Browsing JSSISI: 1864 to 1868, Vol. IV, Parts XXVI to XXXIV by Date of Publication
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The application of commercial enterprise to the construction of railways
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1867)At a late meeting of the Society Dr. Hancock exhibited a very suggestive table, showing the unsatisfactory financial position of Irish Railways. It must have occurred to many at the time that a similar table of the ... -
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, ... -
Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: twentieth session 1866/1867, opening to fourth meetings
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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 ... -
On religious toleration for criminals
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1867)My object is indicated by the title of my paper. I wish for an enquiry into the extent and limits of religious toleration afforded to criminals in Ireland. It is not many years since the Protestant prisoner alone was ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: one hundred and twentieth session -1966/67
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1967)