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Compulsory use of native manufactures
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1849)
The theory that a nation may gain by the compulsory use
of native manufactures is directly opposed to the teachings of
Adam Smith, and to those of the most distinguished economists
throughout Europe. There are, however, ...
On the economic levying and application of Irish poor-rate
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1849)
As I am not aware that the Irish poor law has been directly
submitted to the consideration of this society, I would take a hasty
glance at its common history and general working throughout the
United Kingdom, before ...
On the effects of the usury laws on the funding system
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1849)
The system of funding, by which the greater part of the enormous
national debt of England has been created, is that of granting
perpetual annuities of #5, #4, or #3, redeemable on the payment
of #100. These annuities ...
On the English and Irish analyses of wages and profits
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1849)
By the Irish analysis of wages and profits, I mean that written
by one of the Vice-Presidents of this society, in his lectures
upon the distribution of wealth. I call it the Irish analysis,
because it is written by an ...
On schools of design in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1849)
The government having decided on establishing Schools of
Ornamental Design in Ireland, and parliament having accordingly
voted the sum of #1500 for the organization of such schools in
Belfast, Dublin, and Cork, I conceive ...
On the economic causes of the present state of agriculture in Ireland: part two
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1849)
In this paper I propose to notice the second, third, and
fourth elements of the cost of the transfer, viz: the expense of
searches for incumbrances, the stamps on conveyances and searches,
and the length of conveyances. ...
On the connexion between intemperance and crime
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1849)
I have for some time past felt desirous to bring before the
society some statistics relative to Crime and Intemperance. On
sitting down to this task, greater difficulties than I had anticipated
presented themselves, ...
The use of alcoholic liquors: economically, socially, and morally wrong
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1849)
In a former paper which I had the honour to read
before this society, I showed the intimate connexion between intemperance
and crime. I purpose, on the present occasion, to
carry out the object I then had in view, and ...
On commercial panics
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1849)
Amongst the many subjects of inquiry which present themselves
in the wide field of Statistics, there is none, I think, more
calculated to excite our interest, than the one which I am about to
bring under the consideration ...
A notice of the theory "that there is no hope for a nation which lives on potatoes"
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1849)
The theory "that there is no hope for a nation which lives on
potatoes," has been put forward by Sir C. E. Trevelyan, in his
recent work, called "The Irish Crisis," as if it were an established
doctrine of political ...