Appropriation (Works and Services) Act 1959-60 (Cth)

THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND SERVICES) 1959-60.

No. 68 of 1959.

An Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for the service of the year ending on the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty, 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 16th November, 1959.]

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 1959-60.

Commencement.

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

Issue and application of £86,173.000.

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 on the

thirtieth

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thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty, the sum of Eighty-six million one hundred and seventy-three thousand pounds.

Appropriation of supply £141,896,000.

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 on the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty, amounting as appears by that Schedule in the aggregate to the sum of One hundred and forty-one million eight hundred and ninety-six 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-nine, for the purposes and services expressed in the Second Schedule to this Act in relation to the financial year ending on the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty.

 

THE SCHEDULES.

Section 4. FIRST SCHEDULE.

GRANTS OUT OF THE CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND.

£
Act No. 37 of 1959................................................................	55,723,000
Under this Act.........................................................................	86,173,000
141,896,000

THE SECOND SCHEDULE. Section 4.

ABSTRACT.

Page Reference.	—	1959-60.
£
5	Part 1.—Departments and Services—Other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth..................................................................	80,209,000
13	Part 2.—Business Undertakings.............................................................................	44,306,000
17	Part 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth......................................................	17,381,000
TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS AND OTHER SERVICES INVOLVING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE.............................	141,896,000

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

SUMMARY.
Division Number.	Departments and Services.	1959-60.	1958-59.
			Appropriation.	Expenditure.
£	£	£
835	PARLIAMENT.........................................	21,000	34,000	30,193
836-840	PRIME MINISTER....................................	880,250	737,300	724,906
841-845	EXTERNAL AFFAIRS..............................	205,000	253,250	166,010
846-850	TREASURY..............................................	134,000	184,300	171,352
855	ATTORNEY-GENERAL...........................	179,000	285,000	244,323
856-860	INTERIOR................................................	1,152,000	1,542,463	1,211,642
861-865	WORKS....................................................	525,500	639,000	600,909
866-874	CIVIL AVIATION....................................	6,102,000	10,682,000	10,438,100
878-880	CUSTOMS AND EXCISE.........................	273,000	154,400	81,432
881-885	HEALTH..................................................	857,000	740,520	678,398
886-890	REPATRIATION......................................	342,000	333,000	307,676
891-895	TRADE.....................................................	78,000	81,800	62,357
898-900	PRIMARY INDUSTRY.............................	7,000	9,110	5,385
901-905	SOCIAL SERVICES	214,000	201,200	174,513
906-914	SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT.................	5,223,000	2,362,500	1,999,451
916-920	TERRITORIES..........................................	170,250	391,000	236,130
921-925	IMMIGRATION.......................................	366,000	313,010	270,239
928-930	LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE.....	57,000	45,400	42,360
931-939	NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT..................	60,912,000	59,426,170	59,325,879
941-945	COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION.............................................................	1,007,000	640,166	466,480
946	AUSTRALIAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION.................................................................	1,504,000	1,315,000	1,162,810
TOTAL PART 1......................................	80,209,000	80,370,589	78,400,545

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

PARLIAMENT.	1959-60.	1958-59.
		Appropriation.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Works.
£	£	£
Division No. 835.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture................................	21,000	34,000	30,193
PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT.
Division No. 836.
01. Australian High Commissioner in United Kingdom—Buildings, equipment and furniture for Australia House and official residences......................................................................................................	38,250	58,300	52,195
02. Australian National University—Permanent buildings, acquisition and erection of dwellings, equipment and works........................	745,000	613,000	613,000
Official establishments—Buildings and works..........................	..	13,000	9,828
Total Division No. 836..............................................	783,250	684,300	675,023
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 838.
01. Acquisition of sites and buildings..........................................	30,000	..	..
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 840.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture................................	67,000	53,000	49,883
Total Prime Minister's Department...................	880,250	737,300	724,906
DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.
Division No. 841.
Buildings, works, equipment and furniture—
01. Japan.......................................................................................	17,000	67,600	54,084
02. India........................................................................................	29,600	38,200	6,571
03. Vietnam..................................................................................	11,700	18,700	7,915
04. Burma.....................................................................................	6,600	10,600	5,445
05. Malaya....................................................................................	6,700	10,100	5,975
06. Indonesia................................................................................	12,200	9,300	6,937
07. Germany.................................................................................	5,400	..	..
08. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics..................................	27,100	..	..
09. France......................................................................................	7,500	..	..
10. Israel........................................................................................	23,000	..	..
11. Other overseas establishments............................................	44,200	57,000	45,475
Philippines...............................................................................	..	5,800	4,373
Pakistan...................................................................................	..	7,450	7,276
Total Division No. 841..............................................	191,000	224,750	144,051
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 845.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture................................	14,000	28,500	21,959
Total Department of External Affairs...........	205,000	253,250	166,010

 

1959-60.	1958-59.
	Appropriation.	Expenditure.
			DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.
Under Control of Department of the Treasury.	£	£	£
Division No. 846.
01. Government Printing Office—Purchase of machinery and equipment.....................................................................	48,000	99,000	94,150
Total Division No. 846.....................................................	48,000	99,000	94,150
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 850.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture............................	31,000	24,000	20,765
02. Taxation Branch—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture	55,000	61,300	56,437
Total Division No. 850....................................................	86,000	85,300	77,202
Total Department of the Treasury.........................	134,000	184,300	171,352
ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 855.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture............................	179,000	285,000	244,323
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Division No. 856.
01. Commonwealth offices and other buildings—Acquisition of sites and buildings.................................................................	59,000	129,000	84,944
02. Plant and equipment.............................................................	50,000	40,000	25,078
News and Information Bureau, Karachi—Furniture and equipment..................................................................................	..	463	463
Total Division No. 856......................................................	109,000	169,463	110,485
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 860.
01. Commonwealth offices and other buildings outside the Australian Capital Territory—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture	921,000	1,304,000	1,039,751
02. Meteorological buildings, works, fittings and furniture.	122,000	69,000	61,406
Total Division No. 860.....................................................	1,043,000	1,373,000	1,101,157
Total Department of the Interior............................	1,152,000	1,542,463	1,211,642

 

DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.	1959-60.	1958-59.
		Appropriation.	Expenditure.
Division No. 861.	£	£	£
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture................	345,000	241,000	229,983
02. Plant and equipment..........................................	160,500	237,000	211,404
03. Experimental Building Station—Plant and material	12,000	23,000	22,854
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)....................................................	..	125,000	125,000
Total Division No. 861............................	517,500	626,000	589,241
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 864.
01. Acquisition of sites and buildings.......................	8,000	2,000	668
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 865.
Acquisition of sites and buildings............................	..	11,000	11,000
Total Department of Works..................	525,500	639,000	600,909
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION.
Under Control of Department of Civil Aviation.
Division No. 866.
01. Air routes and airway facilities, including power and lighting plant and equipment....................................	900,000	930,000	916,696
02. Aircraft, launches, vehicles, engines and equipment	1,000,000	870,000	829,844
03. Qantas Empire Airways Limited—Provision of additional share capital...............................................	800,000	3,750,000	3,750,000
04. Australian National Airlines Commission—Additional capital..................................................................	500,000	1,000,000	1,000,000
Total Division No. 866............................	3,200,000	6,550,000	6,496,540
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 870.
01. Acquisition of sites and buildings.......................	275,000	500,000	373,014
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 871.
01. Acquisition of sites and buildings.......................	27,000	7,000	5,992
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 874.
01. Buildings and works, including shore bases and marine facilities, fittings and furniture.....................	2,600,000	3,625,000	3,562,554
Total Department of Civil Aviation.....	6,102,000	10,682,000	10,438,100
DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 878.
01. Acquisition of sites and buildings.......................	130,000	7,400	2,754
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 880.
01. Buildings, works, fittings, furniture and purchase of vessels..................................................................	143,000	147,000	78,678
Total Department of Customs and Excise	273,000	154,400	81,432

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.	1959-60.	1958-59.
		Appropriation.	Expenditure.
Division No. 881.	£	£	£
01. Purchase of laboratory equipment.......................................	83,000	250,000	234,738
02. Commonwealth Serum Laboratories—Purchase and installation of equipment........................................................................	257,000	..	..
Total Division No. 881.............................................	340,000	250,000	234,738
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 883.
01. Acquisition of sites and buildings.........................................	26,000	10,520	5,025
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 884.
01. Acquisition of sites and buildings.........................................	2,000	..	..
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 885.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...............................	489,000	480,000	438,635
Total Department of Health..............................	857,000	740,520	678,398
DEPARTMENT OF REPATRIATION.
Division No. 886.
01. Lemnos Mental Hospital, Western Australia—Contribution towards cost of extension, alterations and replacement of equipment...........................................................................................	9,000	13,000	9,479
02. Wacol Mental Hospital, Queensland—Alterations and extensions to Repatriation Block.........................................................	7,000	3,000	2,200
Total Division No. 886.............................................	16,000	16,000	11,679
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 890.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...............................	326,000	317,000	295,997
Total Department of Repatriation...................	342,000	333,000	307,676
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE.
Division No. 891.
Buildings, works, equipment and furniture—
01. India.......................................................................................	9,200	5,700	1,556
02. Hong Kong............................................................................	8,200	9,650	4,332
03. New Zealand.........................................................................	16;800	..	..
04. Canada...................................................................................	5,600	..	..
05. Sweden...................................................................................	6900	24,500	19,096
06. New offices—Nairobi, Accra and Chicago.....................	6,500	..	..
07. Other overseas establishments...........................................	7,800	14,950	13,527
Total Division No. 891.............................................	61,000	54,800	38,511
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 895.
01. Buildings, works, fitting and furniture................................	17,000	27,000	23,846
Total Department of Trade.................................	78,000	81,800	62,357

 

DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRY.	1959-60.	1958-59.
		Appropriation.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 898.	£	£	£
Acquisition of sites and buildings......................................	..	110	108
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 900.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...............................	7,000	9,000	5,277
Total Department of Primary Industry.......	7,000	9,110	5,385
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
Division No. 901.
01. Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service—Plant and equipment	5,000	5,200	4,455
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 905.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...............................	209,000	196,000	170,058
Total Department of Social Services...........	214,000	201,200	174,513
DEPARTMENT OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT.
Division No. 906.
01. Ship construction.....................................................................	6,070,000	7,093,576	7,093,576
02. Less amount recoverable from sales of ships......................	6,070,000	7,093,576	7,093,576
..	..	..
03. Lighthouse services—Purchase and installation of equipment	45,000	40,000	37,916
04. Lighthouse supply vessels—Replacement..........................	100,000	..	..
Total Division No. 906..............................................	145,000	40,000	37,916
Division No. 909.
01. For expenditure under Railway Standardization (South Australia) Agreement Act................................................................	58,000	500,000	241,303
02. For expenditure under Railway Standardization (New South Wales and Victoria) Agreement Act.......................................	4,900,000	1,700,000	1,627,103
Railway Standardization (Albury-Melbourne)—Contribution towards initial survey....................................................................	..	14,015	14,014
Total Division No. 909..............................................	4,958,000	2,214,015	1,882,420
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 912.
01. Acquisition of sites and buildings.........................................	1,000	1,735	1,219
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 914.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...............................	2,000	2,750	2,458
02. Marine Branch—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture	117,000	104,000	75,438
Total Division No. 914..............................................	119,000	106,750	77,896
Total Department of Shipping and Transport	5,223,000	2,362,500	1,999,451
DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.
Division No. 916.
01. Christmas Island Agreement—Joint advance with New Zealand Government to Christmas Island Phosphate Commission	166,250	384,000	230,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 920.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...............................	4,000

7,000	6,130
Total Department of Territories......................	170,250	391,000	236,130

 

DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION.	1959-60.	1958-59.
		Appropriation.	Expenditure.
Division No. 921.
01. Overseas establishments—Equipment, furniture and motor vehicles.......................................................................	£	£	£
10,000	10,000	5,218
02. Commonwealth Hostels Limited—Equipment, minor works, furniture and fittings.................................................	150,000	80,000	80,000
Total Division No. 921........................................	160,000	90,000	85,218
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 923.
01. Hostels for accommodation of migrants—Acquisition of sites and buildings..............................................................	1,000	1,010	823
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 925.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.........................	17,000	21,000	18,719
02. Reception, training and holding centres for accommodation of migrants......................................................................	176,000	126,000	98,023
03. Hostels for migrant workers.............................................	12,000	75,000	67,456
Total Division No. 925........................................	205,000	222,000	184,198
Total Department of Immigration...............	366,000	313,010	270,239
DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 928.
01. Acquisition of sites and buildings...................................	11,000	5,900	5,874
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 930.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.........................	46,000	39,500	36,486
Total Department of Labour and National Service	57,000	45,400	42,360
DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
Division No. 931.
01. Bureau of Mineral Resources—Plant and equipment.	80,000	71,170	71,170
02. Less amount recoverable from Australian Atomic Energy Commission...............................................................	16,000	23,000	23,000
64,000	48,170	48,170
03. Division of National Mapping—Plant and equipment	16,000	11,000	9,312
Working advance (for payment to the credit of the Dorset Tin Dredge Trust Account)......................................	..	10,000	10,000
Total Division No. 931........................................	80,000	69,170	67,482
Division No. 934.
01. 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. 935.
01. For expenditure under the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Power Act...................................................................	(a)25,600,000	24,000,000	24,000,000
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 937.
01. Acquisition of sites and buildings...................................	1,000	..	..
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 939.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.........................	61,000	82,000	74,427
02. For expenditure under the River Murray Waters Act..	170,000	275,000	183,970
Total Division No. 939.......................................	231,000	357,000	258,397
Total Department of National Development	60,912,000	59,426,170	59,325,879

(a) Includes (1958-59 expenditure shown in brackets)—Contracts for construction of major works, £16,071,000 (£15.813 000); Salaries £2,536 000 (£2,235,000); Wages, £1,953,000 (£2,165,000); Plant and equipment and minor works contracts (less sales) £3,590,000 (£2,623,000); Stores and Materials (less sales) £1,373,000 (£1,341,000); Purchase of properties £291,000 (£99,000); General Expenses £961,000 (£1,058,000); Less—Miscellaneous Receipts on Capital account Cr. £900,000 (Cr. £1,234,000); Recoveries of operation and maintenance charges for projects in operation Cr. £275,000 (Cr. £100,000).

 

COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION.	1959-60.	1958-59.
		Appropriation.	Expenditure.
Division No. 941.	£	£	£
01. Buildings, works, plant and developmental expenditure..	285,000	181,500	148,010
02. Giant radio telescope...............................................................	130,000	84,000	34,247
03. Development of phytotron.....................................................	90,000	52,000	47,508
505,000	317,500	229,765
06. Less amounts recoverable by way of grants from outside sources.............................................................................................	315,000	154,077	154,078
Total Division No. 941..............................................	190,000	163,423	75,687
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 943.
01. Acquisition of sites and buildings..........................................	150,000	54,000	45,197
Less amounts recoverable by way of grants from outside sources	..	8	8
Total Division, No. 943.............................................	150,000,	53,992	45,189
Under Control of Department of Territories:
Division No. 944.
Acquisition of sites and buildings................................................	..	6,000	..
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 945.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...............................	772,000	557,000	485,854
03. Less amount recoverable from the Wool Research Trust Fund trust account.............................................................................	105,000	140,249	140,250
Total Division No. 945..............................................	667,000	416,751	345,604
Total Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.................................	1,007,00	640,166	466,480
AUSTRALIAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION.
Under Control of Department of National Development.
Division No. 946.
01. For expenditure under the Atomic Energy Act...................	1,504,000	1,315,000	1,162,810
TOTAL PART 1.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth......	80,209,000	80,370,589	78,400,545

 

PART 2.—Business Undertakings.

SUMMARY.
Division Number.	—	1959-60.	1958-59.
	Appropriation.		Expenditure.
£	£	£
950	COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS...........................	1,222,000	1,300,000	1,206,052
955-960	POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT......	39,406,000	36,714,427	36,353,125
963-970	BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION SERVICES	3,678,000	1,968,000	1,407,751
TOTAL PART 2................................	44,306,000	39,982,427	38,966,928

PART 2.—Business Undertakings.

COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS.	1959-60.	1958-59.
		Appropriation.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.
Division No. 950.
01. Trans-Australian Railway.......................................................	1,022,000	1,032,000	967,720
02. Central Australia Railway.......................................................	168,000	195,000	190,662
03. North Australia Railway.........................................................	29,000	70,000	44,712
04. Seat of Government Railway.................................................	3,000	3,000	2,958
Total Commonwealth Railways.........................	1,222,000	1,300,000	1,206,052
POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
Division No. 955.
01. Telephone exchange services.................................................	25,000,000	23,815,000	23,814,785
02. Trunk line services....................................................................	8,000,000	6,430,000	6,429,363
03. Telegraph equipment...............................................................	550,000	1,965,000	1,964,760
04. Miscellaneous plant and equipment.....................................	1,450,000	(a)	(a)
Total Division No. 955..............................................	35,000,000	32,210,000	32,208,908
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 958.
01. Acquisition of sites and buildings..........................................	606,000	504,427	504,426
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 960.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture................................	3,800,000	4,000,000	3,639,791
Total Postmaster-General's Department.......	39,406,000	36,714,427	36,353,125
BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION SERVICES.
Under Control of Postmaster-General's Department.
Division No. 963.
01. Engineering equipment and services—Sound broadcasting	480,000	450,000	438,508
02. Television transmitting equipment.......................................	750,000	200,000	188,200
03. Television studio equipment..................................................	(c)	130,000	128,965
Total Division No. 963..............................................	1,230,000	780,000	755,673
Division No. 964.—AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION.
01. For expenditure under the Broadcasting and Television Act	926,000	(b)	(b)

(a) Provided under item 03. (b)Provided under Division No. 963, item 03. (c) Provided under Division No. 964, item 01.

 

BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION SERVICES—continued.	1959-60.	1958-59.
		Appropriation.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 966.
01. Acquisition of sites and buildings for sound broadcasting studios.............................................................................................	38,000	60,000	20,000
Acquisition of sites and buildings for sound broadcasting transmission......................................................................................	..	14,000	10,331
Acquisition of sites and buildings for television studios	..	7,000	2,716
Total Division No. 966...............................................	38,000	81,000	33,047
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 968.
01. Acquisition of sites and buildings for sound broadcasting transmission......................................................................	12,000	..	..
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 970.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for sound broadcasting transmission......................................................................	181,000	126,000	49,339
02. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for sound broadcasting studios and other purposes...........................................................	620,000	217,000	141,902
03. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for sound broadcasting—Australian Broadcasting Control Board......................	2,000	..	..
04. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for television transmission.............................................................................................	185,000	244,000	171,203
05. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for television studios	484,000	520,000	256,587
Total Division No. 970...............................................	1,472,000	1,107,000	619,031
Total Broadcasting and Television Services	3,678,000	1,968,000	1,407,751
TOTAL PART 2.—Business Undertakings..	44,306,000	39,982,427	38,966,928

 

PART 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth.

SUMMARY.
Division Number.	—	1959-60.	1958-59.
			Appropriation.	Expenditure.
£	£	£
971-978	NORTHERN TERRITORY...................................	4,551,000	4,054,615	3,677,782
981-989	AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY...........	12,381,000	11,353,900	11,098,153
991-994	PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA...............................	439,000	292,686	87,396
995-996	COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS............................	10,000	45,000	42,670
TOTAL PART 3...............................................	17,381,000	15,746,201	14,906,001

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PART 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth.

NORTHERN TERRITORY. DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES. Division No. 971.	1959-60.	1958-59.
		Appropriation.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
01. Plant and equipment.........................................................	250,000	200,000	171,869
02. Compensation for improvements on resumed leases..	13,000	30,000	11,324
03. Loans for private dwelling construction or purchase (for payment to the credit of the Northern Territory Housing Loans Trust Account)..............................................	120,000	166,000	166,000
04. Stock routes and reserves—Reimbursement of half the cost of fences, grids and gates............................................	12,000	10,000	4,750
05. Provision of furniture—Government-owned residences	78,000	50,000	36,941
06. Loans for encouragement of primary production........	76,000	76,000	71,244
07. Loans to church organizations for erection of residential accommodation.......................................................	170,000	100,000	3,860
08. Construction of roads, footpaths and drainage works—Payment to Darwin Municipal Council................................	65,000	65,000	65,000
09. Reconstruction of Government batteries......................	1,500	..	..
10. Northern Territory Housing Commission—Advance	250,000	..	..
11. Alice Springs Recreation Reserve—Payment to Board of Trustees......................................................................	40,000	..	..
12. Transfer of power lines from Department of Civil Aviation to Northern Territory Administration.......................	19,000	..	..
13. Reimbursement of cost of construction of schools on pastoral properties...................................................................	3,000	9,500	1,316
14. Construction of stock yards for pleuro-pneumonia control.....................................................................................	13,500	52,500	38,630
Commonwealth Hostels Limited—Purchase of new equipment..............................................................................	..	19,820	19,820
Commonwealth Hostels Limited—Working advance	..	10,000	5,000
Total Division No. 971.......................................	1,111,000	788,820	595,754
Division No. 974.
01. Acquisition of sites and buildings...................................	22,000	34,000	17,700
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 975.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................	2,500,000	2,374,000	2,243,366
02. Developmental services—Construction of water supplies, roads and stock routes for pastoral purposes......	500,000	495,645	495,645
Total Division No. 975.......................................	3,000,000	2,869,645	2,739,011
Total Department of Territories................	4,133,000	3,692,465	3,352,465
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 976.
01. Acquisition of sites and buildings...................................	1,000	1,150	810
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.
Division No. 977.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................	87,000	117,000	109,112
02. Plant and equipment.........................................................	81,000	43,000	40,295
Total Department of Works..........................	168,000	160,000	149,407
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 978.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................	249,000	201,000	175,100
Total Northern Territory.............................	4,551,000	4,054,615	3,677,782

 

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.	1959-60.	1958-59.
		Appropriation.	Expenditure.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Division No. 981.	£	£	£
01. Forestry, (for payment to the credit of the Australian Capital Territory Forestry Trust Account)........................	70,000	70,000	70,000
02. Sundry works and services..............................................	55,000	53,500	44,145
03. Canberra cemetery—Minor services,(for payment to the credit, of the Canberra Cemetery Trust Account)	500	2,500	2,500
04. Plant and equipment.........................................................	60,000	46,500	34,128
05. Plant and equipment (for payment to the credit of the Australian Capital Territory Transport Trust Account).....................................................................................	70,000	63,500	61,818
06. Electricity supply—Engineering works........................	490,000	413,000.	347,153
07. Provision of home electrical appliances.......................	20,000	20,000	14,803
08. Purchase of improvements on resumed leases.............	30,000	10,000	249
09. Loans for housing..............................................................	200,000	170,000	170,000
Total Division No. 981.......................................	995,500,	849,000	744,796
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 982.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture—Jervis Bay.	14,000	13,900	12,692
Total Department of the Interior..............	1,009,500	862,900	757,488
Division No. 985.—NATIONAL CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
01. For expenditure under the National Capital Development Commission Act.......................................................	11,000,000	10,000,000	10,000,000
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.
Division No. 986
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................	242,000	186,000	121,829
02: Plant and equipment.........................................................	8,500	70,000	57,534
Total Department of Works..........................	250,500	256,000	179,363
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 988.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................	99,000	165,000	91,302
DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE.
Division No. 989.
01. Commonwealth Hostels Limited—Equipment, minor works, fittings and furniture................................................	22,000	50,000	50,000
Commonwealth Hostels Limited—Working capital advance for operation of hostels transferred from Department of the Interior.................................................................	..	20,000	20,000
Total Department of Labour and National Service...........................................................	22,000	70,000	70,000
Total Australian Capital Territory........	12,381,000	11,353,900	11,098,153

 

PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA.	1959-60.	1958-59.
		Appropriation.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Territories.
£	£	£
Division No. 991.
01. Advance to Administration for loans to ex-servicemen in agricultural enterprises............................................	400,000	250,000	62,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 993.
01. Lighthouse services—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.....................................................................................	35,000	39,500	22,210
Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.
Division No. 994.
01. Lighthouse services—Purchase and installation of equipment.....................................................................................	4,000	3,186	3,186
Total Papua and New Guinea.........................	439,000	292,686	87,396
COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS.
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 995.
01. Plant and equipment.........................................................

3,000	1,000	477
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 996.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................	7,000	44,000	42,193
Total Cocos (Keeling) Islands.....................	10,000	45,000	42,670
TOTAL PART 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth...........................................................................	17,381,000	15,746,201	14,906,001
TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS AND OTHER SERVICES INVOLVING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE...........................................	141,896,000	136,099,217	132,273,474

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