Browsing JSSISI: 1885 to 1893, Vol. IX, Parts LXIV to LXXIII by Title
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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 ... -
President's address
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1892)It occurred to me that it might possibly be pleasing both to the members of this society and that portion of the outside public which takes an interest in our proceedings, if in my address I endeavoured to make some ... -
President's address
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1890)The Agricultural Statistics of Ireland were, as you are aware, from my last year's address, first systematically collected in the year 1847, immediately after the famine. They were, like all new undertakings, not as ... -
The prices of some agricultural produce and the cost of farm labour for the last fifty years
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1887)In venturing to bring before the Statistical Society a few notes on the above subject, I do so with much diffidence, because a matter of such importance at the present time should be dealt with by one who is a master of ... -
Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: fortieth session 1886/87
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1887)Fortieth session, first meeting: The Society met at the Leinster Lecture Hall, 35 Molesworth-street, The President (Mr. James McDonnell) in the chair. Second meeting: The Society met at the Leinster Lecture Hall, 35 ... -
Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: forty-fifth session 1891/1892
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Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: forty-first session 1887/1888
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Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: forty-fourth session 1890/1891
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Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: forty-second session 1888/1889
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Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: forty-sixth session 1892/1893
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Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: thirty-ninth session 1885/1886
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The proposed Technical Instruction Bill, and the science and art department
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1889)Much dissatisfaction has been expressed from time to time with the Science and Art, or, as it is generally called, South Kensington system, and in the report of the late Commission on Technical Instruction, the department ... -
The Prussian agrarian reforms of the present century: their method and extent
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1890)Much misunderstanding exists, even among those who have made land reform a special study, respecting the principles and methods of the Prussian agrarian legislation of the present century. The prevailing belief is that ...