Appropriation (Works and Services) Act 1956-57 (Cth)

THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND SERVICES)

1956-57.

No. 71 of 1956.

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-seven, 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 26th October, 1956.]

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 1956-57.

Commencement.

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

Issue and application of £76,163,000.

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-seven, the sum of Seventy-six million one hundred and sixty-three thousand pounds.

4. All

F.6246/56.—Price 1s

Appropriation of supply £108,238,000.

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-seven, amounting as appears by that Schedule in the aggregate to the sum of One hundred and eight million two hundred and thirty-eight 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-six, 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-seven.

THE SCHEDULES.

Section 4. FIRST SCHEDULE.

GRANTS OUT OF THE CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND.

£
Act No. 36 of 1956.............................	32,075,000
Under this Act....................................	76,163,000
108,238,000

  

THE SECOND SCHEDULE. Section 4.

ABSTRACT.

Page Reference	—	1956-57.	1955-66:
			Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£
5	Part 1.—Departments and Services—Other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth......................................................	64,321,000	63,159,300	61,185,221
13	Part 2.—Business Undertakings...	35,126,000	32,701,000	30,435,040
17	Part 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth..........................	8,791,000	9,118,000	8,048,849
TOTAL ADDITIONS. NEW WORKS AND OTHER SERVICES INVOLVING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE.........	108,238,000	a 104,978,300	99,669,110

(a) Includes £3,733,300 provided to Additional Estimates. May. 1956

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

SUMMARY.

Division Number.	Departments and Services.	1956-57.	1955-66,
			Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£
1	PARLIAMENT....................................	30,000	30,000	39,446
2-3	PRIME MINISTER..............................	597,000	986,000	874,899
4-5	EXTERNAL AFFAIRS........................	187,000	283,300	194,301
6-8	TREASURY........................................	241,000	266,000	202,547
9-10	ATTORNEY-GENERAL.....................	369,000	107,000	48,334
11-12	INTERIOR..........................................	2,090,000	1,532,000	1,456,259
13-14	WORKS..............................................	974,000	861,000	753,111
15-17	CIVIL AVIATION...............................	5,657,000	5,894,000	5,081,048
18-19	CUSTOMS AND EXCISE....................	91,000	144,000	72,435
20-22	HEALTH.............................................	510,000	666,000	638,974
23-25	REPATRIATION.................................	220,000	264,800	242,149
26-28	TRADE...............................................	81,000	97,000	60,034
31	PRIMARY INDUSTRY.......................	9,000	..	..
32-33	SOCIAL SERVICES............................	231,000	143,000	118,210
34-37	SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT............	1,880,000	4,338,800	4,117,707
38	TERRITORIES....................................	1,000	2,000	1,9,51
38k-40	IMMIGRATION..................................	288,000	366,100	318,519
41-42	LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE	30,000	44,000	21,754
43-47	NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT............	48,119,000	45,453,000	45,245,343
48-50	COMMON WEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION..........................	280,000	265,300	220,331
51	AUSTRALIAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION...............................	2,436,000	1,416,000	1,477,869
TOTAL PART 1..........................	64,321,000	(a) 63,159,300	61,185,221

(a) Includes £2,493,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1956.

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

1956-57.	1955-56.
	PARLIAMENT.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Works.	£	£	£
Division No. 1.
1: Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................	30,000	30,000	39,446
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.........................................................	26,000	35,000	29,277
2. Australian National University—Permanent buildings, acquisition and erection of dwellings, equipment and works..	(b)531,000	898,000	800,000
3. Official establishments—Buildings and works...........	3,000	10,000	6,210
Total Division No. 2.........................	560,000	943,000	835,487
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 3.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.....................	37,000	43,000	39,412
Total Prime Minister's Department	597,000	986,000	874,899
DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.
Under Control of Department of External Affairs.
Division No. 4.
Buildings, works, equipment and furniture—
1. India...................................................................	30,000	30,000	14,431
2. Indonesia............................................................	10,900	51,000	48,097
3. Burma:...............................................................	13,000	35,000	37,955
4. Vietnam.............................................................	7,500	1,500	1,876
5. New Caledonia...................................................	10,300	16,200	623
6. Japan..................................................................	21,300	9,500	1,727
7. Pakistan..............................................................	5,100	(a)11,000	8,554
8. Malaya...............................................................	19,200	(a)32,200	29,700
9. Thailand.............................................................	5,400	(a)6,500	5,928
10. New Zealand.......................................................	13,400	600	920
11. Other overseas establishments..............................	46,900	(a)84,800	41,368
Total Division No. 4.........................	183,000	278,300	191,179
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 5.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.....................	4,000	5,000	3,122
Total Department of External Affairs.........	187,000	283,300	194,301

(a) Includes an amount provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1956. (b) Includes provision for Commonwealth Observatory to be taken over from January, 1957.

 

1956-57	1955-56
	DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of the Treasury.	£	£	£
Division No. 6.
1. Government Printing Office—Purchase of machinery and additional equipment.......................................	150,000	145,000	106,071
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 8.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...................	14,000	14,000	11,829
2. Taxation Branch—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture	77,000	107,000	84,647
Total Division No. 8...........................	91,000	121,000	96,476
Total Department of the Treasury	241,000	266,000	202,547
ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 10............................................................
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...................	369,000	107,000	48,334
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...........................................	135,000	(a)(b) 320,000	246,159
2. Plant and equipment..............................................	30,000	30,000	19,916
3. Commonwealth Observatory—Plant, including purchase and installation of 74″ telescope.............................	15,000	40,000	24,087
Total Division No. 11	180,000	390,000	290,162
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 12.
1. Commonwealth offices and other buildings—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................................	1,850,000	1,032,000	1,065,678
2. Meteorological buildings, works, fittings and furniture	60,000	(a) 110,000	100,419
Total Division No. 12..............................	1,910,000	1,142,000	1,166,097
Total Department of the Interior........	2,090,000	1,532,000	1,456,259

(a) Includes £l20,000 provided In Additional Estimates, May, 1956. (b) Includes provision towards costs of acquisition of sites for Commonwealth offices in capital cities at an estimated cost of £107,000. (c) Includes £3,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1956.

 

DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.	1956-57.	1955-56.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.		Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£
Division No. 13.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings...........................	7,000	8,000	727
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 14.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...................	220,500	297,500	253,391
2. Expenditure under River Murray Waters Act 1915-1954	475,000	(a)418,000	410,950
3. Plant and equipment..............................................	269,000	135,000	85,505
4. Experimental Building Station—Plant and material.	2,500	2,500	2,538
Total Division No. 14....................	967,000	853,000	752,384
Total Department of Works........	974,000	861,000	753,111
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION.
Under Control of Department of Civil Aviation.
Division No. 15.
1. Airway services, including power and lighting plant and equipment.......................................................	850,000	1,000,000	669,946
2. Aircraft, launches, vehicles, engines and equipment	500,000	600,000	431,513
3. Qantas Empire Airways Limited—Provision of additional share capital.............................................................	1,500,000	(b)1,200,000	1,200,000
Total Division No. 15....................	2,850,000	2,800,000	2,301,459
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 16.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings...........................	315,000	570,000	317,250
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 17.
1. Buildings and works, including shore bases and marine facilities, fittings and furniture........................................	2,492,000	(c) 2,524,000	2,462,339
Total Department of Civil Aviation	5,657,000	5,894,000	5,081,048
DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 18.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings...........................	26,000	28,000	532
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 19.
1. Buildings, works, fittings, furniture and purchase of vessels	65,000	116,000	71,903
Total Department of Customs and Excise	91,000	144,000	72,435

(a) Includes £118,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1956. (b) Includes £700,000 provided In Additional Estimates, May, 1956. (c) Includes £76,000 provided In Additional Estimates, May, 1956.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.	1956-57.	1956-56.
Under Control of Department of Health.		Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£
Division No. 20.
1. Purchase of laboratory equipment.............................	93,000	69,000	56,163
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 21.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.............................	17,000	28,000	10,922
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 22.
1. Buildings, works, fittings, furniture and purchase of vessels	400,000	(a)569,000	571,889
Total Department of Health.........	510,000	666,000	638,974
DEPARTMENT OF REPATRIATION.
Under Control of Department of Repatriation.
Division No. 23.
1. Lemnos Mental Hospital, Western Australia—Contribution towards cost of extension...................................	9,000	(b) 32,300	23,765
Kerbing and guttering at Repatriation General Hospital—Payment to Concord Municipal Council	(c) 500	500
Total Division No. 23.......................	9,000	32,800	24,265
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 24.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.............................	13,000	17,000	3,121
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 25.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.....................	198,000	215,000	214,763
Total Department of Repatriation	220,000	264,800	242,149
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE.
Under Control of Department of Trade.
Division No. 26.
1. Special food investigations—Machinery and plant.....	1,000	15,000	4,156
2. Residential buildings, works, equipment and furniture, Indonesia.........................................................................	28,500	32,000	12,953
3. Residential buildings, works, equipment and furniture, other overseas establishments.....................................	7,000	8,700	6,742
4. Office buildings, works, equipment and furniture, overseas establishments...................................................	7,000	7,800	3,960
5. Residential buildings, works, equipment and furniture, New Zealand.............................................................	13,500	9,500	10,494
Residential buildings, works, equipment and furniture, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland..............	..	..	14,280
Total Division No. 26.......................	57,000	73,000	52,585
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 28.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.....................	24,000	24,000	7,449
Total Department of Trade...........	81,000	97,000	60,034

(a) Includes £186,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1956. (b)Includes £17,300 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1956. (c) Provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1956.

1956-57.	1955-56.
	DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRY.	Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 31
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.................	9,000	..	..
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
Under Control of Department of the Interior
Division No. 32.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.........................	45,000	43,000	13,523
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 33.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.................	186,000	100,000	104,687
Total Department of Social Services	231,000	143,000	118,210
DEPARTMENT OF SHIPING AND TRANSPORT.
Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.
Division No. 34.
1. Ship construction.................................................	4,650,000	4,100,000	3,978,590
2. Less amount recoverable from sales of ships..........	3,300,000	900,000	776,983
1,350,000	(a) 3,200,000	3,201,607
3. Lighthouse services—Purchase and installation of equipment.....................................................................	47,000	(b) 41,000	40,987
4. Purchase of ships overseas...................................	(c) 398,300	387,838
Total Division No. 34...................	1,397,000	3,639,300	3,630,432
Division No. 35.
1. Expenditure under Railway Standardization (South Australia). Agreement Act 1949.......................................	400,000	600,000	403,791
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 36.
Acquisition of sites and buildings.............................	6,000	..	3
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 37.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.................	14,000	22,500	13,005
2. Marine Branch—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture	63,000	(d) 77,000	70,476
Total Division No. 37..........................	77,000	99,500	83,481
Total Department of Shipping and Transport.......................................................	1,880,000	4,338,800	4,117,707
DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 38
Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.....................	1,000	(e) 2,000	1,951

(a) Includes £300,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1956. (b) Includes £6,000 provided In Additional Estimates, May, 1956. (c) Includes £93,300 provided In Additional Estimates, May, 1956. (d) Includes £2,500 provided In Additional Estimates, May, 1956. (e) Includes £1,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1956.

DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION.	1956-57.	1955-56.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control. of. Department. of Immigration
Division No. 38k.	£	£	£
1. Overseas establishments—Equipment, furniture and motor. Vehicles...........................................................................................	15,000	(d)	..
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 39.
1. Hostels for accommodation of migrants–Acquisition of sites and buildings...........................................................................	17,000	35,000	18,081
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 40.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............................	6,000	5,100	4,035
2. Reception, training and holding centres for accommodation of migrants...........................................................................	120,000	159,000	134,413
3. Hostels for migrant workers.................................................	130,000	167,000	161,990
Total Division No. 40............................	256,000	(b) 331,100	300,438
Total Department of Immigration.	288,000	366,100	318,519
DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 41.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings........................................	5,000	17,000	3,011
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 42.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............................	25,000	27,000	18,743
Total Department of Labour and National Service

30,000	44,000	21,754
DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
Under Control of Department of National Development.
Division No. 43.
1. Bureau of Mineral Resources—Plant and equipment.....	111,000	210,000	199,953
2. Less amount recoverable from Australian Atomic Energy Commission...........................................................................................	42,000	125,000	117,376
Total Division No. 43............................	69,000	85,000	82,577
Division No. 44
1. Expenditure under War Service Homes Act 1918-1955 (for payment to credit of War Service Homes Trust Account)......	30,000,000	30,000,000	30,000,000
Division No. 45.
1. Expenditure under Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Power Act 1949-1956.................................................................................	18,000,000	ac 15,346,000	15,146,000
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 46.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings........................................	..	1,000	411
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 47.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............................	50,000	21,000	16,355
Total Department of National Development	48,119,000	45,453,000	45,245,343

(a) Includes (1955-56 expenditure shown in brackets)—Contracts for construction of works, £12,498,000 (£11,043,388); Stores and materials (less sales) £1,015,000 (£628,869); Permanent plant and constructive equipment (less sales), £1,250,000 (£444,173) Purchase of properties £250 000 (£185 242): Salaries £1,631,000 (£1,485 906): Wages £1,412,000 (£1,550,943); General expenses (less miscellaneous receipts). Cr. £89,000 (Cr. £192,521). (b) Includes £70 100 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1956. (c) (Includes £746,000 provided In Additional Estimates, May, 1956. (d) Previously Included In Administrative votes.

1956-67.	1955-66.
	COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization	£	£	£
Division No. 48.
1. Buildings, works, plant and developmental expenditure	170,300.	145,100	121,637
2. Less amount recoverable from Wool Industry Fund (£91,300), Specific Research Account (£3,000), Tobacco Research Trust (£66,000)............................................	160,300	131,800	110,899
Total Division No. 48.................	10,000	(a) 13,300	10,738
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 49.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings........................	30,000	24,000	13,083
2. Less amount recoverable from Tobacco Research Trust Account.......................................................	20,000	4,000	3,724
Total Division No. 49..................	10,000	20,000	9,359
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 50.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture................	322,540	(b) 392,000	344,265
2. Less amount recoverable from Wool Industry Fund	62,540	160,000	144,031
Total Division No. 50.................	260,000	232,000	200,234
Total COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION	280,000	265,300	220,331
AUSTRALIAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION.
Under Control of Department of the Treasury.
Division No. 51.
1. Expenditure under the Atomic Energy Act 1953 (for payment to the credit of the Atomic Energy Trust Account)	2,436,000	1,416,000	1,477,869
TOTAL PART 1.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth	64,321,000	63,159,300	61,185,221

(a) Includes £3,300 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1956. (b) Includes £8,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1956.

  

Part 2.—Business Undertakings.

SUMMARY.

Division Number.	—	1956-57.	1955-56.
			Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£
52	COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS........	1,925,000	850,000	848,338
53-55	POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT	30,727,000	29,846,000	28,769,815
56-58	BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION SERVICES.......................................	2,474,000	2,005,000	816,887
TOTAL PART 2.......................	35,126,000	(a) 32,701,000	30,435,040

(a) Includes £281,000 provided In Additional Estimates, May, 1956.

PART 2.—Business Undertakings.

1956-57.	1955-56.
	COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.
£	£	£
Division No. 52.
1. Trans-Australian Railway...................................	874,000	400,000	399,333
2. Central Australia Railway...................................	966,000	250,000	249,686
3. North Australia Railway.....................................	81,000	94,000	93,371
4. Australian Capital Territory Railway...................	4,000	6,000	5,948
Working advance (for payment to credit of. Railway Plant and Stores Suspense Trust Account)....................	..	(c) 100,000	100,000
Total Commonwealth Railways	1,925,000	850,000	848,338
POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
Under Control of Postmaster-General's Department.
Division No. 53.
1. Telephone exchange services..............................	20,100,000	19,800,000	19,609,903
2. Trunk line services.............................................	5,450,000	5,250,000	4,359,874
3. Telegraph and miscellaneous services..................	900,000	(a) 877,000	876,460
Total Division No. 53.................	26,450,000	25,927,000	24,846,237
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 54.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings........................	430,000	460,000	513,967
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 55.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture................	3,847,000	3,459,000	3,409,611
Total Postmaster-General's Department	30,727,000	29,846,000	28,769,815
BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION SERVICES.
Under Control of Postmaster-General's Department.
Division No. 56.
1. Engineering equipment and services—Sound broadcasting	347,000	(b) 383,000	375,323
2. Sites, buildings, works, fittings and furniture for sound broadcasting studios and other purposes (other than provided under Divisions Nos. 57 and 58).....	32,000	30,000	3,361
3. Television transmitting equipment.......................	500,000	376,000	69,799
4. Television studio equipment...............................	800,000	474,000	69,284
1,679,000	1,263,000	517,767
5. Less amount provided from Australian Broadcasting Commission reserves....................................	17,000	30,000	3,361
Total Division No. 56.................	1,662,000	1,233,000	514,406

(a) Includes £27,000 provided In Additional Estimates, May, 1956. (b) Includes £65,000 provided In Additional Estimates, May, 1956. (c) Provided Additional Estimates, 1956.

PART 2.—Business Undertakings.

BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION SERVICES-continued.	1956-57.	1955-56.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 57.	£	£	£
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings for sound broadcasting transmission.................................................	11,000	36,000	9,752
2. Acquisition of sites and buildings for sound broadcasting studios.........................................................	..	11,000	10,853
3. Acquisition of sites and buildings for television studios	13,000	133,000	129,053
24,000	180,000.	149,658
Less amount provided from Australian Broadcasting Commission Reserves..................................	..	..	10,851
Total Division No. 57.................	24,000	(a) 180,000	138,807
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 58.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for sound broadcasting transmission ............................	76,000	(b) 90,000	92,414
2. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for sound broadcasting studios and other purposes........	195,000	55,000	29,066
3. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for television transmission.................................................	71,000.	500,000	73,680
4. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for television studios....................................................................	446,000	..	..
788,000	645,000	195,160
5. Less amount provided from Australian Broadcasting Commission reserves....................................	..	53,000	31,486
Total Division No. 58.................	788,000	592,000.	163,674
Total Broadcasting and Television Services	2,474,000	2,005,000	816,887
TOTAL PART 2.—Business Undertakings...............	35,126,000	32,701,000	30,435,040

(a) Includes £91,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1956. (b)Includes £8,000 provided in Additional Estimates May, 1956.

 

PART 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth.

SUMMARY.

Division Number.	—	1956-57.	1955-56.
			Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£
59-63	NORTHERN TERRITORY........................	3,366,000	3,136,000	2,861,034
64-67	AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY....	5,330,000.	5,935,000	5,181,370
68-69	PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA....................	33,000	29,000	4,753
70-71	COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS.................	62,000	18,000	1,692
TOTAL PART 3.............................	8,791,000	(a) 9,118,000	8,048,849

(a) Includes £959,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1956.

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PART 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth.

NORTHERN TERRITORY.	1956-57.	1955-66.
DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.
Under Control of Department of Territories.		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 59.	£	£	£
1. Plant and equipment..................................................................	120,000	(a) 87,000	84,491
2. Compensation for improvements on resumed leases...........	30,000	45,000	..
3. Reimbursement of cost of construction of schools on pastoral properties.............................................................................	50,000	(e) ..	..
4. Loans for housing.......................................................................	140,000	(b) 73,000	73,000
Compensation for acquisition of mineral rights.....................	..	25,000	..
Total Division No. 59................................	340,000	230,000	157,491
Division No. 60.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings............................................	88,000	(c) 286,000	253,781
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 61.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..................................	2,333,000	(d) 2,015,000	2,059,870
2. Developmental services—Construction of water supplies, roads and stock routes for pastoral purposes...................................	268,000	199,000	106,344
Total Division No. 61................................	2,601,000	2,214,000	2,166,214
Total Department of Territories.......	3,029,000	2,730,000	2,577,486
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 62.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..................................	100,000	117,000	69,984
2. Plant and equipment..................................................................	83,000	161,000	129,626
Total Department of Works.................	183,000	278,000	199,610
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 63.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..................................	154,000	128,000	83,938
Total Northern Territory....................	3,366,000	3,136,000	2,861,034
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 64.
1. Forestry—(for payment to credit of the Australian Capital Territory Forestry Trust Account)....................................................	70,000	70,000	70,000
2. Sundry works and services........................................................	30,000	20,000	19,758
3. Canberra cemetery—Minor services (for payment to credit of Canberra Cemetery Trust Account)................................	3,000	3,000	3,000
4. Plant and equipment..................................................................	50,000	45,000	31,274
5. Plant and equipment (for payment to credit of Australian Capital Territory Transport Trust Account)................................	85,000	96,000	93,727
6. Electricity supply—Engineering works..................................	220,000	220,000	201,988
7. Purchase of improvements on resumed leases......................	2,000	2,000	120
8. Loans for housing.......................................................................	190,000	(b) 19,000	43,000
Australian Capital Territory Electricity Trust Account—Working advance..................................................................................	..	20,000	..
Total Division No. 64................................	650,000	495,000	462,867

(a) Includes £9,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1856. (b) Provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1956. (c) Includes £250,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1956. (d)Includes £164,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1956. (e) Provided under Ordinary Services division No. 273c.

PART 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth.

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY—continued.	1956-57.	1955-56.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR—continued.		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Works.	£	£	£
Division No. 65.
1. Buildings, fittings and furniture..................	2,845,000	(a) 3,200,000	3,398,676
2. Engineering works....................................	1,476,000	1,400,000	1,075,984
Total Division No. 65........	4,321,000	4,600,000	4,474,660
Total Department of the Interior	4,971,000	5,095,000	4,937,527
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 66.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......	151,000	533,000	120,060
2. Plant and equipment..................................	98,000	204,000	73,400
Total Department of Works.	249,000	737,000	193,460
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 67.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......	110,000	103,000	50,383
Total Australian Capital Territory	5,330,000	5,935,000	5,181,370
PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA.
Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.
Division No. 68.
1. Lighthouse services—Purchase and installation of equipment	14,000	11,000	2,484
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 69.
1. Lighthouse services—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.............................................	19,000	18,000	2,269
Total Papua and New Guinea	33,000	29,000	4,753
COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS.
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 70.
1. Plant and equipment........	1,000	(b) 1,100	1,014
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 71.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.......	61,000	(b) 16,900	678
Total Cocos (Keeling) Islands	62,000	18,000	1,692
TOTAL PART 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth	8,791,000	9,118,000	8,048,849
TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS AND OTHER SERVICES INVOLVING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE.........................................	108,238,000	104,978,300	99,669,110

(a) Includes £420,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1956. (b)Provided In Additional Estimates, May, 1956.

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