THE COMMONWEALTH OF
AUSTRALIA.
APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND
BUILDINGS)
1931-1932.
No. 16 of 1931.
An Act to grant and apply a
sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the service of the year ending the
thirtieth day of June One thousand nine hundred and thirty-two for the purposes
of Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c., and to appropriate such sum.
[Assented to 6th August,
1931.]
Preamble.
BE it
enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of
Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, for the purpose of
appropriating the grant originated in the House of Representatives :—
Short title.
1. This Act may be cited as the Appropriation
(Works and Buildings) Act 1931-1932.
Issue and application of
£829,077.
2.The Treasurer may issue out of the
Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply towards making good the supply hereby
granted to His Majesty for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of
June One thousand nine hundred and thirty-two the sum of Eight hundred and
twenty-nine thousand and seventy-seven pounds.
Appropriation.
3.The said sum granted by this Act is
appropriated for the purposes and services set forth in the Schedule in
relation to the financial year ending the thirtieth day of June One thousand
nine hundred and thirty-two.
SCHEDULE.
F.2388.—Price 9d.
Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.
SCHEDULE.
ABSTRACT.
Page Reference. | — | 1931-32. | 1930-31. | Increase on Expenditure, 1930-31. | Decrease on Expenditure, 1930-31. |
Vote. | Expenditure. |
£ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
3 | Part I.—Departments
and Services—other than Business
Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth.............
| 116,842 | 37,765 | 28,202 | 88,640 | … |
9 | Part II.—Business
Under-takings...........................
| 607,000 | … | … | 607,000 | … |
12 | Part III.—Territories
of the Commonwealth.......
| 105,235 | 92,805 | 46,243 | 58,992 | … |
829,077 | 130,570 | 74,445 | 754,632 | … |
TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS,
BUILDINGS, ETC. | 829,077 | 130,570 | 74,445 (a) | 754,632 | … |
(a)
In addition the following expenditure was charged to Loan Fund in 1930-31:—
£ |
Part
I.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories
of the Commonwealth (See page 3)..................................
| 345,369 |
Part
II.—Business Undertakings (See page 9)............................................................
| 1,349,771 |
Part
III.—Territories of the Commonwealth (See page 12).......................................
| 293,680 |
Total Loan Expenditure................................................................
| 1,988,820 |
Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.
PART
I.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of
the Commonwealth.
SUMMARY.
Division Number. | — | 1931-32. | 1930-31. | Increase on Expenditure, 1930-31. | Decrease on Expenditure, 1930-31. |
Vote. | Expenditure. |
£ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
1-9
| THE DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENCE | 45,746 | 18,050 | 17,740 | 28,006 | … |
10
| THE DEPARTMENT
OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS..........................
| 1,170 | 9,715 | … | 1,170 | … |
11
| THE DEPARTMENT
OF WORKS | 125,000 | … | … | 125,000 | … |
12-13 | THE DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH | 15,300 | 10,000 | 6,981 | 8,319 | … |
14-16 | THE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORT...........................................
| 94,626 | … | 3,481 | 91,145 | … |
281,842 | 37,765 | 28,202(a) | 253,640 | … |
Less—Repayments in respect of expenditure
made in previous years from Loan Fund
| 165,000 | … | … | … | 165,000 |
TOTAL PART I.............................
| 116,842 | 37,765 | 28,202(a) | 88,640 | … |
(a) In addition the
following expenditure was charged to Loan Fund in 1930-31—
£
|
Department of Defence................................................................................................
| 67,516
|
Department of Trade and Customs...............................................................................
| 7
|
Department of Transport—
|
War Service Homes...............................................................................................
| 154,906
|
Lighthouses and Services......................................................................................
| 4,499
|
Lighthouse vessel..................................................................................................
| 85,001
|
Department of Health—Repatriation Hospital.............................................................
| 10,646
|
Department of Treasury—Grafton—South Brisbane Railway....................................
| 68,000
|
Department of Works—River Murray Waters.............................................................
| 122,000
|
512,575
|
Less —Repayments-
| £
|
Construction of ships—Instalments in respect of sale
of ships.................
| 165,000
|
Other repayments.......................................................................................
| 2,206
|
167,206
|
£345,369
|
Additions,
New Works, Buildings, &c.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE. | 1931-32. | 1930-31. |
Vote. | Expenditure. |
NAVAL. | £ | £ | £ |
Under Control of Department of Defence.
|
Division No. 1.
|
Subdivision No. 1.—Naval
Works.
|
No. 1. Naval
Establishments—Machinery and Plant.......................
| 3,000 | 1,500 | 906 |
2. Reserves of
stores, including ammunition, ordnance, torpedo stores, and coal and oil fuel
(moneys received from the sale of reserves of coal may be credited to this
item)...............
| 50 | 50 | … |
Total Division
No. 1.............................................
| 3,050 | 1,550 | 906 |
Under Control of Department
of Works. |
Division No. 2.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
No. 1. Naval
bases, works and establishments—towards cost
| 1,900 | … | (a) |
Total Naval...................................................
| 4,950 | 1,550 | 906 |
MILITARY. |
Under Control of Department
of Defence. |
Division No. 3.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
No. 1. Construction
of miniature rifle ranges.................................
| 460 | 500 | 368 |
2. Arms,
armament, and ammunition.......................................
| 5,200 | 6,000 | 5,965 |
Total Division
No. 3.............................................
| 5,660 | 6,500 | 6,333 |
Under Control of Department
of Works. |
Division No. 4.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
No. 1. Construction
of drill halls, mobilization stores, ordnance stores, rifle ranges,
fortifications, barracks and other accommodation and engineering works...........................
| 534 | … | (a) |
2. Purchase of
properties and sites...........................................
| 300 | … | (a) |
Army Service School, Victoria
Barracks, Melbourne—Construction of buildings...........................................
| … | … | 600 |
Total Division
No. 4.............................................
| 834 | … | 600 |
Total Military..............................................
| 6,494 | 6,500 | 6,933 |
Carried forward........................................
| 11,444 | 8,050 | 7,839 |
(a) Charged to Loan
Fund in 1930-31.
Additions,
New Works, Buildings, &c.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE. | 1931-32. | 1930-31. |
Vote. | Expenditure. |
£ | £ | £ |
Brought forward.................
| 11,444 | 8,050 | 7,839 |
AIR SERVICES. |
Royal Australian Air Force. |
Under Control of Department
of Defence. |
Division No. 5.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
No. 1. Provision
of aircraft equipment and plant, including spare parts, machinery, tools,
ordnance and engineering supplies and ammunition, and preparation of
aerodromes..................................................................................
| 1,000 | 10,000 | 9,901 |
Under Control of Department
of Works. |
Division No. 6.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
No. 1. Towards
cost of construction of buildings, hangars, workshops, barracks and
earthworks, and preparation of aerial routes and landing grounds................................
| 2,700 | … | (a) |
2. Purchase of
properties and sites.........................................
| 150 | … | (a) |
Total Division
No. 6............................
| 2,850 | … | (a) |
Total Royal
Australian Air Force..
| 3,850 | 10,000 | 9,901 |
CIVIL
AVIATION.
|
Under Control of Department
of Works. |
Division No. 7.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
No. 1. Towards
cost of construction of buildings, hangars, workshops barracks and
earthworks, and preparation of aerial routes and landing grounds.................................
| 9,550 | … | (a) |
Total Air
Services.............................
| 13,400 | 10,000 | 9,901 |
Carried forward...
| 24,844 | 18,050 | 17,740 |
(a) Charged to Loan Fund
in 1930-31.
Additions,
New Works, Buildings, &c.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE. | 1931-32 | 1930-31. |
Vote. | Expenditure. |
£ | £ | £ |
Brought forward................
| 24,844 | 18,050 | 17,740 |
MUNITIONS SUPPLY BRANCH. |
Under Control of Department
of Defence. |
Division No. 8.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
No. 1. Acquisition
of Small Arms Ammunition Factory, Footscray— Instalments...............................................
| 19,153 | … | (a) |
Under Control of Department
of Works. |
Division No. 9.
|
Sub-division No. 1.
|
No. 1. Towards
cost of construction of buildings and works generally in connexion with new
munitions production.
| 1,749 | … | (a) |
Total Munitions
Supply Branch........
| 20,902 | … | (a) |
Total Department
of Defence................................
| 45,746 | 18,050 | 17,740 |
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS. |
Under Control of Department
of Trade and Customs. |
Division No. 9a.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
Film censorship—Purchase and
installation of apparatus for screen talking pictures......................................
| … | 1,400 | … |
Carried forward....................
| … | 1,400 | … |
(a) Charged to Loan
Fund in 1930-31.
Additions,
New Works, Buildings, &c.
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND
CUSTOMS—continued. | 1931-32. | 1930-31. |
Vote. | Expenditure. |
£ | £ | £ |
Brought forward...................................
| … | 1,400 | … |
Under Control of Department of Works.
|
Division No. 10.
|
Subdivision No. 1
|
QUEENSLAND. |
No. 1. Erection
of, and additions and alterations to buildings, and engineering services.....................................................
| 880 | 4,740 | … |
Subdivision No. 1a.
|
SOUTH AUSTRALIA. |
Erection of,
and additions and alterations to buildings......
| … | 3,285 | … |
Subdivision
No. 2.
|
WESTERN AUSTRALIA. |
No. 1. Erection of, and additions and alterations to
buildings
| 290 | 290 | … |
Total Division
No. 10......................................
| 1,170 | 8,315 | … |
Total Department of Trade and Customs
| 1,170 | 9,715 | … |
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS. |
Under Control of Department
of Works. |
Division No. 11.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
No. 1. Expenditure
under River Murray Waters Act 1915-23........
| 125,000 | … | (a) |
(a) Charged to Loan
Fund in 1930-31.
Additions,
New Works, Buildings, &c.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. | 1931-32. | 1930-31. |
Under Control of Department
of Works. Division No. 12.
| Vote. | Expenditure. |
Subdivision No. 1.
| £ | £ | £ |
No. 1. New
buildings, alterations and additions, and construction of launches and
vessels.......................................................
| 1,300 | 10,000 | 6,981 |
REPATRIATION COMMISSION. |
Division No. 13.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
No. 1. Soldiers’
mental hospital, Bundoora, Victoria.......................
| 14,000 | … | (a) |
Total Department of Health.................................
| 15,300 | 10,000 | 6,981 |
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT. |
Under Control of Department
of Works. |
Division No. 14.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
No. 1. Erection
of, and additions and alterations to buildings, and engineering services.......................................................
| 806 | … | 3,481 |
2. Construction of vessel for
lighthouse purposes............
| 36,000 | … | (a) |
Total Under Control of Department of Works
| 36,806 | … | 3,481 |
Under Control of Department
of Transport. |
Division No. 15.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
No. 1. Expenditure
under War Service Homes Act 1918-29 (to be paid to the credit of Trust
Fund War Service Homes Account).......................................................................
| 42,000 | … | (a) |
Division No. 16. Lighthouse Service.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
No. 1. New
lighthouses (including upkeep of vessels for constru-ction work) and optical
and other apparatus for lightships.
| 10,520 | … | … |
2. Alterations
of lighthouse services........................................
| 5,300 | … | … |
15,820 | … | (a) |
Total Under Control of Department of Transport........... | 57,820 | … | (a) |
Total Department of Transport........................................... | 94,626 | … | 3,481 |
281,842 | 37,765 | 28,202 |
Less repayments in respect of expenditure made
in previous years from Loan Fund.......................
| 165,000 | … | … |
TOTAL
PART I.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories
of the Commonwealth
| 116,842 | 37,765 | 28,202 |
(a) Charged to Loan
Fund in 1930-31.
Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.
PART
II.—Business Undertakings.
SUMMARY.
Division Number. | — | 1931-32 | 1930-31 | Increase on Expenditure,
1930-31. | Decrease on Expenditure,
1930-31. |
Vote. | Expenditure. |
17
| COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS...............................
| 57,000 | … | (a) | 57,000 | … |
18
| POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S
DEPARTMENT...............................................................................
| 550,000 | … | (a) | 550,000 | … |
TOTAL PART
II...........
| 607,000 | … | (a) | 607,000 | … |
(a) The following expenditure was charged to Loan Fund in
1930-31:—
£ |
Commonwealth
Railways......................................................................
| 61,657 |
Postmaster-General’s
Department.........................................................
| 1,288,114 |
£1,349,771 |
Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.
PART
2.—Business Undertakings.
COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS. | 1931-32. | 1930-31. |
Under Control of Department
of Transport. | Vote. | Expenditure. |
Division No. 17.
| £ | £ | £ |
Subdivision
No. 1.
|
No. 1. Trans-Australian
Railway....................................................
| 50,000 | … | … |
2. North
Australia Railway—minor capital works......................
| 5,000 | … | … |
3. Central
Australia Railway....................................................
| 21,000 | … | … |
4. Federal
Territory Railway....................................................
| 250 | … | … |
76,250 | … | … |
Less amount estimated to remain unexpended at
close of year.........................................................................
| 19,250 | … | … |
Total Commonwealth
Railways............................
| 57,000 | … | (a) |
THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT. |
Under Control of the Postmaster-General’s
Department and the Department of Works. |
Division No. 18.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
No. 1. Construction
and extension of telegraphs and telephones; construction of conduits and
laying wires underground; provision of radio stations and equipment; land for
post and telegraph purposes; also buildings for the Postmaster-General’s
Department as set out hereunder :—
| 550,000 | … | (a) |
Buildings for
Postmaster-General’s Department. |
New South Wales. |
Additions
and Alterations.—Chatswood,
Kogarah, Petersham, Sydney General Post Office, Sydney Parcels Post Building...
|
New
Buildings.—Corowa,
Edgecliff, Sydenham, Wynyard and Town Hall Railway Stations..........................................................
|
Sundry
Offices.—For works
costing not more than £300 in each case
|
Carried forward...................................
| 550,000 | … | … |
(a) Charged to Loan
Fund In 1930-31.
Additions,
New Works, Buildings, &c.
THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT—continued. | 1931-32 | 1930-31. |
Vote. | Expenditure. |
Division No. 18.
| £ | £ | £ |
Subdivision No. 1—continued.
|
Brought forward..................................
| 550,000 | … | … |
Buildings for
Postmaster-General’s Department—continued. |
Victoria. |
Additions
and Alterations.—Melbourne—Miscellaneous
Buildings, Sandringham......................................................................
|
Sundry
Offices.—For works
costing not more than £300 in each case
|
Queensland. |
Sundry
Offices.—For works
costing not more than £300 in each case
|
South Australia. |
New
Buildings.—Alice Springs.................................................
|
Sundry Offices.—For works costing not more than £300 in each case
|
Western Australia. |
Sundry
Offices.—For works
costing not more than £300 in each case
|
Tasmania. |
New
Buildings.—Newtown.......................................................
|
Sundry
Offices.—For works
costing not more than £300 in each case
|
Sundry new
buildings and alterations to buildings in the various States to provide
accommodation for carrier wave, voice frequency repeater, or associated
apparatus..........................................
|
Total Postmaster-General’s Department.........
| 550,000 | … | (a) |
(a) Charged to Loan Fund in 1930-31.
Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.
PART III.—Territories
of the Commonwealth.
SUMMARY. |
Division Number. | — | 1931-32. | 1930-31. | Increase on Expenditure,
1930-31. | Decrease on Expenditure,
1930-31. |
Vote. | Expenditure. |
19
| NORTHERN
TERRITORY........................ | 14,735 | 21,000 | 10,918 | 3,817 | … |
20-22 | FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY........... | 90,500 | 71,805 | 35,325 | 55,175 | … |
TOTAL PART III......................
| 105,235 | 92,805 | 46,243(a) | 58,992 | … |
(a) In addition the following expenditure was
charged to Loan Fund in 1930-31—
£ |
Federal Capital Territory.................................................................
| 263,077* |
Loan to Papua..................................................................................
| 7,500 |
Loan to New Guinea........................................................................
| 7,000 |
North Australia Commission...........................................................
| 1,103 |
293,680 |
* Includes £150,000 for expenditure in 1927-28 from
special loan provided by Commonwealth Bank for Housing.
Additions, New Works, Buildings, dc.
PART
III.—Territories of the Commonwealth.
NORTHERN TERRITORY. | 1931-32. | 1930-31. |
Under Control of Department
of Works. | Vote. | Expenditure. |
Division No. 19.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
| £ | £ | £ |
No. 1. Construction
of and alterations to buildings, engineering services, water boring and roads.....................................
| 14,735 | 21,000 | 10,918 |
FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY. |
Under Control of Department
of Home Affairs. |
Division No. 20.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
No. 1. Miscellaneous
Works and Services.....................................
| 21,000 | … | (a) |
Under Control of Department
of the Treasury. |
Division No. 21.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
No. 1. Purchase
of machinery for Government Printing Office, Canberra.......................................................................
| 500 | 500 | 1,110 |
Under Control of Department of Works.
|
Division No. 22.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
No. 1. Department
of Works—Reconstruction of Canberra-Goulburn road...............................................................
| 8,000 | 71,305 | 34,215 |
2. Department
of Home Affairs—Miscellaneous Works and Services........................................................................
| 54,000 | … | (a) |
3. Department
of Health—Miscellaneous Works and Services..
| 7,000 | … | (a) |
Total Under
Control of Department of Works..........
|