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  • The propriety of conceding the elective franchise to women 

    Webb, Alfred (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1867)
    The question of the propriety of conceding the elective franchise to women is now occupying a share of public attention in England, and as I am not aware that it has been discussed by this Society, I purpose drawing ...
  • The relation of the state to the railways 

    Murphy, Joseph John (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 ...
  • Report of the Council at the opening of the eighteenth session 

    Unknown author (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.
  • Report of the council at the opening of the nineteenth session 

    O'Shaughnessy, Mark S. (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 ...
  • Report of the Council at the opening of the Seventeenth Session 

    O'Shaughnessy, Mark S. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1864)
    If in all else the condition of this Society at the commencement of the session offer abundant matter for congratulation, the loss present to the mind of every member, which the death of its late venerated president, ...
  • Report of the Council at the opening of the Twentieth Session 

    SSISI (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1867)
    At the commencement of this, the Twentieth Session of our Society, we feel much pleasure in congratulating you on its continued progress, and the success which has attended its efforts in promoting the great social and ...
  • Report to the council on the impediments to express contracts as to the occupation of land in Ireland 

    McDonnell, Randal W. (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 ...
  • The sanitary state of Dublin 

    Mapother, E. D. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1864)
    In this paper, for the incompleteness of which I shall at once apologize, I propose to sketch briefly, and as far as my observations have extended, the sanitary state of our city, being convinced that much disease, and ...
  • Topics suggested for investigation and discussion 

    Urlin, R. Denny; Monahan, James H.; Abraham, George W.; Houston, Arthur; Lawlor, Joseph; McDonnell, Robert (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1864)
  • The unhealthiness of Irish towns, and the want of sanitary legislation 

    Mapother, E. D. (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 ...
  • The venue for trials, civil and criminal 

    O'Shaughnessy, Mark S. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1865)
    To secure a full, fair, and impartial trial of such issues as, for the adjustment of personal disputes, or for the protection of public rights, it may become necessary to decide, is surely an object to which, in the interests ...