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MAIN HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT— continued. REVENUE FUND. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1928, and Total to Date.

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Total since j Total since i?Ypi?wnrTniiP Government Ordinary Total for Inception of Main H i- ! Total for I Inception of Main Roads. Main Highways. Year 1927-28. Highways Act, 1922, IJNOOMh. Year 1927-28. |Highways Act, 1922, ; to 31/3/28. | J| to 31/3/28. To Net expenditure on maintenance of ; j By Income from — main highways: — Interest from investments of— £ s. d. Highway District — £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. ' Construction Fund .. .. .. 2,386 7 2 No. 1 .. .. .. 7,325 9 4 29,937 7 8 37,262 17 0 86,127 19 6 Revenue Fund .. .. .. .. 26,385 15 6 £ s. d. £ s. d. No. 2 .. .. .. 7,508 16 2 52,875 17 9 60,384 13 11 135,523 12 5: 28,772 2 8 117,108 8 10 No. 3 .. .. .. 21,479 12 10 7,930 4 4 29,409 17 2 71,621 4 8 Interest from local bodies on plant purchased on their behalf .. 2,610 1 10 4,505 2 7 No. 4 , . .. .. 11,623 15 2 3,338 17 2 14,962 12 4 53,366 3 5 Motor-registration licenses, fees, and fines (section 24, Motor-vehicles No, 5 .. .. .. 3,898 5 4 41,087 6 2 44,985 11 6 128,663 17 8 ; Act,1924) .. .. .. .. .. .. 303,861 8 6 934,041 9 5 No. 6 .. ., .. 5,769 15 11 6,854 1 3 12,623 17 2 48,722 13 7 Motor-spirits tax (section 9, Motor-spirits Taxation Act, 1927) .. 130,460 17 7 130,460 17 7 No. 7 .. .. .. 13,432 17 11 30,327 3 5 43,760 1 4 107,948 13 2 j Recoveries on account of expenditure of previous years —Ordinary No. 8 .. .. .. 513 5 9 30,208 10 0 30,721 15 9 78,689 13 4 i main highways .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 28 12 0 No. 9 .. .. .. 10,035 5 2 35,942 15 4 45,978 0 6 107,199 5 7 Rent of and tolls from ferries .. .. .. .. .. 300 0 0 2,081 10 6 No. 10 .. .. .. 2,559 0 10 24,313 8 2 26,872 9 0 75,827 18 10 Tire-tax (sections 13 and 14, Main Highways Act, 1922) .. .. 219,658 8 1 1,043,700 16 2 No. 11 .. .. .. 10,725 6 0 10,190 11 3 20,915 17 3 66,614 18 8 Transfer from Consolidated Fund (section 14, Main Highways Act. No. 12 .. .. .. 36,904 0 1 1,138 1 9 38,042 1 10 120.052 15 9 1922) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 35,000 0 0 140,000 0 0 No. 13 .. .. .. 2,871 18 10 14,647 15 1 17,519 13 11 45,966 15 1 No. 14 .. .. .. 644 13 3 20,893 12 4 21,538 5 7 52,893 6 10 No. 15 .. .. .. .. 27,429 16 3 27,429 16 3 65,864 19 9 No. 16 .. .. .. 5,933 10 6 9,608 2 5 15,541 12 11 28,099 13 4 No. 17 .. .. .. 2,532 6 1 15,716 13 8 18,248 19 9 38,936 0 10 No. 18 .. .. .. 818 14 2 16,563 12 0 17,382 6 2 53,302 5 2 144,576 13 4 379,003 16 0 523,580 9 4 1,365,421 17 7 Abolition of toll-gates (section 20, Finance Act, 1925) .. .. 1,807 0 0 10,344 14 7 Accident compensation .. .. .. .. .. .. 534 4 4 713 0 11 Administration and supervision expenses, including salaries and travellingexpenses of Public Works officers, printing, stationery, postages, and miscellaneous expenses .. .. .. .. .. 22,583 1 7 69,267 9 1 1 Charges and expenses of raising loans .. .. .. .. 250 0 0 42,467 14 6* Commission on collection of motor-registration fees by Postal Department 12,022 1 6 31,097 2 0 Depreciation of furniture, fittings, &c. .. .. .. .. 43 3 5 132 6 6 Depreciation of plant not in service .. .. .. .. 10 0 0 10 0 0 Erection of signposts (subsidies to) on County boundaries .. .. 536 10 11 770 12 7 Expenses of District Councillors attending District Council meetings and annual conference .. .. .. .. .. .. 214 7 9 : 306 13 3 Fees and travelling-expenses of members of the Main Highways Board, other than Government members .. .. .. .. 1,300 1 1 5,938 0 7 Interest on loans, recoupment to Consolidated Fund (section 4, Finance ! Act, 1919).. .. .. .. .. .. .. 29,246 0 7 73,275 3 4 Management charges of consolidated stock on account of Construction Fund .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 327 0 2 355 11 9 Miscellaneous expenses (advertising, maps, rent of halls, traffic tallies, transport of samples, &c.) .. .. .. .. .. 68 3 7" 942 11 8 592,522 4 3 1,601,042 19 2 Balance, being excess of income over expenditure, carried to general balance-sheet .. .. .. .. .. .. 128,140 14 5 770,883 17 11 £720,662 18 8 £2,371,926 17 1 ;£720,662 18 8 £2,371,926 17 1 * Includes £42,007 14s. transferred from Construction Fund, for which transfer legislative authority is being sought.