Railways (Ireland) Act, 1867

Power to Treasury to call for accounts of any railway company in Ireland.

1. It shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to direct any railway company in Ireland to furnish to them, on such day as they shall appoint, a full and true account of all monies received and paid during a period of three years previous to the date of the last half-yearly account of such company on account of such railway or of any undertaking connected therewith (distinguishing, if the said railway shall be a branch railway or one worked in common with other railways, the receipts, and giving an estimate of the expenses, on account of the said railway, from those on account of the trunk line or other railways,) by the directors of the company to whom such railway belongs or by whom the same may be worked; and also an account of the assets and liabilities of such company, at such time or times during the said period as the said Commissioners shall specify; and such accounts shall be duly audited and certified under the hands of two or more of the directors of such company.