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  • The arterial drainage of Ireland 

    Stanuell, Charles A. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)
    When I mention that a sum of #961,235 14s. 7d. has been expended upon Arterial Drainage in Ireland, and that the annual instalments paid in redemption of principal and interest amount to #31,944 9s. 8d., I think the ...
  • Canals and waterways of western Europe 

    Montmorency Morris, E. A. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)
    A history of the waterways of the world would tell a great part of the story of early human migration and the rise and growth of commercial intercourse. In early days, it was by rivers rather than by forest tracks that ...
  • Cartels and syndicates in German industry 

    Oldham, C.H. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)
    The object of this paper is to give some account of these German industrial organisations, known as Cartels and Syndicates. I am afraid not many of us in this country paid much attention to them until the question of " ...
  • Educational value of co-operation among Irish farmers 

    Hannon, P. J. (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 

    Stanuell, Charles A. (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 

    Shaw, James J. (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 

    Falkiner, C. Litton (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 

    Stanuell, Charles A. (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 

    Matheson, Robert E. (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 

    Synnott, Nicholas J. (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 

    Bailey, William F. (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 

    Johnston, W.J. (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 

    Lawson, William (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] 

    Lawson, William (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 

    Shaw, James J. (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 

    Castletown, Lord, of Upper Ossory (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 

    Finlay, T.A. (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 

    Stanuell, Charles A. (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 

    Matheson, Robert E. (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 

    O'Neill, Henry (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 ...