http://hdl.handle.net/2262/8138 Sun, 12 May 2013 21:20:47 GMT 2013-05-12T21:20:47Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/7102 Title: Appendix to Vol. IX Part LXXIII Sun, 01 Jan 1893 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/7102 1893-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6698 Title: On the desirability of establishing by Act of Parliament a corporate body to act as trustee, executor, administrator etc. Author: Lawson, William Abstract: Every person who dies possessed of any estate, however small, must be succeeded by an administrator, executor, or trustee, whose duty it is to administer, manage, or realize that estate in accordance with the provisions of the law, or the expressed wishes of the deceased; and during life cases are of constant occurrence in which, from necessity or expediency, or the incapacity or absence from the country of proprietors, the control of estates falls upon trustees, attorneys, agents, receivers, etc. Despite the difficulties and disadvantages that have been enumerated, and many others that will suggest themselves to the readers of this paper, no alternative mode of carrying into effect the wishes of a principal, unable or unwilling to act himself, seems possible, unless we can substitute combined for individual action. This may be done either by establishing a company or corporation, or by creating a state department. There are objections to this last, especially in a country where the state has too much to do already. Such a department, however, exists in other countries—e.g, in Australia, New Zealand, India, and elsewhere, and apparently works well. Description: Read, Monday, 21st February, 1887 Sat, 01 Jan 1887 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6698 1887-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6697 Title: The government valuation of Ireland: an examination of its authority as a standard of value Author: Bailey, William F. Abstract: The first act for the valuation of Ireland was passed in the year 1826 (7 Geo. IY. cap. 62). It was intended to form the basis of rating for county purposes only, its object being, according to the preamble, "the more equal levying of county cess charges and grand jury rates upon the several baronies, parishes, and other divisions of land, within the several counties of Ireland." Under this statute a Commissioner of Valuation was appointed. Mr. Griffith (afterwards Sir Eichard Griffith) was the first to fill the post, and this, and all subsequent valuations of Ireland were carried out under his directions. Description: Read Tuesday, 22nd November, 1892 Sun, 01 Jan 1893 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6697 1893-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6677 Title: Magistrates' law and suggested increase of jurisdiction and powers Author: Moore, Fletcher Abstract: Having had some years experience in the workings of these courts [Magistrates courts] and of observing where and by what methods they might be made more useful to the suitors and to the public generally, I purpose to set out these in this paper in as plain and concise a manner as may be possible, consistent with dealing with so extended and difficult a subject. Description: Read Monday, 1st May, 1893 Sun, 01 Jan 1893 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6677 1893-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6660 Title: Notes on the prices of Irish agricultural produce illustrated by diagrams Author: Barrington, Richard M. Abstract: The paper on this subject I had the honour of reading before the Society, in December, 1886, was based on statistics derived from private sources. The following notes and diagrams are, on the other hand, compiled and drawn from data which are, for the most part, public property. To speculate on the causes which affect prices, or discuss the remedies which have been, from time to time, applied or suggested to counteract their fall or check their rise, is outside the scope of this paper. Agricultural values only are dealt with, the figures and authorities are given. As far as possible, the great question of agricultural depression has been avoided. For some products the quotations extend backwards over a century. Description: Read Wednesday, 1st March, 1893 Sun, 01 Jan 1893 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6660 1893-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6658 Title: Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: forty-sixth session 1892/1893 Author: SSISI Sun, 01 Jan 1893 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6658 1893-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6638 Title: Continental land banks and land registers Author: O'Brien, Murrough Abstract: The Statistical Society allowed me on a former occasion to give an account of a Swiss State Land Credit Bank, from the operations of which it seemed to me some useful lessons might be learned. The question of making loans with safety on small parcels of land in Ireland is a matter of vital importance in the reformation of our land system. A large amount of public money is being lent to Irish farmers on the security of their holdings, and still larger advances are in contemplation. The lending of these large sums without loss to the taxpayer, and with advantage to landlords and tenants, is supposed by some persons to be fraught with danger; it has not yet passed beyond the experimental stage. The various measures which have been passed since 1870 with this object have been characterized by vacillation, timidity, obscurity, and want of any definite principle. No sooner have they been passed, than demands are made that they should be amended, and no settled principles seem to have been arrived at as to the amount and terms of loans, or the means by which they are to be secured. Numerous continental land banks all work on the same general lines; the business of safe lending on land is just as well understood, its principles are as settled, as those of ordinary banking in this country. Description: Read, Tuesday, 7th June, 1887 Sat, 01 Jan 1887 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6638 1887-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6582 Title: Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: forty-fifth session 1891/1892 Author: SSISI Fri, 01 Jan 1892 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6582 1892-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6581 Title: The law of divorce in Ireland Author: Samuels, Arthur W. Abstract: In this paper I have no intention of raising the question whether there should be conferred on the court in Ireland any such power to dissolve marriages as is exercised by the Divorce Court in England. Leaving, however, this dangerous question aside, I shall endeavour to point out briefly some powers that might with great advantage to litigants be conferred on the Irish court. These powers are ( 1 ) : To make the adulterer co-respondent in adultery suits. (2) To provide for the maintenance and custody of the children of the marriage. (3) To rectify marriage settlements. (4) To modify the relief decreed in suits for restitution of conjugal rights. And (5) to grant and enforce decrees for alimony in cases not now provided for. Description: Read, Tuesday, 10th May, 1887 Sat, 01 Jan 1887 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6581 1887-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6580 Title: President's address Author: Findlater, William Abstract: It occurred to me that it might possibly be pleasing both to the members of this society and that portion of the outside public which takes an interest in our proceedings, if in my address I endeavoured to make some general observations upon that method or science which our society has been formed to cultivate and support. It must not be supposed for a moment that I hope to communicate anything novel to the members of this society, most of whom are far more familiar with every branch of the subject than I am. Nevertheless it may be of use even to them to refresh their memories as to matters which they may have forgotten, and possibly it may be the means of inducing the outsiders to whom I have referred to take a larger interest in the objects of our society, and lead to their joining our ranks, thereby enabling us to increase our influence and efforts in the cause of social reform. I, therefore, propose to make some observations upon statistics. Description: Read Tuesday, 24th May, 1892 Fri, 01 Jan 1892 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6580 1892-01-01T00:00:00Z