Browsing JSSISI: 1855 to 1856, Vol. I, Journal of the Dublin Statistical Society by Date of Publication
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Vol.I Session I: Preminary pages & list of members
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The utility of standing armies as a means of defence in an advanced stage of civilization
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1855)That there is no necessary connection between what are called "Peace Principles" and Political Economy, has been pointed out to us this session by Dr. Hancock. I have thought, however, that the particular notice of the ... -
The workhouse as a mode of relief for widows and orphans
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1855)The principles on which the Irish Poor Law is to be administered for the future must be learned not from the traditions of the changes introduced in England in 1834, nor from the idle theories prevalent in Ireland in ... -
What a perfect income tax of ten per cent would produce
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1855)It is the plain duty of every subject of this great empire to contribute any information or suggestion that he may deem of use towards sustaining the contest in which we are now engaged. In discharging this duty, I do ... -
Factory education
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1855)It would be needless to point out the advantages of, or the necessity for, educating the great masses; and knowing, as I do, that there are amongst our members many men who, from their position as directors of railway ... -
Malthus
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1855)As the present age is honourably distinguished by efforts, well-meant, though not unfrequently misdirected, to ameliorate the condition of the labouring classes; as I believe an all-important step in that direction to ... -
Proceedings of the Dublin Statistical Society, eight session - first & second meetings
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On partnership with limited liability
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1855)Since I had the honour of submitting to this Society the paper prepared by me on the subject of limited liability, a Commission composed of eminent and learned men, entrusted with the task of taking evidence and reporting ... -
The relative expediency of defraying the expense of war by loans or by increased taxation considered with reference to the present financial system of the United Kingdom
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1855)The present war has already taught two important lessons. It has shown how vain were the expectations of those who had flattered themselves that the principal nations of Europe had grown too wise to appeal to the sword ... -
Statistics (with some additions) given in evidence before a Select Committee of the House of Commons on Public Houses
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1855)The drinking customs of our people destroy an amount of property so enormous, and turn into unproductive channels so large a portion of the earnings of all classes, as to render it a hopeless task to create a wise and ... -
Russian serfs and British laborers
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1855)At the present period any inquiry into the social resources of that vast country which is carrying on a stupendous struggle with the bulk of the civilized nations of Europe, must possess peculiar interest, and a comparison ... -
Observations on the gold crisis, the price of silver and the demand for it; with answer to the question, "What becomes of the new supplies of gold"
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1855)A decline in the value of either of the precious metals must proceed very slowly; as, owing to their natural qualities and the purposes to which we turn them, they are calculated to accumulate gradually from age to age, ... -
The excessive Mortality of British Residents in India, as affecting the choice of the Civil Service of the East India Company as a career for young men
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1855)In this paper I propose to direct your attention to some facts, commonly overlooked, but which ought, nevertheless, to be fully considered by those who have to decide either for themselves or for others, as to the wisdom ... -
A Plan for the reduction and ultimate extinction of the National Debt
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1855)The embarkation of England in a war; the failure of the anticipations at first indulged in by some parties, that this contest could be carried on out of the revenue of the country; the recent addition of sixteen millions ... -
Address delivered at the opening of the Eighth Session of the Society
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1855)Before venturing to ask your attention to the few remarks, which as one of the vice-presidents, I am about to make on the opening of this the eighth session of the Dublin Statistical Society, I must first express my ... -
Proceedings of the Dublin Statistical Society, eight session, sixth meeting -
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A plan for extending the jurisdiction for selling Incumbered estates to cases where a Receiver has been appointed over a life estate
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1855)The chief benefit which the Incumbered Estates Act has conferred upon Ireland, has been the substitution of solvent for insolvent proprietors To appreciate the full extent of this change, we must raise our views above ... -
On the connexion between the origin and localization of diseases, whether usual or epidemical and the over-crowding of buildings in our cities
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1855)Room to be healthy is, then, one of the great wants of cities and towns, and no greater boon could be offered, to the working classes especially, than houses of two stories high being, at least in front and rear, freed ... -
On the present state of the savings' bank question
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1855)About three years since, I had the honor of reading before this society a paper on the duties of the public with respect to charitable savings' banks. Since that time there have been promises of legislation, but nothing ... -
Report of the Council at the Opening of the Eighth Session of the Society
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1855)We have much pleasure in congratulating you on the favourable auspices under which the eighth session of our Society is now opened. We have a favourable report to give of the several departments of the Society's business ...