JSSISI: Journal of The Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1847-: Recent submissions
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Proceedings of the Dublin Statistical Society: Ninth Session, Sixth Meeting -
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Notes on the Societe Generale de Credit Mobilier
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1856)The dividends of the Societe Generale de Credit Mobilier for the past year have been at the rate of 40 per cent; and its 500-franc shares sold for 1980 francs each, or at a premium of nearly 300 per cent. How is this to ... -
On the Bank Charter Act of 1844
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1856)Since the passing of the Bank Restriction Act in 1797, nearly two hundred statutes have been enacted by the British Parliament, bearing wholly or partly on the subjects of Banking, Bankers, and the Currency; being an ... -
Education the surest preventive of crime, and the best safeguard of life, property, and social order
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1856)Our national system in Ireland has been productive of great good. I would extend its advantages by increasing its funds, and by constantly widening its sphere of influence. No limit in these respects should be put to ... -
The private and local business of parliament
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1856)I will not attempt any detailed exposure of the vices of the system ; the rather as this has been admirably done by a writer in the Edinburgh Review for January, 1855, in an article entitled "Private Bill Legislation" ... -
The expediency of a cheap land tribunal
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1856)The subject which I wish to bring under the notice of the Society this evening is, the expediency of establishing a cheap Land Tribunal. In my opinion such a tribunal is very much required, and I do not limit this ... -
Proceedings of the Dublin Statistical Society: Ninth Session - Third Meeting
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On the general principles of taxation, as illustrating the advantages of a perfect income tax
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1856)There are few branches of political economy more interesting in themselves, or of more importance at the present time, than the subject of taxation, and yet there is scarcely any on which greater errors are prevalent. I ... -
On the criminal jurisdiction of Courts of Quarter Sessions in Ireland
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1856)There is an anomaly in our present system, at variance with all the other parts, which must excite wonder at having been so long overlooked ? the extensive jurisdiction of Courts of Quarter Sessions in criminal cases, ... -
Sir Robert Peel's Bank Act of 1844 explained and defended
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1856)THERE are few acts of parliament more important in themselves, or which have given rise to more discussion, than Sir Robert Peel's celebrated Bank Act of 1844 (7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 32). I am anxious to take an opportunity ... -
The effect of war on prices
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1856)It is scarcely necessary to say that the common opinion upon this question?an opinion, too, that is shared by some economists of eminence ? is that a state of war necessarily tends to produce a general rise in the prices ... -
Is fire insurance a proper subject for taxation?
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1856)OF the questions which the good feeling now subsisting between England and France has given rise to, perhaps the most remarkable is the competition in Fire Insurance between French and English Companies. A French Company ... -
Proceedings of the Dublin Statistical Society, Ninth Session, First Meeting
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Address delivered at the opening of the Ninth Session of the Society
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1856)WE are now entering upon the ninth session of this Society, and the duration of its existence during a period of eight years must be a source of unfeigned gratification to all its members, as of itself affording a ... -
Report of the Council at the opening of the Ninth Session of the Society
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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 ... -
Proceedings of the Dublin Statistical Society, eight session, sixth meeting -
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
