The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 54
Contents
- [Victoria University College bookplate and handwritten list of pamphlets]
- [Stout Pamphlet Volume 54]
- Institute of Actuaries — by Sprague, W. B.
- President's Inaugural Address
- 485 Millions of Life Assurance in Force p. 2
- Life Assurance not a Trust p. 3
- Life Insurance is a Trade
- "Profits" or "Surplus." p. 5
- Participation in Profits and Non-Participation
- The Indemnity Element of Life Insurance p. 6
- Life Assurance Combines Indemnity With Investment p. 7
- America and Tontine Policies p. 8
- Must be Conducted on Commercial Principles p. 9
- Right-Surrender Values
- Theory v. Practice p. 10
- Mistaken Methods of Valuation p. 11
- What The Success of a Life Office Depends Upon p. 13
- Not a Philanthropic Institution
- Tests of Success p. 14
- Methods to Attract Business
- Conditions of Assurance p. 15
- New Business p. 17
- Remuneration of the Staff
- The Worst of all Possible Systems p. 18
- Promotion Should Always be Made by Selection
- The Agents and the Public p. 19
- Conclusion
- The absence of design in nature: a lecture delivered before the Philosophical Society of Chicago, November 24th, 1883 — by Garrison, H. D. p. 20
- Charles Bradlaugh, M.P., and the Irish nation; what Charles Bradlaugh has said, and how he has voted, in regard to Ireland. Addressed to Irishmen of all creeds, by 'Humanitas' — by Humanitas
- [title page]
- Charles Bradlaugh, M.P., and the Irish Nation
- [introduction]
- The Votes p. 10
- Speeches in the House p. 12
- The Lecture p. 24
- Held by Force, not Love p. 25
- Irish Industry Undermined p. 27
- Ireland Did Not Betray England p. 29
- The Land Question Unsettled p. 30
- Cruelty to Irish Tenants p. 32
- Evictions Described p. 34
- The Land Grievance Not Cured p. 36
- Defects of Mr. Gladstone's Bill p. 38
- Have Your Irish Landlords Done This?
- The Question of Religious Freedom p. 39
- Separation Not the Policy p. 44
- Protests from the Audience p. 46
- Instructions to surveyors: tables of freeboard — by Gt Brit. Board of Trade
- [title page]
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- Instructions to Surveyors
- Load Line Committee p. 3
- Explanation of the following Tables of Freeboard for the various Types of Steam and Sailing Vessels
- Tables A. Tables of Freeboard for First-Class Cargo-Carrying Steam Vessels not having Spar or Awning Decks. — Table A. Cargo-Carrying Steam Vessels not Having Spar or Awning Decks p. 21
- Tables B. Tables of Freeboard for First-Class Cargo-Carrying Spar Deck Vessels. — Table B. Cargo-Carrying Spar Deck Vessels p. 29
- Tables C. Tables of Freeboard for First-Class Cargo-Carrying Awning Deck Vessels. — Table C. Cargo-Carrying Awning Deck Vessels p. 34
- Tables, D. Tables of Freeboard for First-Class Iron, Steel, Composite, and Wood Sailing Vessels. — Table D. Sailing Vessels p. 41
- Annual meeting of the Cobden Club, held at the National Liberal Club ... on Saturday June 27th, 1885. Special report for the Club — by Cobden Club
- Report of the proceedings at the dinner — by Cobden Club
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The Order for Morning Prayer Daily Throughout the Year — by Phillips, Coleman p. 15
- The Order for Morning Prayer Daily Throughout the Year
- Imperial strategic communications with special reference to the Turko-Persic-Indian line and the strategic considerations influencing its alignment and defence — by Bell, Mark Sever
- Imperial Strategic Communications with special reference to the Turko-Persic-Indian Line and the Strategic Considerations influencing its alignment
- [introduction]
- Imperial Highways
- Problem to be Solved p. 3
- Necessity of Strengthening our Eastern Neighbours by Administration and Construction of Public Works p. 4
- Requirements of a Strategic Highway p. 7
- Mesopotamian Highways
- Kurdistán and S. W. Persia, as a Barrier to Russian Encroachments p. 17
- Communications Required in the Defensive Zone p. 19
- Communications Required in the Offensive Zone p. 20
- General Plan for the Defence of Turkey in Asia and Persia
- Summary p. 22
- Sir James Stephen's vindication of Sir Elijah Impey: 'The story of Nuncomar' — by Franklyn, Henry Mortimer
- The proper functions of government, and the evils that arise from overstepping them: a paper read before the Nelson Philosophical Society, on Monday, 14th Sept., 1885 — by Meeson, John T.
- Art. VI.—The Maori Language, with Remarks on the Reform of English Spelling — by Crawford, James Coutts
- Art. VII.—The Son-Euclidian Geometry Vindicated: a Reply to Mr. Skey — by Frankland, Frederick William
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An answer to Professor Piazzi Smyth's questions as to the meaning of the symbols of the Great Pyramid of Egypt — by Leith, John p. 69
- The Thickness of the Masonry Courses of the Great Pyramid of Egypt
- "On the Total Solar Eclipse of September 9, 1885 (in a Letter to Professor Stokes, Sec. R.S.)." By James Hector, M.D., F.R.S., Director of the Geological Survey, New Zealand. Received October 22, 1885 — by Hector, Sir James
- Institute of Actuaries — by Sprague, W. B.