JSSISI: 1876 to 1879, Vol. VII, Parts L to LV
Recent Submissions
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On the report of the Irish Lunacy Inquiry Commissioners, and the policy of extending the English law for the protection of neglected lunatics to Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1879)I need offer no apology for bringing this subject before the Society at the present time. It is three years since, in consequence of an invitation from a great English philanthropist (Sir Charles E. Trevelyan) to Mr. ... -
The present position and prospects of political economy: being the introductory address delivered in the Section of Economic Science and Statistics of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1879)Had I been called upon at any other time to preside over this section, I should have followed the example of most of my predecessors, in selecting as the subject of the discourse which it is usual to deliver from this ... -
A description of some leases based on the principle of parliamentary tenant-right
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1879)Sir George Campbell, in an admirable pamphlet published in June, 1869, points out with great clearness the de facto state of land tenure in Ireland. He shows that although the legal conditions were at that time substantially ... -
Some statistics and researches on the Poor Removal question, with special reference to the removal of persons of Irish birth from Scotland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1879)In the course of some researches upon the ages of persons of Irish birth in England and Scotland, I arrived at some figures which place in a strong point of view the very large proportion of persons liable to be affected ... -
Application of copyhold enfranchisement to long leases in Ireland; assimilation of chattel and freehold succession, and simplification of transfer of land
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1879)The Report of the Committee of the House of Commons, on the working of the Bright Clauses of the Irish Land Act of 1870, has brought out in a glaring manner some anomalies and defects in the tenure of land in Ireland. The ... -
On the substitution for the three-fold law of succession resting on the accidents of tenure, of a three-fold law for distinct classes of (1) landed gentry, (2) manufacturers, and (3) farmers, resting on the scientific basis of the observed usages of these different classes as to wills and settlements
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1879)In the discussions which have taken place on the law of successions in the United Kingdom, it has been commonly assumed that there is a simple issue involved, and the only change recommended or discussed is to extend the ... -
Observations on the Intestate Widows Acts, Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1879)Surprise has frequently been expressed at the fact that so little practical result has followed from the passing of the Acts of 36 & 37 Vic. c. 52, and 38 & 39 Vic. c. 27, and that the persons for whose benefit these ... -
On the importance and feasibility of making special local arrangements for facilitating peasant proprietors and other small holders in dealing with their interests in land
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1879)Probably the greatest practical reform which the present generation has witnessed was Sir Rowland Hill's Penny Postage reform. The accommodation which the public, especially the poor and those residing in backward districts, ... -
On the impolicy of a revival of protection as a remedy for the present depression
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1879)With the now extended experience we have had of the vast benefits of free-trade, with the generally increased prosperity of the empire consequent thereon, with the augmented population of the sister kingdoms, and the ... -
On the law relating to the realization of judgments and decrees, with special reference to judgments and decrees against tenant-farmers
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1879)When an advocate has carried a case to a successful termination in court, and the judgment or decree has been obtained, the anxious client often asks: ?How am I to get it realized?? He is put off jokingly with the answer??That ... -
Impediments to the prompt carrying out of some of the principles conceded by Parliament on the Irish land question
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1879)In this paper I do not propose to deal with any principles as applied to the Irish land question, except those which have already been conceded by Parliament. With respect to one branch of the land question?the encouragement ... -
On (1) the value of Adam Smith's ?Wealth of Nations?, as a text book at the present day; and (2) the history of his life as an illustration of the importance of endowments for higher education and for research
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1879)As this Society took its origin in part from the section of Economic Science and Statistics of the British Association, it occurred to me that it would be fitting to close the session with an economic paper, showing that ... -
Irish statute law reform
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1879)At the meeting of the British Association which was held in this city in August last, I had the honour of bringing before the Association the important subject of Irish legislation. In the paper that I read on that occasion, ... -
On the use of education and training in the treatment of the insane in public lunatic asylums
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1879)Pinel, who, in 1792, did so much to advance the disuse of mechanical restraint, and the substitution in its stead of moral influence and of kindness, has, with other valuable principles enunciated by him in reference to ... -
On the importance of raising Ireland to the level of England and Scotland in the matters of industrial schools and compulsory education
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1879)The principle of compulsory education has a two-fold aspect: (1) It secures the education of the neglected and the helpless, and provides an organised means by which their education shall be provided and paid for. (2) When ... -
Suggestions for a bill to regulate sales of property
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1879)There is no legal topic more closely connected with economic science than sales of property: therefore I trust that a short paper on the subject may not be deemed out of place in this section of the British Association. ... -
On the valuation of real property for taxation
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1879)Thus in Ireland there are two different principles embodied in the Valuation Acts?one for the valuation of land, the other for the valuation of buildings; and the latter is the principle upon which the valuation of all ... -
Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: thirty second session ? 1878/79
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On the statistics of crime arising from or connected with drunkenness, as indicating the importance of increasing the punishment of habitual drunkards, and of those who seriously injure their children by what they spend on drink
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1879)In the discharge of my duty of reporting on criminal statistics in Ireland, some statistics have come under my notice which raise important questions as to the adequacy of the existing punishments for drunkenness. -
Reciprocity
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1879)The existing depression of trade is the severest perhaps on record, and certainly has dragged us through as harassing a length of time as any that ever afflicted commerce. The distress sounds the circumstances of every ...