Appropriation (Works and Services) Act (No. 2) 1955-56 (Cth)

THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND SERVICES) (No. 2) 1955-56.

No. 27 of 1956.

An Act to grant and apply an additional sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-six, for the purposes of Additions, New Works and other Services involving Capital Expenditure and to appropriate that sum.

[Assented to 26th May, 1956.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, for the purpose of appropriating the grant originated in the House of Representatives, as follows :—

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Appropriation (Works and Services) Act (No. 2) 1955-56.

Commencement.

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

Issue and application of £3,783,000.

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

4. The

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Appropriation.

4. The sum granted by this Act is appropriated, and shall be deemed to have been appropriated as from the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-five, for the purposes and services set forth in the Schedule to this Act in relation to the financial year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-six.

Section 4. THE SCHEDULE.

ABSTRACT.

—	Total.
PART I.—DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES—OTHER THAN BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH—	£
Department of External Affairs............................................................	38,300
Department of the Interior......................................................................	123,000
Department of Works...............................................................................	118,000
Department of Civil Aviation..................................................................	775,000
Department of Health..............................................................................	186,000
Department of Repatriation....................................................................	17,800
Department of Trade................................................................................	49,700
Department of Shipping and Transport..................................................	406,800
Department of Territories.......................................................................	1,000
Department of Immigration.....................................................................	70,100
Department of National Development...................................................	746,000
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.....	11,300
Total Part 1........................................................	2,543,000
PART 2.—BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS—
COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS...............................................................	100,000
Postmaster-General's Department.........................................................	27,000
Broadcasting Services.............................................................................	154,000
Total Part 2........................................................	281,000
PART 3.—TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH—
Northern Territory..................................................................................	496,000
Australian Capital Territory.................................................................	445,000
Cocos (Keeling) Islands...........................................................................	18,000
Total Part 3........................................................	959,000
Total........................................................	3,783,000

CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES.

PART I.—DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES—OTHER THAN BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.	£
DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.
Division No. 4.
Buildings, works, equipment and furniture—
7. Pakistan................................................................................................	3,700
8. Philippines............................................................................................	2,000
9. Thailand...............................................................................................	700
11. Singapore and Malaya...........................................................................	31,900
Total Division No. 4...................................................	38,300
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Division No. 11.
1. Commonwealth offices and other buildings—Acquisition of sites and buildings	120,000
Under Control of Department or Works.
Division No. 12.
2. Meteorological buildings, works, fittings and furniture............................	3,000
Total Department of the Interior................................	123,000
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 14.
2. Expenditure under River Murray Waters Act 1915-1954..........................	118,000
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION.
Division No. 15.
3. Qantas Empire Airways Ltd.—Provision of additional share capital.........	700,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 17.
1. Buildings and works, including shore bases and marine facilities, fittings and furniture.........................................................................................................	75,000
Total Department of Civil Aviation..........................	775,000
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 22.
1. Buildings, works, fittings, furniture and purchase of vessels.....................	186,000
DEPARTMENT OF REPATRIATION.
Division No. 22k.
1. Lemnos Mental Hospital, Western Australia—Contribution towards cost of extension	17,300
2. Kerbing and guttering at Repatriation General Hospital—Payment to Concord Municipal Council.............................................................................................	500
Total Department of Repatriation...............................	17,800
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE.
Division No. 24k.
1. Special food investigations—Machinery and plant..................................	6,000
2. Residential buildings, works, equipment and furniture, Indonesia.............	31,000
3. Residential buildings, work's, equipment and furniture, New Zealand.......	500
4. Residential buildings, works, equipment and furniture, other overseas establishments	5,500
5. Office buildings, works, equipment and furniture, overseas establishments	6,700
Total Department of Trade...........................................	49,700

Capital Works and Services.

PART I.—DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES—OTHER THAN BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.	£
DEPARTMENT OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT.
Division No. 30.
1. Ship construction.................................................................................	380,000
2. Less amount recoverable from sales of ships..........................................	80,000
300,000
3. Lighthouse services—Purchase and installation of equipment.................	6,000
4. Purchase of ships overseas....................................................................	98,300
Total Division No. 30.....................................................	404,300
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 32.
2. Marine Branch—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................	2,500
Total Department of Shipping and Transport............	406,800
DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 33.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..................................................	1,000
DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 36.
2. Reception, training and holding centres for accommodation of migrants..	46,400
3. Hostels for migrant workers..................................................................	23,700
Total Department of Immigration..............................	70,100
DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
Division No. 40.
1. Expenditure under Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Power Act 1949-1955	746,000
COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION.
Division No. 43.
3. Radio telescope(a)...............................................................................	6,600
4. Less amount recoverable from Radio Astronomy Trust...........................	3,300
3,300
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 45.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..................................................	8,000
Total Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization..........................................................	11,300
Total Part 1...................................................................	2,543,000

(a) Towards cost.

Capital Works and Services.

PART 2.—BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS.	£
COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS.
Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.
Division No. 46.
5. Working advance (for payment to credit of Railway Plant and Stores Suspense Trust Account)...........................................................................................	100,000
POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
Division No. 47.
3. Telegraph and miscellaneous services....................................................	27,000
BROADCASTING SERVICES.
Under Control of Postmaster-General's Department.
Division No. 50.
1. Engineering equipment and services—Sound broadcasting......................	55,000
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 51.
2. Acquisition of sites and buildings for sound broadcasting studios.............	8,000
3. Acquisition of sites and buildings for television purposes........................	83,000
Total Division No. 51......................................................	91,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 52.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for technical purposes—Sound broadcasting	8,000
Total Broadcasting Services.......................................	154,000
Total Part 2....................................................................	281,000
PART 3.—TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
NORTHERN TERRITORY.
DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.
Division No. 53.
1. Plant and equipment..............................................................................	9,000
4. Loans for housing.................................................................................	73,000
Total Division No. 53......................................................	82,000
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 54.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings...........................................................	250,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 55.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...................................................	164,000
Total Northern Territory............................................	496,000

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Capital Works and Services.

PART 3.—TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH—continued.		£
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 58.
9. Loans for housing..................................................................	£	19,000
10. Australian Capital Territory Brickworks Trust Account—Working Advance	23,029
10a. Less unrequired balance of the Interior Services Trust Account	23,029	..
11. Australian Capital Territory Forestry Trust Account—Working, Advance	22,605	..
11a. Less unrequired balance of the Interior Services Trust Account	22,605
Total Division No. 58....................................................		19,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 59.
1. Buildings, fittings and furniture.............................................................		426,000
Total Australian Capital Territory............................		445,000
TERRITORY OF COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 65.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..................................................		16,900
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 66.
1. Plant and equipment.............................................................................		1,100
Total Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands................		18,000
Total Part 3.....................................................................		959,000
Total.........................................................................		3,783,000

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