Help for Ireland Promotes Small Property and Mutual Land Societies
The piece argues Ireland needs a fresh proprietary and free trade in land to stop depopulation. It cites England and Bohemia as models, promotes Mutual Land Societies under the Benefit Building Societies Act, and details how such groups aid small holders and secure titles amid ejectment risks.
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Isle
Ireland
Green Isle
Daniel O’connell
Lord Cloncurry
Europe
France
Germany
Switzerland
Belgium
Howitt
Laing
Inglis
Kay
Bohemia
England
Mutual Land Societies
Benefit Building Societies Act
Scotland
Fragmented Statute References from Benefit and Friendly Societies Acts
A dense excerpt lists multiple acts and amendments from 6 7 Will IV to 14 Vict, detailing provisions on governance. It notes lawful appointment of counsel and clerks for societies and references various sections and numbers across Acts.
Building Societies and Their Rising Role in Home Ownership
The piece explains Benefit Building Societies where investors fund members to obtain property. Borrowers receive full shares as loans secured by mortgages and repay via fixed terms. It notes over 2,050 societies, four million pounds yearly income, and large-city societies with fifty to sixty thousand pounds annual income.
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Benefit Building Societies
Industrial Investment and Emigration references 19th century works
The excerpt cites several 19th century texts on Friendly Societies and Benefit Building Societies. It notes works by A Scratchley and William Stone and lists related publications from 1850 to 1861. It also mentions the Commons Report of 1849 and Morrison v. Glover in Law Journal Reports.
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A Scratchley
Western Life Insurance Society
William Stone
A. Scratchley
W. Stone
W. Tidd Pratt
Benefit Building Societies
J. Thompson
Frem Hopper
Freehold Land Societies of England
Morrison
Glover
Law Journal
N.S. Exch