Appropriation (Works and Services) Act (No. 2) 1959-60 (Cth)

THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND SERVICES) (No. 2) 1959-60.

No. 34 of 1960.

An Act to grant and apply an additional sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund 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 that sum.

[Assented to 3rd June, 1960.]

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E 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) 1959-60.

Commencement.

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

Issue and application of £5,006,000.

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 day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty, the sum of Five million six 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-nine, for the purposes and services set forth in the Schedule to this Act in relation to the financial year ending on the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty.

Section 4. THE SCHEDULE

ABSTRACT.

—	Total.
PART 1.—DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES—OTHER THAN BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH—
£
Prime Minister’s Department................................................................	29,120
Department of External Affairs.........................................................	57,020
Department of the Interior...................................................................	43,370
Department of Works............................................................................	6,100
Department of Civil Aviation...............................................................	475,000
Department of Health...........................................................................	120,440
Department of Trade.............................................................................	4,050
Department of Primary Industry.........................................................	11,700
Department of Shipping and Transport................................................	100
Department of Immigration..................................................................	10,000
Department of National Development................................................	2,770,500
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization..	141,800
Total Part 1..............................................................	3,669,200
PART 2.—BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS—
Commonwealth Railways......................................................................	150,000
Postmaster-General’s Department......................................................	700,000
Broadcasting and Television Services.................................................	10,000
Total Part 2...............................................................	860,000
PART 3.—TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH—
Northern Territory...............................................................................	124,800
Australian Capital Territory...............................................................	114,000
Papua and New Guinea............................................................................	238,000
Total Part 3...............................................................	476,800
Total...............................................................	5,006,000

PART 1.—DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES—OTHER THAN BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.	£
PRIME MINISTER’S DEPARTMENT.
Division No. 836.
01. Australian High Commissioner in United Kingdom—Buildings, equipment and furniture for Australia House and official residences..........................................	22,620
03. Official establishments—Buildings and works.........................................	6,500
Total Prime Minister’s Department..................	29,120
DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.
Division No. 841.
Buildings, works, equipment and furniture—
04. Burma...................................................................................................	1,660
05. Malaya..................................................................................................	160
06. Indonesia...............................................................................................	4,500
08. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics........................................................	1,200
11. Other overseas establishments................................................................	19,500
12. Union of South Africa...........................................................................	29,400
Total Division No. 841...........................................	56,420
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 845.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...................................................	600
Total Department of External Affairs...........	57,020
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Division No. 856.
01. Commonwealth offices and other buildings—Acquisition of sites and buildings	43,370
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.
Division No. 861.
03. Experimental Building Station-Plant and material....................................	600
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 865.
01. Acquisition of sites and buildings............................................................	5,500
Total Department of Works	6,100
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 870.
01. Acquisition of sites and buildings............................................................	475,000
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
Division No. 881.
01. Purchase of laboratory equipment...........................................................	11,800
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 883.
01. Acquisition of sites and buildings............................................................	108,640
Total Department of Health..............................	120,440

 

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE.	£
Division No. 891.
Buildings, works, equipment and furniture—
05. Sweden.................................................................................................	1,050
06. New offices—Nairobi, Accra and Chicago..............................................	3,000
Total Department of Trade...................................	4,050
DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRY.
Division No. 897.
01. For expenditure under the Australian Wool Testing Authority Act.............	8,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 900.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture....................................................	3,700
Total Department of Primary Industry....................	11,700
DEPARTMENT OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT.
Division No. 906.
01. Ship construction....................................................................................	42,000
02. Less amount recoverable from sales of ships.............................................	41,900
Total Department of Shipping and Transport...........	100
DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION.
Division No. 921.
02. Commonwealth Hostels Limited—Equipment, minor works, furniture and fittings	10,000
DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
Division No. 931.
01. Bureau of Mineral Resources—Plant and equipment.................................	75,000
03. Division of National Mapping—Plant and equipment................................	2,000
04. Working advance (for payment to the credit of the Dorset Tin Dredge Trust Account)	43,500
Total Division No. 931............................................	120,500
Division No. 935.
01. For expenditure under the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Power Act....	2,650,000
Total Department of National Development..	2,770,500
COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION.
Division No. 941.
02. Giant radio telescope..............................................................................	210,000
06. Less amounts recoverable by way of grants from outside sources...............	105,000
Total Division No. 941............................................	105,000
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 943.
01. Acquisition of sites and buildings.............................................................	36,800
Total Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.........................................................	141,800
TOTAL PART 1....................................................	3,669,200
PART 2.—BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS.
COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS.
Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.
Division No. 950.
05. Working advance (for payment to the credit of Railway Plant and Stores Suspense Trust Account)............................................................................................	150,000

 

POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT.	£
Division No. 955.
01. Telephone exchange services.................................................................	660,000
04. Miscellaneous plant and equipment........................................................	40,000
Total Postmaster-General’s Department............	700,000
BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION SERVICES.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 966.
02. Acquisition of sites and buildings for sound broadcasting transmission......	9,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 970.
03. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for sound broadcasting—Australian Broadcasting Control Board.....................................................................................	1,000
Total Broadcasting and Television Services............	10,000
TOTAL PART 2......................................................	860,000
PART 3.—TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
northern territory.
DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.
Division No. 971.
03. Loans for private dwelling construction or purchase (for payment to the credit of the Northern Territory Housing Loans Trust Account)................................	120,000
15. Commonwealth Hostels Limited—Purchase of new equipment...............	4,800
Total Northern Territory.....................................	124,800
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Division No. 981.
02. Sundry works and services.....................................................................	1,500
06. Electricity supply—Engineering works...................................................	4,900
08. Purchase of improvements on resumed leases.........................................	7,600
10. Loans to co-operative building societies.................................................	100,000
Total Australian Capital Territory.....................	114,000
PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA.
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 991.
01. Advance to Administration for loans to ex-servicemen in agricultural enterprises	238,000
TOTAL PART 3......................................................	476,800
TOTAL....................................................................	5,006,000

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

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