Appropriation (Works and Services) Act 1952-53 (Cth)

THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND SERVICES) 1952‑53.

No. 60 of 1952.

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‑three, 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 10th October, 1952.]

BE it enacted by the Queen'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 1952‑53.

Commencement.

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

Issue and application of £63,499,000.

3. The Treasurer may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply towards making good the supply hereby granted to Her Majesty for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty‑three, the sum of Sixty‑three million four hundred and ninety‑nine thousand pounds.

4. All

F.4386— Price 1s.

Appropriation of supply £100,003,000.

4. All sums granted by this Act and by the other Act mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund towards making good the supply granted to Her Majesty for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty‑three, amounting as appears by that Schedule in the aggregate to the sum of One hundred million and 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 fifty‑two, 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‑three.

 

THE SCHEDULES.

Section 4. FIRST SCHEDULE.

GRANTS OUT OF THE CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND.

£
Act No. 33 of 1952...............................................................................................	36,504,000
Under this Act........................................................................................................	63,499,000
100,003,000

 

SECOND SCHEDULE. Section 4.

ABSTRACT.

Page Reference.	—	1952‑53.	1951‑52.
			Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£
5	Part 1.—Departments and Services— other than business undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth..............................	63,274,000	76,123,000	72,867,967
14	Part 2.—Business Undertakings...............	31,217,000	33,998,000	31,157,802
16	Part 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth	5,512,000	5,287,000	5,153,188
TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS AND OTHER SERVICES INVOLVING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE	100,003,000	115,408,000	109,178,957

 

PART 1.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth.

SUMMARY.

Division Number.	Departments and Services.	1952‑53	1951‑52
			Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£
1	PARLIAMENT............................................................	50,000	50,000	22,604
2‑3	PRIME MINISTER....................................................	1,152,000	1,102,000	1,051,780
4‑5	EXTERNAL AFFAIRS..............................................	256,000	306,000	294,144
6‑8	TREASURY.................................................................	180,000	65,000	342,248
9‑10	ATTORNEY‑GENERAL............................................	65,000	28,000	33,677
11‑12	INTERIOR...................................................................	2,254,000	1,163,000	833,995
13‑14	WORKS.........................................................................	1,005,000	2,143,000	2,021,810
14a‑14c	SUPPLY........................................................................	..	206,000	1,343,973
15‑17	CIVIL AVIATION......................................................	6,700,000	7,165,000	6,424,194
18‑19	TRADE AND CUSTOMS.........................................	128,000	95,000	68,257
20‑22	HEALTH......................................................................	1,562,000	1,180,000	1,223,522
23‑24	REPATRIATION........................................................	415,000	310,000	270,540
25‑26	COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE....................	184,000	4,270,000	4,822,673
27‑29	SOCIAL SERVICES..................................................	28,072,000	28,137,000	27,648,314
30‑32	SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT...............................	2,909,000	5,850,000	3,706,735
33	TERRITORIES............................................................	20,000	25,000	34,344
34‑36	IMMIGRATION.........................................................	2,770,000	8,580,000	7,242,921
37‑38	LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE................	24,000	24,000	7,943
39‑42	NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT................................	15,180,000	15,227,000	15,214,005
43‑45	COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION	348,000	197,000	260,288
TOTAL PART 1..................................................	63,274,000	76,123,000	72,867,967

PART 1.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth.

PARLIAMENT.	1952‑53.	1951‑52
Under Control of Department of Works.		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 1.
£	£	£
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...................................	50,000	50,000	22,604
PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT.
Under Control of Prime Minister's Department.
Division No. 2.
1. Australian High Commissioner in United Kingdom—Buildings, equipment and furniture for Australia House and official residences.	100,000	80,000	98,166
2. Australian National University—Permanent buildings, acquisition and erection of dwellings, equipment and works.......................	977,000	984,000	930,000
Total Division No. 2.........................................	1,077,000	1,064,000	1,028,166
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 3.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......................................	75,000	38,000	23,614
Total Prime Minister's Department.........	1,152,000	1,102,000	1,051,780
DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.
Under Control of Department of External Affairs.
Division No. 4.
1. Buildings, equipment and furniture for overseas establishments	250,000	300,000	289,096
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 5.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......................................	6,000	6,000	5,048
Total Department of External Affairs.	256,000	306,000	294,144
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...............................................................	30,000	5,000	1,851
2. Commonwealth Engineering Company Limited—Additional share capital.....................................................................................................	49,000	..	..
Working advance (for payment to the credit of the Commonwealth Stores Suspense Trust Account)........................................................	..	..	246,000
Working advance (for payment to the credit of the Government Printer Trust Account)..........................................................................	..	..	9,000
Total Division No. 6.......................................	79,000	5,000	256,851
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 7.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................................................	1,000	..	35,059
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 8.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......................................	100,000	60,000	50,338
Total Department of the Treasury...........	180,000	65,000	342,248

  

ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.	1952‑53.	1951‑62.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.	£	£	£
Division No. 9.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................................................	30,000	3,000	2,435
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 10.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......................................	35,000	25,000	31,242
Total Attorney‑General's Department. .	65,000	28,000	33,677
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 11.
1. Commonwealth offices and other buildings—Acquisition of sites and buildings.....................................................................................	(a) 539,000	400,000	168,659
2. Plant and equipment.......................................................................	18,500	15,000	7,915
3. Memorial at Canberra to His late Majesty King George V.— Erection.....................................................................................................	6,500	7,500	951
4. Commonwealth Observatory—Plant, including purchase and installation of 74" telescope........................................................................	90,000	120,500	50,748
Total Division No. 11 ..	654,000	543,000	228,273
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 12.
1. Commonwealth offices and other buildings—Works, fittings and furniture.....................................................................................................	1,200,000	499,000	513,516
2. Meteorological buildings, works, fittings and furniture...........	354,000	87,000	71,163
3. Governor‑General's establishments—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture ..	6,000	6,000	3,541
4. War workers' housing—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture	40,000	28,000	17,502
Total Division No. 12 ..	1,600,000	| 620,000	605,722 '
Total Department of the Interior	2,254,000	1,163,000	833,995
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 13.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................................................	50,000	30,000	14,831
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 14.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......................................	439,000	496,000	410,833
2. Expenditure under River Murray Waters Act 1915‑1948........	120,000	140,000	85,000
3. Plant and equipment.......................................................................	385,000	619,000	651,598
4. Experimental Building Station—Plant and material................	11,000	8,000	433
Working advance (for payment to credit of Works Suspense Trust Account).....................................................................................	..	850,000	859,115
Total Division No. 14.......................................	955,000	2,113,000	2,006,979
Total Department of Works.......................	1,005,000	2,143,000	2,021,810

(a) Includes provision toward costs of acquisition of sites forCommonwealth offices in capital cities at an estimated cost of £1,090,000.

 

1952‑53.	1951‑ 52.
	DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Supply.	£	£	£
Division No.14a.
New Guinea Resources Prospecting Co. Ltd.—Contribution to share capital.........................................................................................	(a)	12,750	12,750
Transport and storage services—Motor vehicles, equipment for garages and stores...................................................................................	..	155,250	155,250
Aluminium Production Commission—Additional advance...	..	..	1,147,400
Total Division No.14a.....................................	..	168,000	1,315,400
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 14b.
Acquisition of sites and buildings................................................	(a)	8,000	8,709
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 14c.
Buildings, works, fittings and furniture......................................	(a)	30,000	19,864
Total Department of Supply.......................	..	206,000	1,343,973
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION.
Under Control of Department of Civil Aviation.
Division No. 15.
1. Airway services, including power and lighting plant and equipment.....................................................................................................	1,650,000	2,136,000	1,714,784
2. Aircraft, launches, vehicles, engines and equipment................	450,000	627,000	542,341
Total Division No. 15.......................................	2,100,000	2,763,000	2,257,125
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 16.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................................................	700,000	650,000	709,164
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 17.
1. Buildings and works, including shore bases and marine facilities, fittings and furniture..............................................................................	3,900,000	3,752,000	3,457,905
Total Department of Civil Aviation........	6.700,000	7,165,000	6,424,194

(a) Provision for 1952‑53 included in Defence Services.

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS.	1952‑53.	1951‑52.
Under Control op Department of the Interior.		Vote	Expenditure.
Division No. 18.	£	£	£
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................................................	3,000	5,000	1,422
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 19.
1. Buildings, works, fittings, furniture and purchase of vessels..	125,000	90,000	66,835
Total Department of Trade and Customs	128,000	95,000	68,257
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
Under Control of Department of Health.
Division No. 20.
1. Tuberculosis Act 1948—Reimbursement of expenditure to State Governments.............................................................................	1,100,000	750,000	734,227
2. Purchase of laboratory equipment...............................................	50,000	25,000	23,854
3. Blood fractionation—Installation of plant.................................	50,000	50,000	6,399
Working advance (for payment to credit of Serum Laboratories Trust Account).....................................................................................	..	100,000	228,975
Total Division No. 20.......................................	1,200,000	925,000	993,455
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 21.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................................................	12,000	10,000	772
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 22.
1. Buildings, works, fittings, furniture and purchase of vessels..	350,000	245,000	229,295
Total Department of Health......................	1,562,000	1,180,000	1,223,522
DEPARTMENT OF REPATRIATION.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 23.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................................................	15,000	10,000	3,606
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 24.
1, Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......................................	400,000	300,000	266,934
Total Department of Repatriation..........	415,000 |	310,000	270,540

 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE.	1952‑53.	1951‑52.
Under Control of Department of Commerce and Agriculture.		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 25.	£	£	£
1. Jute and jute products—Imports..................................................	5,250,000	13,200,000	8,901,431
Less amount recoverable from sales............................................	5,250,000	9,000,000	4,129,615
..	4,200,000	4,771,816
2. Flax Production Commission—Capital expenditure................	140,000	..	..
3.. Buildings, equipment and furniture for overseas establishments..	19,000	800	21,217
Flax production—Machinery and plant	..	17,200	7,660
Total Division No. 25.......................................	159,000	4,218,000	4,800,693
Under Control or Department of the Interior.
Division No. 25a.
Acquisition of sites and buildings................................................	..	2,000	3,697
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 26.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......................................	25,000	50,000	18,283
Total Department of Commerce and Agriculture	184,000	4,270,000	4,822,673
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
Under Control of Department of Social Services.
Division No. 27.
(for payment to credit of War Service Homes Trust Account)
1. Expenditure under War Service Homes Act 1918‑1951...........	28,000,000	28,000,000	27,589,916
Additional assistance to ex‑servicemen in special circumstances	..	75,000	..
Total Division No. 27.......................................	28,000,000	28,075,000	27,589,916
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 28.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................................................	2,000	2,000	16,940
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 29.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......................................	70,000	60,000	41,458
Total Department of Social Services ..	28,072,000	28,137,000	27,648,314

 

DEPARTMENT OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT.	1952‑53.	1951‑52.
Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 30.	£	£	£
1. Ship—Construction.........................................................................	4,000,000	3,295,000	2,179,200
Less amount recoverable from sale of ships ..	3,000,000	1,770,000	885,849
1,000,000	1,525,000	1,293,351
2. Lighthouse services—Installation of equipment.......................	58,000	85,000	32,134
3. Lighthouse steamers—Purchase and installation of equipment	12,000	15,000	4,266
4. Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pool—Plant...................	50,000	100,000	90,554
5. Standardization of railway gauges................................................	500,000	2,025,000	1,073,784
6. Purchase of ships overseas............................................................	1,000,000	2,000,000	1,120,305
7. Marine Salvage Service—Plant and equipment........................	100,000	..	..
Total Division No. 30.......................................	2,720,000	5,750,000	3,614,394
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 31.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................................................	15,000	20,000	154
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 32.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......................................	85,000	30,000	47,480
2. Marine Branch—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......	89,000	50,000	44,707
Total Division No. 32.......................................	174,000	80,000	92,187
Total Department of Shipping and Transport..	2,909,000	5,850,000	3,706,735
DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 33.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......................................

20,000 25,000 34,344

 

1952‑53.	1951‑52.
	Vote.	Expenditure.
DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION.	£	£	£
Under Control of Department of Immigration.
Division No. 34.
1. Conversion and refitting of ships for transport of British migrants	100,000	190,000	67,943
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 35.
1. Hostels for accommodation of migrants—acquisition of sites and buildings.......................................................................................................	170,000	215,000	154,444
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 36.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......................................	15,000	25,000	10,951
2. Reception, training and holding centres for accommodation of migrants.......................................................................................................	285,000	1,150,000	759,180
3. Hostels for migrant workers..........................................................	2,200,000	7,000,000	6,250,403
Total Division No. 36.......................................	2,500,000	8,175,000	7,020,534
Total Department of Immigration.....	2,770,000	8,580,000	7,242,921
DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 37.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................................................	4,000	4,000	1
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 38.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......................................	20,000	20,000	7,942
Total Department of Labour and National Service ..	24,000	24,000	7,943

 

DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.	1952‑53.	1951‑52.
Vote.		Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of National Development.	£	£	£
Division No. 39.
1. Bureau of Mineral Resources—Plant and equipment...............	250,000	400,000	330,399
2. Expenditure tinder the Coal Industry Act 1946‑1951...............	1,250,000	4,300,000	4,100,000
Glen Davis shale oil project...........................................................	..	250,000	350,201
Total Division No. 39.......................................	1,500,000	4,950,000	4,780,600
Division No. 40.
1. Expenditure under Snowy Mountains Hydro‑Electric Power Act 1949‑1952........................................................................................................	13,600,000	10,250,000	10,393,000
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 41.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................................................	5,000	2,000	1,169
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 42.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......................................	75,000	25,000	39,236
Total Department of National Development ..	15,180,000	15,227,000	15,214,005
COMMONWEALTH SCD3NTD7IC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION.
Under Control of Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.
Division No. 43.
1. Buildings, works and sites..............................................................	3,000	4,000	2,744
2. Purchase of fisheries research vessel............................................	15,000	25,000	..
Total Division No. 43.......................................	18,000	29,000	2,744
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 44.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................................................	52,250	64,000	25,798
Less amount recoverable from Wool Industry Fund..................	42,250	56,000	14,754
Total Division No. 44.......................................	10,000	8,000	11,044
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 45.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......................................	620,000	385,000	430,644
Less amount recoverable from Wool Industry Fund..................	300,000	225,000	184,144
Total Division No. 45.......................................	320,000	160,000	246,500
Total Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.........................................................	348,000	197,000	260,288
TOTAL PART 1.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth	63,274,000	76,123,000	72,867,967

 

PART 2.—Business Undertakings.

 

SUMMARY.

Division Number.	—	1952‑53.	1951‑52.
			Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£
46	COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS.........................	3,000,000	3,430,000	2,088,389
47‑49	POSTMASTER‑GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT....	27,966,000	30,300,000	28,818,642
50‑52	BROADCASTING SERVICES...............................	251,000	268,000	250,771
TOTAL PART 2...........................................	31,217,000	33,998,000	31,157,802

PART 2.—Business Undertakings.

COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS.	1952‑53.	1951‑52.
Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 46.	£	£	£
1. Trans‑Australia Railway...............................................................	1,479,000	2,394,000	1,622,861
2. Central Australia Railway............................................................	1,257,000	552,000	133,699
3. North Australia Railway...............................................................	260,000	231,000	20,209
4. Australian Capital Territory Railway.........................................	4,000	3,000	7,620
Working advance (for payment to credit of Railway Plant and Stores Suspense Trust Account)........................................................	..	250,000	250,000
Expenses of transporting migrant workers to Australia for employment with Commonwealth Railways (for payment to credit of Railway Provision Stores Trust Account)...........................................	..	..	54,000
Total Commonwealth Railways	3,000,000	3,430,000	2,088,389
POSTMASTER‑GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
Under Control of Postmaster‑General's Department.
Division No. 47.
1. Telephone exchange services.......................................................	17,900,000	20,100,000	20,576,026
2. Trunk line services.........................................................................	5,000,000	5,150,000	4,337,195
3. Telegraph and miscellaneous services........................................	925,000	1,050,000	882,317
Total Division No. 47.....................................	23,825,000	26,300,000	25,795,538
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 48.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings...............................................	741,000	800,000	597,461
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 49.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.....................................	3,400,000	3,200,000	2,425,643
Total Postmaster‑General's Department	27,966,000	30,300,000	28,818,642
BROADCASTING SERVICES.
Under Control of Postmaster‑General's Department.
Division No. 50.
1. Engineering services......................................................................	175,000	200,000	194,992
2. Sites, buildings, works, fittings and furniture for studio and other purposes (other than provided under Divisions Nos. 51 and 52).......	102,000	80,000	7,809
277,000	280,000	202,801
Less amount provided from Australian Broadcasting Commission reserves.......................................................................................	102,000	80,000	7,809
Total Division No. 50.....................................	175,000	200,000	194,992
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 51.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings for technical purposes......	16,000	25,000	19,134
2. Acquisition of sites and buildings for studio purposes............	12,000	7,000	..
28,000	32,000	19,134
Less amount provided from Australian Broadcasting Commission reserves.......................................................................................	12,000	25,000	..
Total Division No. 51.....................................	16,000	7,000	19,134
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 52.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for technical purposes	59,000	60,000	35,285
2. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for other purposes....	20,000	15,000	5,092
Less amount provided from Australian Broadcasting Commission reserves.......................................................................................	79,000	75,000	40,377
19,000	14,000	3,732
Total Division No. 52.....................................	60,000	61,000	36,645
Total Broadcasting Services...................	251,000	268,000	250,771
TOTAL PART 2.—Business Undertakings...............................	31,217,000	33,998,000	31,157,802

PART 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth.

 

SUMMARY.

Division Number.	—	1952‑53.	1951‑52.
			Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£
53‑57	NORTHERN TERRITORY......................................	1,722,000	1,434,000	1,281,075
58‑61	AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY..............	3,752,000	3,811,000	3,851,535
62‑64	PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA..................................	38,000	42,000	20,578
TOTAL PART 3................................................	5,512,000	5,287,000	5,153,188

PART 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth.

NORTHERN TERRITORY.	1952‑53.	1951‑52.
DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department op Territories.
Division No. 53.	£	£	£
1. Plant and equipment (for payment to credit of Northern Territory Services Trust Account).............................................................................	70,000	44,000	8,398
2. Compensation for improvements on resumed leases.................	2,000	..	..
Total Division No. 53.......................................	72,000	44,000	8,398
Under Control or Department of the Interior.
Division No. 54.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................................................	25,000	25,000	10,210
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 55.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......................................	780,000	760,000	707,043
2. Developmental services—Construction of water supplies, roads and stock routes for pastoral purposes......................................................	400,000	250,000	215,366
Total Division No. 55.......................................	1,180,000	1,010,000	922,409
Total Department of Territories.............	1,277,000	1,079,000	941,017
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 56.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......................................	130,000	112,000	108,989
2. Plant and equipment........................................................................	65,000	73,000	83,253
Total Department of Works.......................	195,000	185,000	192,242
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 57.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......................................	250,000	170,000	147,816
Total Northern Territory..........................	1,722,000	1,434,000	1,281,075
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 58.
1. Forestry—(for payment to the credit of the Interior Services Trust Account).......................................................................................	26,000	55,000	70,000
2. Sundry works and services.............................................................	29,800	35,000	20,884
3. Canberra cemetery—Minor services (for payment to credit of Canberra Cemetery Trust Account)..........................................................	500	500	500
4. Plant and equipment........................................................................	43,000	35,000	36,372
5. Plant and equipment (for payment to credit of Australian Capital Territory Transport Trust Account)..........................................................	50,500	58,500	46,844
6. Acquisition of land..........................................................................	2,200	..	..
Loans for Housing............................................................................	..	..	21,791
Total Division No. 58.......................................	152,000	184,000	196,391

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PART 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth.

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY—continued.	1952‑53.	1951‑52.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR–continued		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Works.	£	£	£
Division No. 59.
1. Buildings, fittings and furniture..............................................	2,300,000	2,500,000	2,607,168
2. Engineering works.....................................................................	700,000	720,000	748,025
Total Division No. 59................................	3,000,000	3,220,000	3,355,193
Total Department of the Interior......	3,152,000	3,404,000	3,551,584
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 60.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.................................	300,000	274,000	243,353
2. Plant and equipment.................................................................	50,000	48,000	6,286
Total Department of Works.................	350,000	322,000	249,639
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 61.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.................................	250,000	85,000	50,312
Total Australian Capital Territory	3,752,000	3,811,000	3,851,535
PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA.
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 62.
1. Coastal and Inter‑island Shipping Service—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..........................................................................	2,300	..	..
2. Coastal and Inter‑island Shipping Service—Plant and equipment	700	..	..
Total Division No. 62.................................	3,000	..	..
Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.
Division No. 63.
1. Lighthouse services—Purchase and installation of equipment	19,000	20,000	5,387
2. Lighthouse vessel—Purchase and installation of equipment	1,000	2,000	..
Total Division No. 63................................	20,000	22,000	5,387
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 64.
1. Lighthouse services—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture	15,000	20,000	15,191
Total Papua and New Guinea................	38,000	42,000	20,578
TOTAL PART 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth..............	5,512,000	5,287,000	5,153,188
TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS AND OTHER SERVICES INVOLVING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE	100,003,000	115,408,000	109,178,957

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