ABSENTEEISM  , a See also:

• TERM

term used primarily of landed proprietors who absent themselves from their estates, and live and spend their incomes elsewhere; in its more extended meaning it includes all those (in addition to landlords) who live out of a See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country or locality but derive their income from some source within it . Absenteeism is a question which has been much de-bated, and from both the economic and moral point of view there is little doubt that it has a prejudicial effect . To it has been attributed in a See also:

• GREAT

great measure the unprosperous See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of the rural districts of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France before the Revolution, when it was unusual for the great nobles to live on their estates unless compelled to do so by a See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence involving their " See also:

• EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile " from See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris . It has also been an especial evil i'n See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, and many attempts were made to combat it . As See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as 1727 a tax of four shillings in the See also:

• POUND
• POUND (2)—(a)

pound was imposed on all persons .holding offices and employments in Ireland and residing in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . This tax was discontinued in 1753, but was re-imposed in 1769 . In 1774 the tax was reduced to two shillings in the pound, but was dropped after some years . It was revived by the See also:

• INDEPENDENT

Independent See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

Parliament in 1782 and for some ten years brought in a substantial amount to the See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue, yielding in" 1790 as much as {63,089 . AaTTnORITI$s.—For a discussion of absenteeism from the economic point of view see N . W . See also:

• SENIOR, NASSAU WILLIAM (1790-1864)

Senior, Lectures on the See also:

• RATE

Rate of See also:

• WAGES (the plural of " wage," from Late Lat. wadium, a pledge, O. Fr. wagier, gagier)

Wages, See also:

• POLITICAL

Political See also:

• ECONOMY

Economy; J . S .

See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

Mill, Political Economy; J . R . McCulloch, See also:

• TREATISES

Treatises and Essays on See also:

• MONEY

Money, £&c., See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article "Absenteeism "; A . T . See also:

• HADLEY
• HADLEY, ARTHUR TWINING (1856– )
• HADLEY, JAMES (1821–1872)

Hadley, See also:

• ECONOMICS

Economics; on absenteeism in Ireland see A . See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

Young, Tour in Ireland (178o); T . See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

Prior, See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

List of Absentees (1729); E . See also:

• WAKEFIELD
• WAKEFIELD, GILBERT (1756-1801)

Wakefield, See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

Account of Ireland (1812); W . E . H . See also:

• LECKY, WILLIAM EDWARD HARTPOLE (1838–1903)

Lecky, Ireland in the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

Century (1892); A . E .

See also:

• MURRAY
• MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF
• MURRAY (or MORAY), JAMES STUART, EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)
• MURRAY (or MORAY), SIR ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)
• MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART (1841-1904)
• MURRAY, DAVID (1849– )
• MURRAY, EUSTACE CLARE GRENVILLE (1824–1881)
• MURRAY, JAMES (c. 1719-1794)
• MURRAY, JOHN
• MURRAY, JOHN (1778–1820)
• MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745–1826)
• MURRAY, LORD GEORGE (1694–1760)
• MURRAY, SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY (1837– )
• MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– )

Murray, See also:

• HISTORY

History of tke Commercial and See also:

• FINANCIAL

Financial Relations between England and Ireland (1903); See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

Parliamentary Papers, Ireland, 183o, vii., See also:

• DITTO (from the Lat. dictum, something said, Ital. detto, aforesaid)

ditto, 1845, xiX.-xxu.; in France, A. de Monchretien, Traicte de l'cekonomie polilique (1615); A. de See also:

• TOCQUEVILLE, ALEXIS HENRI CHARLES MAURICE CLEREL, COMTE DE (1805-18J9)

Tocqueville, L'Ancien Regime (1857); H . See also:

• TAINE, HIPPOLYTE ADOLPHE (1828-1893)

Taine, See also:

• LES

Les Origines de la France contemporaine, l'ancien Regime (1876) .