Browsing JSSISI: 1885 to 1893, Vol. IX, Parts LXIV to LXXIII by Title
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Recent statistics of French rural economy
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1889)It is the practice in France to have, in addition to annual returns, a general agricultural enquiry or census every ten years. The last began in 1882, but its results were only published this year. This delay, due to ... -
The Registration of Assurances Bill
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1891)"The Registration of Assurances Bill" of the Attorney-General, Mr. Madden, is the complement of his "Registration of Titles Bill"; combined they cover the entire field of land transfer in Ireland. This paper, then, is ... -
Sliding scales for rent - value and fair rents - annual and capital value
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1888)The principle of varying judicial rents according to prices, introduced by the Land Law Act of 1887, is a startling innovation in our system of land tenure. To me it appears a retrogressive step?not on the ground that ... -
Some notes upon light railways and tramway guarantees in Ireland under the Tramways and Public Companies' Act, 1883, 46-47 Vic. chap. 43, and suggestions for a different and improved system of guarantee
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1891)In 1883 another fresh start took place, owing to the passing of the 46 & 47 Vic. chap. 43, now popularly known as the "Tramway Guarantee Act." By section 1 of that act, the grand jury of any county was authorised to ... -
A statistical survey of Ireland, from 1840 to 1888.
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1889)An examination of the table will show that it naturally divides itself into several principal parts, namely:? I.?Population, Vital Statistics, Area and Valuation. II.?Agriculture. III.?Trade and Manufactures. IV.?Capital, ... -
The story of the North American fisheries
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1888)Without doubt, and beyond comparison, the fisheries of British North America are the most extensive and the most profitable in the world. The mighty lakes and noble rivers abound with almost every description of freshwater ... -
A suggestion for the fusion of the two branches of the legal professions
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1892)It scarcely needs proof that the distinction between the two branches of the legal profession?between barrister and solicitor?is purely artificial, and incapable of justification on principles of ordinary common sense. ... -
A suggestion on coinage
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1889)The work of the British Mint is done gratuitously; the expense of coining gold into sovereigns is borne, not by the merchant or banker, or other person who sends the gold to the mint, but by the payers of taxes. It is ... -
The Ulster tenant-right custom: its origin, characteristic and position under the Land Acts.
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1894)Few subjects connected with Irish land have been the cause of more discussion than the Tenant-right Custom of Ulster. For many years before 1870 a controversy was carried on with respect to the attributes of the custom, ... -
The woods, forests, turf-bogs, and foreshores of Ireland: opportunity for, and advisibility of, establishing government management and protection
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1890)In the paper on "Forestry in Ireland," read by me before the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, in July, 1889, I described at some length the forestry regulations of the principal European countries, and ...