Browsing JSSISI: 1864 to 1868, Vol. IV, Parts XXVI to XXXIV by Date of Publication
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Report of the Council at the opening of the eighteenth session
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1865)The review of the past session of the Society affords abundant matter for congratulation, and permits of the council to indulge in sanguine anticipations for that which is to-night inaugurated. -
Abstract of a paper on "Railway reform, or the policy of the purchase and management by the British Government of the railways of the United Kingdom"
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1865)Several passages were quoted from a valuable treatise by Mr. William Galt, of London, printed originally for private circulation, but now about to be published, which advocates the policy of having all the railways of the ... -
Abstract of paper 'On the dwellings of working men in cities, and the efforts that have been made to improve them'
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1865)I have undertaken to bring forward this subject, not that I hope to state anything which shall be new, but because the subject appears one which should no longer be overlooked by this Society. -
Appendix to the foregoing address [by the President, Hon. Judge Longfield, at the opening of the eighteenth session]
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1865)Some people say that no legislation ought to take place until it is called for by the landlords, who, from experience, ought to know the best way of managing their own properties, quieta non moveri, or in vulgar English, ... -
On strikes with respect to hours of labour
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1865)In old times, when business of all kinds was carried on in small establishments, the hours of labour were regulated by the hours kept by the employer and his family, who generally resided at the place of business, and ... -
The functions of grand juries in criminal cases
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1865)The various branches of our criminal procedure are necessarily closely interwoven. The necessity or the usefulness of a particular step in the complex process by which criminals are brought to justice, is often dependent ... -
Report to the council on the impediments to express contracts as to the occupation of land in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1866)The following Report has been prepared by direction of the Council, in consequence of an application from Jonathan Pim, Esq., M.P., Vice-President, to institute an inquiry into the following subject:? A Report as to the ... -
Address by the Vice-President at the opening of the Nineteenth Session
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1866)That Association has endured for nearly twenty years, continually acquiring strength and influence. It has been a remarkable phenomenon in the social state of Ireland?remarkable, alike, in its action and in Its objects; ... -
The unhealthiness of Irish towns, and the want of sanitary legislation
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1866)In Waterford, Dr. Mackesy, and in Cork, Mr. W. d'E. Parker, have procured an expression of public opinion that a similar act is desirable in those cities, and I, being desirous that other towns should share the blessings ... -
Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: nineteenth session 1865/1866, first to fourth meetings
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Report of the council at the opening of the nineteenth session
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1866)The Council, with much confidence, renew on this, the commencement of the nineteenth session of the Society, the congratulations offered to the members on many similar occasions. Taking an active and useful part in the ... -
Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: nineteenth session 1865/1866, fifth to seventh meetings
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The financial position of Irish railways
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1867)Mr. William John Hancock exhibited the following Tables, compiled by Dr. Hancock, to shew the financial position of Irish Railways, and explained the views of Dr. Hancock in respect of the statistics thus shown. It ... -
Address by the Vice-president at the opening of the Twentieth Session
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1867)It has appeared to me most beneficial, as well as most simple, that your attention should be called on this occasion to the third branch of our objects, to wit, that of Public Health, a subject which although but of ... -
The Government Assurance and Annuity Acts, 16& 17 Vic. cap 45; 27 & 28 Vic. cap. 43
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1867)The habit of Life Assurance is now almost universal among the wealthier classes, who every day appreciate its uses more and more; but unfortunately its benefits rarely reach the poor, who stand much more in need of them. ... -
Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: twentieth session 1866/1867, opening to fourth meetings
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Banking considered with special reference to a strictly limited issue of government paper money
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1867)I propose to bring under your consideration the subject of Banking with special reference to a strictly limited issue of Government Paper Money. -
The extension of the field for the employment of women
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1867)In order to bring out clearly the results of the teachings of reason and of experience on the question of extending the field of women's industry, I shall place before you a brief summary of the arguments on both sides, ... -
The relation of the state to the railways
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1867)A notion, however, appears still to exist, that State intervention for the purpose of making railways more useful would be "a relaxation of the strict principles of political economy, to be justified, if at all, only ... -
Notes on the French system of railways
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1867)At the present time, when there is a good deal of interest taken in the question of railways, it appears to me that a short account of the French railway system may be interesting.