THE COMMONWEALTH OF
AUSTRALIA.
APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND
BUILDINGS) 1932-33.
No. 33 of 1932.
An Act to grant and apply
out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for the service of the year ending
the thirtieth day of June One thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, for the
purposes of Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c., and to appropriate such
sum.
[Assented to 19th September,
1932.]
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, as
follows:—
Short title.
1. This
Act may be cited as the Appropriation (Works and Buildings)
Act 1932–33.
Issue and application of
£963,000.
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-three the sum of Nine hundred and sixty-three thousand 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-three.
SCHEDULE.
F.3091.—Price 8d.
Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.
SCHEDULE.
ABSTRACT.
Page Reference. | — | 1932–33. | 1931–32. | Increase on Expenditure,
1931–32. | Decrease on Expenditure,
1931–32. |
Vote. | Expenditure. |
£ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
3
| Part I.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and
Territories of the Commonwealth.................
| 231,500 | 116,842 | 251,396 | .. | 19,896 |
9
| Part II.—Business Under-takings...............................
| 655,000 | 607,000 | 493,435 | 161,565 | .. |
11
| Part III.—Territories of the Commonwealth.................
| 76,500 | 105,235 | 87,791 | .. | 11,291 |
TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS, BUILDINGS, ETC.... | 963,000 | 829,077 | 832,622 | 130,378 | .. |
Additions,
New Works, Buildings, &c.
PART I.—Departments and Services—other than
Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth.
SUMMARY.
Division Number. | — | 1932–33. | 1931–32. | Increase on Expenditure,
1981–32. | Decrease on Expenditure,
1931–32. |
Vote. | Expenditure. |
£ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
1–2
| THE DEPARTMENT
OF THE INTERIOR. | 175,000 | 167,000 | 117,224 | 57,776 | .. |
3–10
| THE DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENCE.......... | 41,592 | 45,746 | 83,390 | .. | 41,798 |
10a
| THE DEPARTMENT
OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS...........................................
| .. | 1,170 | 235 | .. | 235 |
11
| THE DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH............ | 1,000 | 1,300 | 150 | 850 | .. |
12
| REPATRIATION
DEPARTMENT............. | 3,000 | 14,000 | 12,706 | .. | 9,706 |
12a–13 | THE DEPARTMENT
OF COMMERCE..... | 10,908 | 52,626 | 37,691 | .. | 26,783 |
231,500 | 281,842 | 251,396 | .. | 19,896 |
Less—Repayments in respect of expenditure
made in previous years from Loan Fund...........................................
| .. | 165,000 | .. | .. | .. |
TOTAL PART I........................
| 231,500 | 116,842 | 251,396 | .. | 19,896 |
Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
| 1932–33. | 1931–32. |
Under Control of
Department of the Interior.
| Vote. | Expenditure. |
Division No.
1.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
| £ | £ | £ |
No. 1. Expenditure
under River Murray Waters Act 1915–23.........
| 142,000 | 125,000 | 92,783 |
Division No.
2.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
No. 1. Expenditure
under War Service Homes Act 1918–29 (to be paid to credit of Trust
Fund War Service Homes Account)......................................................................
| 33,000 | 42,000 | 24,441 |
Total Under Control of Department of the Interior.....
| 175,000 | 167,000 | 117,224 |
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE.
|
NAVAL.
|
Under Control of
Department of Defence.
|
Division No.
3.
|
Subdivision No. 1.—Naval Works.
|
No. 1. Naval Establishments—Machinery
and Plant......................
| 1,140 | 3,000 | 2,324 |
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)..............
| 5 | 50 | .. |
Total Division
No. 3.......................................
| 1,145 | 3,050 | 2,324 |
Under
Control of Department of the Interior. |
Division No.
4.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
No. 1. Naval
bases, works and establishments—towards cost....
| 546 | 1,900 | 25,620 |
Total Naval...................................................
| 1,691 | 4,950 | 27,944 |
MILITARY. |
Under
Control of Department of Defence. |
Division No. 5.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
No. 1. Arms,
armament, and ammunition......................................
| 8,980 | 5,200 | 5,200 |
Defence works,
including fortifications, coast defences and engineering works.........................................................
| .. | .. | 19,000 |
Construction of miniature rifle ranges..................................
| .. | 460 | 430 |
Total Division
No. 5.......................................
| 8,980 | 5,660 | 24,630 |
Carried forward......................
| 8,980 | 5,660 | 24,630 |
1,691 | 4,950 | 27,944 |
Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.
1932–33. | 1931–32. |
DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENCE.
| Vote. | Expenditure. |
£ | £ | £ |
Brought forward...............
| 1, 691 | 4,950 | 27,944 |
MILITARY—continued.
|
Brought forward...............
| 8,980 | 5,660 | 24,630 |
Under
Control of Department of the Interior. |
Division No.
5a.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
Construction
of drill halls, mobilization stores, ordnance stores, rifle ranges,
fortifications, barracks and other accommodation and engineering works......................
| .. | 534 | 534 |
Purchase of
properties and sites......................................
| .. | 300 | 201 |
Total Division
No. 5a....................................
| .. | 834 | 735 |
Total Military..............................................
| 8,980 | 6,494 | 25,365 |
AIR SERVICES. |
Royal
Australian Air Force. |
Under
Control of Department of Defence. |
Division No. 6.
|
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 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
Under
Control of Department of the Interior. |
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...................................
| 2,700 | 2,700 | 2,645 |
2. Purchase of
properties and sites..........................................
| 150 | 150 | 1 |
Total Division
No. 7....................................
| 2,850 | 2,850 | 2,646 |
Total Royal Australian Air
Force..........
| 3,850 | 3,850 | 3,646 |
Carried forward...................
| 10,671 | 11,444 | 53,309 |
Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.
1932–33. | 1931..32. |
DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENCE.
| Vote. | Expenditure. |
£ | £ | £ |
Brought forward...................
| 10,671 | 11,444 | 53,309 |
AIR SERVICES. |
Brought forward...................
| 3,850 | 3,850 | 3,646 |
Civil
Aviation. |
Under
Control of Department of the Interior. |
Division No. 8.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
No. 1. Towards
cost of construction of buildings, hangars, workshops barracks and
earthworks, and preparation of aerial routes and landing grounds...................................
| 10,030 | 9,550 | 5,845 |
2. Purchase of
properties and sites..........................................
| 250 | .. | .. |
10,280 | 9,550 | 5,845 |
Less amount estimated to remain unexpended at
close of year................................................................................
| 2,466 | .. | .. |
Total Civil
Aviation.............................
| 7,814 | 9,550 | 5,845 |
Total Air
Services................................
| 11,664 | 13,400 | 9,491 |
MUNITIONS SUPPLY BRANCH. |
Under
Control of Department of Defence. |
Division No. 9.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
No. 1. Acquisition
of Small Arms Ammunition Factory, Footscray— Instalments................................................
| 19,153 | 19,153 | 19,152 |
Total Division
No. 9...............................
| 19,153 | 19,153 | 19,152 |
Under
Control of Department of the Interior. |
Division No.
10.
|
Sub-division No. 1.
|
No. 1. Towards
cost of construction of buildings and works generally in connexion with new
munitions production....
| 104 | 1,749 | 1,438 |
Total Munitions
Supply Branch...........
| 19,257 | 20,902 | 20,590 |
Total Department
of Defence..............
| 41,592 | 45,746 | 83,390 |
Additions, New
Works, Buildings, &c.
1932–33. | 1931–32. |
Vote. | Expenditure. |
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS.
| £ | £ | £ |
Under Control of
Department of the Interior.
|
Division No.
10a.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
QUEENSLAND.
|
Erection of,
and additions and alterations to buildings, and engineering services..................................................
| .. | 880 | .. |
Subdivision No. 2.
|
WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
|
Erection of, and additions and alterations
to buildings.......
| .. | 290 | 235 |
Total Department
of Trade and Customs...
| .. | 1,170 | 235 |
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. |
Under
Control of Department of the Interior. |
Division No.
11.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
No. 1. New
buildings, alterations and additions, and construction of launches and
vessels......................................................
| 1,000 | 1,300 | 150 |
REPATRIATION DEPARTMENT. |
Division No. 12.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
No. 1. Soldiers’
mental hospital, Bundoora, Victoria......................
| 3,000 | 14,000 | 12,706 |
Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.
1932–33. | 1931–32. |
Vote. | Expenditure. |
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.
| £ | £ | £ |
Under Control of
Department of the Interior.
|
Division No.
12a. |
Subdivision No. 1.
|
Construction of vessel for lighthouse
purposes...................
| .. | 36,000 | 34,052 |
Division No.
13.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
No. 1. Alterations
of lighthouse services.......................................
| 7,350 | 5,300 | 798 |
2. Purchase of
properties and sites..........................................
| 300 | .. | .. |
3. Erection of
and alterations and additions to buildings...........
| 3,258 | 806 | 510 |
New
lighthouses (including upkeep of vessels for construction work) and optical
and other apparatus for lightships..........
| .. | 10,520 | 2,331 |
Total Division
No. 13..............................
| 10,908 | 16,626 | 3,639 |
Total Department
of Commerce...........
| 10,908 | 52,626 | 37,691 |
231,500 | 281,842 | 251,396 |
Less repayments 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..............................................................
| 231,500 | 116,842 | 251,396 |
Additions, New Works, Buildings,
&c.
PART
II.—Business Undertakings.
SUMMARY.
Division Number. | — | 1932–33. | 1931–32. | Increase on Expenditure,
1931–32. | Decrease on Expenditure,
1931–32. |
Vote. | Expenditure. |
14
| COMMONWEALTH
RAILWAYS........... | 75,000 | 57,000 | 50,916 | 24,084 | .. |
15
| POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S
DEPARTMENT..................................
| 580,000 | 550,000 | 442,519 | 137,481 | .. |
TOTAL
PART II..............................
| 655,000 | 607,000 | 493,435 | 161,565 | .. |
F.3091.—2
Additions, New Works,
Buildings, &c.
PART
II.—Business Undertakings.
1932–33. | 1931–32. |
Vote. | Expenditure, |
COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS.
| £ | £ | £ |
Under Control of Department
of the Interior.
|
Division No.
14.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
No. 1. Trans-Australian
Railway.................................................
| 71,400 | 50,000 | 36,544 |
2. North Australia
Railway—minor capital works..................
| 750 | 5,000 | 4,982 |
3. Central Australia Railway.................................................
| 2,600 | 21,000 | 9,390 |
4. Federal Territory Railway.................................................
| 250 | 250 | .. |
75,000 | 76,250 | 50,916 |
Less amount estimated to remain unexpended at
close of year........................................................................
| .. | 19,250 | .. |
Total Commonwealth
Railways.......
| 75,000 | 57,000 | 50,916 |
THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT.
|
Under
Control of the Postmaster-General’s Department and the
Department of the Interior. |
Division No.
15.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
No. 1. Telephone exchange
services............................................
| 400,000 |
2. Trunk line services...........................................................
| 100,000 |
3. Telegraph and
miscellaneous services................................
| 14,000 | 550,000 | 442,519 |
4. National Broadcasting
service...........................................
| 50,000 |
5. Buildings and sites...........................................................
| 25,000 |
589,000 | 550,000 | 442,519 |
Less amount estimated to remain unexpended at
close of year........................................................................
| 9,000 | .. | .. |
Total
Postmaster-General’s Department.....
| 580,000 | 550,000 | 442,519 |
Total Part II.—Business Undertakings................
| 655,000 | 607,000 | 493,435 |
Additions, New Works,
Buildings, &c.
PART
III.—Territories of the Commonwealth.
SUMMARY.
Division Number. | — | 1932–33. | 1931–32. | Increase on Expenditure,
1931–32. | Decrease on Expenditure,
1931–32. |
Vote. | Expenditure. |
16
| NORTHERN TERRITORY........................ | 16,000 | 14,735 | 10,607 | 5,393 | .. |
17–18 | FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY........... | 60,500 | 90,500 | 77,184 | .. | 16,684 |
TOTAL PART III......................
| 76,500 | 105,235 | 87,791 | .. | 11,291 |
Additions, New Works,
Buildings, &c.
PART
III.—Territories of the Commonwealth.
NORTHERN TERRITORY. | 1932–33. | 1931–32. |
Under
Control of Department of the Interior. | Vote. | Expenditure. |
Division No.
16.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
| £ | £ | £ |
No. 1. Construction
of and alterations to buildings, engineering services, water boring and roads..................................
| 16,000 | 14,735 | 10,607 |
FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY. |
Under
Control of Department of the Treasury. |
Division No. 17.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
No. 1. Purchase
of machinery for Government Printing Office, Canberra....................................................................
| 500 | 500 | 271 |
Under Control of
Department of the Interior.
|
Division No.
18.
|
Subdivision No. 1.
|
No. 1. Architectural
services.....................................................
| 7,000 |
2. Engineering
services.......................................................
| 41,000 |
3. Forestry.........................................................................
| 6,000 | 90,000 | 76,913 |
4.
Abattoirs—Additions and equipment...............................
| 2,550 |
5. Sundry
works and services
| 3,450 |
Total Under
Control of Department of the Interior...
| 60,000 | 90,000 | 76,913 |
Total Federal
Capital Territory....................................
| 60,500 | 90,500 | 77,184 |
TOTAL PART III.—Territories of the Commonwealth......... | 76,500 | 105,235 | 87,791 |
TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS, BUILDINGS, &c...... | 963,000 | 829,077 | 832,622 |
By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government
Printer, Canberra.