APPENDIX XIV.
ROAD FUND ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1948
REVENUE ACCOUNT
Dr. |
Cr. |
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|
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
Balance at 1st April, 1947 (Surplus) |
.. |
.. |
1,850,511 |
15 |
8 |
Administrative Expenses:— |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Roads Section—period 1/3/1947 to 29/2/1948: |
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|
|
|
Issues from Central Fund: |
|
|
|
Salaries and Wages |
.. |
£12,931 |
16 |
11 |
|
Motor Taxation |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
2,000,000 |
0 |
0 |
Travelling Expenses |
.. |
1,173 |
2 |
9 |
|
|
|
|
|
Telegrams and Telephones |
101 |
14 |
1 |
|
Sundry Receipts: |
|
|
|
Superannuation Charges |
|
|
|
|
Fees paid in respect of Driving Licences issued |
|
|
|
(Road Traffic Act, 1933, |
|
|
|
|
by the Automobile Association and Royal Irish |
|
|
|
Section 10 (5)) |
.. |
.. |
1,682 |
15 |
11 |
|
Automobile Club in pursuance of the Road |
|
|
|
Miscellaneous |
.. |
.. |
93 |
0 |
7 |
|
Traffic (Driving Licences) (Non-residents) |
|
|
|
|
|
15,982 |
10 |
3 |
Regulations, 1934 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
4,432 |
4 |
0 |
Superannuation |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
|
150 |
11 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
Stationery and Printing |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
|
1,496 |
1 |
4 |
Refund of Road Fund Grant |
.. |
.. |
.. |
40 |
5 |
7 |
Local Authorities—Expenses of Collection |
.. |
|
|
|
19,459 |
10 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
Garda Síochána—Expenses |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
|
29,017 |
0 |
11 |
Bank Interest |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
12,010 |
4 |
9 |
Comptroller and Auditor-General’s Department— |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Audit Fee |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
|
50 |
0 |
0 |
Interest on Ways and Means Advances to Exchequer |
2,589 |
0 |
10 |
Contribution towards Surveyors’ Salaries |
.. |
|
|
|
3,371 |
16 |
9 |
|
|
|
|
State Laboratory—Expenses of Testing, etc. |
.. |
|
|
|
429 |
3 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
Road Safety Campaign |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
|
5,042 |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
Expenses of Committee on Road Surfacing |
.. |
|
|
|
37 |
12 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
Payments to Exchequer under Finance (No. 2) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Act, 1947 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
|
|
200,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
Grants paid to local authorities: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) Road Maintenance |
.. |
£2,395,390 |
5 |
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(b) Road Improvement |
.. |
12,659 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(c) Miscellaneous |
.. |
.. |
12,385 |
3 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,420,434 |
9 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
Balance, being surplus at 31st March, 1948 |
.. |
|
|
|
1,174,112 |
15 |
3 |
|
£3,869,583 |
10 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
£3,869,583 |
10 |
10 |
ADVANCES TO THE EXCHEQUER ACCOUNT
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
Advances to the Exchequer in the year 1947/48 (Finance Authority F. 5/1/38 of 5/8/47 and |
|
|
|
Repayment by Exchequer to Road Fund in the year 1947/48 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
— |
|
|
F. 74/10/24 of 30/3/48) |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
750,000 |
0 |
0 |
Balance, being amount due to Road Fund at 31st |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March, 1948 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
750,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
£750,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
£750,000 |
0 |
0 |
STATEMENT OF BALANCES AT 31st MARCH, 1948
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
Revenue Account—Surplus |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
1,174,112 |
15 |
3 |
Repayable Advances: |
|
Rebates of Motor Licence Duty |
£750 |
12 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
Advances to Exchequer Account balance due at |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31st March, 1948 |
.. |
.. |
750,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
750,750 |
12 |
0 |
|
Cash: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At National City Bank Ltd. |
£407,969 |
9 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
With Paymaster |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General |
.. |
£44,548 |
.4 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding Orders |
.. |
29,155 |
11 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
£15,392 |
13 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
423,362 |
3 |
3 |
|
£1,174,112 |
15 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
£1,174,112 |
15 |
3 |
30th September, 1948. |
(Signed) J. COLLINS,
Secretary,
Department of Local Government. |
I have examined the above Account. I have obtained all the information and explanations that I have required, and I certify, as the result of my audit, that in my opinion the above Account is correct.
J. MAHER,
Comptroller and Auditor-General.
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