Appropriation (Works and Buildings) Act 1947-48 (Cth)

THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND BUILDINGS). 1947–48.

No. 51 of 1947.

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

[Assented to 28th October, 1947.]

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 1947–48.

Commencement.

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

Issue and application of £29,967,000.

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-eight the sum of Twenty-nine million nine hundred and sixty-seven 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-eight.

THE

F.6896.—Price 1s.

 

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THE SCHEDULE.

ABSTRACT.

Page Reference.	—	1947–48.	1946–47.		Increase on Expenditure, 1946–47.	Decrease on Expenditure, 1946–47.
			Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£	£	£
3	Part I.—Departments and Services—OTHER THAN BUSINESS Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth......................	19,297,000	12,992,000	6,436,844	12,860,156	..
12	Part II.—Business Undertakings.......................................................	8,442,000	6,632,000	5,850,152	2,591,848	..
14	Part III.—Territories of the Commonwealth......................	2,228,000	2,024,000	839,316	1,388,684	..
TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS, BUILDINGS, ETC.	29,967,000	21,648,000	13,126,312	16,840,688	..

 

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

SUMMARY.

Division Number.	—	1947–48.	1946–47.		Increase on Expenditure, 1946–47.	Decrease on Expenditure, 1946–47.
			Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£	£	£
1	PARLIAMENT..............................	20,000	25,000	3,749	16,251	..
2–4	PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT	222,100	295,700	135,983	86,117	..
5–6	DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.......................................................	177,600	99,900	125,853	51,747	..
7–8	DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY	51,300	17,200	110,533	..	59,233
9	ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.......................................................	10,000	11,600	7,495	2,505	..
10–11	DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR	1,554,500	1,674,200	318,446	1,236,054	..
12–14	DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND HOUSING.......................................................	7,334,000	3,715,600	2,252,170	5,081,830	..
15	DEPARTMENT OF MUNITIONS	3,110,000	2,300,000	1,995,639	1,114,361	..
16–20	DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION	7,835,000	4,165,000	2,381,566	5,453,434	..
21–22	DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS.......................................................	51,500	44,400	2,103	49,397	..
23–24	DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH...	18,000	55,400	5,336	12,664	..
25–26	DEPARTMENT OF REPATRIATION	606,000	778,000	244,842	361,158	..
27–28	DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE........................	. 103,000	201,800	44,554	58,446	..
29–30	DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES	65,000	23,600	16,804	48,196	..
31–33	DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY AND SHIPPING.......................................................	141,000	67,600	34,020	106,980	..
34	DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL TERRITORIES..........................	1,500	500	193	1,307	..
35	DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION	3,000	4,000	3,491	..	491
36–37	DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE............	37,000	4,000	7,126	29,874	..
38–39	DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT	501,000	747,000	46,836	454,164	..
40	DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION	500	500	193	307	..
41	DEPARTMENT OF POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION................	8,000	15,000	8,106	..	106
21,850,000	14,246,000	7,745,038	14,104,962	..
42	Less amount provided for surplus buildings, sites and equipment taken over from the Disposals Commission................................
2,553,000		1,254,000	1,308,194	1,244,806	..
TOTAL PART I..............	19,297,000	12,992,000	6,436,844	12,860,156	..

 

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

1947–48.	1946–47.
	PARLIAMENT.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 1.	£	£	£
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..........................................	20,000	25,000	3,749
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..........................................................................................................	1,800	1,000	830
2. Australian High Commissioner in United Kingdom—Equipment for Australia House and official residence......................................	12,500	800	946
Total Division No. 2......................................	14,300	1,800	1,776
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 3.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings....................................................	1,800	(a) 66,500	(a)56,491
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 4.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..........................................	6,000	2,400	1,055
2. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...................................................................................	200,000	225,000	76,661
Total Division No. 4......................................	206,000	227,400	77,716
Total Prime Minister's Department......	222,100	295,700	135,983
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...................................................................................	2,200	10,000	55,295
2. Australian Legation in China—Equipment and furniture...........	4,500	5,000	4,959
3. Australian Legation in Union of Soviet Socialist Republics— Equipment and furniture..........................................................................................	4,200	1,100	1,322
4. Australian Legation in France—Equipment and furniture.........	1,700	1,900	978
5. Australian Legation in Brazil—Equipment and furniture...........	1,500	4,000	3,960
6. Australian Legation in Chile—Equipment and furniture............	5,000	5,000	4,249
Carried forward..................................................	19,100	27,000	70,763

(a)Includes amounts for surplus buildings and sites taken over from the Disposals Commission as follows:—1947–48, £ Nil; 1946–47, Vote, £54,000, Actual, £56,663.

 

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1947–48.	1946–47.
	DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS—continued.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of External Affairs—continued.	£	£	£
Division No. 5—continued.
Brought forward..............................................	19,100	27,000	70,763
7. Australian Legation in The Netherlands—Equipment and furniture	1,000	4,000	7,236
8. Australian High Commissioner in Canada—Equipment for office and residence.........................................................................................	2,000	600	581
9. Australian High Commissioner in New Zealand—Equipment for office and residence.........................................................................................	6,500	1,600	1,590
10. Australian High Commissioner in India—Equipment for office and residence.........................................................................................	3,300	2,000	3,542
11. Australian High Commissioner in Eire—Equipment for office and residence..........................................................................................................	10,500	4,000	4,091
12. Australian High Commissioner in South Africa—Equipment for office and residence.........................................................................................	4,700	4,000	2,503
13. Consular Representation Abroad—Equipment for offices and residences	16,000	26,000	11,285
14. Other Representation Abroad—Equipment for offices and residences	12,000	21,600	19,230
15. Acquisition of sites and buildings overseas................................	100,000	..	..
Total Division No. 5......................................	175,100	90,800	120,821
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 6.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..........................................	2,500	9,100	5,032
Total Department of External Affairs	177,600	99,900	125,853
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....................................................................	1,300	1,100	2,457
Commonwealth Engineering Co. Ltd.—Acquisition of major interest	..	..	100,000
Total Division No. 7......................................	1,300	1,100	102,457
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 8.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..........................................	50,000	16,100	8,076
Total Department of the Treasury......	51,300	17,200	110,533

 

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1947–48.	1946–47.
			ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
	Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 9.	£	£	£
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..........................................	10,000	11,600	7,495
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..........................................................................................	952,000	1,169,000	206,924
2. Plant and equipment..........................................................................	32,000	..	..
3. Memorial at Canberra to His late Majesty King George V.— Erection	4,000	(a)	..
4. Purchase and installation of 74" telescope at Commonwealth. Observatory, Canberra (towards cost of £125,000)........................................	25,000	..	..
Total Division No. 10....................................	1,013,000	1,169,000	b 206,924
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 11.
1. Commonwealth offices and other buildings—Works, fittings and furniture..........................................................................................................	290,000	124,000	30,212
2. Meteorological buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............	100,000	75,000	1,909
3. Governor-General's establishments—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..........................................................................................................	1,500	2,700	258
4. War Workers' Housing—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture	150,000	295,000	77,140
Memorial at Canberra to His late Majesty King George V.— Erection	(c)	2,500	57
Fittings and furniture.........................................................................	(d)	6,000	1,946
Total Division No. 11....................................	541,500	505,200	111,522
Total Department of the Interior.........	1,554,500	1,674,200	318,446
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND HOUSING.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 12
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings....................................................	45,000	17,000	2,785

(a) Provided under Division No. 11. (b) Includes £7,784 for surplus buildings and sites taken over from the Disposals Commission. (c) Provided under Division No. 10. (d) Included in respective items.

 

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DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND HOUSING—continued.	1947–48.	1946–47.
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 13.	£	£	£
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..........................................	70,000	90,000	33,746
2. Experimental Building Station—Plant and material...................	70,000	106,000	102,239
3. Expenditure under River Murray Waters Act 1915-1934...........	5,000	2,600	..
Total Division No. 13....................................	145,000	198,600	135,985
WAR SERVICE HOMES DIVISION.
Division No. 14.
1. Expenditure under War Service Homes Act 1918-1947—for payment to credit of the War Service Homes Trust Account	7,144,000	3,500,000	2,113,400
Total Department of Works and Housing......	7,334,000	3,715,600	2,252,170
DEPARTMENT OF MUNITIONS.
Under Control of Department of Munitions.
Division No. 15.
1. Ships—Construction..........................................................................	2,400,000	2,300,000	1,904,239
2. Shipbuilding—Plant, equipment and buildings and reserves of materials	10,000	(a)	(a)
3. Beaufort Homes Production—Working capital (for payment to Beaufort Homes Production Trust Account)............................................	500,000	..	91,400
4. Beaufort Homes—Machinery and Plant........................................	200,000	..
Total Division No. 15...................................	3,110,000	2,300,000	1,995,639
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.......	50,000	8,000	3,046
2. Aeradio communication and navigation facilities; power generation and distribution plant; direct current and audiofrequency control lines; automatic switching equipment; aerodrome and air route lighting equipment.......................................................................................	600,000	518.000	178,528
3. Aircraft, engines, vehicles and equipment....................................	250,000	160,000	187,453
4. Australian National Airlines Commission—Advance................	1,500,000	(b)	(b)
Total Division No. 16...................................	2,400,000	686,000	369,027

(a) Provided under Main Estimates Division No. 155. (b) Provided under Special Appropriations—Australian National Airlines (Act No. 31 of 1945). Actual expenditure 1946–47, £1,800.000.

 

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1947–48.	1946–47.
	DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION—continued.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.	£	£	£
Division No. 17.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings....................................................	a 3,000,000	a 1,750,000	a 1,256,169
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 18.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..........................................	b 2,400,000	1,700,000	742,641
Total Internal Services............................	7,800,000	4,136,000	2,367,837
FLYING BOAT BASES.
Under Control of Department of Civil Aviation.
Division No. 19.
1. Aeradio communication and navigation facilities; power generation and distribution plant; direct current and audiofrequency control lines; automatic switching equipment; aerodrome and air route lighting equipment—Australian section..................................................	500	500	473
2. Launches and equipment for flying boat bases—Australian section	9,000	10,000	7,475
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	6
Total Division No. 19....................................	10,000	11,000	7,954
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......................................................	15,000	10,000	5,775
2. Buildings and works, including shore bases and marine facilities, fittings and furniture—Trans-Tasman section..............................................	10,000	8,000	..
Total Division No. 20...................................	25,000	18,000	5,775
Total Flying Boat Bases...........................	35,000	29,000	13,729
Total Department of Civil Aviation..	7,835,000	4,165,000	2,381,566

(a) Includes amounts for surplus, buildings and sites taken over from the Disposals Commission as follows:—1947–48, £2,500,000; 1946–47, Vote, £1,200,000, Actual, £1,214,793. (b) Includes £50,000 for surplus buildings to be taken over from the Disposals Commission.

 

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1947–48.	1946–47.
	DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.	£	£	£
Division No. 21.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings....................................................	1,500	2,400	2,103
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 22.
1. Buildings, works, fittings, furniture and purchase of vessels.....	50,000	42,000	..
Total Department of Trade and Customs.............	51,500	44,400	2,103
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 23.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings....................................................	18,000	15,400	369
Less amount payable from Serum Laboratories Trust Account..	15,000	..	..
Total Division No. 23...................................	3,000	15,400	369
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing
Division No. 24.
1. Buildings, works, fittings, furniture and purchase of vessels	165,000	340,000	59,968
Less amount payable from Serum Laboratories Trust Account	150,000	300,000	55,001
Total Division No. 24...................................	15,000	40,000	4,967
Total Department of Health..................	18,000	55,400	5,336
DEPARTMENT OF REPATRIATION.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 25.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings....................................................	6,000	3,000	2,730
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 26.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..........................................	600,000	775,000	242,112
Total Department of Repatriation.......	606,000	778,000	a244,842
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division: No: 27.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings....................................................	3,000	..	6,286
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 28.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..........................................	100,000	201,800	38,268
Total Department of Commerce and Agriculture............	103,000	201,800	44,554

(a) Includes £3,413 far surplus buildings and sites taken over from the Disposals Commission.

 

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1947–48.	1946–47.
	DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.	£	£	£
Division No. 29.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings....................................................	40,000	8,100	8,200
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 30.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..........................................	(a)25,000	15,500	8,604
Total Department of Social Services........	65,000	23,600	16,804
DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY AND SHIPPING.
Under Control of Department of Supply and Shipping.
Division No. 31.
1. Lighthouse services—Installation of equipment..........................	36,000	37,900	19,520
Launches for lighthouse services.....................................................	..	21,000	12,780
Total Division No. 31....................................	36,000	58,900	32,300
Under Control of Department of Interior.
Division No. 32.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings....................................................	24,000	(b)	(b)
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 33.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..........................................	61,000	(c)	(c)
2. Marine Branch—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..........	20,000	8,700	1,720
Total Division No. 33....................................	81,000	..	..
Total Department of Supply and Shipping.........	141,000	67,600	(d)34,020
DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL TERRITORIES.
Under Control of Depar7tment of Works and Housing.
Division No. 34.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..........................................	1,500	500	193
DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION.
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 35.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..........................................	3,000	4,000	3,491

(a) Includes £3,000 for surplus buildings to be taken over from the Disposals Commission. (b) Provision made under Main Estimates Division No. 176l (c) Provision made under Main Estimates Divisions Nos. 176k-176m. (d)Includes £25,541 for surplus buildings and sites taken over from the Disposals Commission.

 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE.	1947–48.	1946–47.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 36.	£	£	£
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................................................	22,000	..	..
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 37.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......................................	15,000	4,000	7,126
Total Department of Labour and National Service......	37,000	4,000	7,126
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT.
Under Control of. Department of Transport.
Division No. 38.
1. Standardization of railway gauges................................................	500,000	746,000	46,765
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 39.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......................................	1,000	1,000	71
Total Department of Transport.........	501,000	747,000	46,836
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION.
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 40.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......................................	500	500	193
DEPARTMENT OF POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION.
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 41.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......................................	8,000	15,000	8,106
21,850,000	14,246,000	7,745,038
Division No. 42.—Less amount provided for surplus buildings, sites and equipment taken over from the Disposals Commission...................	2,553,000	1,254,000	1,308,194
TOTAL PART I.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth	19,297,000	12,992,000	6,436,844

 

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PART II—Business Undertakings.

SUMMARY.

Division Number.	—	1947–48.	1946–47.		Increase on Expenditure, 1946–47.	Decrease on Expenditure, 1946–47.
			Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£	£	£
43	COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS	260,000	382,000	137,294	122,706	..
44-46	POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT........................	8,239,000	6,450,000	5,967,898	2,271,102	..
8,499,000	6,832,000	6,105,192	2;393,808	..
47	Less amount provided for surplus buildings, sites and equipment taken over from the Disposals Commission.....................................................	57,000	200,000	255,040	198,040	..
TOTAL PART II............	8,442,000	6,632,000	5,850,152	2,591,848	..

 

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PART II.—Business Undertakings.

COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS.	1947–48.	1946–47.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 43.	£	£	£
1. Trans-Australian Railway.....................................................	166,000	266,000	95,930
2. North Australia Railway........................................................	32,000	18,500	15,641
3. Central Australia Railway.....................................................	60,000	95,500	25,655
4. Australian Capital Territory Railway..................................	1,700	1,700	68
6. Port Augusta-Port Pirie Railway..........................................	300	300	..
Total Commonwealth Railways ..	(a)260,000	(a) 382,000	(a) 137,294
POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
Under Control of Postmaster-General's Department.
Division No. 44.
1. Telephone exchange services................................................	4,676,000	3,460,000	3,906,652
2. Trunk line services..................................................................	2,022,000	1,350,000	1,049,421
3. Telegraph and miscellaneous services.................................	390,000	340,000	328,066
4. National broadcasting service...............................................	251,000	250,000	168,928
Total Division No. 44........................	7,339,000	5,400,000	5,453,067
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 45.
Acquisition of Sites and Buildings.
1. Postal, telegraph and telephone services.............................	390,000	390,000	182,267
2. National broadcasting service...............................................	10,000	10,000	1,533
Total Division No. 45........................	400,000	400,000	183,800
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 46.
Buildings, Works, Fittings and Furniture.
1. Postal, telegraph and telephone services.............................	450,000	600,000	318,199
2. National broadcasting service...............................................	50,000	50,000	12,832
Total Division No. 46........................	500,000	650,000	331,031
Total Postmaster-General's Department	b 8,239,000	b 6,450,000	b 5,967,898
8,499,000	6,832,000	6,105,192
Division No. 47.—Less amount provided for surplus buildings, sites and equipment taken over from the Disposals Commission	57,000	200,000	255,040
TOTAL PART II.—Business Undertakings..........	8,442,000	6,632,000	5,850,152

(a) Includes amounts for surplus buildings and sites taken over from the Disposals Commission as follows:—1947–48, £57,000; 1946–47, Vote, £ Nil, Actual, £23,240. (b) Includes amounts for surplus buildings and sites taken over from the Disposals Commission as follows :— 1947–48, Nil; 1946–47, Vote, £200,000, Actual, £231,800.

 

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PART III.—Territories of the Commonwealth.

SUMMARY.

Division Number.	—	1947–48.	1946–47.		Increase on Expenditure, 1946–47.	Decrease on Expenditure, 1946–47.
			Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£	£	£
48-51	NORTHERN TERRITORY.........	531,000	840,000	171,015	359,985	..
52-55	AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY........................................................	1,769,000	1,184,000	791,426	977,574	..
2,300,000	2,024,000	962,441	1,337,559	..
56	Less amount provided for surplus buildings, sites and equipment taken over from the Disposals Commission........................................................	72,000	..	123,125	51,125	..
TOTAL PART III............	2,228,000	2,024,000	839,316	1,388,684	..

 

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PART III.—Territories of the Commonwealth

NORTHERN TERRITORY.	1947–48.	1946–47.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 48.	£	£	£
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings..........................................	43,000	10,000	31,970
2. Plant and equipment—for payment to credit of Interior Services Trust Account.................................................................................	37,000	30,000	31,851
Total Division No. 48..........................	80,000	40,000	63,821
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 49.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture................................	330,000	680,000	73,691
2. Developmental services—Construction of water supplies, roads, and stock routes for pastoral purposes.....................................	50,000	100,000	28,623
Total Division No. 49..........................	380,000	780,000	102,314
Total Department of the Interior	(a) 460,000	(a) 820,000	(a) 166,135
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND HOUSING.
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 50.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture................................	40,000	(b)	(b)
2. Plant and equipment—for payment to credit of Works and Housing Suspense Trust Account.....................................................	1,000	(b)	(b)
Total Department of Works and Housing..........	(c) 41,000	(b)	(b)
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 51.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture................................	30,000	20,000	4,880
Total Northern Territory..............	531,000	840,000	171,015

(a) Includes amounts for surplus buildings and sites taken over from the Disposals Commission as follows :—1947–48, £10,000; 1946–47, Vote, £ Nil, Actual, £60,847. (b) Previously provided under Division No. 46. (c) Includes £12,000 for surplus buildings to be taken over from the Disposals Commission.

 

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PART III.—Territories of the Commonwealth.

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.	1947–48.	1946–47.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of the Interior
Division No. 52.	£	£	£
1. Forestry.......................................................................................	30,000	12,000	14,423
2. Sundry works and services......................................................	40,000	25,000	8,325
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.................................................................................	20,000	17,000	17,052
5. Plant and equipment—for payment to credit of Australian Capital Territory Transport Trust Account...................................	59,000	15,000	26,191
Total Division No. 52..........................	150,000	70,000	66,991
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 53.
1. Buildings, fittings and furniture.............................................	1,000,000	750,000	552,255
2. Engineering works....................................................................	300,000	250,000	118,745
Plant and equipment—for payment to credit of the Works and Housing Suspense Trust Account................................................	(a)	64,000	38,414
Total Division No. 53..........................	1,300,000	1,064,000	709,414
Total Department of the Interior	(b) 1,450,000	(b) 1,134,000	(b) 776,405
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND HOUSING.
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 54.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture................................	230,000	(c)	..
2. Plant and equipment—for payment to credit of Works and Housing Suspense Trust Account.....................................................	65,000	(c)	..
Total Department of Works and Housing	295,000	(c)	..

(a) Provided under Division No. 54. (b) Includes amounts for surplus buildings and sites taken over from the Disposals Commission as follows:—1947–48, £50,000; 1946–47, Vote, Nil, Actual, £62,278. (c) Provided under Division No. 53.

 

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PART III.—Territories of the Commonwealth.

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY—continued.	1947–48.	1946–47.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 55.	£	£	£
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture................................	24,000	50,000	15,021
Total Australian Capital Territory...	1,769,000	1,184,000	791,426
2,300,000	2,024,000	962,441
Division No. 56.—Less amount provided for surplus buildings, sites and equipment taken over from the Disposals Commission	72,000	..	123,125
TOTAL PART III.—Territories of the Commonwealth...	2,228,000	2,024,000	839,316
TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS. BUILDINGS, ETC.	29,967,000	21,648,000	13,126,312

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

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