Browsing JSSISI: 1861 to 1863, Vol. III, Journal of the Dublin Statistical Society by Date of Publication
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Proceedings of the Dublin Statistical Society: Fourteenth Session, Fourth Meeting -
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On the use and abuse of apprenticeship
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1861)Any satisfactory solution of the various questions arising out of the custom of apprenticeship, must be based on a species of statistical knowledge which nobody has been, as yet, at the trouble of collecting. But I also ... -
Competitive examinations and their bearing on the Civil Service
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1861)Since the appointment of the Civil Service Commissioners, it has been attested that a great improvement has taken place in the intellectual and moral status of the junior clerks ; that their business habits have not ... -
Observations on trial by jury, with suggestions for the amendment of our present system
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1861)In this paper, I propose briefly to examine:? 1. What is the fundamental principle of trial by jury, and what are the advantages resulting therefrom 2. The machinery by which the system is worked in this country and ... -
The educational and other aspects of the statistics of crime in Dublin
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1861)By resisting the continued influx of country pauperism into the large towns; by repressing so far as is possible the tendency to this movement which is nourished by the circumstance that poor law aid is available only ... -
A consideration of the discoveries of gold and silver in the sixteenth century, with a view to point out the effects to be anticipated from the recent discoveries of gold. ? Silver proposed as a substitute for a gold standard, to prevent the anticipated rise in all prices to three times their former amount
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1861)The subject which I have selected to bring under your notice this evening is connected with one of the most remarkable events of our own day. The supply of gold and silver had remained at a regular and constant state ... -
Proceedings of the Dublin Statistical Society: Fifteenth Session, First Meeting -
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1862) -
Suggestions for the improvement of the laws relating to Bankrupts
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1862)The two suggestions I propose for the amendment of the Irish Bankruptcy Law. First ? That the Judge of the Bankrupt Court should be empowered to punish by imprisonment any bankrupt who may have committed any fraud ... -
Proceedings of the Dublin Statistical Society: Fourteenth Session, Seventh Meeting -
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Co-operative Societies
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1862)Co-operative societies, cautiously conducted, might act perhaps as indices of the normal rate of wages and the normal condition of labour throughout the various trades ; if they are compelled to lower wages or to ... -
Employment of women in Ireland
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1862)The subject of the employment of women has been so long and so frequently discussed, and all its arguments have been so recently considered at the meeting of the Social Science Association in this city, August, 1861, ... -
Report of the Council at the opening of the Fifteenth Session.
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1862)
