Appropriation (Works and Services) Act 1958-59 (Cth)

THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND SERVICES) 1958-59.

No. 61 of 1958.

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-nine, 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 8th October, 1958.]

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 1958–59.

Commencement.

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

Issue and application of £79,432,000.

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.7093/58— Price 1s.

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

Appropriation of supply £128,418,000.

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-nine, amounting as appears by thatSchedule in the aggregate to the sum of One hundred and twenty-eight million four hundred and eighteen 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-eight, 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-nine.

THE SCHEDULES.

Section 4.FIRST SCHEDULE.

GRANTS OUT OF THE CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND.

£
Act No. 35 of 1958.................................................................	48,986,000
Under this Act..........................................................................	79,432,000
128,418,000

THE SECOND SCHEDULE. Section 4.

ABSTRACT.

 

Page Reference.	—	1958-59.
£
5	Part 1.—Departments and Services—Other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth.................................................................	73,263,000
13	Part 2.—Business Undertakings............................................................................	39,619,000
17	Part 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth.....................................................	15,536,000
TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS AND OTHER SERVICES INVOLVING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE...................................................................................	128,418,000

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

 

SUMMARY.
Division Number.	Departments and Services.	1958-59.	1957-58.
			Appropriation.	Expenditure.
£	£	£
1	PARLIAMENT............................................................	34,000	35,000	28,605
2-3	PRIME MINISTER.....................................................	512,000	553,000	542,170
4-5	EXTERNAL AFFAIRS..............................................	227,000	227,076	152,185
6-8	TREASURY..................................................................	182,000	245,000	153,596
9-10	ATTORNEY-GENERAL............................................	285,000	399,000	397,070
11-12	INTERIOR.................................................................	1,542,000	2,138,129	2,070,654
13-14	WORKS.........................................................................	485,000	1,122,169	1,113,983
15-17	CIVIL AVIATION......................................................	8,682,000	6,021,800	5,847,557
18-19	CUSTOMS AND EXCISE........................................	154,000	110,870	82,865
20-22	HEALTH.......................................................................	706,000	686,000	548,961
23-25	REPATRIATION........................................................	308,000	251,000	205,508
26-28	TRADE..........................................................................	77,000	114,308	79,171
29-31	PRIMARY INDUSTRY.............................................	9,000	118,105	112,142
33	SOCIAL SERVICES..................................................	196,000	163,000	149,157
34-37	SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT...............................	2,347,000	1,727,656	1,177,007
37k-38	TERRITORIES............................................................	388,000	2,002,375	1,982,272
38k-40	IMMIGRATION.........................................................	310,000	308,609	296,985
41-42	LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE...............	38,000	61,000	55,848
43-47	NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT................................	54,915,000	54,773,536	54,734,852
48-50	COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION	551,000	477,330	432,092
51	AUSTRALIAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION...................................................................................	1,315,000	2,674,000	2,660,207
TOTAL PART 1.............................................	73,263,000	74,208,963	72,822,887

F.7093/58— 2

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

PARLIAMENT.	1958-59.	1957-58.
		Appropriation.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Works.	£	£	£
Division No. 1.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..................................	34,000	35,000	28,605
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...............................................................................................	36,000	12,000	10,577
2. Australian National University—Permanent buildings, acquisition and erection of dwellings, equipment and works.................	413,000	449,000	449,000
3. Official establishments—Buildings and works.....................	13,000	34,000	33,947
Total Division No. 2..........................................	462,000	495,000	493,524
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 3.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..................................	50,000	58,000	48,646
Total Prime Minister's Department...........	512,000	553,000	542,170
DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.
Under Control of Department of External Affairs.
Division No. 4.
Buildings, works, equipment and furniture—
1. Japan............................................................................................	67,600	19,200	6,300
2. India..............................................................................................	38,200	17,600	6,909
3. Vietnam........................................................................................	18,700	45,600	32,336
4. Burma...........................................................................................	10,600	11,900	4,811
5. Malaya.........................................................................................	10,100	17,800	2,156
6. Indonesia.....................................................................................	9,300	23,276	23,275
7. Philippines....................................................................................	5,800	..	..
8. Pakistan........................................................................................	5,700	..	..
9. Ghana...........................................................................................	5,600	8,500	8,499
10. Singapore.....................................................................................	5,100	6,000	3,887
11. Other overseas establishments.................................................	46,300	49,900	40,347
New Caledonia...........................................................................	..	9,100	8,730
Thailand.......................................................................................	..	6,500	4,854
Germany......................................................................................	..	7,700	6,541
Total Division No. 4.............................................................................	223,000	223,076	148,645
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 5.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..................................	4,000	4,000	3,540
Total Department of External Affairs...	227,000	227,076	152,185

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.	1958-59.	1957-58.
		Appropriation.	Expenditure.
£	£	£
Under Control of Department of the Treasury.
Division No. 6.
1. Government Printing Office—Purchase of machinery and equipment..................................................................................................	98,000	120,000	37,987
Working advance (for payment to the credit of the Commonwealth Stores Suspense Trust Account).........................................	..	30,000	30,000
Total Division No. 6..............................................................................	98,000	150,000	67,987
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 8.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..................................	24,000	28,000	22,906
2. Taxation Branch—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture	60,000	67,000	62,703
Total Division No. 8.............................................................................	84,000	95,000	85,609
Total Department of the Treasury....	182,000	245,000	153,596
ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 9.
Acquisition of sites and buildings............................................	..	10,000	9,585
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 10.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..................................	285,000	389,000	387,485
Total Attorney-General's Department..	285,000	399,000	397,070
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..................................................................................	129,000	175,129	175,129
2. Plant and equipment..................................................................	40,000	30,000	26,977
News and Information Bureau, Karachi—Furniture and equipment..................................................................................................	..	2,000	1,851
Total Division No. 11...........................................................................	169,000	207,129	203,957
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 12.
1. Commonwealth offices and other buildings outside the Australian Capital Territory—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture	1,304,000	1,871,000	(a)1,821,692
2. Meteorological buildings, works, fittings and furniture......	69,000	60,000	45,005
Total Division No. 12...........................................................................	1,373,000	1,931,000	1,866,697
Total Department of the Interior.......	1,542,000	2,138,129	2,070,654

(a) Includes expenditure of £392,000 in the Australian Capital Territory; for 1958-59, provision has been made under Division No. 65k.

DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.	1958-59.	1957-58.
		Appropriation.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.	£	£	£
Division No. 13.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings....................................	2,000	17,595	17,013
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 14.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..........................	223,000	219,000	215,656
2. Plant and equipment..........................................................	237,000	412,000	408,557
3. Experimental Building Station—Plant and material....	23,000	8,000	7,183
Losses on disposals of post-war stocks and material stockpiled for the National Service and Immigration programmes (for payment to the credit of the Works Suspense Trust Account)	..	465,574	465,574
Total Division No. 14....................................................................	483,000	1,104,574	1,096,970
Total Department of Works.................	485,000	1,122,169	1,113,983
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...............................................................	930,000	950,000	903,398
2. Aircraft, launches, vehicles, engines and equipment...	870,000	700,000	671,173
3. Qantas Empire Airways Limited—Provision of additional share capital..............................................................................	1,750,000	1,250,000	1,250,000
4. Australian National Airlines Commission—Additional capital	1,000,000	500,000	500,000
Total Division No. 15................................	4,550,000	3,400,000	3,324,571
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 16.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings....................................	500,000	266,000	217,359
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 16k.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings....................................	7,000	15,800	15,800
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 17.
1. Buildings and works, including shore bases and marine facilities, fittings and furniture.....................................................	3,625,000	2,340,000	2,289,827
Total Department of Civil Aviation.	8,682,000	6,021,800	5,847,557
DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 18.
Acquisition of sites and buildings....................................	7,000	3,870	3,861
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 19.
1. Buildings, works, fittings, furniture and purchase of vessels	147,000	107,000	79,004
Total Department of Customs and Excise	154,000	110,870	82,865

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.	1958-59.	1957-58.
		Appropriation.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Health.	£	£.	£
Division No. 20.
1. Purchase of laboratory equipment..........................................	250,000	280,000	258,989
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 21.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings............................................	10,000	7,000	36
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 22.
1. Buildings, works, fittings, furniture and purchase of vessels	446,000	399,000	289,936
Total Department of Health.......................	706,000	686,000	548,961
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	13,000	10,000	788
2. Wacol Mental Hospital, Queensland—Alterations and extensions to Repatriation Block................................................................	3,000	..	..
Total Division No. 23........................................	16,000	10,000	788
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 24.
Acquisition of sites and buildings............................................	..	9,000	8,830
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 25:
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..................................	292,000	232,000	195,890
Total Department of Repatriation...........	308,000	251,000	205,508
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE.
Under Control of Department of Trade.
Division No. 26.
Buildings,: works, equipment and furniture—
1. India..............................................................................................	5,700	8,200	687
2. Hong Kong...................................................................................	7,600.	11,800	1,023
3. Sweden.........................................................................................	24,500	..	..
4. Other overseas establishments.................................................	12,200	9,000	7,399
British West Indies....................................................................	16,528	16,528
Malaya.........................................................................................	17,000	13,596
Construction, of road and footpath adjoining Tariff Board premises—Contribution to the Council of the City of Kew, Victoria	..	1,780	1,780
Total Division No. 26........................................	50,000	64,308	41,013
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 28.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..................................	27,000	50,000	38,158
Total Department of Trade..........................	77,000	114,308	79,171

DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRY. Under Control of Department of Primary Industry.	1958-59.	1957-58.
		Appropriation.	Expenditure.
Division No. 29.	£	£	£
Flax Commission—Advance...............................................	100,000	100,000
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 30.
Acquisition of sites and buildings........................................	..	105	..
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 31.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............................	9,000	18,000	12,142
Total Department of Primary Industry	9,000	118,105	112,142
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 33.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............................	196,000	163,000	149,157
DEPARTMENT OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT.
Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.
Division No. 34.
1. Ship construction....................................................................	5,925,000	5,750,000	5,609,847
2. Less amount recoverable from sales of ships.....................	5,925,000	5,750,000	5,609,847
..	..	..
3. Lighthouse services—Purchase and installation of equipment	40,000	43,000	30,469
4. Australian Coastal Shipping Commission—Additional capital	..	500,000	..
Total Division No. 34....................................	40,000	543,000	30,469
Division No. 35.
1. Expenditure under Railway Standardization (South Australia) Agreement Act...................................................................	500,000	600,000	599,885
2. Railway standardization (Albury-Melbourne)...................	1,700,000	470,000	470,000
Total Division No. 35....................................	2,200,000	1,070,000	1,069,885
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 36.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings........................................	1,000	2,000	58
Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 37.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............................	2,000	6,656	6,656
2. Marine Branch—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture	104,000	106,000	69,939
Total Division No. 37....................................	106,000	112,656	76,595
Total Department of Shipping and Transport	2,347,000	1,727,656	1,177,007
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	384,000	496,875	496,875
Christmas Island—Transfer of Sovereignty—Joint payment with New Zealand Government...............................................	..	1,463,000	1,462,708
Christmas Island—Acquisition of buildings......................	..	17,000	..
Total Division No. 37k..................................	384,000	1,976,875	1,959,583
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 37l.
Acquisition of sites and buildings........................................	..	18,000	17,257
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 38.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............................	4,000	7,500	5,432
Total Department of Territories...........	388,000	2,002,375	1,982,272

 

DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION. Under Control of Department of Immigration.	1958-59.	1957-58.
		Appropriation.	Expenditure.
Division No. 38k.	£	£	£
1. Overseas establishments—Equipment, furniture and motor vehicles..............................................................................................	10,000	10,000	7,125
2. Commonwealth Hostels Limited—Equipment, minor works, furniture and fittings..........................................................	80,000	80,000	79,708
Total Division No. 38k..................................	90,000	90,000	86,833
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 39.
Hostels for accommodation of migrants—Acquisition of sites and buildings..............................................................................	..	1,000	27
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 40.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............................	19,000	10,000	6,562
2. Reception, training and holding centres for accommodation of migrants...............................................................................	126,000	120,000	115,954
3. Hostels for migrant workers..................................................	75,000	87,609	87,609
Total Division No. 40....................................	220,000	217,609	210,125
Total Department of Immigration.........	310,000	308,609	296,985
DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 41.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings...............................	..	30,000	29,448
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 42.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.....................	38,000	31,000	26,400
Total Department of Labour and National Service........................................................	38,000	61,000	55,848
DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
Under Control of Department of National Development.
Division No. 43.
1. Bureau of Mineral Resources—Plant and equipment......	70,000	90,000	89,303
2. Less amount recoverable from Australian Atomic Energy Commission........................................................................	23,000	32,000	32,000
47,000	58,000	57,303
3. Division of National Mapping—Plant and equipment....	11,000	8,500	8,406
Total Division No. 43....................................	58,000	66,500	65,709
Division No. 44.
1. For expenditure under the War Service Homes Act (for payment to the. credit of the War Service Homes Trust Account.	35,000,000	35,000,000	35,000,000
Division No. 45.
1. For expenditure under the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Power Act........................................................................................	(a)19,500,000	18,350,000	18,350,000
Division No. 45k.
For expenditure under the Aluminium Industry Act........	..	700,000	700,000
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 46.
Acquisition of sites and buildings........................................	..	36	36
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 47.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............................	82,000	82,000	65,107
2. For expenditure under the River Murray Waters Act.......	275,000	575,000	554,000
Total Division No. 47....................................	357,000	657,000	619,107
Total Department of National Development	54,915,000	54,773,536	54,734,852

(a)Includes (1957-58 expenditure shown in brackets)—Contracts for construction of works, £11,510,000 (£10,829,000); Stores and materials (less sales), £1 330 000 (£1,178,000); Permanent plant and constructive equipment (less sales), £2,225,000 (£2,309,000); Purchase of properties, £170,000 (£155,000); Salaries, £2 239 000 (£2 044,000); Wages, £2,100,000 (£1,823,000); General expenses (less miscellaneous receipts), Cr£74,000 (£12,000).

COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION.	1958-59:	1957-58.
		Appropriation.	Expenditure.
£	£	£
Under Control of Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.
Division No. 48.
1. Buildings, works, plant and developmental expenditure...	181,500	113,500	102,452
2. Giant radio telescope................................................................	84,000
3. Development of phytotron......................................................	52,000	28,001	28,001
317,500	141,501	130,453
4. Less amounts recoverable by way of grants from outside sources	213,500	101,500	111,817
104,000	40,001	18,636
Rain-making experiments—Aircraft.....................................	71,000	71,000
Total Division No. 48......................................	104,000	111,001	89,636
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 48k.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings..........................................	6,000	5,000	4,707
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 49.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings..........................................	54,000	39,000	26,201
2. Less amounts recoverable by way of grants from outside sources	10,000	1,254	1,255
Total Division No. 49......................................	44,000	37,746	24,946
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 50.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture................................	557,000	519,000	508,221
2. Less amount recoverable from the Wool Research Trust Fund; trust account..................................................................................	160,000	195,417	195,418
Total Division No. 50......................................	397,000	323,583	312,803
Total Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.........................	551,000	477,330	432,092
AUSTRALIAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION.
Under Control of Department of the Treasury.
Division No. 51.
1. For-expenditure under the Atomic Energy Act....................	1,315,000	2,674,000	2,660,207
TOTAL PART 1.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth........	73,263,000	74,208,963	72,822,887

 

Part 2.—Business Undertakings.

 

SUMMARY.
Division Number.	—	1958-59	1957-58.
			Appropriation.	Expenditure.
£	£	£
52	COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS...............................	1,300,000	2,082,000	1,742,441
53-55	POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.........	36,351,000	34,888,504	34,810,555
56-58	BROADCASTING AND, TELEVISION SERVICES	1,968,000	1,841,500	1,583,420
TOTAL PARTI 2..................................................	39,619,000	38,812,004	38,136,416

PART 2.—Business Undertakings.

 

COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS.	1958-59.	1957-58.
		Appropriation.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.	£	£	£
Division No. 52.
1. Trans-Australian Railway....................................................	1,032,000	1,625,000	1,339,303
2. Central Australia Railway....................................................	195,000	352,000	315,586
3. North Australia Railway.......................................................	70,000	103,000	85,595
4. Seat of Government Railway...............................................	3,000	2,000	1,957
Total Commonwealth Railways............	1,300,000	2,082,000	1,742,441
POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
Under Control of Postmaster-General's Department.
Division No. 53.
1. Telephone exchange services...............................................	23,605,000	22,600,000	22,598,140
2. Trunk line services.................................................................	6,430,000	6,000,000	5,999,886
3. Telegraph and miscellaneous services................................	1,965,000	1,400,000	1,399,712
Working advance (for payment to the credit of the Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account)..........................................	..	500,000	500,000
Total Division No. 53...................................	32,000,000	30,500,000	30,497,738
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 54.
Acquisition of sites and buildings.......................................	351,000	380,000	361,762
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 54k.
Acquisition of sites and buildings.......................................	..	8,504	8,503
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 55.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.............................	4,000,000	4,000,000	3,942,552
Total Postmaster-General's Department	36,351,000	34,888,504	34,810,555
BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION SERVICES.
Under Control of Postmaster-General's Department.
Division No. 56.
1. Engineering equipment and services—Sound broadcasting	450,000	430,000	427,476
2. Television transmitting equipment.....................................	200,000	130,000	53,958
3. Television studio equipment...............................................	130,000	390,000	286,230
Sites, buildings, works, fittings and furniture for sound broadcasting studios and other purposes............................................	..	5,000	5,000
Total Division No. 56...................................	780,000	955,000	772,664

BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION SERVICES—continued.	1958-59.	1957-58.
		Appropriation.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.	£	£	£
Division No. 57.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings for sound broadcasting transmission...............................................................................................	14,000	15,000	6,832
2. Acquisition of sites and buildings for sound broadcasting studios	60,000	6,750	6,497
3. Acquisition of sites and buildings for television studios..	7,000	52,750	49,851
Total Division No. 57.....................................	81,000	74,500	63,180
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 57k.
Acquisition of sites and buildings.........................................	..	18,000	17,950
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 58.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for sound broadcasting transmission........................................................................	126,000	105,000	93,959
2. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for sound broadcasting studios and other purposes.............................................................	217,000	65,000	49,859
3. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for television transmission...............................................................................................	244,000	23,000	9,391
4. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for television studios	520,000	601,000	576,417
Total Division No. 58.....................................	1,107,000	794,000	729,626
Total Broadcasting and Television Services	1,968,000	1,841,500	1,583,420
TOTAL PART 2.—Business Undertakings	39,619,000	38,812,004	38,136,416

PART 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth.

 

SUMMARY.
Division Number.	—	1958-59.	1957-58.
			Appropriation.	Expenditure.
£	£	£
59-63	NORTHERN TERRITORY..........................................	3,961,000	3,633,428	3,300,222
64-67	AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY..................	11,250,000	9,121,000	8,394,190
67k-69	PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA......................................	280,000	36,000	7,929
70-71	COCOS (KEELING). ISLANDS..................................	45,000	86,000	47,072
TOTAL PART 3..................................................	15,536,000	12,876,428	11,749,413

PART 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth.

 

NORTHERN TERRITORY. DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.	1958-59.	1957-58.
		Appropriation.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Territories.	£	£	£
Division No. 59.
1. Plant and equipment..................................................................	200,000	164,000	135,366
2. Compensation for improvements on resumed leases...........	30,000	50,000	24,044
3. Reimbursement of cost of construction of schools on pastoral properties..................................................................................................	9,500	40,000	2,727
4. Loans for private dwelling construction or purchase (for payment to the credit of the Northern Territory Housing Loans Trust Account)..................................................................................................	130,000	140,000	105,000
5. Stock routes and reserves—Reimbursement of half the cost of fences, grids and gates.......................................................................	10,000	10,000	5,220
6. Provision of furniture—Government-owned residences.....	50,000	23,000	15,330
7. Loans for encouragement of primary production.................	76,000	56,000	53,589
8. Loans to church organizations for erection of residential accommodation.....................................................................	100,000	..	..
9. Construction of roads, footpaths and drainage works—Payment to Darwin Municipal Council..................................................	65,000	10,000	10,000
10. Construction of stock yards for pleuro-pneumonia control	52,500	..	..
Working advance (for payment to the credit of the Northern Territory Hostels Trust Account).......................................................	..	10,000	10,000
Working advance (for payment to the credit of the Northern Territory Bus Services Trust Account).............................................	..	5,000	5,000
Total Division No. 59........................................	723,000	508,000	366,276
Division No. 60.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.............................................	34,000	131,000	15,087
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 61.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..................................	2,350,000	2,097,992	2,097,991
2. Developmental services—Construction of water supplies, roads and stock routes for pastoral purposes......................................	492,000	371,998	371,998
Total Division No. 61........................................	2,842,000	2,469,990	2,469,989
Total Department of Territories...............	3,599,000	3,108,990	2,851,352
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 61k.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings............................................	1,000	16,138	16,137
Total Department of the Interior..............	1,000	16,138	16,137
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 62.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..................................	117,000	130,000	95,269
2. Plant and equipment..................................................................	43,000	187,300	187,299
Total Department of Works.........................	160,000	317,300	282,568
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 63.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..................................	201,000	191,000	150,165
Total Northern Territory............................	3,961,000	3,633,428	3,300,222

 

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.	1958-59.	1957-58.
		Appropriation.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.	£	£	£
Division No. 64.
1. Forestry (for payment to the credit of the Australian Capital Territory Forestry Trust Account).......................................................	70,000	70,000	70,000
2. Sundry works and services........................................................	53,500	50,000	49,826
3. Canberra cemetery—Minor services (for payment to the credit of the Canberra Cemetery Trust Account)...................................	2,500	2,500	2,500
4. Plant and equipment..................................................................	46,500	60,000	39,682
5. Plant and equipment (for payment to the credit of the Australian Capital Territory Transport Trust Account)....................................	63,500	69,500	69,500
6. Electricity supply—Engineering works..................................	413,000	356,000	326,379
7. Provision of home electrical appliances.................................	20,000
8. Purchase of improvements on resumed leases.......................	10,000	12,000	8,875
9. Loans for housing (for payment to the credit of the Australian Capital Territory Housing Trust Account)......................................	150,000	130,000	97,500
Total Division No. 64........................................	829,000	750,000	664,262
Division No. 65.
Buildings, fittings and furniture...............................................	..	5,732,000	5,521,686
Engineering works......................................................................	..	2,015,000	1,868,109
Total Division No. 65........................................	(a)	7,747,000	7,389,795
Total Department of the Interior..............	829,000	8,497,000	8,054,057
Division No. 65k.—NATIONAL CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
1. For expenditure under the National Capital Development Commission Act............................................................................................	10,000,000	(b)..	(b)..
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 66.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..................................	186,000	309,000	184,371
2. Plant and equipment..................................................................	70,000	107,000	98,585
Total Department of Works.........................	256,000	416,000	282,956
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 67.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..................................	165,000	208,000	57,177
Total Australian Capital Territory........	11,250,000	9,121,000	8,394,190

PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA.
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 67k.
1. Advance to Administration for loans to ex-servicemen in agricultural enterprises...............................................................................	250,000	..	..
Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.
Division No. 68.
1. Lighthouse services—Purchase and installation of equipment	3,000	7,000	4,377
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 69.
1. Lighthouse services—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture	27,000	29,000	3,552
Total Papua and New Guinea........................	280,000	36,000	7,929

(a) Included under Division No. 65k. (b) Included under Division No. 12, item 1, and Division No. 65.

1958-59.	1957-58.
	Appropriation.	Expenditure.
COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS.
Under Control of-Department of Territories.	£	£	£
Division No. 70.
1. Plant and equipment..........................................................	1,000	4,000	..
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 71.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..........................	44,000	82,000	47,072
Total Cocos (Keeling) Islands..............	45,000	86,000	47,072
TOTAL PART 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth......................................	15,536,000	12,876,428	11,749,413
TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS AND OTHER SERVICES INVOLVING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE....................................	128,418,000	125,897,395	122,708,716

By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.