Relief of distress in July, August, 1847: final report, etc
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- CMD
- Paper No
- 1047
- Title Actual
- Public works: final report from the Board of Works, Ireland, relating to measures adopted for the relief of distress in July and August 1847: with appendices
- Corp Authors
- Board of Public Works in Ireland
- LC Subject Heading
- Ireland - History - Famine,1845-52/Poor laws - Ireland/Public welfare - Ireland/Public works - Ireland
- Breviate Keywords
- Irish papers - poor law, social insurance
- Publisher
- HMSO
- Breviate Page
- 126
- Tables
- Table: (i) numbers of and expenditure on employment relief; (ii) work on the Waterford and Limerick railway executed under the baronial presentments made in conformity with the Act 9 and 10 Vict., cap. 107; (iii) plant - materials required; (iv) cost of m
- Series
- Sessional papers
- Abstract
- Given that the Act of Parliament for poor relief employment has expired, this is the Board of Public Works' last report. The catastrophic failure of the potato crop inevitably loomed large in this report. A massive responsibility fell on the Board of Wo
- Pages Sectioned
- 12
- Held By
- The Queen's University of Belfast
- Additional Components
- Report, appendix
- Start Page
- 725
- Volume
- 23
- Sub Volume
- 1
- Session
- 1849
- Published
- 1849