Appropriation (Works and Services) Act 1957-58 (Cth)

THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

APPROPRIATION

(WORKS AND SERVICES)

1957-58.

No. 52 of 1957.

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-eight, 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 6th November, 1957.]

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 1957–58.

Commencement.

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

Issue and application of £72,248,000.

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

F.6687/57.—Price 1s.

day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight, the sum of Seventy-two million two hundred and forty-eight thousand pounds.

Appropriation of supply £121,368,000.

4. All sums granted by this Act and by the other Acts 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-eight, amounting as appears by that Schedule in the aggregate to the sum of One hundred and twenty-one million three hundred and sixty-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-seven, 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-eight.

THE SCHEDULES.

Section 4. FIRST SCHEDULE.

GRANTS OUT OF THE CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND.

£
Act No. 20 of 1957............................................................................................	34,956,000
Act No. 50 of 1957............................................................................................	14,164,000
Under this Act.....................................................................................................	72,248,000
121,368,000

 

THE SECOND SCHEDULE. Section 4.

ABSTRACT.

Page Reference.	—	1957-58.
£
5	Part 1.—Departments and Services—Other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth.........................................................	71,966,000
13	Part 2.—Business Undertakings..................................................................	38,095,000
17	Part 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth...........................................	11,307,000
TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS AND OTHER SERVICES INVOLVING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE...........................................................................	121,368,000

 

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

SUMMARY.
Division Number.	Departments and Services.	1957-58.	1956–57.
			Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£
1	PARLIAMENT................................................................	35,000	30,850	29,292
2–3	PRIME MINISTER........................................................	549,000	632,650	574,877
4–5	EXTERNAL AFFAIRS..................................................	196,000	188,700	124,544
6–8	TREASURY.....................................................................	215,000	241,000	111,340
9–10	ATTORNEY-GENERAL................................................	399,000	369,000	244,214
11–12	INTERIOR.......................................................................	2,013,000	2,093,000	1,571,687
13–14	WORKS.............................................................................	619,000	1,008,000	884,054
15–17	CIVIL AVIATION..........................................................	6,019,000	5,704,000	5,157,526
18–19	CUSTOMS AND EXCISE............................................	107,000	98,125	85,339
20–22	HEALTH..........................................................................	686,000	510,000	383,591
23–25	REPATRIATION............................................................	210,000	227,000	166,912
26–28	TRADE..............................................................................	96,000	83,400	51,573
29–31	PRIMARY INDUSTRY.................................................	118,000	106,125	103,351
32–33	SOCIAL SERVICES......................................................	148,000	234,000	176,495
34–37	SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT...................................	1,255,000	1,880,000	1,798,882
37k–38	TERRITORIES................................................................	1,793,000	336,600	336,405
38k–40	IMMIGRATION.............................................................	294,000	288,300	252,902
41–42	LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE....................	47,000	39,100	20,386
43–47	NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT....................................	54,066,000	48,125,150	48,102,688
48–50	COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUS- TRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION..............................	427,000	280,000	343,693
51	AUSTRALIAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION	2,674,000	2,526,000	2,515,481
TOTAL PART 1..................................................	71,966,000	65,001,000 (a)	62,935,232

(a) Includes £680,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

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

PARLIAMENT.	1957-58.	1956–57.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 1.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...............................	35,000	(a) 30,850	29,292
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...........................................................................	12,000	26,000	23,185
2. Australian National University—Permanent buildings, acquisition and erection of dwellings, equipment and works...............	449,000	531,000	487,000
3. Official establishments—Buildings and works	34,000	(a) 38,650	33,429
Total Division No. 2......................................	495,000	595,650	543,614
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 3.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...............................	54,000	37,000	31,263
Total Prime Minister's Department......	549,000	632,650	574,877
DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.
Under Control of Department of External Affairs.
Division No. 4.
Buildings, works, equipment and furniture—
1. Vietnam.....................................................................................	45,600	7,500	4,415
2. Japan.........................................................................................	19,200	21,300	1,827
3. Malaya......................................................................................	17,800	19,200	4,090
4. India...........................................................................................	17,600	30,000	7,594
5. Burma........................................................................................	11,900	13,000	8,170
6. New Caledonia........................................................................	8,500	10,300	16,569
7. Indonesia..................................................................................	8,200	10,900	8,821
8. Singapore..................................................................................	6,000	..	..
9. Thailand....................................................................................	5,900	5,400	5,496
10. Germany..................................................................................	5,100	..	..
11. Other overseas establishments.............................................	46,200	46,900	43,225
Pakistan..................................................................................	..	(a)  6,300	6,161
New Zealand..........................................................................	..	13,400	14,232
Total Division No. 4......................................	192,000	184,200	120,600
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 5.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...............................	4,000	(a) 4,500	3,944
Total Department of External Affairs	196,000	188,700	124,544

(a) Includes an amount provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.	1957-58.	1956–57.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£
Under Control of Department of the Treasury.
Division No. 6.
1. Government Printing Office—Purchase of machinery and equipment.............................................................................................	120,000	150,000	35,837
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 8.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...............................	28,000	14,000	11,940
2. Taxation Branch—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture	67,000	77,000	63,563
Total Division No. 8......................................	95,000	91,000	75,503
Total Department of the Treasury......	215,000	241,000	111,340
ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 9.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.........................................	10,000	..	21,859
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 10.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...............................	389,000	369,000	222,355
Total Attorney-General's Department	399,000	369,000	244,214
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.............................................................................	123,000	135,000	38,272
2. Plant and equipment...............................................................	30,000	30,000	14,654
Commonwealth Observatory—Plant, including purchase and installation of 74″ telescope..............................................	..	15,000	5,428
Road and drainage improvements, Bulimba, Queensland— Payment to Brisbane City Council........................................................	..	(a) 2,000	2,000
Total Division No. 11...................................	153,000	182,000	60,354
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 12.
1. Commonwealth offices and other buildings—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................................................	1,800,000	1,850,000	1,456,030
2. Meteorological buildings, works, fittings and furniture...	60,000	(b) 61,000	55,303
Total Division No. 12...................................	1,860,000	1,911,000	1,511,333
Total Department of the Interior.........	2,013,000	2,093,000	1,571,687

(a) Provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957. (b) Includes £1,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

 

DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.	1957-58.	1956–57.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.	£	£	£
Division No. 13.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.........................................	5,000	(a) 21,000	21,056
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 14.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...............................	194,000	(a) 223,000	209,705
2. Plant and equipment...............................................................	412,000	269,000	158,454
3. Experimental Building Station—Plant and material........	8,000	2,500	2,339
Expenditure under River Murray Waters Act....................	(b)	(a) 492,500	492,500
Total Division No. 14...................................	614,000	987,000	862,998
Total Department of Works....................	619,000	1,008,000	884,054
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION.
Under Control of Department of Civil Aviation.
Division No. 15.
1. Air routes and airway facilities, including power and lighting plant and equipment..........................................................................	950,000	850,000	845,738
2. Aircraft, launches, vehicles, engines and equipment........	700,000	(a) 547,000	534,429
3. Qantas Empire Airways Limited—Provision of additional share capital.............................................................................................	1,250,000	1,500,000	1,500,000
4. Australian National Airlines Commission—Additional capital	500,000	..	..
Total Division No. 15...................................	3,400,000	2,897,000	2,880,167
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 16.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.........................................	266,000	315,000	117,389
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 16k.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.........................................	13,000	..	..
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 17.
1. Buildings and works, including shore bases and marine facilities, fittings and furniture........................................................	2,340,000	2,492,000	2,159,970
Total Department of Civil Aviation....	6,019,000	5,704,000	5,157,526
DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 18.
Acquisition of sites and buildings........................................	..	(a) 33,125	32,496
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 19.
1. Buildings, works, fittings, furniture and purchase of vessels	107,000	65,000	52,843
Total Department of Customs and Excise	107,000	98,125	85,339

(a) Includes an amount provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957. (b) Provided under Department of National Development, Division No. 47.

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.	1957-58.	1956–57.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Health.	£	£	£
Division No 20.
1. Purchase of laboratory equipment.......................................	280,000	93,000	71,511
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 21.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.........................................	7,000	17,000	9,651
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 22.
1. Buildings, works, fittings, furniture and purchase of vessels	399,000	400,000	302,429
Total Department of Health..................	686,000	510,000	383,591
DEPARTMENT OF REPATRIATION.
Under Control of Department of Repatriation.
Division No. 23.
1. Lemnos Mental Hospital, Western Australia— Contribution towards cost of extension, alterations and replacement of equipment	10,000	(a) 16,000	14,695
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 24.
Acquisition of sites and buildings............................................	..	13,000	10
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 25.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...............................	200,000	198,000	152,207
Total Department of Repatriation.......	210,000	227,000	166,912
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE.
Under Control of Department of Trade.
Division No. 26.
Buildings, works, equipment and furniture—
1. India...........................................................................................	8,200	..	..
2. Malaya......................................................................................	17,000	..	..
3. Hong Kong................................................................................	11,800	..	..
4. Other overseas establishments..............................................	9,000	(a) 29,900	28,480
Indonesia..................................................................................	..	28,500	4,656
Special food investigations—Machinery and plant..........	..	1,000	100
Total Division No. 26...................................	46,000	59,400	33,236
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 28.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...............................	50,000	24,000	18,337
Total Department of Trade.....................	96,000	83,400	51,573

(a) Includes an amount provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRY.	1957-58.	1956–57.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Primary Industry.
Division No. 29.	£	£	£
1. Flax Commission—Advance................................................	100,000	(a) 97,000	97,000
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 30.
Acquisition of sites and buildings........................................	..	(a) 125	21
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 31.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...............................	18,000	9,000	6,330
Total Department of Primary Industry	118,000	106,125	103,351
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 32.
Acquisition of sites and buildings........................................	..	45,000	7,661
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 33.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...............................	148,000	(b) 189,000	168,834
Total Department of Social Services..	148,000	234,000	176,495
DEPARTMENT OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT.
Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.
Division No. 34.
1. Ship construction.....................................................................	5,500,000	4,650,000	5,143,302
2. Less amount recoverable from sales of ships.....................	5,500,000	3,300,000	3,800,324
..	1,350,000	1,342,978
3. Lighthouse services—Purchase and installation of equipment	43,000	47,000	16,674
4. Australian Coastal Shipping Commission—Additional capital	500,000	..	..
Total Division No. 34....................................	543,000	1,397,000	1,359,652
Division No. 35.
1. Expenditure under Railway Standardization (South Australia) Agreement Act..................................................................	600,000	400,000	400,000
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 36.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.........................................	2,000	6,000	5,740
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 37.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...............................	4,000	14,000	141
2. Marine Branch—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture	106,000	63,000	33,349
Total Division No. 37...................................	110,000	77,000	33,490
Total Department of Shipping and Transport.....................................................................

1,255,000	1,880,000	1,798,882
DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 37k.
1. Christmas Island Agreement—Joint advance with New Zealand Government to Christmas Island Phosphate Commission	290,000	(a) 335,000	335,000
2. Christmas Island—Transfer of Sovereignty—Joint payment with New Zealand Government.......................................................	1,463,000	..	..
3. Christmas Island—Acquisition of buildings.......................	17,000	..	..
Total Division No. 37k.................................	1,770,000	335,000	335,000
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 37l.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.........................................	18,000	..	..
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 38.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...............................	5,000	(b) 1,600	1,405
Total Department of Territories..........	1,793,000	336,600	336,405

(a)Provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1937. (b) Includes an amount provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION.	1957-58.	1956–57.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Immigration.
Division No. 38k.	£	£	£
1. Overseas establishments—Equipment, furniture and motor vehicles..........................................................................................	10,000	15,000	12,607
2. Commonwealth Hostels Limited—Equipment, furniture and fittings..........................................................................................	70,000	..	..
Total Division No. 38k.............................	80,000	15,000	12,607
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 39.
1. Hostels for accommodation of migrants—Acquisition of sites and buildings..........................................................................	1,000	17,000	3,374
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 40.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...........................	8,000	(b) 6,300	5,808
2. Reception, training and holding centres for accommodation of migrants..........................................................................	120,000	120,000	102,964
3. Hostels for migrant workers...............................................	85,000	130,000	128,149
Total Division No. 40................................	213,000	256,300	236,921
Total Department of Immigration.....	294,000	288,300	252,902
DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 41.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.....................................	18,000	(b) 14,100	..
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 42.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...........................	29,000	25,000	20,386
Total Department of Labour and National Service..............................................	47,000	39,100	20,386
DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
Under Control of Department of National Development.
Division No. 43.
1. Bureau of Mineral Resources—Plant and equipment...	77,500	111,000	90,138
2. Less amount recoverable from Australian Atomic Energy Commission...................................................................	27,000	42,000	30,000
50,500	69,000	60,138
3. Division of National Mapping—Plant and equipment.	8,500	(c) 6,000	4,879
Total Division No. 43................................	59,000	75,000	65,017
Division No. 44.
1. Expenditure under War Service Homes Act (for payment to the War Service Homes Trust Account)...................................	35,000,000	30,000,000	30,000,000
Division No. 45.
1. Expenditure under Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Power Act..........................................................................................	(a) 18,350,000	18,000,000	18,000,000
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 46.
Acquisition of sites and buildings.....................................	..	(c) 150	85
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 47.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...........................	82,000	50,000	37,586
2. Expenditure under River Murray Waters Act.................	575,000	(d)	(d)
Total Division No. 47................................	657,000	50,000	37,586
Total Department of National Development...............................................................	54,066,000	48,125,150	48,102,688

(a) Includes (1956–57 expenditure shown in brackets)—Contracts for construction of works, £11,200, (£12,224,); Stores and materials (less sales), £810,000, (£692,000); Permanent plant and constructive equipment (less sales), £2,300,000 (£1,627,000); Purchase of properties, £253,000 (£180,000); Salaries £1,900,000 (£1,761 000); Wages £1,700,000 (£1,592,000); General expenses (less miscellaneous receipts), £187,000 (Cr. £76,000).  (b) Includes an amount provided to Additional Estimates, May, 1957.  (c) Provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.  (d) Provided under Department of Works, Division No. 14.

COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION.	1957-58.	1956–57.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£
Under Control of Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.
Division No. 48.
1. Buildings, works, plant and developmental expenditure	113,500	170,300	123,857
2. Less amounts recoverable by way of grants from outside sources............................................................................................	101,500	160,300	114,131
12,000	10,000	9,726
3. Rain-making experiments—Aircraft..................................	71,000	..	..
Total Division No. 48..................................	83,000	10,000	9,726
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 48k.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.......................................	5,000	..	..
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 49.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.......................................	37,500	30,000	609
2. Less amounts recoverable by way of grants from outside sources............................................................................................	14,500	20,000	211
Total Division No. 49..................................	23,000,	10,000	398
Under Control of Department of Works.	-
Division No. 50.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.............................	516,000	322,540	295,427
2. Less amount recoverable from Wool Research Trust Fund trust account.............................................................................	200,000	62,540	61,858
Total Division No. 50..................................	316,000	260,000	233,569
Total Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization	427,000	280,000	243,693
AUSTRALIAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION.
Under Control of Department of the Treasury.
Division No. 51.
1. Expenditure under the Atomic Energy Act (for payment to the Atomic Energy Trust Account)....................................	2,674,000	(a) 2,526,000	2,515,481
TOTAL PART 1.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth.........	71,966,000	65,001,000	62,935,232

(a) Includes £90,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

 

Part 2.—Business Undertakings.

SUMMARY.
Division Number.	—	1957-58.	1956–57.
			Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£
52	COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS................................	2,082,000	1,925,000	1,922,702
53–55	POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT...........	34,380,000	31,734,000,	30,720,665
56–58	BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION SERVICES.	1,633,000	2,697,000	2,696,727
TOTAL PART 2......................................................	38,095,000	a 36,356,000	35,340,094

(a) Includes £1,230,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

 

PART 2.—Business Undertakings.

COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS.	1957-58.	1956–57.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£
Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.
Division No. 52.
1. Trans-Australian Railway...................................................	1,625,000	874,000	873,099
2. Central Australia Railway...................................................	352,000	966,000	965,868
3. North Australia Railway.....................................................	103,000	81,000	79,812
4. Seat of Government Railway.............................................	2,000	4,000	3,923
Total Commonwealth Railways.........	2,082,000	1,925,000	1,922,702
POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
Under Control of Postmaster-General's Department.
Division No. 53.
1. Telephone exchange services.............................................	22,600,000	20,895,000	20,893,111
2. Trunk line services...............................................................	6,000,000	5,560,000	5,559,169
3. Telegraph and miscellaneous services..............................	1,400,000	1,002,000	999,413
Total Division No. 53.................................	30,000,000	(a) 27,457,000	27,451,693
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 54.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings......................................	380,000	430,000	432,201
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 55.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture............................	4,000,000	3,847,000	2,836,771
Total Postmaster-General's Department	34,380,000	31,734,000	30,720,665
BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION SERVICES.
Under Control of Postmaster-General's Department.
Division No. 56.
1. Engineering equipment and services—Sound broadcasting	430,000	347,000	345,953
2. Sites, buildings, works, fittings and furniture for sound broadcasting studios and other purposes...........................................	5,000	32,000	31,491
3. Television transmitting equipment...................................	130,000	500,000	497,359
4. Television studio equipment..............................................	390,000	800,000	798,443
British International News Film Agency Limited—Contribution............................................................................................	..	(b) 20,000	20,000
955,000	1,699,000	1,693,246
Less amount provided from Australian Broadcasting Commission reserves..............................................................................	..	17,000	17,000
Total Division No. 56................................	955,000	1,682,000	1,676,246

(a) Includes £1,007,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957. (b) Included in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

 

PART 2.—Business Undertakings.

BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION SERVICES—continued.	1957-58.	1956–57.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 57.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings for sound broadcasting transmission.................................................................	15,000	11,000	490
2. Acquisition of sites and buildings for sound broadcasting studios........................................................................................	3,000	..	..
Acquisition of sites and buildings for television studios	..	(a) 52,000	51,128
Total Division No. 57..............................	18,000	63,000	51,618
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 58.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for sound broadcasting transmission.................................................................	105,000	98,000	41,739
2. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for sound broadcasting studios and other purposes........................................	58,000	(a) 195,000	215,844
3. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for television transmission........................................................................................	20,000	(a) 91,000	84,420
4. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for television studios	477,000	(a) 568,000	626,860
Total Division No. 58..............................	660,000	952,000	968,863
Total Broadcasting and Television Services...........................................................	1,633,000	2,697,000	2,696,727
TOTAL PART 2.—Business Undertakings................................	38,095,000	36,356,000	35,340,094

(a) Includes an amount provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

PART 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth.

SUMMARY.
Division Number.	—	1957-58.	1956–57.
			Vote.	Expenditure.
£	£	£
59–63	NORTHERN TERRITORY.............................................	3,361,000	3,531,800	2,798,430
64–67	AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.....................	7,824,000	5,393,000	4,956,558
68–69	PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA.........................................	36,000	33,000	215,069
70–71	COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS......................................	86,000	62,200	56,946
TOTAL PART 3.....................................................	11,307,000	(a)9,020,000	8,027,003

(a) Includes £229,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

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PART 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth.

NORTHERN TERRITORY.	1957-58.	1956–57.
DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 59.	£	£	£
1. Plant and equipment............................................................	161,000	(a) 240,000	211,093
2. Compensation for improvements on resumed leases.....	50,000	30,000	17,604
3. Reimbursement of cost of construction of schools on pastoral properties........................................................................	40,000	50,000	21,114
4. Loans for housing.................................................................	140,000	140,000	176,000
5. Stock routes and reserves—Reimbursement of half the cost of fences, grids and gates.................................................	10,000	(b) 2,900	..
6. Provision of furniture—Government residences............	23,000	..	..
7. Loans for encouragement of primary production...........	56,000	..	..
8. Working advance (for payment to the Northern Territory Hostels Trust Account)...............................................................	10,000	..	..
9. Working advance (for payment to the Northern Territory Bus Services Trust Account)...............................................	5,000	..	..
Total Division No. 59................................	495,000	462,900	425,811
Division No. 60.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.....................................	131,000	88,000	25,432
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 61.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...........................	1,943,000	2,333,000	1,902,716
2. Developmental services—Construction of water supplies, roads and stock routes for pastoral purposes	280,000	268,000	110,987
Total Division No. 61................................	2,223,000	2,601,000	2,013,703
Total Department of Territories.......	2,849,000	3,151,900	2,464,946
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 61k.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.....................................	12,000	..	..
Total Department of the Interior.....	12,000	..	..
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 62.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...........................	130,000	100,000	97,171
2. Plant and equipment............................................................	179,000	(a) 125,900	125,251
Total Department of Works.................	309,000	225,900	222,422
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 63.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...........................	191,000	154,000	111,062
Total Northern Territory....................	3,361,000	3,531,800	2,798,430
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 64.
1. Forestry (for payment to the Australian Capital Territory Forestry Trust Account)...............................................................	70,000	70,000	68,000
2. Sundry works and services.................................................	35,000	30,000	26,808
3. Canberra cemetery—Minor services (for payment to the Canberra Cemetery Trust Account)............................................	2,500	3,000	3,000
4. Plant and equipment............................................................	60,000	50,000	43,980
5. Plant and equipment (for payment to the Australian Capital Territory Transport Trust Account)............................................	69,500	85,000	22,000
6. Electricity supply—Engineering works...........................	356,000	(a) 283,000	281,244
7. Purchase of improvements on resumed leases................	12,000	2,000	185
8. Loans for housing.................................................................	130,000	190,000	190,000
Total Division No. 64................................	735,000	713,000	635,217

(a) Includes an amount provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957. (b) Provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

 

PART 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth.

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY—continued.	1957-58.	1956–57.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR—continued.		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 65.	£	£	£
1. Buildings, fittings and furniture........................................	4,450,000	2,845,000	2,548,586
2. Engineering works...............................................................	2,015,000	1,476,000	1,495,828
Total Division No. 65................................	6,465,000	4,321,000	4,044,414
Total Department of the Interior.....	7,200,000	5,034,000	4,679,631
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 66.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...........................	309,000	151,000	127,943
2. Plant and equipment............................................................	107,000	98,000	55,364
Total Department of Works.................	416,000	249,000	183,307
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 67.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...........................	208,000	110,000	93,620
Total Australian Capital Territory	7,824,000	5,393,000	4,956,558
PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA.
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 67k.
Advance (repayable) to Administration..........................	..	..	198,500
Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.
Division No. 68.
1. Lighthouse services—Purchase and installation of equipment	7,000	14,000	13,971
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 69.
1. Lighthouse services—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture	29,000	19,000	2,598
Total Papua and New Guinea................

36,000	33,000	215,069
COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS.
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 70.
1. Plant and equipment............................................................	4,000	(a) 1,200	1,214
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 71.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...........................	82,000	61,000	55,732
Total Cocos (Keeling) Islands..............	86,000	62,200	56,946
TOTAL PART 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth.........	11,307,000	9,020,000	8,027,003
TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS AND OTHER SERVICES INVOLVING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE............................	121,368,000	110,377,000	106,302,329

(a) Includes £200 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

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