Browsing Archive JSSISI: 1847- Complete Collection by Title
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Obituary
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1931)During the last few years the Society has lost through death no fewer than six of its most active and distinguished members, Professor C. H. Oldham who died in 1926, Sir William Thompson and Dr. Ninian Falkiner who died ... -
Obituary notice of the late Alexander Thom, Esq. J. P., Queen's printer in Ireland, a vice-president of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1880)Since the last meeting of this Society, we have lost one of its original members, Mr. Alexander Thom, who did more to popularize statistics in Ireland and place before the world the real condition of the country than any ... -
Obituary notice of the late Most Rev. Richard Whately, D.D. Lord Archbishop of Dublin, President of the Society
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1864)Since we last assembled together for the annual election of officers, a vacancy has occurred by the death of Archbishop Whately, who for sixteen years presided over this Society. I have been, requested by the Council ... -
Obituary: George E. Shanahan, Robert J. Rowlette
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Observations on Irish railway statistics
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1849)As the railway system has now been considerably extended in Ireland, it becomes a matter of interest to mark its progress, and to examine the parliamentary and other public returns of traffic, for the purpose of discovering ... -
Observations on the gold crisis, the price of silver and the demand for it; with answer to the question, "What becomes of the new supplies of gold"
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1855)A decline in the value of either of the precious metals must proceed very slowly; as, owing to their natural qualities and the purposes to which we turn them, they are calculated to accumulate gradually from age to age, ... -
Observations on the Intestate Widows Acts, Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1879)Surprise has frequently been expressed at the fact that so little practical result has followed from the passing of the Acts of 36 & 37 Vic. c. 52, and 38 & 39 Vic. c. 27, and that the persons for whose benefit these ... -
Observations on the law relating to the qualification and selection of jurors, with suggestions for its amendment
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1865)I propose in this paper briefly to direct attention to the expediency and necessity of some amendment being made in the law with reference to the qualification and selection of jurors; and, with that view, to submit some ... -
Observations on the present export of silver to the East
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1856)Unlike the old movement of silver to the East, the present cannot be permanent. The former was rarely more than might be accounted for as the distribution of that metal to some of its principal customers? the nations ... -
Observations on trial by jury, with suggestions for the amendment of our present system
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1861)In this paper, I propose briefly to examine:? 1. What is the fundamental principle of trial by jury, and what are the advantages resulting therefrom 2. The machinery by which the system is worked in this country and ... -
Observations upon a paper on poor relief, by Dr. Dowling of Tipperary
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1862)The essay now read seems to me to contain much suggestive matter to thoughtful men ? much that should make us pause and seriously consider the consequences of introducing into our country a more general system of out-door ... -
Observations upon the economic effects of absenteeism on Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1851)There are few questions generated by the peculiar condition of Ireland more interesting to its people, than that upon which I am about to offer a few observations; for if the opinion which I, in common with many others, ... -
Occupational mortality in Northern Ireland (1960-62)
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Of quantity and quality
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1986)In the social sciences generally, and in Economics in particular, one of the perennial themes of debate has been the merits and demerits of mathematical and statistical methods on the one hand and literary, philosophical ... -
The Oireachtas as a national economic council: a question for Saorstat Eireann (observations on the question of the establishment of a national economic council for Saorstat Eireann)
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1929)The subject chosen for this paper has been suggested by the informative and comprehensive paper read by Mr. Mortished before the Society at its meeting on Friday, 22nd March, entitled "Notes on the National Economic ... -
On (1) the value of Adam Smith's ?Wealth of Nations?, as a text book at the present day; and (2) the history of his life as an illustration of the importance of endowments for higher education and for research
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1879)As this Society took its origin in part from the section of Economic Science and Statistics of the British Association, it occurred to me that it would be fitting to close the session with an economic paper, showing that ... -
On a decimal currency
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1853)In many essays which have lately appeared on the subject of a decimal currency, the distinction has not been sufficiently observed which exists between a decimal coinage and a decimal currency; between a system of coins ... -
On a decimal currency
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1853)In many essays which have lately appeared on the subject of a decimal currency, the distinction has not been sufficiently observed which exists between a decimal coinage and a decimal currency; between a system of coins ... -
On banks and banking in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1879)I am not aware that any paper has ever been read before the Statistical Society on this very important subject. This is, perhaps, not very surprising. In fact public banks have gradually come into existence one by ... -
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 ...
