Report Of The Commonwealth Statistician G H Knibbs

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Download or read book Report by the Commonwealth Statistician, G. H. Knibbs to the Honorable F. S. S., To the Honorable F. G. Tudor, M. P., Minister of State for Trade and Customs written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report by the Commonwealth Statistician, G. H. Knibbs to the Honorable F. S. S., To the Honorable F. G. Tudor, M. P., Minister of State for Trade and Customs: September, 1910 Sir, During a visit to Europe, between April and December last year, the primary object of which was the study of the methods of the various Statistical and Census Bureaux, the opportunity occurred of obtaining information on many matters of importance to the Commonwealth, among others, on the development of what is now known as Social Insurance. In the following Report, which I have the honour to submit for your acceptance, I have endeavoured to offer some account, not merely of the existing state of Social Insurance in the various countries of Europe, but also of their origin and development. This has been done advisedly, since the evolution of social insurance is a fact of far-reaching importance, and the experience which the history of Europe offers is of value to any country contemplating legislation with the same beneficent design. In this connexion, I may point out that in Continental Europe legislation on such complex and far-reaching matters as the one under consideration is preceded by a comprehensive study of all details; the object being not only to bring into clear relief the characters of the policy, but also to insure that the machinery, by means of which it is intended that effect shall be given thereto, shall attain its object. It is quite impossible in the compass of a report of limited dimensions to fully discuss the various aspects of the matter, or to disclose the details of the history of this element of progress in social economics. The amount of literature to be studied was almost overwhelming, as a reference to the bibliography hereinafter given will disclose. It must suffice to say that great progress has now been made, and it is hoped that the main features of the growth of the various systems of Social Insurance have been outlined in such a manner as will facilitate the further study of the subject, and will eventually lead to the formation of a basis on which legislative effort may be founded. 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.