Browsing JSSISI: 1864 to 1868, Vol. IV, Parts XXVI to XXXIV by Title
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A central criminal court for the county and city of Dublin
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1867)Previous to the year 1729 all serious offences, such as treasons or felonies committed in either the city or the county of Dublin, were triable only at the bar of the Court of King's Bench in term time, or under a special ... -
Co-operation as a means of improving the condition of the working classes
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1867)I apprehend it will be admitted by all our members that few other subjects than the one which I have chosen are more important in their nature, or more in accordance with the purposes for which our Association was ... -
A comparison between the English and Irish Poor Laws with respect to the conditions of relief
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1864)I do not propose in this paper to examine the question, on which so much may be said, of the policy of a more liberal outdoor relief in the present condition of Ireland. My object is simply to state, as correctly as I ... -
The condition of our railways considered with reference to their purchase by the state
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1867)The condition of the Railways of Great Britain and Ireland has for the past few years increasingly occupied public attention. It has caused much dissatisfaction both to the public and to the shareholders?to the public ... -
Considerations on the state of Ireland, an address delivered at the opening of the seventeenth session
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1864)Called by the desire of your Council to address you at the opening of a new session, and thus led to consider more closely the condition of Ireland, I could not but be impressed by the grave character of the crisis. ... -
The debt and taxation of Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1864)My attention has been directed to the "Report of the Special Committee of the Municipal Council of Dublin on the state of the Public Accounts between Ireland and Great Britain," and I design to lay before you the results ... -
The differences between the statutes bearing on public health for England and Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1865)No medical practitioner who has treated disease in this country, especially in its populous towns, can have failed to observe the insufficiency of our present legal enactments towards its prevention. Upon me this conviction ... -
The extension of the field for the employment of women
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1867)In order to bring out clearly the results of the teachings of reason and of experience on the question of extending the field of women's industry, I shall place before you a brief summary of the arguments on both sides, ... -
The financial position of Irish railways
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1867)Mr. William John Hancock exhibited the following Tables, compiled by Dr. Hancock, to shew the financial position of Irish Railways, and explained the views of Dr. Hancock in respect of the statistics thus shown. It ... -
Free-trade: abolition of customs and excise duties; and a sketch of a simpler and better mode of raising a Revenue
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1864)Among those many useful topics to which I have alluded, the discussion of Free-trade, and its partial adoption by us, and other nations, has been attended with many beneficial results. It is my main object in this paper ... -
The functions of grand juries in criminal cases
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1865)The various branches of our criminal procedure are necessarily closely interwoven. The necessity or the usefulness of a particular step in the complex process by which criminals are brought to justice, is often dependent ... -
The Government Assurance and Annuity Acts, 16& 17 Vic. cap 45; 27 & 28 Vic. cap. 43
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1867)The habit of Life Assurance is now almost universal among the wealthier classes, who every day appreciate its uses more and more; but unfortunately its benefits rarely reach the poor, who stand much more in need of them. ... -
Ireland in 1864
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1864)In January, 1862,I had the honour of reading before the Society a short paper called Historical Statistics of Ireland. In it I said, "Ireland is decreasing in wealth and population." The proposition was earnestly ... -
Notes on the French system of railways
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1867)At the present time, when there is a good deal of interest taken in the question of railways, it appears to me that a short account of the French railway system may be interesting. -
Obituary notice of the late Most Rev. Richard Whately, D.D. Lord Archbishop of Dublin, President of the Society
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1864)Since we last assembled together for the annual election of officers, a vacancy has occurred by the death of Archbishop Whately, who for sixteen years presided over this Society. I have been, requested by the Council ... -
Observations on the law relating to the qualification and selection of jurors, with suggestions for its amendment
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1865)I propose in this paper briefly to direct attention to the expediency and necessity of some amendment being made in the law with reference to the qualification and selection of jurors; and, with that view, to submit some ... -
On criminal statistics; especially with reference to population education and distress in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1864)In the session of this Society in 1860-61,I availed myself of the admirably arranged returns of the Dublin Metropolitan Police, to bring before the Society some of the aspects of crime in this city, especially in regard ... -
On religious toleration for criminals
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1867)My object is indicated by the title of my paper. I wish for an enquiry into the extent and limits of religious toleration afforded to criminals in Ireland. It is not many years since the Protestant prisoner alone was ... -
On strikes with respect to hours of labour
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1865)In old times, when business of all kinds was carried on in small establishments, the hours of labour were regulated by the hours kept by the employer and his family, who generally resided at the place of business, and ... -
On the necessity of a state provision for the education of the deaf and dumb, the blind, and the imbecile
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1864)Your attention has already been called to the "necessity of a state provision for the education of the Deaf and Dumb of Ireland." My object on the present occasion is to call your attention again to this subject, and ...
