Appropriation (Works and Services) Act (No. 2) 1956-57 (Cth)

THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND SERVICES) (No. 2) 1956-57.

No. 18 of 1957.

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-seven, for the purposes of Additions, New Works and other Services involving Capital Expenditure and to appropriate that sum.

[Assented to 29th May, 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 (No. 2) 1956-57.

Commencement.

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

Issue and application or £2,139,000.

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

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day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven, the sum of Two million one hundred and thirty-nine thousand pounds.

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-six, 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-seven.

Section4. THE SCHEDULE.

ABSTRACT.

—	Total.
PART 1.—DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES—OTHER THAN BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH—	£
Parliament...................................................................................................	850
Prime Minister’s Department.....................................................................	35,650
Department of External Affairs..............................................................	1,700
Department of the Interior........................................................................	3,000
Department of Works.................................................................................	34,000
Department of Civil Aviation....................................................................	47,000
Department of Customs and Excise...........................................................	7,125
Department of Repatriation......................................................................	7,000
Department of Trade..................................................................................	2,400
Department of Primary Industry..............................................................	97,125
Department of Social Services..................................................................	3,000
Department of Territories.........................................................................	335,600
Department of Immigration.......................................................................	300
Department of Labour and National Service..........................................	9,100
Department of National Development.....................................................	6,150
Australian Atomic Energy Commission...................................................	90,000
Total Part 1.................................................................	680,000
PART 2.—BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS—
Postmaster-General’s Department..........................................................	1,007,000
Broadcasting Services...............................................................................	223,000
Total Part 2.................................................................	1,230,000
PART 3.—TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH—
Northern Territory....................................................................................	165,800
Australian Capital Territory...................................................................	63,000
Cocos (Keeling) Islands.............................................................................	200
Total Part 3.................................................................	229,000
Total...................................................................	2,139,000

CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES.

PART 1.—DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES—OTHER THAN BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.	£
PARLIAMENT.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 1.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.....................................................	850
PRIME MINISTER’S DEPARTMENT.
Division No. 2.
3. Official establishments—Buildings and works..........................................	35,650
DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.
Division No. 4.
Buildings, works, equipment and furniture—
7. Pakistan..................................................................................................	1,200
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 5.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.....................................................	500
Total Department of External Affairs..............	1,700
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Division No. 11.
4. Road and drainage improvements, Bulimba, Queensland—Payment to Brisbane City Council.........................................................................................................	2,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 12.
2. Meteorological buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............................	1,000
Total Department of the Interior.......................	3,000
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 13.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.............................................................	14,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 14.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.....................................................	2,500
2. Expenditure under River Murray Waters Act 1915-1954............................	17,500
Total Division No. 14............................................	20,000
Total Department of Works................................	34,000
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION.
Division No. 15.
2. Aircraft, launches, vehicles, engines and equipment..................................	47,000
DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 18.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.............................................................	7,125
DEPARTMENT OF REPATRIATION.
Division No. 23.
1. Lemnos Mental Hospital, Western Australia—Contribution towards cost of extension	7,000

Capital Works and Services.

PART 1.—DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES—OTHER THAN BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH—continued.	£
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE.
Division No. 26.
3. Residential buildings, works, equipment and furniture, other overseas establishments	1,900
5. Residential buildings, works, equipment and furniture, New Zealand........	500
Total Department of Trade................................	2,400
DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRY.
Division No. 29.
1. Flax Commission—Advance..................................................................	97,000
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 30.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings...........................................................	125
Total Department of Primary Industry............	97,125
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 33.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...................................................	3,000
DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.
Division No. 37k.
1. Christmas Island Agreement—Joint advance with New Zealand Government to Christmas Island Phosphate Commission..........................................................	335,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 38.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...................................................	600
Total Department of Territories.......................	335,600
DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 40.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...................................................	300
DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 41.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings...........................................................	9,100
DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
Division No. 43.
3. Division of National Mapping—Plant and equipment...............................	6,000
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 46.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings	150
Total Department of National Development...	6,150

 

Capital Works and Services.

PART 1.—DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES—OTHER THAN BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH—continued.	£
AUSTRALIAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION.
Under Control of Department of the Treasury.
Division No. 51.
1. Expenditure under the Atomic Energy Act 1953 (for payment to the credit, of the Atomic Energy Trust Account)....................................................................	90,000
Total Part 1........................................................	680,000
PART 2.—BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS.
POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT.
Division No. 53.
1. Telephone exchange services................................................................	795,000
2. Trunk line services...............................................................................	110,000
3. Telegraph and miscellaneous services....................................................	102,000
Total Postmaster-General’s Department.......	1,007,000
BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION SERVICES.
Under Control of Postmaster-General’s Department.
Division No. 56.
4a. British International News Film Agency Limited—Contribution...........	20,000
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 57.
3. Acquisition of sites and buildings for television studios..........................	39,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 58.
2. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for sound broadcasting studios and other purposes......................................................................................................	22,000
3. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for television transmission..........	20,000
4. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for television studios...................	122,000
Total Division No. 58..........................................	164,000
Total Broadcasting and Television Services..	223,000
Total Part 2........................................................	1,230,000
PART 3.—TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
NORTHERN TERRITORY.
DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.
Division No. 59.
1. Plant and equipment.............................................................................	120,000
5. Stock routes and reserves—Reimbursement of half the cost of fences, grids and gates	2,900
Total Division No. 59..........................................	122,900
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.
Division No. 62.
2. Plant and equipment.............................................................................	42,900
Total Northern Territory................................	165,800

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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. 64.
6. Electricity supply—Engineering works.....................................................	63,000
Total Australian Capital Territory..............	63,000

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