JSSISI: Journal of The Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1847-: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Maritime captures and commercial blockades
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1855)THE chief object of this paper is to point out the system of maritime war by which the resources of this country will be least impaired by the contest in which it is engaged, and most effectively employed in bringing ... -
Proceedings of the Dublin Statistical Society, eight session, third meeting -
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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 ... -
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 ... -
On the advantages of policies of insurance terminable at the age of 63 or at death, instead of at death only
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1856)The common mode of life assurance is subject to one defect. If the insured should happen to attain a considerable age, he changes, as time advances, from being a productive member of society, to a state of inability for ... -
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 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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Lecture on an international code of commerce morally and judicially considered
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1851)The purpose and end of all social inquiries is to connect abstract theories with the practical business of life; to discover that link by which the conception of an idea may be joined to its realization, and to analyse, ... -
Proceedings of the Dublin Statistical Society, eight session - first & second meetings
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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 ... -
The impact of the Restrictive Practices (Groceries) Order on competition in the Irish grocery trade
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2006)This paper analyses the history and key provisions of the Restrictive Practices (Groceries Order) since its inception in 1956 and demonstrates how the most recent incarnation of the Order in 1987 was fundamentally different ... -
Is there really a want of capital in Ireland?
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1851)The question respecting capital, to which I propose in this paper especially to direct your attention, is the following: ?Is there really a want of capital in Ireland? -
Should boards of guardians endeavour to make pauper-labour self supporting or should they investigate the causes of pauperism?
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1851)The controversies, as well theoretical as practical, respecting the mode in which poor laws should be administered, have generally arisen from taking too narrow a view of the subject. The all important question of the ... -
The economic and social implications of demographic change
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1998)This Society was founded in the midst of the population crisis caused by the Famine. No crisis on the scale of the Famine occurred again in the Society?s history, but various forms of demographic ?weakness?, such as high ...
