THE COMMONWEALTH OF
AUSTRALIA.
APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND
BUILDINGS) 1933-34.
No. 15 of 1933.
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-four for the
purposes of Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c., and to appropriate such
sum.
[Assented to 10th October,
1933.]
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 1933–34.
Issue and application of
£1,624,880.
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-four the sum of One million six hundred and
twenty-four thousand eight hundred and eighty 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-four.
SCHEDULE.
F.3922.—Price 8d.
Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.
SCHEDULE.
ABSTRACT.
Page Reference. | — | 1933–34. | 1932–33. | Increase on Expenditure,
1932–33. | Decrease on Expenditure,
1932–33. |
Vote. | Expenditure. |
£ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
3 | Part I.—Departments
and Services—other than Business
Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth.................
| 593,840 | 265,760 | 263,159 | 330,681 | .. |
9 | Part II.—Business
Undertakings....................
| 893,840 | 656,310 | 514,131 | 379,709 | .. |
11 | Part III.—Territories
of the Commonwealth.................
| 137,200 | 86,850 | 97,100 | 40,100 | .. |
TOTAL
ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS, BUILDINGS, ETC.
| 1,624,880 | 1,008,920 | 874,390 | 750,490 | .. |
Includes £45,920
appropriated under Act No. 63 of 1932.
Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.
PART
I.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of
the Commonwealth.
SUMMARY.
Division Number. | — | 1933–34. | 1932–33. | Increase on Expenditure,
1932–33. | Decrease on Expenditure, 1932–33. |
Vote. | Expenditure. |
£ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
1
| THE PRIME
MINISTER’S DEPARTMENT.....................
| 15,000 | .. | .. | 15,000 | .. |
2–3
| THE DEPARTMENT
OF THE TREASURY..........................
| 10,500 | 500 | 1,710 | 8,790 | .. |
4–5
| THE DEPARTMENT
OF THE INTERIOR.............................
| 222,070 | 175,000 | 133,097 | 88,973 | .. |
6–15 | THE DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENCE.............................
| 293,196 | 71,097 | 54,930 | 238,266 | .. |
16
| THE DEPARTMENT
OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS...... | 15,420 | 870 | 33 | 15,387 | .. |
17
| THE DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH...............................
| 4,950 | 2,955 | 1,260 | 3,690 | .. |
18
| REPATRIATION
DEPARTMENT..................... | 17,934 | 4,430 | 1,273 | 16,661 | .. |
19–20 | THE DEPARTMENT
OF COMMERCE.........................
| 14,770 | 10,908 | 70,856 | .. | 56,086 |
TOTAL PART I..........
| 593,840 | 265,760 | 263,159 | 330,681 | .. |
Includes £33,760
appropriated under Act No. 63 of 1932.
F.3922.—2
Additions,
New Works, Buildings, &c.
PRIME MINISTER’S DEPARTMENT.
| 1933–34. | 1932–33. |
Vote. | Expenditure. |
Under Control of Department
of the Interior. | £ | £ | £ |
Division No. 1.
|
1. Purchase of vessel for
development of fisheries industry....
| 15,000 | .. | .. |
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. |
Under Control of Department of the Treasury.
|
Division No. 2. |
1. Purchase of machinery and
additional equipment for Government Printing Office, Canberra............................
| 3,700 | 500 | 509 |
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
|
Division No. 3. |
1. Additions and alterations
to Government Printing Office, Canberra.......................................................................
| 6,800 | .. | 1,201 |
Total Department
of the Treasury....
| 10,500 | 500 | 1,710 |
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. |
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
|
Division No. 4. |
1. Expenditure under River
Murray Waters Act 1915–1923....
| 135,000 | 142,000 | 115,000 |
2. Meteorological
Bureau—erection of garage.......................
| 70 | .. | .. |
3. National Library,
Canberra—erection of (towards cost)......
| 7,000 | .. | .. |
4. Australian War Memorial, Canberra—erection
of (to be paid to the credit of Trust Fund Australian War Memorial Account)
(towards cost).................................................
| 25,000* | .. | .. |
5. Commonwealth Offices,
Brisbane—Erection of (towards cost)...........................................................................
| 25,000‡ | .. | .. |
Total Division
No. 4..............................
| 192,070 | 142,000 | 115,000 |
Division No. 5. |
1. Expenditure under War
Service Homes Act 1918–1929 (to be paid to credit of Trust Fund War
Service Homes Account)....................................................................................
| 30,000 | 33,000 | 18,097 |
Total Under Control of Department of the Interior
| 222,070 | 175,000 | 133,097 |
* Total estimated cost,
£85,300, towards which £19,800 is available in Trust Fund. Further liability.
£40,500. Total estimated cost,
£13,000. Further liability, £6,000. ‡ Total estimated cost, £90,000. Further liability, £65,000.
Additions,
New Works, Buildings, &c.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE. | 1933–34. | 1932–33. |
NAVAL. | Vote | Expenditure. |
Under Control of Department
of Defence. | £ | £ | £ |
Division No. 6. |
1. 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 | 5 | .. |
Naval establishments—machinery and plant......................
| .. | 1,140 | 567 |
Total Division
No. 6.....................................
| 5 | 1,145 | 567 |
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
|
Division No. 7. |
1. Buildings, works and sites................................................
| 21,650* | 926 | 768 |
Total Naval................................................
| 21,655 | 2,071 | 1,335 |
MILITARY.
|
Under Control of Department of Defence.
|
Division No. 8. |
1. Arms, armament and
ammunition.....................................
| 14,263 | 8,980 | 8,796 |
2. Construction of motor
launch...........................................
| 1,200 | .. | .. |
3. Defence works, including
fortifications, coast defences and engineering works (to be paid to the
credit of Trust Fund Defence Reserve Account).............................................
| 8,000 | .. | .. |
Total Division
No. 8....................................
| 23,463 | 8,980 | 8,796 |
Under Control of Department of
the Interior.
|
Division No. 9. |
1. Buildings, works and sites................................................
| 70,410 | 7,615 | 4,040 |
Total Military.............................................
| 93,873 | 16,595 | 12,836 |
* Total estimated cost, £41,650. Total estimated cost, £81,323.
Additions,
New Works, Buildings, &c.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE—continued. | 1933–34. | 1932–33. |
Vote. | Expenditure. |
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE. | £ | £ | £ |
Under Control of Department
of Defence. |
Division No. 10. |
1. Provision of landplane
equipment and plant, including spare parts, machinery, tools, ordnance and
engineering supplies and ammunition............................................................
| 61,315 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
2. Provision of seaplane
equipment and plant including spare parts, machinery, tools, ordnance and
engineering supplies and exchange.......................................................................
| 376,250 | .. | .. |
Total Division
No. 10..............................
| 437,565 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
|
Division No. 11. |
1. Buildings, works and sites................................................
| 23,000* | 8,450 | 5,198 |
Total Royal
Australian Air Force..........
| 460,565 | 9,450 | 6,198 |
CIVIL
AVIATION.
|
Under Control of Department
of Defence. |
Division No. 12. | 500 | .. | 370 |
1. Buildings and works........................................................
|
Under Control of Department
of the Interior. |
Division No. 13. |
1. Buildings, works and sites................................................
| 13,700 | 22,270 | 12,786 |
14,200 | 22,270 | 13,156 |
Less amount estimated to remain unexpended at
close of year
| .. | 2,466 | .. |
Total Civil
Aviation.........................
| 14,200 | 19,804 | 13,156 |
* Total estimated cost £30,004. Total estimated cost £18,748.
Additions,
New Works, Buildings, &c.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE—continued. | 1933–34. | 1932–33. |
MUNITIONS SUPPLY BRANCH. | Vote. | Expenditure. |
Under Control of Department
of Defence. | £ | £ | £ |
Division No. 14. |
1. Acquisition of Small Arms Ammunition
Factory, Footscray— instalments.................................................
| 19,153 | 19,153 | 19,153 |
2. Machinery and plant for
manufacture of munitions............
| 20,000 | .. | .. |
Total Division
No. 14.................................
| 39,153 | 19,153 | 19,153 |
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
|
Division
No. 15. |
1. Buildings, works and sites................................................
| 40,000* | 4,024 | 2,252 |
Total Munitions
Supply Branch.........
| 79,153 | 23,177 | 21,405 |
669,446 | 71,097 | 54,930 |
Less amount available in Trust Fund—Naval
Construction Account—to meet expenditure under Division No. 10, Item No. 2...................................
| 376,250 | .. | .. |
Total Department
of Defence............
| 293,196 | 71,097 | 54,930 |
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS. |
Under Control of Department
of the Interior. |
Division No. 16. |
1. Erection of, and additions
and alterations to buildings, and engineering services......................................................
| 15,420 | 870 | 33 |
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. |
Under Control of Department
of the Interior. |
Division No. 17. |
1. Alterations and additions
to buildings and engineering services.........................................................................
| 4,950 | 2,955 | 1,260 |
* Total
estimated cost, £43,450.
Total
estimated cost £191,526; amount outstanding at 30th June, 1933, £67,035.
Additions,
New Works, Buildings, &c.
1933–34. | 1932–33. |
DEPARTMENT
OF REPATRIATION.
| Vote. | Expenditure |
Division No. 18. | £ | £ | £ |
No. 1. Soldiers’ mental hospital,
Bundoora, Victoria................
| 2,524 | 4,200 | 1,046 |
2. Repatriation general
hospital, Caulfield, Victoria............
| 567 | .. | .. |
3. Repatriation general
hospital, Keswick, South Australia..
| 8,123 | .. | .. |
4. Repatriation mental block,
Callan Park, New South Wales— towards cost...............................................
| 6,720* | .. | .. |
Sundry hospitals—minor capital works.............................
| .. | 230 | 227 |
Total Department
of Repatriation..
| 17,934 | 4,430 | 1,273 |
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. |
Under Control of Department
of the Interior. |
Division No. 19. |
1. Erection of buildings.....................................................
| 3,300 | 3,258 | 309 |
Purchase of
properties and sites...................................
| .. | 300 | 266 |
Total Division
No. 19.............................
| 3,300 | 3,558 | 575 |
Under Control of Department
of Commerce. |
Division No. 20. |
1. Alterations of lighthouse
services..................................
| 11,470 | 7,350 | 6,500 |
Advances to
States for the purchase of wire and wire netting (to be paid to credit of
Trust Fund Wire and Wire Netting Account)...........................................
| .. | .. | 63,781 |
Total Division
No. 20............................
| 11,470 | 7,350 | 70,281 |
Total Department
of Commerce.........
| 14,770 | 10,908 | 70,856 |
TOTAL PART I.—Departments
and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the
Commonwealth........................................................
| 593,840 | 265,760 | 263,159 |
* Total cost £27,000, of which £20,280 was provided
from the Loan (Unemployment Relief Works) Act 1932.
Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.
PART
II.—Business Undertakings.
SUMMARY.
Division Number. | — | 1933–34. | 1932–33. | Increase on Expenditure, 1932–33. | Decrease on Expenditure, 1932–33. |
Vote. | Expenditure. |
21
| COMMONWEALTH
RAILWAYS......................... | 63,000 | 75,000 | 52,019 | 10,981 | .. |
22
| POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S
DEPARTMENT...................
| 830,840 | 581,310 | 462,112 | 368,728 | .. |
TOTAL PART II...........
| 893,840 | 656,310 | 514,131 | 379,709 | .. |
Includes £1,310 appropriated under Act No. 63 of
1932.
Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.
PART
II.—Business Undertakings
1933–34. | 1932–33. |
COMMONWEALTH
RAILWAYS.
| Vote. | Expenditure. |
£ | £ | £ |
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
|
Division No. 21. |
1. Trans-Australian Railway.................................................
| 58,000 | 71,400 | 46,281 |
2. North Australia Railway...................................................
| 440 | 750 | 2,439 |
3. Central Australia Railway................................................
| 4,460 | 2,600 | 3,299 |
4. Federal Territory Railway................................................
| 100 | 250 | .. |
Total Commonwealth
Railways.......
| 63,000 | 75,000 | 52,019 |
THE
POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT.
|
Under Control of the
Postmaster-General’s Department and the Department of the Interior. |
Division No. 22. |
1. Telephone exchange
services............................................
| 594,460 | 400,000 | 372,538 |
2. Trunk line services...........................................................
| 131,020 | 100,000 | 54,694 |
3. Telegraph and
miscellaneous services...............................
| 7,540 | 14,000 | 6,578 |
4. National Broadcasting service..........................................
| 95,450 | 50,000 | 21,807 |
5. Buildings and sites...........................................................
| 66,284* | 26,310 | 6,495 |
894,754 | 590,310 | 462,112 |
Less amount estimated to remain unexpended at
close of year
| 63,914 | 9,000 | .. |
Total Postmaster-General’s
Department.....
| 830,840 | 581,310 | 462,112 |
Total Part II.—Business
Undertakings................
| 893,840 | 656,310 | 514,131 |
* Further liability on present programme, £71,900.
Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.
PART
III.—Territories of the Commonwealth.
SUMMARY.
Division Number. | — | 1933–34. | 1932–33. | Increase on Expenditure,
1932–33. | Decrease on Expenditure,
1932–33. |
Vote. | Expenditure. |
23 | NORTHERN TERRITORY..................
| 22,000 | 18,000 | 6,660 | 15,340 | .. |
24–25 | FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY......
| 115,200 | 68,850 | 90,440 | 24,760 | .. |
TOTAL PART III......................
| 137,200 | 86,850 | 97,100 | 40,100 | .. |
Includes
£10,850 appropriated under Act No. 63 of 1932.
Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.
PART
III.—Territories of the Commonwealth.
NORTHERN
TERRITORY.
| 1933–34. | 1932–33. |
Under Control of Department
of the Interior. | Vote. | Expenditure. |
Division No. 23. | £ | £ | £ |
1. Construction of and
alterations to buildings, engineering services, water boring and roads................................
| 22,000 | 18,000 | 6,660 |
FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY. |
Under Control of Department
of the Interior. |
Division No. 24. |
1. Architectural services....................................................
| 16,000 | 10,400 | 22,499 |
2. Engineering services.....................................................
| 72,720 | 46,450 | 50,036 |
3. Forestry........................................................................
| 13,500 | 6,000 | 6,224 |
4. Sundry works and services.............................................
| 8,980 | 3,450 | 1,642 |
111,200 | 66,300 | 80,401 |
Division No. 25. |
1. Department of Health—erection
of and additions and alterations to buildings and engineering services...........
| 4,000 | 2,550 | 2,539 |
Division No. 25a. |
Loans for Housing.......................................................
| ‡ | .. | 7,500 |
Total Federal
Capital Territory................................
| 115,200 | 68,850 | 90,440 |
TOTAL PART III.—Territories of the Commonwealth...... | 137,200 | 86,850 | 97,100 |
TOTAL
ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS, BUILDINGS, &c. | 1,624,880 | 1,008,920 | 874,390 |
Estimated total cost, £9,440. ‡Provision for
1933–34 made under Loan Fund for Works.
By Authority: L. F.