Appropriation (Works and Services) Act 1949-50 (Cth)

THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND SERVICES) 1949-50.

No. 43 of 1949.

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 fifty, for the purposes of Additions, New Works and other Services involving Capital Expenditure and to appropriate the Supplies granted by the Parliament for that year.

[Assented to 27th October, 1949.]

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 Services) Act 1949-50.

Commencement.

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

Issue and application of £54,599,000.

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 fifty, the sum of Fifty-four million five hundred and ninety-nine thousand pounds.

F.5033.—Price 1s. 3d.

Appropriation of supply £68,293,000.

4. All sums granted by this Act and the other Act mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund towards making good the supply granted to His Majesty for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty, amounting as appears by that Schedule in the aggregate to the sum of Sixty-eight million two hundred and ninety-three thousand pounds, are appropriated and shall be deemed to have been appropriated as from the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, for the purposes and services expressed in the Second Schedule to this Act in relation to the financial year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty.

THE SCHEDULES.

Section. 4. FIRST SCHEDULE.

 

GRANTS OUT OF THE CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND.
£
Act No. 19 of 1949.......................................................................	13,694,000
Under this Act................................................................................	54,599,000
68,293,000

 

Capital Works and Services.

SECOND SCHEDULE. Section 4.

ABSTRACT.

 

Page Reference.	—	1949-50.	1948-49.		Increase on Expenditure, 1948-49.	Decrease on Expenditure, 1948-49.
			Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£	£	£
4	Part I.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth..........	50,951,000	33,318,000	27,142,779	23,811,221	..
19	Part II.—Business Undertakings...................................................	14,440,000	11,060,000	12,742,807	1,697,193	..
22	Part III.—Territories of the Commonwealth..................	2,899,000	2,993,000	2,509,117	389,883	..
TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS AND OTHER SERVICES INVOLVING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE	68,293,000	47,371,000	42,394,703	25,898,297	..

Capital Works and Services.

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

SUMMARY.

 

Division Number.	Departments and Services.	1949-50.	1948-49.		Increase on Expenditure, 1948-49.	Decrease on Expenditure, 1948-49.
			Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£	£	£
1	PARLIAMENT........................	50,000	86,000	57,133	..	7,133
2-3	PRIME MINISTER................	71,000	257,400	102,067	..	31,067
4-5	EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.........	102,000	136,100	45,537	56,463	..
6-7	THE TREASURY...................	31,000	36,700	23,900	7,100	..
8	ATTORNEY-GENERAL........	8,000	12,500	13,074	..	5,074
9-10	THE INTERIOR......................	959,000	1,293,000	1,090,940	..	131,940
11-14	WORKS AND HOUSING.....	15,004,000	9,479,000	8,693,586	6,310,414	..
15-16	SUPPLY AND DEVELOPMENT	2,826,000	2,335,000	431,749	2,394,251	..
17-21	CIVIL AVIATION..................	4,209,000	6,259,000	4,707,396	..	498,396
22-23	TRADE AND CUSTOMS.....	55,000	42,300	44,459	10,541	..
24-26	HEALTH...................................	490,000	9,000	16,092	473,908	..
27-28	REPATRIATION.....................	300,000	478,000	268,300	31,700	..
29-31	COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE.................	784,000	634,300	85,977	698,023	..
32-33	SOCIAL SERVICES...............	58,000	54,000	70,455	..	12,455
34-36	SHIPPING AND FUEL..........	3,485,000	1,558,200	1,916,776	1,568,224	..
37-38	EXTERNAL TERRITORIES	160,000	1,725,300	1,725,393	..	1,565,393
39-41	IMMIGRATION......................	6,395,000	3,521,000	2,744,153	3,650,847	..
42-43	LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE.............................	10,000	33,000	19,304	..	9,304
44-45	TRANSPORT...........................	41,000	50,700	13,689	27,111	..
46	INFORMATION......................	2,000	2,500	841	1,159	..
47-48	POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION...............................................	38,000	13,000	11,997	26,203	..
49-51	COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION...............	151,000	..	..	151,000	..
52-65	DEFENCE SERVICES...........	15,725,000	5,560,000	5,167,218	10,557,782	..
50,954,000	33,576,000	27,250,036	23,703,964	..
65a	Less amount provided for surplus buildings, sites and equipment taken over from the Disposals Commission.........................	..	258,000	107,257	107,257	..
TOTAL PART I.......	50,954,000	33,318,000	27,142,779	23,811,221	..

Capital Works and Services.

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

 

PARLIAMENT.	1949-50.	1948-49.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 1.	£	£	£
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture......................................	50,000	86,000	57,133
PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT.
Under Control of Prime Minister's Department.
Division No. 2.
1. Australian High Commissioner in United Kingdom—Equipment and furniture for Australia House and official residence...........	31,000	..	2,992
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research—Buildings, works and sites......................................................................................................	(a)	3,400	288
Total Division No. 2 ………………….	31,000	3,400	3,280
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 2a.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings................................................	(a)	16,000	3,144
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 3.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture......................................	10,000	7,000	10,394
2. Australian National University—Permanent building.............	30,000	50,000	4,309
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............................................................................	(a)	181,000	80,940
Total Division No. 3.................................	40,000	238,000	95,643
Total Prime Minister's Department.....	71,000	257,400	102,067
DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.
Under Control of Department of External Affairs.
Division No. 4.
1. Australian Embassy in United States of America—Building, equipment and furniture......................................................................................	1,000	100	26,637
2. Australian Embassy in China—Equipment and furniture......	1,500	1,000	981
3. Australian Embassy in Union of Soviet Socialist Republics—Equipment and furniture......................................................................................	4,500	3,500	1,119
4. Australian Embassy in France—Building, equipment and furniture	4,000	59,000	2,153
5. Australian Legation in Brazil—Equipment and furniture.......	600	300	842
Carried forward..........................................	11,600	63,900	31,732

(a) Provided in 1949-50 under Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Division Nos. 49, 50 and 51.

Capital Works and Services.

 

DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS—continued.	1949-50.	1948-49.
Vote.		Expenditure.
			Under Control of Department of External Affairs—continued.
Division No. 4—continued.	£	£	£
Brought forward..........................................	11,600	63,900	31,732
6. Australian Legation in The Netherlands—Equipment and furniture	2,600	400	524
7. Australian High Commissioner in Canada—Equipment for office and residence....................................................................................	300	600	213
8. Australian High Commissioner in New Zealand—Equipment for office and residence....................................................................................	500	1,000	683
9. Australian High Commissioner in India—Equipment for office and residence.....................................................................................................	5,000	1,500	2,820
10. Australian High Commissioner in Pakistan—Equipment for office and residence....................................................................................	2,500	2,500	1,942
11. Australian High Commissioner in Eire—Equipment for office and residence....................................................................................	600	700	126
12. Australian High Commissioner in South Africa—Equipment for office and residence....................................................................................	5,000	2,500	153
13. Consular Representation Abroad—Equipment for offices and residences	7,700	11,000	2,807
14. Other Representation Abroad—Equipment for offices and residences	5,200	4,900	3,821
15. Acquisition of sites and buildings overseas..............................	58,500	45,000	..
Australian Legation in Chile—Equipment and furniture.........	..	100	115
Total Division No. 4..................................	99,500	134,100	44,936
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 5.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................................	2,500	2,000	601
Total Department of External Affairs…	102,000	136,100	45,537
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.
Under Control of Department of the Treasury.
Division No. 6.
1. Government Printing Office, Canberra—Purchase of machinery and additional equipment..................................................................	3,500	700	516
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 7.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................................	27,500	36,000	23,384
Total Department of the Treasury...	31,000	36,700	23,900

Capital Works and Services.

 

ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.	1949-50.	1948-49.
Vote.		Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.	£	£	£
Division No. 8.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......................................	8,000	12,500	13,074
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 9.
1. Commonwealth offices and other buildings—Acquisition of sites and buildings........................................................................................	(a)380,000	750,000	546,313
2. Plant and equipment........................................................................	12,000	(b) 25,000	(b)15,950
3. Memorial at Canberra to His late Majesty King George V.—Erection	5,750	5,000	106
4. Commonwealth Observatory—Plant, including purchase and installation of 74″ telescope................................................................................	65,750	25,000	..
Total Division No. 9...................................	463,500	805,000	562,369
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 10.
1. Commonwealth offices and other buildings—Works, fittings and furniture	350,000	300,000	391,628
2. Meteorological buildings, works, fittings and furniture.............	100,000	90,500	90,794
3. Governor-General's establishments—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................................................................................................	5,500	2,500	6,527
4. War Workers' Housing—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture	40,000	95,000	39,622
Total Division No. 10.................................	495,500	488,000	528,571
Total Department of the Interior......	959,000	1,293,000	1,090,940

(a) Includes provision towards coat of acquisition of sites for Commonwealth offices in capital cities at an estimated cost of £1,880,000 (b) Includes provision for 1948-49 Vote £16,000, Actual £4,224, for surplus buildings taken over from the Disposals Commission.

Capital Works and Services.

 

DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND HOUSING.	1949-50.	1948-49.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.	£	£	£
Division No. 11
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................................................	20,000	(a) 40,000	(a) 2,518
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 12.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture......................................	60,000	58,000	72,526
2. Experimental Building Station—Plant and material................	20,000	30,000	27,916
3. Expenditure under River Murray Waters Act 1915-1934........	12,000	5,000	..
4. Plant and Equipment—for payment to credit of Works and Housing Suspense Trust Account...........................................................	427,000	200,000	194,880
5. Proportion of Salaries and General Expenses provided under Ordinary Services, Division 58 (to be allocated to particular Services by Supplementary Appropriation)................................................	1,000,000	..	..
Total Division No. 12..............................	1,519,000	293,000	295,322
Division No. 13.
1. Expenditure under War Service Homes Act 1918-1949—for payment to credit of the War Service Homes Trust Account	12,000,000	9,146,000	8,395,486
Less proceeds of sales of property and other receipts.................	35,000	..	..
Total Division No. 13.............................	11,965,000	9,146,000	8,395,486
Division No. 14.
1. Expenditure under Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Act 1949	1,500,000	..	260
Total Department of Works and Housing	15,004,000	9,479,000	8,693,586

(a) Includes amounts for surplus buildings and sites taken over from the Disposals Commission as follows:—1948-49 Vote, £19,000; Actual, £52.

Capital Works and Services.

 

DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY AND DEVELOPMENT.	1949-50.	1948-49.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Supply and Development.
Division No. 15.	£	£	£
1. Ships—Construction	2,000,000	2,020,000	1,217,867
Less amounts received from the sale of ships.............................	354,000	..	941,543
1,646,000	2,020,000	276,324
2. Shipbuilding—Plant, equipment and buildings and reserves of materials	150,000	200,000	93,725
3. Ships' Marine Diesel Engines—Plant, tooling and other establishment costs........................................................................................................	100,000	..	20,937
4. Bureau of Mineral Resources—Plant and equipment...............	250,000	110,000	26,763
5. Transport and Storage Services—Motor vehicles, equipment for garages and stores..............................................................................................	660,000	(a)	(a)
Beaufort Homes—Machinery and Plant.....................................	..	5,000	14,000
Total Division No. 15................................	2,806,000	2,335,000	431,749
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 16.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................................	20,000	..	..
Total Department of Supply and Development	2,826,000	2,335,000	431,749
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION.
DOMESTIC 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.....................................................................................	1,000,000	750,000	202,298
2. Aircraft, engines, vehicles and equipment..................................	400,000	300,000	121,325
3. Qantas Empire Airways Limited—Provision of additional capital	200,000	900,000	900,000
Australian National Airlines Commission—Advance...............	..	700,000	700,000
British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines Ltd.—Provision of additional capital.........................................................................................................	..	500,000	500,000
Total Division No. 17	1,600,000	3,150,000	2,423,623

(a) Provided in 1948-49 under Ordinary Services, Division No. 98.

Capital Works and Services.

 

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION—continued.	1949-50.	1948-49.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
£	£	£
Division No. 18.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings..................................................	500,000	a 1,000,000	(a) 308,506
Under Control of Departments of Works and Housing and Civil Aviation.
Division No. 19.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................................	2,050,000	b 2,050,000	b 1,967,573
Total Domestic Services.......................	4,150,000	6,200,000	4,699,702
FLYING BOAT BASES.
Under Control of Department of Civil Aviation.
Division No. 20.
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	4
2. Launches and equipment—Australian section............................	55,000	55,000	5,724
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. 20 …………………	56,000	56,000	5,728
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 21.
1. Buildings and works, including shore bases and marine facilities, fittings and furniture—Australian section....................................................	3,000	3,000	1,966
Total Flying Boat Bases.......................	59,000	59,000	7,694
Total Department of Civil Aviation	4,209,000	6,259,000	4,707,396

(a) Includes amounts for surplus buildings and sites taken over from the Disposals Commission as follows:—1948-49, Vote, £160,000, Actual, £27,203. (b) Includes amounts for surplus buildings and sites taken over from the Disposals Commission as follows:—1948-49, Vote, £66,000, Actual, £1,774.

Capital Works and Services.

 

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS.	1949-50.	1948-49.
Vote.		Expenditure.
			Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 22.	£	£	£
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings..................................................	5,000	1,300	482
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 23.
1. Buildings, works, fittings, furniture and purchase of vessels...	50,000	41,000	43,977
Total Department of Trade and Customs................	55,000	42,300	44,459
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
Under Control of Department of Health.
Division No. 24.
1. Tuberculosis Act 1948—Reimbursement of expenditure to State Governments................................................................................

400,000	..	..
2. Purchase of laboratory equipment................................................	57,000	..	..
Total Division No. 24 …………….	457,000	..	..
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 25.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings..................................................	23,000	16,000	..
Less amount payable from Serum Laboratories Trust Account	15,000	15,000	..
Total Division No. 25 …………….	8,000	1,000	..
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 26.
1. Buildings, works, fittings, furniture and purchase of vessels..........	250,000	188,000	210,967
Less amount payable from Serum Laboratories Trust Account	225,000	180,000	194,875
Total Division No. 26...................................	25,000	8,000	16,092
Total Department of Health...........................	490,000	9,000	16,092
DEPARTMENT OF REPATRIATION.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 27.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings........................................................	10,000	13,000	623
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 28.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............................................	290,000	465,000	267,677
Total Department of Repatriation................	300,000	478,000	268,300

Capital Works and Services.

 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE.	1949-50.	1948-49.
Vote.		Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Commerce and Agriculture.	£	£	£
Division No. 29.
1. Jute and jute products—Imports...................................................	5,024,500	4,094,000	2,868,311
Less amount to be recovered from sales......................................	4,559,800	3,594,000	2,868,311
464,700	500,000	..
2. Expenditure under the Whaling Industry Act 1949....................	275,000	..	..
3. Flax production—Machinery and plant.......................................	1,000	40,000	2,175
4. Trade Commissioner, Hong Kong—Residence..........................	2,800	..	20,000
Trade Commissioner, Singapore—Residence............................	..	..	10,909
Trade Commissioner, New Zealand—Residence.....................	..	..	7,745
Total Division No. 29...............................	743,500	540,000	40,829
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 30.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.............................................	500	4,300	1,054
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 31.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......................................	40,000	90,000	44,094
Total Department of Commerce and Agriculture	784,000	634,300	85,977
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 32.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................................................	28,000	30,000	45,359
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 33.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture......................................	30,000	24,000	25,096
Total Department of Social Services......................	58,000	54,000	70,455

Capital Works and Services.

 

DEPARTMENT OF SHIPPING AND FUEL.	1949-50.	1948-49.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Shipping and Fuel.	£	£	£
Division No. 34.
1. Lighthouse services—Installation of equipment........................	25,000	35,200	7,615
2. Alterations to lighthouse steamer..................................................	8,000	10,000	2,000
3. Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pool—Plant....................	100,000	100,000	56,167
4. Expenditure under the Coal Industry Act 1946..........................	a 2,882,000	a 1,170,000	1,649,752
5. Glen Davis shale oil project...........................................................	210,000	186,000	185,900
6. National Oil Proprietary Limited—Acquisition of shares........	225,000	..	..
Total Division No. 34.....................................	3,450,000	1,501,200	1,901,434
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 35.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings..................................................	15,000	25,000	..
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 36.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................................	7,500	23,000	3,823
2. Marine Branch—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........	12,500	9,000	11,519
Total Division No. 36.................................	20,000	32,000	15,342
Total Department of Shipping and Fuel....................	3,485,000	1,558,200	1,916,776
DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL TERRITORIES.
Under Control of Department of External Territories.
Division No. 37.
1. Joint acquisition with New Zealand Government from Christmas Island Phosphate Company Limited of assets and leasehold property of Christmas Island.........................................................................	157,000	1,724,000	1,723,906
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 38.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.........................................	3,000	1,300	1,487
Total Department of External Territories.	160,000	1,725,300	1,725,393

(a) Other expenditure provided under Division No. 180.

Capital Works and Services.

 

DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION.	1949-50.	1948-49.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Immigration.
Division No. 39.	£	£	£
1. Conversion and refitting of ships for transport of migrants......	2,000,000	2,000,000	2,000,000
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 40.
1. Hostels for accommodation of migrants—acquisition of sites and buildings........................................................................................................	120,000	50,000	68,524
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 41.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................................	25,000	21,000	291,329
2. Reception, Training and Holding Centres for accommodation of migrants	1,050,000	384,300
			1,450,000
3. Hostels for Migrant Workers..........................................................	3,200,000
Total Division No. 41............................	4,275,000	a 1,471,000	(a) 675,629
Total Department of Immigration..........................	6,395,000	3,521,000	2,744,153
DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 42.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings..................................................	1,000	18,000	11,148
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 43.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................................	9,000	15,000	8,156
Total Department of Labour and National Service.......	10,000	33,000	19,304
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT.
Under Control of Department of Transport.
Division No. 44.
1. Standardization of railway gauges.................................................	40,200	50,000	13,304
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 45.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................................	800	700	385
Total Department of Transport........	41,000	50,700	13,689

(a) Includes amounts for surplus buildings and sites taken over from the Disposals Commission as follows:—1948-49, Vote, £4,000, Actual, £50,012.

Capital Works avid Services.

 

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION.	1949-50.	1948-49.
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 46.	£	£	£
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......................................	2,000	2,500	841
DEPARTMENT OF POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 47.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................................................	1,500	4,000	1,172
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 48.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......................................	36,500	9,000	10,825
Total Department of Post-war Reconstruction	38,000	13,000	11,997
COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION.
Under Control of Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.
Division No. 49.
1. Buildings, works and sites..............................................................	3,500	..	..
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 50.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings..................................................	18,500	..	..
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 51.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................................	129,000	..	..
Total Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization...............................................	151,000	(a)	(a)
DEFENCE SERVICES.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE.
Under Control of Department of Defence.
Division No. 52.
1. Plant and equipment........................................................................	23,500	..	..
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 53.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................................	10,500	8,000	4,157
Total Department of Defence..............	34,000	8,000	4,157

(a) Provided in 1948-48 under Prime Minister's Department, Division Nos. 2 to 8.

Capital Works and Services.

 

DEFENCE SERVICES—continued.	1949-50.	1948-49.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY.	£	£	£
Under Control of Department of the Navy.
Division No. 54.
1. Naval construction and additions to fleet.....................................	1,880,000	..	..
2. Aircraft and aero engines................................................................	1,295,000	..	..
3. Machinery and plant for naval establishments...........................	180,000	..
Total Division No. 54.............................	3,355,000	(a)	(a)
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 55.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings..................................................	50,000	80,000	29,063
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 56.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......................................	660,000	704,000	738,935
2. Graving Dock construction—towards cost.................................	175,000	280,000	104,020
Total Division No. 56...............................	835,000	984,000	842,956
Total Department of the Navy..........	4,240,000	1,064,000	872,019
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY.
Under Control of the Department of the Army.
Division No. 57.
1. Arms, armament, ammunition, mechanization and equipment	1,919,000	(b)	(b)
Under Control of the Department of the Interior.
Division No. 58.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................................................	60,000	100,000	64,056
Under Control of Department of the Army and Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 59.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......................................	320,000	420,000	184,956
Total Department of the Army..........	2,299,000	520,000	249,012

(a) Provided in 1948-49 under Ordinary Services, Divisions Nos. 125,126 and 128A. (b) Provided in 1948-49 under Ordinary Services, Division No. 142a.

Capital Works and Services.

 

DEFENCE SERVICES—continued.4	1949-50.	1948-49.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
DEPARTMENT OF AIR.	£	£	£
Under Control of Department of Air.
Division No. 60.
1. Aircraft, spare engines and initial ranges of spares....................	3,119,000	..	..
2. Other equipment...............................................................................	1,167,000	..	..
Total Division No. 60....................................	4,286,000	(a)	(a)
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 61.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings..................................................	50,000	80,000	19,715
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 62.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................................	310,000	368,000	303,232
Total Department of Air...........................	4,646,000	448,000	322,947
DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY AND DEVELOPMENT.
Under Control of Department of Supply and Development.
Division No. 63.
1. Manufacture of munitions—Machinery and plant.....................	1,028,000	(b)	(b)
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 64.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings..................................................	50,000	50,000	51,874
2. Defence Research and Development—Acquisition of sites and buildings	18,000	120,000	11,030
Total Division No. 64	68,000	170,000	62,904

(a) Provided in 1948-49 under Ordinary Services, Division No. 150. (b) Provided in 1948-49 under Ordinary Services. Division No. 168a.

F.5033.—2

Capital Works and Services.

 

DEFENCE SERVICES—continued.	1949-50.	1948-49.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY AND DEVELOPMENT—continued.
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.	£	£	£
Division No. 65.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............................	190,000	310,000	264,849
2. Defence Research and Development—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............................................................................	3,220,000	3,040,000	3,391,330
Total Division No. 65.....................	3,410,000	3,350,000	a 3,656,179
Total Department of Supply and Development	4,506,000	3,520,000	3,719,083
Total Defence Services...............	15,725,000	5,560,000	5,167,218
50,954,000	33,576,000	27,250,036
Division No. 65a.—Less amount provided for surplus buildings, sites and equipment taken over from the Disposals Commission......	..	258,000	107,257
TOTAL PART I.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth	50,954,000	33,318,000	27,142,779

(a) Includes £25,053 for surplus buildings taken over from the Disposals Commission.

  

Capital Works and Services.

 

PART II.—Business Undertakings.

SUMMARY.

 

Division Number.	—	1949-50.	1948-49.		Increase on Expenditure, 1948-49.	Decrease on Expenditure, 1948-49.
			Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£	£	£
66	COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS...............................................	450,000	230,000	224,847	225,153	..
67-69	POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT..................	13,655,000	10,850,000	12,659,992	995,008	..
70-72	BROADCASTING SERVICES	335,000	..	..	335,000	..
14,440,000	11,080,000	12,884,839	1,555,161	..
72a	Less amount provided for surplus buildings, sites and equipment taken over from the Disposals Commission	..	20,000	142,032	142,032	..
TOTAL PART II.........	14,440,000	11,060,000	12,742,807	1,697,193	..

F.5033.—3

Capital Works and Services.

PART II.—Business Undertakings.

 

COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS.	1949-50.	1948-49.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 66.	£	£	£
1. Trans-Australian Railway...........................................................	400,000	159,000	182,613
2. North Australia Railway.............................................................	8,000	4,000	3,511
3. Central Australia Railway..........................................................	41,000	65,000	37,201
4. Australian Capital Territory Railway.......................................	1,000	2,000	1,522
Total Commonwealth Railways....	450,000	230,000	(a) 224,847
POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
Under Control of Postmaster-General's Department.
Division No. 67.
1. Telephone exchange services.....................................................	8,203,000	6,275,000	8,505,341
2. Trunk line services.......................................................................	2,790,000	2,150,000	1,683,549
8. Telegraph and miscellaneous services......................................	662,000	498,000	726,671
National broadcasting service....................................................	..	227,000	145,711
Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd.—Purchase of share holding of Cable and Wireless Ltd.........................................................	..	..	155,689
Total Division No. 67...............................	11,655,000	9,150,000	11,216,961
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 68.
Acquisition of Sites and Buildings.
1. Postal, telegraph and telephone services..................................	400,000	380,000	311,705
National broadcasting service...................................................	..	20,000	3,414
Total Division No. 68................................	400,000	400,000	315,119
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 69.
Buildings, Works, Fittings and Furniture.
1. Postal, telegraph and telephone services..................................	1,600,000	1,200,000	1,096,014
National broadcasting service....................................................	..	100,000	31,898
Total Division No. 69............................................	1,600,000	1,300,000	1,127,912
Total Postmaster-General's Department..	13,655,000	10,850,000	b12,659,992

(a) Includes £1,886 for surplus buildings and sites taken over from the Disposals Commission. (b) Includes £140,346 for surplus buildings and sites taken over from the Disposals Commission.

Capital Works and Services.

PART II.—Business Undertakings.

 

1949-50.	1948-49.
	Vote.	Expenditure.
BROADCASTING SERVICES.	£	£	£
Under Control of Postmaster-General's Department.
Division No. 70.
1. Engineering services..............................................................	245,000	..	..
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 71.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings for technical purposes	20,000	..	..
2. Acquisition of sites and buildings for studio purposes....	17,000	..	..
37,000	..	..
Less amount provided from Australian Broadcasting Commission Reserves...............................................................................	17,000	..	..
Total Division No. 71	20,000	..	..
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 72.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for technical purposes	60,000	..	..
2. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for other purposes	30,000

..	..
90,000	..	..
Less amount provided from Australian Broadcasting Commission Reserve........................................................	20,000	..	..
Total Division No. 72.......................	70,000	..	..
Total Broadcasting Services.............	335,000	(a)	(a)
14,440,000	11,080,000	12,884,839
Division No. 72a.—Less amount provided for surplus buildings, sites and equipment taken over from the Disposals Commission.......	..	20,000	142,032
TOTAL PART II.—Business Undertakings...................	14,440,000	11,060,000	12,742,807

(a) Previously provided under votes of Postmaster-General's Department.

Capital Works and Services.

PART III.—Territories of the Commonwealth.

SUMMARY.

 

Division Number.	—	1949-50.	1948-49.		Increase on Expenditure, 1948-49.	Decrease on Expenditure, 1948-49.
Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£	£	£
0	NORTHERN TERRITORY......	845,000	657,000	531,033	313,967	..
77-80	AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY..........................	2,023,000	2,261,000	1,849,674	193,326	..
81-83	PAPUA-NEW GUINEA............	31,000	100,000	161,921	..	130,921
2,899,000	3,018,000	2,542,628	356,372	..
83a	Less amount provided for surplus buildings, sites and equipment taken over from the Disposals Commission...................................................	..	25,000	33,511	33,511	..
TOTAL PART III......	2,899,000	2,993,000	2,509,117	389,883	..

Capital Works and Services.

PART III.—Territories of the Commonwealth.

 

NORTHERN TERRITORY.	1949-50.	1948-49.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 73.	£	£	£
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings................................................	30,000	31,000	17,426
2. Plant and equipment—for payment to credit of Interior Services Trust Account.......................................................................................	50,000	55,000	55,973
Total Division No. 73	80,000	86,000	73,399
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 74.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture......................................	350,000	433,000	303,618
2. Developmental services—Construction of water supplies, roads, and stock routes for pastoral purposes....................................................	100,000	60,000	66,170
Total Division No. 74...............................	450,000	493,000	369,788
Total Department of the Interior....	530,000	579,000	443,187
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND HOUSING.
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 75.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture......................................	20,000	57,000	13,329
2. Plant and equipment—for payment to credit of Works and Housing Suspense Trust Account..........................................................	250,000	10,000	62,401
Total Department of Works and Housing	270,000	67,000	75,730
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 76.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture......................................	45,000	11,000	12,116
Total Northern Territory...................	845,000	(a) 657,000	(a) 531,033

(a) Includes amounts for surplus buildings and sites taken over from the Disposals Commission as follows:—1948-49, Vote, £20,000, Actual, £16,666.

Capital Works and Services.

PART III.—Territories of the Commonwealth.

 

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.	1949-50.	1948-49.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 77.	£	£	£
1. Forestry...............................................................................................	22,000	30,000	32,531
2. Sundry works and services..............................................................	40,000	40,000	12,228
3. Canberra Cemetery—Minor services—for payment to credit of Canberra Cemetery Trust Account............................................................	100	1,000	1,000
4. Plant and equipment—for payment to credit of Interior Services Trust Account.........................................................................................	53,000	20,000	23,822
6. Plant and equipment—for payment to credit of Australian Capital Territory Transport Trust Account............................................................	108,000	100,000	188,271
Total Division No. 77................................	223,100	191,000	257,852
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 78.
1. Buildings, fittings and furniture.....................................................	1,187,900	1,430,000	1,011,471
2. Engineering works............................................................................	237,000	400,000	279,221
Total Division No. 78................................	1,424,900	1,830,000	1,290,692
Total Department of the Interior.....	1,648,000	2,021,000	1,548,544
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND HOUSING.
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 79.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................................	250,000	150,000	258,141
2. Plant and equipment—for payment to credit of Works and Housing Suspense Trust Account..............................................................................	100,000	50,000	33,064
Total Department of Works and Housing....	350,000	200,000	291,205

Capital Works and Services.

PART III.—Territories of the Commonwealth.

 

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY—continued.	1949-50.	1948-49.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 80.	£	£	£
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............................	25,000	40,000	9,925
Total Australian Capital Territory	2,023,000	(a) 2,261,000	a1, 849,674
PAPUA-NEW GUINEA.
Under the Control of the Department of External Territories.
Division No. 81.
1. Coastal and Inter-Island Shipping Services—Purchase of new vessels..............................................................................................	2,500	100,000	161,076
Under Control of Department of Shipping and Fuel.
Division No. 82.
1. Lighthouse Services—Purchase of vessel and installation of equipment...........................................................................	26,000	..	..
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.
Division No. 83.
2. Lighthouse Services—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture	2,500	..	845
Total Papua-New Guinea......................	31,000	100,000	161,921
2,899,000	3,018,000	2,542,628
Division No. 83a.—Less amount provided for surplus buildings, sites and equipment taken over from the Disposals Commission	..	25,000	33,511
TOTAL PART III—Territories of the Commonwealth.......	2,899,000	2,993,000	2,509,117
TOTAL ADDITIONS. NEW WORKS AND OTHER SERVICES INVOLVING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE...............................................................................	68,293,000	47,371,000	42,394,703

(a) Includes amounts for surplus buildings and sites taken over from Disposals Commission as follows:—1948-49 Vote, £5,000, Actual £16,865.

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