Browsing JSSISI: 1885 to 1893, Vol. IX, Parts LXIV to LXXIII by Title
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Homestead laws
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1888)The present paper aims at giving a concise account of the origin and development of the Homestead Laws of the United States, with notices of similar legislation to be found elsewhere. It next considers the practical ... -
Irish intellect, and its geographical distribution
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1889)It is difficult in a paper of this nature to estimate who shall be deemed worthy of being included in a list of those who have contributed to Ireland's roll of fame; and I have undertaken the task of making an analysis ... -
Irish progress during the past ten years, 1881-1890
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1891)We have just come to the end of the decade, 1881-90; the census has been taken, we have available nearly all the information as to progress during the year 1890, which is capable of statistical treatment, and accordingly ... -
The law and the lunatic
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1886)Dr. Sigerson, having given an historical sketch of the subject, noted recent cases of abuse under the present system, and made a detailed analysis of the Lord Chancellor's Bill, proceeded as follows :? It must be borne ... -
The law of divorce in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1887)In this paper I have no intention of raising the question whether there should be conferred on the court in Ireland any such power to dissolve marriages as is exercised by the Divorce Court in England. Leaving, however, ... -
Laws: constitution of the Society
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1891)Constitution of the Society and rules -
Legislation on behalf of neglected children in America and elsewhere
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1892)It is only since 1889 that a father in England has been obliged to maintain his child ? until then it was a voluntary act. In America even a taskmaster in the old slave days, who starved a slave might be (and actually ... -
Local registration of title
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1890)The object of this paper is to call attention to the leading provisions of the Local Registration of Title (Ireland) Bill, which was introduced in the House of Commons late last session by Mr. Madden, M.P., the present ... -
Magistrates' law and suggested increase of jurisdiction and powers
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1893)Having had some years experience in the workings of these courts [Magistrates courts] and of observing where and by what methods they might be made more useful to the suitors and to the public generally, I purpose to set ... -
The mechanism of statistics
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1893)It has fallen to my lot to serve in a Department where every variety of statistical work is to be found, and where the practical problems of how information is to be collected, tabulated, and published at a minimum ... -
Memoir of the late William Neilson Hancock, LL.D., Q.C
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1889)The President, in his address at the opening of the present session, referred in a few apt and sympathetic words to the loss we had sustained in the death, of our distinguished member, Dr. Hancock. But he and others ... -
Monetary reform
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1886)A noteworthy feature at the present time, is the disposition to neglect minor reforms, and to seek for great and almost instantaneous results by wide and sweeping measures, which, unfortunately, rarely produce the effects ... -
Note on the operations of some Swiss land banks
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1888)IN connection with two papers published in this Journal on Continental Land Banks, the editors permit me to add a note as to the operations of some of these banks for the year 1887. -
Note on the reduction of the rate of interest since 1870: with some remarks as to the probable amount of encumbrances on Irish land, and the possible fund available for their payment
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1889)It is evident that capital invested either in mortgage, or in purchase, of land cannot expect to be exempt from the fate of capital invested in other securities. This fate is a steady, progressive, and of late rapid ... -
Notes on some continental prisons
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1886)In bringing before this society the subject of prisons, I feel that no apology is required. It is one well suited for full and serious consideration before a society founded for the purpose of discussing social questions. ... -
Notes on the prices of Irish agricultural produce illustrated by diagrams
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1893)The paper on this subject I had the honour of reading before the Society, in December, 1886, was based on statistics derived from private sources. The following notes and diagrams are, on the other hand, compiled and ... -
On fiscal relations of the United Kingdom and Ireland, with special reference to the state purchase of land
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1886)A scheme was put forward some short time ago, which promised to effect a radical and sweeping change in the ownership of the land, without imposing any great hardship or additional burden on any class in the State. Mr. ... -
On the desirability of establishing by Act of Parliament a corporate body to act as trustee, executor, administrator etc.
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1887)Every person who dies possessed of any estate, however small, must be succeeded by an administrator, executor, or trustee, whose duty it is to administer, manage, or realize that estate in accordance with the provisions ... -
Our industrial and reformatory school systems in relation to the poor
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1891)My purpose in bringing it before you can only be to refresh our minds on a subject of importance, apt to be somewhat overlooked in the rush of politics around us. It is a subject on which a great deal of learning can ... -
The present position of the national finances
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1888)The expenditure and revenue of the United Kingdom have been equalised for the past few years by variations of the income tax. But this simple process can be continued no longer. The growth of expenditure, the adjustment ...
