General Loan Account Appropriation Act 1953 (NSW)
GENERAL LOAN ACCOUNT APPROPRIATION
ACT.
Act No. 19, 1953.
An Act to provide for the appropriation of a certain sum out of the General Loan Account and for the application of that sum for certain Public Works and Services; and for purposes connected therewith. [Assented to, 16th November, 1953.]
| W HEREAS the Australian Loan Council at its seventy-first meeting held on the eighteenth and | nineteenth days of May, one thousand nine hundred and | |
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fifty-four, shall he two hundred and thirty-one million pounds, and by unanimous decision allocated an amount of sixty-three million five hundred and ten thousand pounds to the State of New South Wales, BE it enacted therefore by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parlia ment assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows:—
1 . This Act may be cited as the "General Loan Account Appropriation Act, 1953."
2 . The sum of sixty-five million eight hundred and thirty-six 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:—
CHIEF SECRETARY AND MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION—
Tourist Activities— £ s. d.
1. Government Tourist Bureau and Tourist Resorts— Additions and Improvements, including the Acquisition of Plant—further sum
25,000 0 0
Immigration—
2. Contribution towards Cost of Accommodation for Child and Youth Migrants recruited by Voluntary Associations—further sum
20,000 0 0
MINISTER FOR HEALTH—
Subsidised Hospitals—
3. New Buildings, Improvements, Additions—New
Equipment and Furnishings—further sum ... 4,800,000 0 0
Baby Health Centres—
4. Financial Assistance towards the cost of establishment
and equipment of Centres—further sum ... 75,000 0 0
COLONIAL TREASURER—
Treasury Head Office—
5. Capital Grants to assist Councils in respect of Water Supply and Sewerage Projects in outlying centres of the Hunter District and Metropolitan Water Board Areas—further sum
500,000 0 0
Brought over £5,420,000 0 0
COLONIAL TREASURER—continued.
Treasury Head Office—continued.
6. Advances to Metropolitan Water Sewerage and
Drainage Board for Capital Works Programme... 1,500,000 0 0
7. Miscellaneous Works and Services—further sum ... 350,000 0 0 8. Advances to the Sydney Harbour Transport Board—
further sum 150,000 0 0
9. Acquisition and Development of Stores Accommoda tion at Shea's Creek, Alexandria, for Depart ments generally
200,000 0 0
Rural Bank of New South Wales—
Government Agency Department—
10. Advances under the Farm Water Supplies Act, 1916—
further sum 35,000 0 0
11. Advances to Settlers in Irrigation Areas and Districts—
further sum 450,000 0 0
12. Advances to Settlers' Agency 450,000 0 0
Government Printing Office—
13. Purchase of New Machinery 10,000 0 0 Government Stores Department—-
14. Government Clothing Factory—New Building, Con
struction, etc.—further sum 115,000 0 0
15. Acquisition and Development of Stores Accommoda
tion at Shea's Creek, Alexandria—further sum ... 10,000 0 0
MARITIME SERVICES BOARD—
16. Sydney Harbour Section—Towards construction of Works Generally and for the Improvement of the Port—further sum
500,000 0 0
| DEPARTMENT OF RAILWAYS— |
Railways—
17. Rolling Stock and to meet additional Traffic require ments, including Equipment of New Lines; Additions to Railway Lines, Stations, and Build ings, and for other purposes, and towards Equip
ment of Refreshment Rooms—further sum ... 6,500,000 0 0
18. Duplication of Railway Lines—further sum ... ... 700,000 0 0 19. Electrification of Railway Lines—further sum ... 4,000,000 0 0 20. Purchase of Railway Stores and Materials, and Pro
vision of Working Capital 1,500,000 0 0 Brought over £21,890,000 0 0
DEPARTMENT OF RAILWAYS—continued.
Railway Construction—
21. Eastern Suburbs and Southern Suburbs Electric
Railway—further sum 300,000 0 0
22. City Electric Railway (Circular Quay Loop) and
associated road works—further sum 1,000,000 0 0
DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT TRANSPORT—
Tramway Services—•
23. Buildings, Equipment, Rolling Stock, Additions to
Tramway Lines, etc.—further sum ... ... 100,000 0 0
Motor Omnibus Services—
24. Purchase of Omnibus Equipment, Buildings, etc.—
further sum 300,000 0 0
DEPARTMENT OF MAIN ROADS—
Country Main Roads Fund—
25. Construction of Country Main Roads—further sum... 400,000 0 0
SECRETARY FOR LANDS—
26. Acquisition, Development and Improvement of Land
for Settlement, including Advances to Settlers,
and contingent expenses—further sum ... ... 2,500,000 0 0
27. Advances to Settlers for the purpose of providing
working capital, and paying for and effectingimprovements, and acquiring stock, plant and
equipment—further sum ... ... ... ... 600,000 0 0
ELECTRICITY COMMISSION—
28. Construction, Development and Acquisition of Power
Stations, and other Generating Equipment,
Transmission Lines, Equipment, etc., Provision
of working capital, and Acquisition and Develop
ment of Associated Land and Works—further sum 21,000,000 0 0
SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC WORKS—
Harbours and Rivers—
29. Newcastle Harbour Improvements, including Wharfage, Shipping, Dredging, and other Plant—
further sum 150,000 0 0
30. Moruya River Improvements—further sum ... ... 7,000 0 0 31. Clarence Harbour Works—further sum 50,000 0 0 32. New Dredging Plant—further sum 220,000 0 0 33. Harbours and Rivers Generally—Miscellaneous—
further sum 25,000 0 0
Brought over ... £48,542,000 0 0
SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC WORKS—continued.
Harbours and Rivers—continued.
34. Port Kembla Harbour Improvements—further sum... 50,000 0 0 35. Coff's Harbour Improvements, Jet ty Extension, etc.—
further sum 35,000 0 0
36. Cook's River Improvements—further sum ... ... 30,000 0 0
37. River and Foreshore Improvements—further sum ... 50,000 0 0 Water Supplies and Sewerage Construction—
38. Country Towns Water Supplies—further sum ... 200,000 0 0
39. Construction of Water Supplies and Sewerages in Shires and Municipalities—Capital Grants— further sum
430,000 0 0
Public Buildings—
40. Mental Hospitals—New Buildings, Improvements,
and Additions—further sum 700,000 0 0
41. State Hospitals and Asylums, including Coast (Prince
Henry) Hospital—New Buildings, Improvements,
and Additions—further sum 250,000 0 0
42. Public Buildings Generally—Construction, Additions, Improvements, and Acquisition of Sites—further sum
430,000 0 0
43. Child Welfare—Purchase and Erection of Buildings and Additions to Buildings and for Acquisition of Sites—further sum
40,000 0 0
Miscellaneous—
44. Advances to Councils for the Construction of Country
Killing Centres 300,000 0 0
45. River Murray Commission—Part Cost of Works to
be carried out under the Act and Hydro-Electric Development—further sum 220,000 0 0
46. Leichhardt Depot Extensions—further sum 10,000 0 0 47. Government Motor Garage—Additional Accommoda
tion—further sum 4,000 0 0
48. Government Engineering and Shipbuilding Yards—
Facilities for Ship Construction—further sum ... 160,000 0 0
49. State Brickworks—Re-establishment—further sum ... 15,000 0 0 50. Terra-cotta Tile Works—Establishment—further sum 60,000 0 0
51 . Grain Elevators—Construction—further sum ... 300,000 0 0
Brought over £51,826,000 0 0
MINISTER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT—
52. To provide for the Construction of Drainage Works
and Stormwater Channels in Shires and
Municipalities—further sum 1,000 0 0
53. To provide for the Construction of Water and Sewerage
Works in Shires and Municipalities—further sum 15,000 0 0
54. Subsidy toward Cost of the County of Cumberland
Planning Scheme—further sum 100,000 0 0
55. Subsidies towards Cost of Establishing Women's Best
Centres—further sum 50,000 0 0
56. Acquisition of sites for Public Buildings (including Compensation Payments) under Council Planning Schemes
24,000 0 0
MINISTER FOR HOUSING—
Housing Commission—
57. Construction of Shops—further sum 50,000 0 0 58. Advance to provide Working Capital—further sum ... 140,000 0 0
MINISTER FOR EDUCATION—
Department of Education—
59. School Buildings, Teachers' Residences, and other
Buildings, Additions to Existing Buildings,School and Residence Sites, Purchase and
Erection of Plant and Equipment—further sum 4,250,000 0 0
Department of Technical Education—•
60. Technical Colleges; Buildings, Plant, Equipment,
Additions, Sewerage, Sites, etc.—further sum ... 1,250,000 0 0
University of Sydney—
61. Grant towards Building Programme 500,000 0 0
| N. | S.W. University of Technology— 62. Buildings, Plant, Furniture, Equipment, Additions, |
Sewerage, Sites, etc 1,000,000 0 0 Brought over £59,206,000 0 0
| SECRETARY | FOR | M I N E S — |
63. Lithgow State Coal Mine—Erection of Buildings, Purchase of Machinery, Alterations and Additions to Equipment, etc.—further sum
10,000 0 0
64. Awaba State Coal Mine—Opening and Equipment,
etc.—further sum 90,000 0 0
65. Oakdale State Coal Mine—Building of Road, Primary
Development, etc.—further sum 200,000 0 0
66. Liddell State Coal Mine—Primary Development, etc.
—further sum 55,000 0 0
MINISTER FOR CONSERVATION—
Soil Conservation Service—
67. Catchment Area Works—Protection of Foreshores in
Catchment Areas to reduce Siltation, etc., at
Dams and Proposed Dams—further sum ... 30,000 0 6
68. Catchment Area Works—Erosion Control Measures
to reduce Siltation, etc.—further sum 75,000 0 6
69. Purchase of Major Plant for Soil Conservation Works—
further sum 80,000 0 0
70. Hunter River Valley Stabilization Works—further sum 5,000 0 0
71. Soil Conservation Works generally—further sum ... 5,000 0 0
Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission—
72. Burrinjuck Dam—To provide for Reconstruction,
Alterations, etc.—further sum 1,000,000 0 0
73. Construction of a Storage Reservoir on the Namoi River at Keepit, and for Works incidental thereto—further sum
600,000 0 0
74. Construction of a Conserving Storage on the Laohlan River at Lake Ballyrogan, and for works incidental thereto—further sum
80,000 0 ©
75. Construction of Glenbawn Dam on the Hunter River
above Aberdeen—further sum 1,700,000 0 0
76. Construction of Blowering Dam on the Tumut River
above Tumut—further sum 150,000 0 0
77. Acquisition, Development and Improvement of Land within Irrigation Areas for Settlement of Ex- Servicemen—further sum
100,000 0 0
78. Shallow Boring—To provide Water Supplies for
Settlers—further sum 200,000 0 0
79. Works of River and Foreshore Improvement—
further sum 100,000 0 0 Brought over £63,686,000 0 0
MINISTER FOE CONSERVATION—continued.
Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission—continued.
80. Works under the Water Act No. 44,1912—further sum 1,000,000 0 0
81. Coomealla Irrigation Area—Additional Works—•
further sum 200,000 0 0
82. Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas—Developmental and
Subsidiary Works, Plant, etc.—further sum ... 500,000 0 0
83. Hay Irrigation Area—Construction of W o r k s -
further sum 20,000 0 0
84. Contributions under New South Wales-Queensland
Border Rivers Act, 1947—further sum 50,000 0 0
85. Installation of Gauging Stations 8,000 0 0 86. Murrumbidgee Valley Investigation—Use of Blowering
Waters—further sum 40,000 0 0
Forestry Commission—
87. Reafforestation—Indigenous Forests, Plantations
(Exotic Pine and Hoop Pine)—further sum ... 150,000 0 0
MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PRODUCTION—•
| • | 88. For Promotion of Agriculture—Agricultural Colleges, |
Experiment Farms, etc., including Purchase of
Land, Buildings, etc.—further sum 175,000 0 0
89. Glenfield Veterinary Research Station—Buildings and
Improvements, etc.—further sum 7,000 0 0 TOTAL £65,836,000 0 0
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