Browsing by Subject "Irish land question"
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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 ... -
Bright Clauses of the Irish Land Act
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1880)I may at the outset plainly state that I do not intend to travel over the whole ground occupied by the subject which I have chosen for my text. I take it that all reasonable people and a large number of the unreasonable ... -
The condition of small farmers in Ireland, and their position with reference to the land question
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1879)The average size of farms in Ireland is so small that it may well be matter for wonder how the tenants upon them are able to pay any rent alter supporting themselves and their families. In 1866 the number of farms of the ... -
Considerations as to an extended scheme of land purchase
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1887)There appears to be a general concensus of opinion that the Irish land question can only be finally settled by an extension, on a wide scale, of the system of land purchase inaugurated by Lord Ashbourne's Act, and by the ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Notes of a visit to some church lands, where tenants have bought their holdings, and also to other church lands where tenants have not yet bought their holding
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1878)It has been suggested to me by Dr. Hancock that it may not be without value to the Statistical Society, that I should put on record the notes of a visit which I have paid during my short stay in Ireland to two of the ... -
On the creation of a public commission for the purchase of land for re-sale to tenants in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1879)The return published in the year 1874 of the number of landed proprietors in Ireland, drew at once attention to their very limited number. The total acreage of Ireland is 20,047,572 acres, whilst the number of proprietors ... -
On the equal importance of the education, poor-law, cheap law for small holders, and land questions, at the present crisis
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1880)In an article in the Fortnightly Review for January, I called attention to the case of the migratory labourers in Mayo, and their sufferings from non-employment in England last year, as one branch of the present crisis to ... -
On the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act, 1870
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1872)I desire in the present paper to give a short sketch of the several bills which were introduced into parliament in reference to the Irish land question, in order to compare the Act of 1870 with the attempts at previous ... -
On the report of the Select Committee appointed ?to enquire and report whether any and what steps ought to be taken to simplify the title to land, and to facilitate the transfer thereof, and to prevent frauds on purchasers and mortgagees of land?, and on the first report of Her Majesty's Commissioners appointed ?to enquire into the law relating to the registration of deeds and assurances in Ireland?.
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1880)To simplify the title to land and facilitate the transfer thereof must always be a subject of much interest in this country, where so large a proportion of the wealth of the inhabitants consists of land. I will therefore ... -
The recommendations of the Land Transfer Commission of 1869, considered with especial reference to their applicability to transfer of land in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1874)One of the last letters written by Richard Cobden contains these remarkable words: ?The Land Question has a wider bearing than has yet been given it in our public discussions; and it will not be seriously entertained by ... -
Registration of title indispensable for peasant proprietors
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1882)The subject of this paper is a branch of the large and difficult problem which increasingly engages the attention of social and legal reformers; how, namely, to combine security of titles to landed properties with facilities ... -
Remarks of G. Shaw Lefevre, M.P., and Right Hon. Hugh Law, M.P., on preceding papers
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1878)G. Shaw Lefevre, M. P., who was received with applause, said he felt very much pleasure at being called on to say a few words on the very able and interesting papers they had just heard read. He felt that he owed that ... -
Suggestions for the simplification of the procedure in relation to the sale of land in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1885)I am indebted to the Council of your Society for the privilege of submitting for your consideration this evening, some suggestions for the simplification of the procedure in relation to the sale of land in Ireland, and I ...