four inquiries were conducted in close collaboration with the Central Statistics Office which planned the method of inquiry and the selection of the samples, drafted the questionnaires, and undertook or supervised the tabulation of the findings. The purpose of the present paper is to describe how the inquiries were made and to present some of the principal results. Description: Read before the Society, October 28th 1955

1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Sheridan, L. A. http://hdl.handle.net/2262/4269 2010-06-03T15:55:49Z 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: National insurance adjudication Author: Sheridan, L. A. Abstract: The National Insurance scheme is contained in the National Insurance Act (Northern Ireland), 1946, several amending statutes, and scores of regulations made under all those Acts. Some of the phrases used in the Acts and regulations seem especially designed to cause disputes as to their meaning and in their application. In fact, they were probably intended as a compromise between an indication of policy and flexibility in the application of the policy to individual cases. For example, the rate of a man's sickness benefit may depend on whether he is “residing with” or “wholly or mainly Maintaining” his wife, a woman's sickness benefit may depend on whether her husband is incapable of self-support “for a prolonged period”, and the efficacy of any claim made out of due time will be determined by asking whether there was “good cause” for the delay. Description: Read before the Society, 4 November 1955

1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Horgan, John J. http://hdl.handle.net/2262/4268 2010-06-03T15:55:49Z 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: The Port of Cork Author: Horgan, John J. Abstract: The early importance of the Port of Cork is proved by the Charter granted by Henry VII in the year 1500 under which the Mayor of Cork was given jurisdiction over its waters. From this Grant arose the quaint and ancient custom of “Throwing the Dart”, in discharge of which until recently (1917) the Lord Mayor of Cork, like the Doge of Venice, asserted his authority by proceeding every three years to a point outside the harbour entrance which marked the limit of his rule and there with due pomp and ceremony cast a dart into the sea. The subsequent growth of the port was retarded by wars and economic restrictions, but the slow and steady revival of the country's economic life during the 18th and 19th centuries were reflected in its progressive development. Situated almost in the centre of the Southern seaboard, facing south to the Atlantic within easy reach of the Southern and Western ports of England, its fine natural harbour became an important port of call for Atlantic shipping and the natural exit for our Southern agricultural exports. In 1838 the Sinus sailing from Cork Harbour under the command of a Corkman, Captain Roberts, made the historic first west-bound steamship crossing of the Atlantic in the then record time of seventeen days. Description: Read before the Society, 25 November 1955

1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Symons, Leslie http://hdl.handle.net/2262/4267 2010-06-03T15:55:47Z 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Hill land utilisation in Ulster Author: Symons, Leslie Abstract: This paper examines the use of hill land in Ulster at the present time, with particular emphasis on the improvements being undertaken to reduce the gap between present and potential productivity and with consideration of some of the problems arising out of fuller utilisation. Description: Read before the Society, 9 December 1955

1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Connell, K. H. http://hdl.handle.net/2262/4266 2010-06-03T15:55:47Z 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Marriage in Ireland after the famine: the diffusion of the match Author: Connell, K. H. Abstract: Of all the casualties of Irish social life in the decades after the Famine, one of the most significant was marriage of the kind which had become all but universal in peasant families. Many of the characteristics of social and economic life in the two generations before the Famine depended on the readiness with which men and women, in their early twenties or younger, could arrange to marry, giving hardly a thought to their future source of income. The conventional standard of living was low, but few needed to doubt their ability to provide it for a growing family. The marriages that followed engagements so spontaneous were youthful and general. They were the immediate cause of the doubling of population in little more than half a century. Description: Read before the Society, 16 December 1955

1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Harnett, P. http://hdl.handle.net/2262/4265 2010-06-03T15:55:48Z 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: The significance of veterinary science in the national economy Author: Harnett, P. Abstract: I propose to go into the economic significance of veterinary science in the Republic of Ireland and to relate the evidence to the year 1954. The most significant figures I have arrived at are derived from the returns on livestock of the Central Statistics Office. As a matter of fact it was only when I came across a copy of the Statistical Abstract some years ago and then went tracing the causes for the differences between one age group of cattle and another in the same and in subsequent years that I began to appreciate the significance of animal disease in the economics of this country and the place of the veterinarian in our economic set up. I will probably be accused a priori of placing undue trust in statistics and statisticians. From my experience they seem to be mistrusted people. I did not trust them either until I got to know them and appreciate within the limits of my understanding the outstanding value of their work compiled with such extreme care. I am happy to declare myself their disciple, and I wish to take this opportunity to express my appreciation of the work of the Central Statistics Office, and my thanks to Dr Geary and his staff for the help given to me on many occasions. Description: Read before the Society, 2 March 1956

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