Appropriation (Works and Buildings) Act 1945-46 (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

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APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND BUILDINGS) 1945-46.

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No. 34 of 1945.

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 forty-six, for the purposes of Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c., and to appropriate that sum.

[Assented to 10th October, 1945.]

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 1945-46.

Commencement.

2.This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Issue and application of £8,640,000.

3. 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 forty-six the sum of Eight million six hundred and forty thousand pounds.

Appropriation.

4. The sum granted by this Act is appropriated for the purposes and services expressed in the Schedule to this Act in relation to the financial year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and forty-six.

F. 6042.—Price 8d.

 

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THE SCHEDULE. Sec. 4.

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ABSTRACT.

Page Reference.	—	1945-46.	1944-45.		Increase on Expenditure, 1944-45.	Decrease on Expenditure, 1944-45.
			Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£	£	£
3	Part I.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth...	3,648,000	1,940,000	1,842,903	1,805,097	..
10	Part II.—Business Undertakings......	4,250,000	3,650,000	3,533,385	716,615	..
12	Part III.—Territories of the Commonwealth	742,000	687,000	329,063	412,937	..
TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS, BUILDINGS, ETC.	8,640,000	6,277,000	5,705,351	2,934,649	..

 

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PART I.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth.

SUMMARY.
Division Number.	—–	1945-46.	1944-45.		Increase on Expenditure, 1944-45.	Decrease on Expenditure, 1944-45.
			Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£	£	£
1	PARLIAMENT..................	1,500	1,100	1,574	..	74
2-4	PRIME MINISTER’S DE-PARTMENT...................	107,700	97,100	31,879	75,821	..
5-6	DEPARTMENT OF EXTER-NAL AFFAIRS.......................	21,700	30,700	13,154	8,546	..
7-8	DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY...................	9,100	10,700	11,213	..	2,113
9	ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT..............	4,000	3,600	1,423	2,577	..
10-11	DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.....................	761,700	63,900	66,178	695,522	..
12	DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND HOUSING......................	1,000	..	..	1,000	..
13	WAR SERVICE HOMES COMMISSION...............	817,000	200,000	93,163	723,837	..
14-18	DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION....................	1,574,000	1,208,000	1,455,583	118,417	..
19-20	DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS.....................	16,300	3,500	847	15,453	..
21	DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH	10,000	12,000	3,679	6,321	..
22-23	DEPARTMENT OF REPATRIATION...........	300,000	300,000	162,017	137,983	..
24	DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE...	700	600	373	327	..
25	DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.....................	4,000	2,200	1,189	2,811	..
26-27	DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY AND SHIPPING.............	19,300	6,600	631	18,669	..
TOTAL PART I.....	3,648,000	1,940,000	1,842,903	1,805,097

 

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PART I.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth.
PARLIAMENT.	1945-46.	1944-45.
Under Control Of Department Of Works And Housing.		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 1.	£	£	£
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.........................	1,500	1,100	1,574
PRIME MINISTER’S DEPARTMENT.
Under Control Of Prime Minister’s Department.
Division No. 2.
1. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research—Buildings, works and sites...............................................................	3,700	5,100	550
Equipment for Industrial Chemistry Laboratory............	..	2,000	1,973
Total Division No. 2.....................	3,700	7,100	2,523
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 3.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................................	1,500	..	..
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 4.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.........................	1,000	1,500	1,406
2. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.............................................	(a)101,500	88,500	27,950
Total Division No. 4........................	102,500	90,000	29,356
Total Prime Minister’s Department	107,700	97,100	31,879
DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.
Under Control of Department of External Affairs.
Division No. 5.
1. Australian Minister in United States of America—Equipment for Legation................................................................	500	22,200	4,917
2, Australian Minister in China—Equipment for Legation	1,000	350	110
3. Australian Minister in Union of Soviet Socialist Republics— Equipment for Legation..........................................	5,000	1,650	580
4. Australian Minister in France—Equipment for Legation	7,000	..	1,045
5. Australian Minister in Latin America—Equipment for Legation	5,000	..	1,445
6. Australian High Commissioner in Canada—Equipment for office and residence.......................................................	100	200	116
Carried forward...............................	18,600	24,400	8,213

(a) Estimated further liability, £105,000,

 

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DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS—continued.	1945-46.	1944-45.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of External Affairs—continued.	£	£	£
Division No. 5—continued.
Brought forward.............................	18,600	24,400	8,213
7. Australian High Commissioner in New Zealand—Equipment for office and residence..............................................	1,000	1,000	1,281
8. Australian High Commissioner in India—Equipment for office and residence..............................................................	1,500	4,600	3,312
Total Division No. 5........................	21,100	30,000	12,806
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 6.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................	600	700	348
Total Department of External Affairs	21,700	30,700	13,154
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.
Under Control of Department of the Treasury.
Division No. 7.
1. Government Printing Office, Canberra—Purchase of machinery and additional equipment..............................................	1,100	700	693
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 8.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.........................	8,000	10,000	10,520
Total Department of the Treasury	9,100	10,700	11,213
ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT.
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 9.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.........................	4,000	3,600	1,423
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 10.
1. Expenditure under River Murray Waters Act 1915-1934	900	100	..
2. Commonwealth offices and other buildings—Acquisition of sites and buildings................................................................	715,100	..	..
Total Division No. 10............................	716,000	100	..

 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR—continued.	1945-46.	1944-45.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.	£	£	£
Division No. 11.
1. Commonwealth offices and other buildings—Architectural and engineering services................................................	40,960	57,700	54,446
2. Governor-General’s establishments—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.................................................................	840	3,500	10,652
3. Memorial at Canberra to His late Majesty King George V.—Erection...............................................................................	100	100	78
4. Fittings and furniture...................................................	3,800	2,500	1,002
Total Division No. 11.....................	45,700	63,800	66,178
Total Department, of the Interior	761,700	63,900	66,178
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND HOUSING.
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 12.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.........................	1,000	..	..
WAR SERVICE HOMES COMMISSION.
Under Control of War Service Homes Commissioner.
Division No. 13.
1. Expenditure under War Service Homes Act 1918-1941—for payment to credit of the War Service Homes Trust Account.....	(a)817,000	200,000	93,163

(a) Estimated further liability, £95,000.

 

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DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION.	1945-46.	1944-45.
INTERNAL SERVICES.		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Civil Aviation.	£	£	£
Division No. 14.
1. Buildings and works—including grants to Councils towards cost of establishment and improvement of country aerodromes	10,000	6,000	2,161
2. Aeradio communication and navigation facilities; power generation and distribution plant; direct current and audio-frequency control lines; automatic switching equipment; aerodrome and air route lighting equipment................................................	354,000	265,000	385,900
3. Aircraft, engines, vehicles and equipment....................	136,000	129,000	366,060
Total Division No. 14 ..........................	500,000	400,000	754,121
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 15.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings................................	(a) 150,000	201,400	79,250
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 16.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................	(a) 850,000	598,600	608,485
Total Internal Services..................	1,500,000	1,200,000	1,441,856
EMPIRE AIR SERVICES.
Under Control of Department of Civil Aviation.
Division No. 17.
1. Aeradio communication and navigation facilities; power generation and distribution plant; direct current and audio-frequency control lines; automatic switching equipment; aerodrome and air route lighting equipment—Australian section....................	500	500	20
2. Launches and equipment for flying boat bases—Australian section	1,000	1,000	305
3. Aeradio communication and navigation facilities; power generation and distribution plant; direct current and audio-frequency control lines; automatic switching equipment; aerodrome and air route lighting equipment—Trans-Tasman section..............	500	500	..
Total Division No. 17...........................	2,000	2,000	325

(a) Estimated further liability, £500,000 in total.

 

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DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION—continued.	1945-46.	1944-45.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.	£	£	£
Division No. 18.
1. Buildings and works, including shore bases and marine facilities, fittings and furniture—Australian section................	71,000	5,000	13,395
2. Buildings and works, including shore bases and marine facilities, fittings and furniture—Trans-Tasman section	1,000	1,000	7
Total Division No. 18........................	72,000	6,000	13,402
Total Empire Air Services................	74,000	8,000	13,727
Total Department of Civil Aviation	1,574,000	1,208,000	1,455,583
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 19.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings...............................	1,300	..	..
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 20.
1. Buildings, works, fittings, furniture and purchase of vessels	15,000	3,500	847
Total Department of Trade and Customs....	16,300	3,500	847
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 21.
1. Buildings, works, fittings, furniture and purchase of vessels	10,000	12,000	3,679
DEPARTMENT OF REPATRIATION.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 22.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings...............................	3,700	600	416
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 23.
1. Buildings, works, sites, fittings and furniture...............	(a) 296,300	299,400	161,601
Total Department of Repatriation...	300,000	300,000	162,017

(a) Estimated further liability, £647,000,

 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE.	1945-46.	1944-45.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£
Under Control or Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 24.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......................	700	600	373
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
Under Control of Department or Works and Housing.
Division No. 25.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture......................	4,000	2,200	1,189
DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY AND SHIPPING.
Under Control of Department of Supply and Shipping.
Division No. 26.
1. Lighthouse services—Installation of equipment..........	16,300	2,800	161
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 27.
1. Marine Branch—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture	3,000	3,800	470
Total Department of Supply and Shipping....	19,300	6,600	631
TOTAL PART I.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth	3,648,000	1,940,000	1,842,903

F.6042.—2

 

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PART II.—Business Undertakings.
SUMMARY.
Division Number.	___	1945-46.	1944-45.		Increase on Expenditure, 1944-45.	Decrease on Expenditure. 1944-45.
			Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£	£	£
28	COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS..................	150,000	150,000	137,998	12,002	..
29-31	POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT.............	4,100,000	3,500,000	3,395,387	704,613	..
TOTAL PART II......	4,250,000	3,650,000	3,533,385	716,615	..

 

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PART II.—Business Undertakings.
COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS.	1945-46.	1944-45.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 28.	£	£	£
1. Trans-Australian Railway......................................	116,000	116,000	102,444
2. North Australia Railway........................................	3,500	3,000	5,244
3. Central Australia Railway.....................................	30,000	30,000	29,954
4. Australian Capital Territory Railway......................	200	600	99
6. Port Augusta-Port Pirie Railway............................	300	400	257
Total Commonwealth Railways ……	150,000	150,000	137,998
POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT.
Under Control of Postmaster-General’s Department.
Division No. 29.
1. Telephone exchange services................................	1,800,000	1,595,000	1,690,763
2. Trunk line services...............................................	1.040,000	1,085,000	1,080,554
3. Telegraph and miscellaneous services....................	242,000	218,000	197,134
4. National broadcasting service................................	118,000	102,000	51,820
Total Division No. 29...................	3,200,000	3,000,000	3,020,271
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 30.
Acquisition of Sites and Buildings.
1. Postal, telegraph and telephone services.................	290,000	170,000	130,203
2. National broadcasting service................................	10,000	4,000	2,820
Total Division No. 30.................	(a) 300,000	174,000	133,023
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 31.
Buildings, Works, Fittings and Furniture.
1. Postal, telegraph and telephone services.................	585,000	282,500	236,331
2. National broadcasting service................................	15,000	43,500	5,762
Total Division No. 31.................	(a) 600,000	326,000	242,093
Total Postmaster-General’s Department.........................................	4,100,000	3,500,000	3,395,387
TOTAL PART II.—Business Undertakings..........	4,250,000	3,650,000	3,533,385

(a) Estimated further liability, £600,000 in total.

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PART III.—Territories of the Commonwealth.
SUMMARY.
Division Number.	–––	1945-46.	1944-45.		Increase on Expenditure, 1944-45.	Decrease on Expenditure, 1944-45.
			Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£	£	£
32-34	NORTHERN TERRITORY....	147,000	133,000	84,392	62,608	..
35-37	AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY......................	595,000	554,000	244,671	350,329	..
TOTAL PART III...	742,000	687,000	329,063	412,937	..

 

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PART III.—Territories of the Commonwealth.
NORTHERN TERRITORY.	1945-46.	1944-45.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 32.	£	£	£
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................................	18,500	20,600	2,100
2. Plant and equipment—for payment to credit of Interior Services Trust Account...................................................................	7,500	5,000	3,897
Total Division No. 32.....................	26,000	25,600	5,997
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 33.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..........................	53,000	43,400	43,911
2. Developmental services—Construction of water supplies, roads and stock routes for pastoral purposes...............................	67,000	50,000	34,484
Total Division No. 33.....................	120,000	93,400	78,395
Division No. 34.
1. Department of Health—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture	1,000	14,000	..
Total Northern Territory...........	147,000	133,000	84,392
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 35.
1. Forestry.......................................................................	10,000	12,500	12,208
2. Sundry works and services............................................	18,200	7,500	4,573
3. Canberra Cemetery—Minor services—for payment to credit of Canberra Cemetery Trust Account..............................	1,000	300	300
4. Plant and equipment—for payment to credit of Interior Services Trust Account....................................................................	8,530	1,300	2,165
5. Plant and equipment—for payment to credit of Australian Capital Territory Transport Trust Account..............................	27,270	8,000	5,370
Total Division No. 35...................	65,000	29,600	24,616

 

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PART III.—Territories of the Commonwealth.
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY—continued.	1945-46.	1944-45.
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 36.	£	£	£
1. Architectural services, fittings and furniture.................	(a) 328,000	332,100	127,766
2. Engineering services..................................................	(b) 150,000	137,600	72,189
3. Plant and equipment—for payment to credit of Allied Works Plant and Material Trust Account.....................................	16,000	700	669
Total Division No. 36....................	494,000	470,400	200,624
Division No. 37.
1. Department of Health—Buildings, works, fittings and. Furniture	36,000	54,000	19.431
Total Australian Capital Territory	595,000	554,000	244,671
TOTAL PART III.—Territories of the Commonwealth....	742,000	687,000	329,063
TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS, BUILDINGS, ETC.	8,640,000	6,277,000	5,705,351

(a) Estimated further liability, £144,000. (b) Estimated further liability, £90,000.

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