Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, Vol. 32

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, Vol. 32: November 1866 Of course it may be said, in reply to this, that the railways have been made and are worked by the companies, and that the present system ought not to be interfered with unless a very good case can be made out for doing so. N o doubt this is true: it is my present purpose to Show that such a case does exist. But let me first speak of the general theory of the subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.