General Loan Account Appropriation Act 1948 (NSW)

GENERAL LOAN ACCOUNT APPRO-

PRIATION ACT.

Act No. 36, 1948.

day of August, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, WHEREAS the Australian Loan Council at its sixty-second meeting held on the twenty-fourth decided in pursuance of Clause 3 (9) of Part I of the Agreement

An Act to provide for the appropriat ion of a certain sum out of the General Loan Account and for t h e application of t h a t sum for certain Public Works and Services; and for purposes connected therewith. [Assented to , 9th December, 1948.]

Agreement set out in the schedule to the Financial Agreement Act, 1944, that the amount to be borrowed for the loan programmes of the Commonwealth and the States for the financial year ending on the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, shall be sixty-nine million seven hundred and thirty-one thousand pounds, and by unanimous decision allocated an amount of sixteen million two hundred and eighty-three thousand pounds to the State of New South Wales, BE it enacted therefore by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows :—

1. This Act may be cited as the " General Loan Account Appropriation Act, 1948."

2 . The sum of twenty-three million one hundred and ninety-two thousand pounds is hereby appropriated from the General Loan Account for the public works and services hereunder set out, and shall, as required be applied as follows :—

C H I E F SECRETARY—

Aborigines Welfare Board—

New Buildings, Improvement s and Addit ions—further	£	s.	d.
sum	150,000	0	0

MINISTER	FOR	H E A L T H —
Subsidised	Hospi ta ls—

New Buildings, Improvements , Addi t ions—New

E q u i p m e n t and Furnishings—further sum ... 1,027,300 0 0

Mental Hospitals—•

Furn i tu re and E q u i p m e n t for es tabl ishment of a new

Convalescent	Mental	Hospi ta l	a t	Tomaree—
further	sum	3,000	0	0

Cost of in t roduct ion of mechanised food t ranspor t

system 3,950 0 0

S ta te Hospitals and Homes—

Cost of introduct ion of mechanised food t ranspor t

sys tem	2,550	0	0
Brought over	£1,186,800	0	0

COLONIAL T R E A S U R E R —

Treasury Head Office—

Cost of Exchange involved in Repa t r ia t ion of Sterling

deb t t o Austral ia 761,200 0 0

Acquisition of a Central P l an t Repai r and Store

Depo t a t Villa wood and incidental expenses ... 75,000 0 0

Rura l Bank of New South Wales—

Government Agency D e p a r t m e n t —

Advances to Sett lers in I r r igat ion Areas and Distr icts in t e rms of t he Commonwea l th - Sta te W a r Service Land Set t lement Agree­ ment—fur ther sum 25,000 0 0

Government Pr int ing Office—

Purchase of new machinery—further sum 35,000 0 0

New Building, Construction, etc. ... 10,000 0 0

Government Clothing Fac to ry—

New Building, Construction, etc 50,000 0 0

Mari t ime Services Board of New South Wales—

Sydney H a r b o u r Sect ion—Towards construct ion of

Works Generally a n d for the I m p r o v e m e n t of the

Por t—fur ther sum 230,000 0 0

DEPARTMENT OF R A I L W A Y S —

Rai lways -

Rolling Stock—To meet addi t ional Traffic require­

ments ,	including	E q u i p m e n t	of	New	Lines ;
Addit ions	t o	Rai lway	Lines,	Sta t ions ,	and

Buildings, a n d for o ther purposes ; a n d towards

E q u i p m e n t of Refreshment Room—fur ther s u m 5,200,000 0 0

Duplicat ion of Rai lway Lines—further sum	...	450,000	0	0
Purchase of Rai lway Stores and Materials	825,000	0	0

Rai lway Construct ion—

Sandy Hollow to Mary Vale and reconditioning of existing line Muswellbrook t o Sandy Hollow— further sum 200,000 0 0

Eas t e rn Suburbs a n d Southern Suburbs Electric

Rai lway—further sum 150,000 0 0

City Electric Rai lway (Circular Quay Loop)—further

sum	175,000	0	0
Brought over	£9,373,000	0	0

D E P A R T M E N T OF R O A D TRANSPORT A N D T R A M W A Y S —

T r a m w a y Services—

Buildings, Equ ipmen t , Rolling Stock, Addit ions to

T ramway Lines, etc .—further sum ... ... 1,150,000 0 0

Motor Omnibus Services—

Purchase of Omnibus Equ ipmen t , Buildings, e tc .—

further s u m 2,500,000 0 0

SECRETARY FOR L A N D S —

Acquisition, Development and Improvemen t of L a n d for

Set t lement including Advances to Sett lers, and

Contingent Expenses—further sum ... ... ... 1,000,000 0 0

Advances t o Sett lers in t e rms of the Commonwea l th -

Sta te W a r Service Land Set t lement Agreement for the purpose of providing working capital , and paying for a n d effecting improvements a n d acquiring stock,

p lan t and equipment—fur ther sum 2,000,000 0 0

Acquisition of Alienated Land within the boundaries of t he Kosciusko S ta te Park—fur ther sum	10,000	0	0
S E C R E T A R Y	FOR	PUBLIC	W O R K S —

Bridges—

Sydney H a r b o u r Bridge—further sum 500 0 0

H a r b o u r s and R i v e r s -

Newcastle Harbour Improvements , including Wharf­

age, Shipping, Dredging, and other P lan t—fur ther

sum 100,000 0 0

Po r t	Kembla	H a r b o u r	Improvements—fur ther	sum	106,000	0	0
Cook's River Improvements—fur ther	sum	...	. . .	56,000	0	0

Moruya River Improvements—fur ther	sum	...	. . .	48,000	0	0
Ulladulla Harbour Improvemen t s	...	...	. . .	10,000	0	0

New Dredging Plan t—fur ther sum 165,000 0 0

Harbours	and	Rivers	Generally—-Miscellaneous—
further sum	23,000	0	0

W a t e r Supplies and Sewerage Construct ion—

Country Towns W a t e r Supplies—further sum .. . 75,000 0 0

Construct ion of W a t e r Supplies and Sewerages in

Shires	a n d	Municipalit ies—Capital	Gran t s—
further sum	200,000	0	0

Brought over £16,816,500 0 0>

SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC WORKS—continued.

Public Buildings—

Mental Hospi ta ls—New Buildings, Improvemen t s ,

and Addit ions—further sum 250,000 0 0

S ta te Hospi ta ls and Asylums, including Coast (Prince Henry) Hospi ta l—New Buildings, Improvement s , and Addit ions—further sum	45,000 0 0
Publ ic Buildings General ly—Construct ion,	Addit ions,

Improvement s , and Acquisit ion of Sites—further

sum 335,000 0 0

Child Welfare—Purchase a n d Erect ion of Buildings,

a n d	Addit ions t o Buildings a n d for Acquisit ion
of Sites—further sum	10,000 0 0

Electr ical—

Hydro-Electr ic Schemes—further sum ... . . . 75,000 0 0

P o r t Kembla Power Stat ion and Transmission System

—Augmenta t ion—fur ther sum 284,000 0 0

Miscellaneous—

Construct ion of Miscellaneous Works in Shires a n d

Municipalit ies—further sum 100,000 0 0

Public Works D e p a r t m e n t and Rai l Construction

Store Advance	Account—Augmenta t ion—fur ther
sum	80,000 0 0

River Murray Commission—Part Cost of Works t o be carried ou t under t h e Act and Hydro-Elec t r ic Development—fur ther sum	20,000 0 0
Le ichhard t Depot Extensions—further sum	35,000 0 0
Government Motor Garage—Addit ional Accommoda­

t ion—further sum 10,000 0 0

Newcastle Government Engineering and Shipbuilding

Yards—Facil i t ies for Ship	Construct ion—further
sum	27,000 0 0

Float ing Dock Shore Generat ing P l a n t	3,500 0 0
S ta te Brickworks—Re-establ ishment—further sum . . .	50,000 0 0

Terra-cot ta Tile Works—Estab l i shment—fur ther sum	175,000	0	0
Cement Tile Works—Estab l i shment—fur ther sum ...	20,000	0	0

M I N I S T E R FOR LOCAL G O V E R N M E N T —

To provide for t he Construct ion of W a t e r a n d Sewerage Works in Shires and Municipali t ies—further sum ... 30,000 0 0

Brought over £18,366,000 0 0

M I N I S Z E R FOR H O U S I N G —

Ministry of H o u s i n g -

Advances t o t he Housing Account for the purposes

of t he Housing Acts, 1912 a n d 1911 400,000 0 0

Housing Commission—

Construct ion of Shops—further sum 50,000 0 0

Acquisition and Conversion of Mili tary H u t m e n t s —

further sum 15,000 0 0

MINISTER FOR M I N E S —

Sta te Coal Mine, Li thgow—Erect ion of Buildings, Pur­

chase of Machinery, Alterat ions a n d Addit ions t o

Equ ipmen t , etc .—further sum 32,000 0 0

Awaba Coal Mine—Opening and Equ ipmen t , etc .—further

sum 140,000 0 0

Bur ragorang Coal Mine—Building of Road , P r imary

Development , etc 25,000 0 0

Ravenswor th Coal Mine—Primary Development , etc. . . . 20,000 0 0

M I N I S T E R FOR CONSERVATION—

Soil Conservation Service—

Catchment Area Works—Protec t ion of Foreshores and Catchment Areas t o reduce Siltation, etc. , a t Keepi t , Glenbawn a n d Bur rendong D a m s — further sum	130,000	0	0
Ca tchment Area Works—Erosion Control Measures to

reduce Siltation, etc .—further sum .. . . . . 15,000 0 0

Research Stat ions a n d Areas—Purchase of Land ,

Erect ion of Buildings, Fencing, Improvemen t s

and other works—further sum .. . 21,000 0 0

Erosion prevent ion including demonst ra t ions in

districts other t h a n ca tchment areas 15,000 0 0

Pro tec t ion Works , including fire and access roads, in

Southern Catchments	2,000	0	0
H u n t e r River Valley Stabil izat ion Works	12,000	0	0

Erect ion of Cottages a t Count ry Centres for

Occupation by Staff	15,000	0	0
Soil Conservation Works generally	1,000	0	0

Brough t over £19,259,000 0 0

MINISTER FOR CONSERVATION—continued.

W a t e r Conservation a n d Irr igat ion Commission—

To provide for t he Construction of Burr injuck D a m Developmenta l Works , including Factories , P l an t

and Subsidiary W o r k s ; p a y m e n t of t e n a n t r igh t s ;

Deferred R e n t s and W a t e r Ra te s , Murrumbidgeo Irr igat ion Areas, and Advances t o Individual Settlers, or Organisations of Sett lers (to lie subsequent ly repaid) on Irr igat ion Areas generally —fur ther sum 100,000 0 0

Burr in juck D a m — T o provide for Reconstruct ion,

Alterat ions, etc .—further sum 400,000 0 0

Construct ion of a Storage Reservoir on the Namoi River , a t Keepi t , a n d for Works incidental there to—fur ther sum 450,000 0 0

Construct ion of Glenbawn D a m on the H u n t e r

River above Aberdeen—further sum ... ... 800,000 0 0

Construction of Bur rendong D a m on the Mac- quarie River above Well ington—further sum	...	700,000	0	0
Shallow Boring—To provide W a t e r Supplies for Set t lers—further	sum	75,000	0	0

Works of River and Foreshore Improvements—

further sum 20,000 0 0

Works under t h e W a t e r Act, No. 44, 1912—further

sum 100,000 0 0

Wate r Conservation Works general ly—further sum .. .	12,000	0	0
W e n t w o r t h	I r r igat ion	Area—Extens ion	including

addi t ional P u m p i n g P lan t—fur ther sum 5,000 0 0

Coomealla I r r igat ion Area—Addi t ional W o r k s —

further sum 100,000 0 0

Tullakool I r r igat ion Area—Construct ion of W o r k s —

further sum 32,000 0 0

Contr ibut ions under New Sou th Wales-Queens land

Border Rivers Act, 1947 20,000 0 O

Fores t ry C o m m i s s i o n -

Reafforestation —• Indigenous Fores ts , P lan ta t ions

(Exotic a n d H o o p Pine)—further sum 256,000 0 0

Fores t Fire Pro tec t ion—Estab l i shment , Improvemen t

a n d Maintenance of Fire Control Sys tems—

further sum 36,000 0 0

Brough t over £22,365,000 0 0

MINISTER FOR CONSERVATION—continued.

Fores t ry Commission—continued.

Fores t Bedempt ion—Purchase and Resumpt ion of

L a n d for Fores t ry Purposes—further sum ... 70,000 0 0

Fores t Organisation—Assessment and Road Locat ion Surveys, Construction of Roads required for Supply and Fores t Protect ion, erection of Build­ ings, Fencing, Maintenance of Fores t Improve­ ments , Purchase and Maintenance of Tools and E q u i p m e n t Research and Exper iments , e tc .— further sum	670,000 0 0
Purchase of Major P l an t—Purchase of Tractors and

H e a v y	P l an t for R o a d	Construction	and Logging
—further sum	22,000	0	0

MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE—

Miscellaneous—

For promot ion of Agriculture—Agricultural Colleges,

Exper imen t Fa rms , etc . , including Purchase of

Laud , Buildings, etc .—further sum 50,000 0 0

Glenfield Veter inary Research Stat ion—Buildings and

Improvemen t s , etc.—further sum 5,000 0 0

MINISTER FOR TOURIST ACTIVITIES A N D IMMIGRATION—

Tourist A c t i v i t i e s -

Government Touris t Resor ts—Addit ions a n d

Improvement s , including t h e Acquisit ion of

P l a n t - f u r t h e r sum 10,000 0 0

TOTAL £23,192,000 0 0

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