RSS 1.0JSSISI: 1885 to 1893, Vol. IX, Parts LXIV to LXXIII
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Appendix to Vol. IX Part LXXIII
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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 ... -
The government valuation of Ireland: an examination of its authority as a standard of value
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1893)The first act for the valuation of Ireland was passed in the year 1826 (7 Geo. IY. cap. 62). It was intended to form the basis of rating for county purposes only, its object being, according to the preamble, "the more ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: forty-sixth session 1892/1893
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Continental land banks and land registers
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1887)The Statistical Society allowed me on a former occasion to give an account of a Swiss State Land Credit Bank, from the operations of which it seemed to me some useful lessons might be learned. The question of making loans ... -
Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: forty-fifth session 1891/1892
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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, ... -
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 ... -
The fusion of the two branches of the legal profession
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1892)I have gone into the history of the question at some length in order to show that the proposition advanced by Mr. Murphy, namely, that it scarcely needs proof that the distinction between the two branches of the legal ... -
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 ... -
The congested districts of Ireland and how to deal with them
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1887)The phrase congested districts has acquired in the discussion of Irish problems an almost technical meaning. By the congested districts I understand to be meant those parts of the country which are unable, at least in their ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1885, generally known as Lord Ashbourne's Act
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1887)Notwithstanding that a Royal Commission is now sitting to examine into the working of this measure, it may be useful for the purpose of drawing forth public opinion, that our society should discuss some of the questions ... -
Address at the opening of the fortieth session
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1887)The Statistical Society has now been in existence for thirty-nine years. In its youth it enjoyed a much larger share of popularity than has latterly been extended to it. This was due in a great degree to the fact, that at ... -
Considerations as to an extended scheme of land purchase
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1887)There appears to be a general concensus of opinion that the Irish land question can only be finally settled by an extension, on a wide scale, of the system of land purchase inaugurated by Lord Ashbourne's Act, and by the ... -
Graduated taxation in Switzerland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1887)The object of this paper is to bring under the society's notice a law passed last year in the Canton Vaud, establishing a progressive property and income tax. Such a system of taxation has often been proposed for England, ... -
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 ...
