Appropriation (Works and Buildings) Act 1946-47 (Cth)

THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND BUILDINGS) 1946‑47.

No. 57 of 1946.

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‑seven, for the purposes of Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c., and to appropriate that sum.

[Assented to 9th December, 1946.]

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 1946‑47.

Commencement.

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

Issue and application of £21,648,000.

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‑seven the sum of Twenty‑one million six hundred and forty‑eight 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‑seven.

F.7876.—Price 8d.

   

Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.

THE SCHEDULE. Sec. 4.

ABSTRACT.

 

Page Reference.	—	1946‑47.	1945‑46.		Increase on Expenditure, 1945‑46.	Decrease on Expenditure, 1945‑46.
			Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£	£	£
3	Part I.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth....	12,992,000	3,648,000	1,532,360	11,459,640	..
12	Part II.—Business Under‑takings...................................................	6,632,000	4,250,000	4,329,935	2,302,065	..
14	Part III.—Territories of the Commonwealth..................	2,024,000	742,000	427,657	1,596,343	..
TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS, BUILDINGS, ETC. ..........................................................	21,648,000	8,640,000	6,289,952	15,358,048	..

Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.

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

 

SUMMARY.
Division Number.	—	1946‑47.	1945‑46.		Increase on Expenditure, 1945‑46.	Decrease on Expenditure, 1945‑46.
			Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£	£	£
1	PARLIAMENT.................................	25,000	1,500	7,972	17,028	..
2‑4	PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT..........................................................	295,700	107,700	39,597	256,103	..
5‑6	DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS........................................	99,900	21,700	37,995	61,905	..
7‑8	DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY..........................................................	17,200	9,100	7,081	10,119	..
9	ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.............................	11,600	4,000	1,409	10,191	..
10‑11	DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR..........................................................	1,674,200	761,700	152,619	1,521,581	..
12‑13	DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND HOUSING.......................................	215,600	1,000	..	215,600	..
14	WAR SERVICE HOMES COMMISSION..............................	3,500,000	817,000	352,135	3,147,865	..
15	DEPARTMENT OF MUNITIONS	2,300,000	..	..	2,300,000	..
16‑20	DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION..........................................................	4,165,000	1,574,000	697,123	3,467,877	..
21‑22	DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS......................................	44,400	16,300	10,945	33,455	..
23‑24	DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH......	55,400	10,000	7,521	47,879	..
25‑26	DEPARTMENT OF REPATRIATION..........................................................	778,000	300,000	209,761	568,239	..
27	DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE...........................	201,800	700	343	201,457	..
28‑29	DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES..........................................................	23,600	4,000	3,180	20,420	..
30‑31	DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY AND SHIPPING......................................	67,600	19,300	4,679	62,921	..
32	DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL TERRITORIES..............................	500	..	..	500	..
33	DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION..........................................................	4,000	..	..	4,000	..
34	DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE................	4,000	..	..	4,000	..
35‑36	DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT	747,000	..	..	747,000	..
37	DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION..........................................................	500	..	..	500	..
38	DEPARTMENT OF POST‑WAR RECONSTRUCTION...................	15,000	..	..	15,000	..
14,246,000	3,648,000	1,532,360	12,713,640	..
39	Less amount provided for surplus buildings, sites and equipment taken over from the Disposals Commission	1,254,000	..	..	1,254,000	..
TOTAL PART I..........	12,992,000	3,648,000	1,532,360	11,459,640	..

Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.

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

 

PARLIAMENT.	1946‑47.	1945‑46.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 1.	£	£	£
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.................................................	25,000	1,500	7,972
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..............................................................................................................	1,000	3,700	1,021
2. Australian High Commissioner in United Kingdom—Equipment for official residence..............................................................................................	800	..	..
Total Division No. 2...........................................	1,800	3,700	1,021
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 3.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings...........................................................	(a)66,500	1,500	..
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 4.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.................................................	2,400	1,000	8,233
2. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...............................................................................................	(b)225,000	101,500	30,343
Total Division No. 4...........................................	227,400	102,500	38,576
Total Prime Minister's Department................	295,700	107,700	39,597
DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.
Under Control of Department of External Affairs.
Division No. 5.
1. Australian Legation in United States of America—Building, works, fittings and furniture...............................................................................................	10,000	500	2,735
2. Australian Legation in China—Equipment and furniture..................	5,000	1,000	3,582
3. Australian Legation in Union of Soviet Socialist Republics—Equipment and furniture...............................................................................................	1,100	5,000	5,859
4. Australian Legation in France—Equipment and furniture.................	1,900	7,000	5,950
Carried forward.....................................................	18,000	13,500	18,126

(a) Includes £54,000 for surplus buildings and sites taken over from the Disposals Commission. (b) Estimated further liability, £140,266.

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DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS—continued. Under Control of Department of External Affairs—continued.	1946‑47.	1945‑46.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 5—continued.	£	£	£
Brought forward.....................................................	18,000	13,500	18,126
5. Australian Legation in Brazil—Equipment and furniture....................	4,000	5,000	8,074
6. Australian Legation in Chile—Equipment and furniture.....................	5,000	..	..
7. Australian Legation in The Netherlands—Equipment and furniture	4,000	..	..
8. Australian High Commissioner in Canada—Equipment for office and residence...............................................................................................................	600	100	95
9. Australian High Commissioner in New Zealand—Equipment for office and residence...............................................................................................	1,600	1,000	186
10. Australian High Commissioner in India—Equipment for office and residence.................................................................................................................	2,000	1,500	2,410
11. Australian High Commissioner in Eire—Equipment for office and residence.................................................................................................................	4,000	..	..
12. Australian High Commissioner in South Africa—Equipment for office and residence.................................................................................................	4,000	..	..
13. Consular Representation Abroad—Equipment for offices and residences	26,000	..	1,891
14. Other Representation Abroad—Equipment for offices and residences	21,600	..	..
Total Division No. 5............................................	90,800	21,100	30,782
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 6.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..................................................	9,100	600	7,213
Total Department of External Affairs....	99,900	21,700	37,995
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	1,100	..
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 8.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..................................................	16,100	8,000	7,081
Total Department of the Treasury............	17,200	9,100	7,081

Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.

 

ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT. Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.	1946‑47.	1945‑16.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 9.	£	£	£
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............................................	11,600	4,000	1,409
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 10.
1. Commonwealth offices and other buildings—Acquisition of sites and buildings...........................................................................................................	1,169,000	715,100	118,168
Expenditure under River Murray Waters Act 1915‑1934...............	(a)	900	..
Plant and equipment..............................................................................	..	..	5,000
Total Division No. 10......................................	1,169,000	716,000	123,168
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 11.
1. Commonwealth offices and other buildings—Architectural and engineering services.............................................................................................	124,000	40,960	25,027
2. Meteorological services..........................................................................	75,000	(b)	(b)
3. Governor‑General's establishments—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...........................................................................................................	2,700	840	2,710
4. Memorial at Canberra to His late Majesty King George V.—Erection	2,500	100	69
5. War Workers' Housing...........................................................................	295,000	(c)	(c)
6. Fittings and furniture..............................................................................	6,000	3,800	1,645
Total Division No. 11......................................	(d)505,200	45,700	29,451
Total Department of the Interior...........	1,674,200	761,700	152,619
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND HOUSING.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 12
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings........................................................	17,000	..	..

(a) Provided under Division No. 13. (b) Provided under Main Estimates, Division No. 141a. 

 (c) Provided under Main Estimates, Division No. 165. (d) Estimated further liability £426,921.

Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.

 

DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND HOUSING—continued. Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.	1946‑47.	1945‑46.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 13.	£	£	£
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...............................................	90,000	1,000	..
2. Experimental Building Station—Plant and material.........................	106,000	(a)	(a)
3. Expenditure under River Murray Waters Act 1915—1934.............	2,600	(b)	(b)
Total Division No. 13.......................................	198,600	1,000	..
Total Department of Works and Housing	215,600	1,000	..
WAR SERVICE HOMES COMMISSION.
Under Control or War Service Homes Commissioner.
Division No. 14.
1. Expenditure under War Service Homes Act 1918‑1946—for payment to credit of the War Service Homes Trust Account.....................................	c 3,500,000	817,000	352,135
DEPARTMENT OF MUNITIONS.
Under Control of Department of Munitions.
Division No. 15.
1. Ships—Construction...............................................................................	2,300,000	(d)	(d)
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION.
INTERNAL SERVICES.
Under Control of Department of Civil Aviation.
Division No. 16.
1. Buildings and works—including grants to Councils towards cost of establishment and improvement of country aerodromes............	8,000	10,000	2,622
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...............................................................................................................	518,000	354,000	125,929
3. Aircraft, engines, vehicles and equipment.........................................	160,000	136,000	77,640
Total Division No. 16........................................	686,000	500,000	206,191

(a) Provided under Main Estimates, Division No. 187a. (b) Provided under Division No. 10. 

(c) Estimated further liability, £3,000,000. (d) Provided under Main Estimates, Division No. 156.

Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.

 

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION—continued.	1946‑47.	1945‑46.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.	£	£	£
Division No. 17.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings............................................................	a 1,750,000	150,000	56,558
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 18.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..................................................	b 1,700,000	850,000	410,927
Total Internal Services..................................	4,136,000	1,500,000	673,676
EMPIRE AIR SERVICES.
Under Control of Department of Civil Aviation.
Division No. 19.
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	97
2. Launches and equipment for flying boat bases—Australian section	10,000	1,000	75
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	20
Total Division No. 19...........................................	11,000	2,000	192
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 20.
1. Buildings and works, including shore bases and marine facilities, fittings and furniture—Australian section..............................................................	10,000	71,000	22,441
2. Buildings and works, including shore bases and marine facilities, fittings and furniture—Trans‑Tasman section......................................................	8,000	1,000	814
Total Division No. 20...........................................	18,000	72,000	23,255
Total Empire Air Services................................	29,000	74,000	23,447
Total Department of Civil Aviation.........	4,165,000	1,574,000	697,123

(a) Estimated further liability, £640,378. Includes £1,200,000 for surplus buildings and sites taken over from the Disposals Commission.

(b) Estimated further liability, £4,534,601.

Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.

 

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS. Under Control of Department of the Interior.	1946‑47.	1945‑46.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 21.	£	£	£
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.............................................................	2,400	1,300	..
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 22.
1. Buildings, works, fittings, furniture and purchase of vessels..............	42,000	15,000	10,945
Total Department of Trade and Customs..................	44,400	16,300	10,945
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 23.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings............................................................	15,400	..	..
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 24.
1. Buildings, works, fittings, furniture and purchase of vessels..............	340,000	10,000	264,625
Less amount payable from Serum Laboratories Trust Account.........	300,000	..	257,104
40,000	10,000	7,521
Total Department of Health.........................	55,400	10,000	7,521
DEPARTMENT OF REPATRIATION.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 25.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings............................................................	3,000	3,700	3,465
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 26.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..................................................	(a)775,000	296,300	206,296
Total Department of Repatriation..............	778,000	300,000	209,761
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE.
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 27.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..................................................	201,800	700	343

(a) Estimated further liability, £899,765.

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DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.	1946‑47.	1945‑46.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.	£	£	£
Division No. 28.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings............................................................	8,100	..	..
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 29.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..................................................

15,500	4,000	3,180
Total Department of Social Services.................................	23,600	4,000	3,180
DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY AND SHIPPING.
Under Control of Department of Supply and Shipping.
Division No. 30.
1. Lighthouse services—Installation of equipment...................................	37,900	16,300	3,891
2. Launches for lighthouse services.............................................................	21,000	..	..
Total Division No. 30..............................................	58,900	16,300	3,891
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 31.
1. Marine Branch—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...................	8,700	3,000	788
Total Department of Supply and Shipping.........................	67,600	19,300	4,679
DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL TERRITORIES.
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 32.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..................................................	500	(a)	(a)
DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION.
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 33.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..................................................	4,000	(b)	(b)

(a) Included under Defence and War (1939‑45) Services. (b) Included under Department of the Interior.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE. Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.	1946‑47.	1945‑46.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 34.	£	£	£
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.............................................	4,000	(a)	(a)
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT.
Under Control of Department of Transport.
Division No. 35.
1. Standardization of railway gauges.......................................................	746,000	(a)	(a)
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 36.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.............................................	1,000	(a)	(a)
Total Department of Transport..............	747,000	(a)	(a)
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION.
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 37.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............................................	500	(a)	(a)
DEPARTMENT OF POST‑WAR RECONSTRUCTION.
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 38.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............................................	15,000	(a)	(a)
14,246,000	3,648,000	1,532,360
Division No. 39.—Less amount provided for surplus buildings, sites and equipment taken over from the Disposals Commission..........................................	1,254,000	..	..
TOTAL PART I.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth............	12,992,000	3,648,000	1,532,360

(a) Included under Defence and War (1939‑45) Services.

Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.

PART II.—Business Undertakings.

 

SUMMARY.
Division Number.	—	1946‑47.	1945‑46.		Increase on Expenditure, 1845‑46.	Decrease on Expenditure, 1945‑46.
			Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£	£	£
40	COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS...	382,000	150,000	94,360	287,640	..
41‑43	POSTMASTER‑GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.................................	6,450,000	4,100,000	4,235,575	2,214,425	..
6,832,000	4,250,000	4,329,935	2,502,065	..
44	Less amount provided for surplus buildings, sites and equipment taken over from the Disposals Commission.....................	200,000	..	..	200,000	..
TOTAL PART II......................	6,632,000	4,250,000	4,329,935	2,302,065	..

Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.

PART II.—Business Undertakings.

 

COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS. Under Control of Department of the Interior.	1946‑47.	1945‑46.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 40.	£	£	£
1. Trans‑Australian Railway.........................................................................	266,000	116,000	69,125
2. North Australia Railway............................................................................	18,500	3,500	2,913
3. Central Australia Railway.........................................................................	95,500	30,000	22,098
4. Australian Capital Territory Railway......................................................	1,700	200	209
6. Port Augusta‑Port Pirie Railway..............................................................	300	300	15
Total Commonwealth Railways...................	382,000	150,000	94,360
POSTMASTER‑GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
Under Control of Postmaster‑General's Department.
Division No. 41.
1. Telephone exchange services....................................................................	3,460,000	1,800,000	2,696,955
2. Trunk line services......................................................................................	1,350,000	1,040,000	758,962
3. Telegraph and miscellaneous services.....................................................	340,000	242,000	278,703
4. National broadcasting service...................................................................	250,000	118,000	63,599
Total Division No. 41...............................................	c 5,400,000	3,200,000	3,798,219
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 42.
Acquisition of Sites and Buildings.
1. Postal, telegraph and telephone services.................................................	390,000	290,000	156,846
2. National broadcasting service...................................................................	10,000	10,000	1,376
Total Division No. 42...............................................	(a) 400,000	300,000	158,222
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 43.
Buildings, Works, Fittings and Furniture.
1. Postal, telegraph and telephone services.................................................	600,000	585,000	271,189
2. National broadcasting service...................................................................	50,000	15,000	7,945
Total Division No. 43...............................................	(b) 650,000	600,000	279,134
Total Postmaster‑General's Department.....	6,450,000	4,100,000	4,235,575
6,832,000	4,250,000	4,329,935
Division No. 44.—Less amount provided for surplus buildings, sites and equipment taken over from the Disposals Commission.............................................	200,000	..	..
TOTAL PART II.—Business Undertakings.......................................	6,632,000	4,250,000	4,329,935

(a) Estimated farther liability, £312,179. (b) Estimated further liability, £1,224,000. (c) Includes £200,000 for surplus equipment taken over from the Disposals Commission.

Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.

PART III.—Territories of the Commonwealth.

 

SUMMARY.
Division Number.	—	1946‑47.	1945‑46.		Increase on Expenditure, 1945‑46	Decrease on Expenditure, 1945‑46.
			Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£	£	£
45‑47	NORTHERN TERRITORY..................	840,000	147,000	70,189	769,811	..
48‑50	AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY	1,184,000	595,000	357,468	826,532	..
TOTAL PART III.	2,024,000	742,000	427,657	1,596,343	..

Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.

PART III.—Territories of the Commonwealth.

NORTHERN TERRITORY. Under Control of Department of the Interior.	1946‑47.	1945‑46.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 45.	£	£	£
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.............................................................	10,000	18,500	5,774
2. Plant and equipment—for payment to credit of Interior Services Trust Account...................................................................................................................	30,000	7,500	12,139
Total Division No. 45...........................................	40,000	26,000	17,913
Under Control of. Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 46.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...................................................	680,000	53,000	30,656
2. Developmental services—Construction of water supplies, roads and stock routes for pastoral purposes.............................................................................	100,000	67,000	21,479
Total Division No. 46............................................	(a)780,000	120,000	52,135
Division No. 47.
1. Department of Health—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......	20,000	1,000	141
Total Northern Territory...............................	840,000	147,000	70,189
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 48.
1. Forestry..........................................................................................................	12,000	10,000	6,979
2. Sundry works and services.........................................................................	25,000	18,200	4,587
3. Canberra Cemetery—Minor services—for payment to credit of Canberra Cemetery Trust Account.......................................................................	1,000	1,000	1,000
4. Plant and equipment—for payment to credit of Interior Services Trust Account...................................................................................................................	17,000	8,530	9,306
5. Plant and equipment—for payment to credit of Australian Capital Territory Transport Trust Account.......................................................................	15,000	27,270	26,550
Total Division No. 48............................................	(b)70,000	65,000	48,422

(a) Estimated further liability, £451,518. (b) Estimated further liability, £11,279.

Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.

PART III.—Territories of the Commonwealth.

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY—continued. Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.	1946‑47.	1945‑46.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 49.	£	£	£
1. Architectural services, fittings and furniture......................................	(a)750,000	328,000	200,053
2. Engineering services...............................................................................	(b)250,000	150,000	83,047
3. Plant and equipment—for payment to credit of the Works and Housing Suspense Trust Account...................................................................	64,000	16,000	13,595
Total Division No. 49......................................	1,064,000	494,000	296,695
Division No. 50.
1. Department of Health—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...	50,000	36,000	12,351
Total Australian Capital Territory.....	1,184,000	595,000	357,468
TOTAL PART III.—Territories of the Commonwealth........	2,024,000	742,000	427,657
TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS, BUILDINGS, ETC. (ANNUAL VOTES)..............................................................................	21,648,000	8,640,000	6,289,952

(a) Estimated further liability, £688,379 (b) Estimated further liability, £179,337.

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.