Browsing JSSISI: 1900 to 1906, Vol. XI, Parts LXXXI to LXXXVI by Title
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Educational value of co-operation among Irish farmers
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)The object of this paper is not to dwell upon the advantages which co-operation confers upon the farmer as an institution for ordinary business puposes, but to bring before you its effect upon the "country as a medium ... -
The financial aspect of parliamentary private bill procedure
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)The mode of conducting Parliamentary Inquiries into Private Bills relating to this country has been the subject of criticism for many years, and it has been brought before the public on many occasions, while it has ... -
Fiscal policy: some lessons from the Blue Book
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)When I was asked to read a paper to this Society on the proposed changes in British Fiscal Policy which have made such a stir in recent times, I recognised at once that the subject must be treated here, not as one of ... -
The forestry question considered historically
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)The main object of this paper is not to re-state the case for forestry in Ireland, but to recall public attention to the subject; and in doing so to endeavour to throw light on the solution of a preliminary difficulty ... -
The government management of Indian railways
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)I do not propose tonight to deal with the whole question of Indian Railways; it would be too wide a subject. I wish to refer to the recently published Report of Mr. Thomas Robertson, who was formerly Manager of the Great ... -
The housing of the people of Ireland during the period 1841-1901
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)I purpose this evening presenting to the Society a short review of the results of the inquiries made at each successive decennial Census from 1841, into the class of Houses in Ireland, and the accommodation afforded by ... -
Housing of the rural population in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)It is generally supposed that the question of the housing of agricultural and other labourers in rural districts, which was dealt with in piecemeal and desultory fashion last Session, is now receiving the earnest and ... -
Ireland since the famine: a sketch of fifty years' economic and legislative changes
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)In addressing you this evening I propose to review, as shortly as the subject will admit, the economic and legislative changes that have taken place in Ireland during the last half-century?to take stock of our position ... -
The land purchase problem
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)It is a far cry from the turbulent scenes in the Legislative Assembly of 1790 to the quiet, almost dull, offices of the Estates Commissioners in 1906; and yet the changes that in the one case were effected with noise ... -
Licensing and publichouse reform in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)"No apology is, I think, needed for introducing this subject to the consideration of the Society, although I could wish that the task had fallen to one more conversant with it than I am. The evils of intemperance are ... -
Licensing and publichouse reform in Ireland [a continuation]
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)A little more than a year ago I read a paper on this subject before this Society (Journal, Vol. XI, p. 106), dealing mainly with the Report of the Royal Commission of 1896. I intend now to deal with the schemes proposed ... -
Municipal trading
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)One of the most strongly-marked characteristics of the older school of British Political Economy was its intense jealousy of State interference with the processes of industry or with the course of trade. From Adam Smith ... -
A plea for tillage farming on co-operative lines
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)I must first of all apologise for the type of paper I am privileged to read before you tonight. It must be to a certain extent, egotistical, it must be in the nature of a proposition, and I must ask you to believe what ... -
Practical education in our schools
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)It will be admitted as a fundamental principle that the aim of all education is to fit children to do their duty worthily and successfully in later life. This conception of education covers a wide field. It includes the ... -
The practice of the Commercial Court
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)I must preface my remarks upon this subject by stating that the Commercial Court to which I allude has no existence in Ireland, and therefore I am at a disadvantage in dealing with a system of judicial procedure with ... -
The principal results of the census of the United Kingdom in 1901
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)I have selected as my subject "The Principal Results of the Census of the United Kingdom in 1901." The Census was taken in England and Scotland under the Census (Great Britain) Act, 1900, which applied equally to England ... -
The progress of sanitary science in Belfast
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)The rapid increase of Belfast in population, and its rapid rise in commercial importance, chiefly accounts for the fact that the construction of good streets and erection of its principal public buildings dates from ... -
Proposals for a new Labourers' Bill: an attempt to solve the rural housing question in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)We have now had more than 20 years experience of the attempt to provide habitable houses for labourers in country districts in Ireland, by means of an elaborate code of seven Statutes, beginning with the Labourers' Act ... -
The report of the Tariff Commission
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)I propose in this paper to criticise Mr. Chamberlain's Tariff Commission and its report issued on the 21st July last; just a week after the meeting held at Westminster, passed resolutions adopting his fiscal policy. The ... -
Salmon fisheries in Ireland and the report of the Irish Inland Fisheries Commission
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)The object of this paper is to bring before this Society the importance of the salmon fishery to the country districts of Ireland, to give an outline of the conditions essential to insure its prosperity, and to summarize ...
