Loan Act 1884 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

ANNO QUADRAGESLUO OCTAVO

VICTOR{ A?, REGIME

No. 26

An Act for raising the sum of Five Hundred and Twenty- five Thousand Pounds by Loan for the construction of certain Public Works.

[Reserved 13th September, 1884.

[Royal Assent proclaimed 20th May, 1885.

HEREAS it is expedient to construct certain Public Works,

WPounds : Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Westernat an estimated cost of upwards of Five Hundred Thousand

Australia and its Dependencies, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :-

Short 1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as The Loan Act,

1884.'

Governor to raise

£525,000 for	2. It shall be lawful for the Governor of Western Australia to raise, by the sale of Debentures or of Inscribed Stock, or partly by the sale of the one and partly by the sale of the other, under the provisions of The General Loan and Inscribed Stock Act, 1884,' any sum or sums not exceeding hi the whole Five Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Pounds sterling, to be expended on the con- struction of the Public Works and in the manner mentioned and enumerated in the Schedule to this Act.
public works
Loan to be	3. The principal moneys and interest raised and secured by the upon and shall be payable out of the general revenues and assets of the Government of Western Australia, and shall constitute a charge thereon, to rank next after the charges imposed thereon by The Public Works Loan Act, 1872,' and ' The Public Works Loan Act, 1873,' and ' The Railway Supplementary Loan Act, 1875,' and The
charged upon
the general	Debentures or Inscribed Stock issued as aforesaid are hereby charged
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The Loan Act, 1884

Loan Act, 1878,' and The Loan Act, 1878, Amendment Act, 1879,' and ' The Loan Act, 1881,' and The Loan Act, 1882.'

4. The contributions to the sinking fund, as contemplated in The sinking

sections 10 and 24 of the said General Loan and Inscribed Stock f""d rowed, shall commence four years from the date of the first issue of the Debentures or Inscribed Stock to be created under this Act.

P. NAPIER BROOME,

GOVERNOR.

SCHEDULE

1.—HARBOUR WORKS AND JETTIES:— r

Harbour Works at Fremantle ... ... 105,000

Geraldton Jetty Extension and Goods Shed 2,000

Derby Tramway and Jetty	...	...	...	3,000
Dongnrra Jetty Extension	...	...	...	2,000

Busselton do. ... ... ... 2,000

Bunbury do. and Goods Shed ... 2,500

Completion South Jetty, Fremantle ... ... 800

Extension of Albany Jetty ... ... ... ... ... 1,500

Euela Jetty ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2,000

Carnarvon—Increased Harbour Accommodation, including f1 12,000

Jetty, Tramway, and Bridge

Rails for Jetties throughout the Colony ... ... ... 1,750

2.—RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS:

Railway, York to Beverley ... ...

160,000

Do., Spencer's Brook, Northward ... ... ... 1

Tramway Road, Harbour Accommodation and Improve- 1 20,000

ments, Cossack and Roebourne .1

Railway, Geraldton to Greenough ... ... ... ... 60,000

Do., Banbury to Timber Ranges ... ... ... ... 40,000

Branch Line, Eastern Railway, to the River Swan, opposite" 2,000

Perth Race Course 1

3. —TELEGRAPHS :—

Telegraph, Roebourne to Derby ... ... ... ... 35,000

Bridgetown and Bunbury Telegraph, including Office at f 2,550

Bridgetown

Gingin Telegraph ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,500

Pinjarrah and Mandurah Telegraph, including Office at } 800

Mandurah i

Breaksea Island Telegraph ... ... ... ... 1,300

Roebourne Telegraph, Completion of Line ... 5,000

Duplication of Telegraph Wires ... ... 2,000

4.—WORKS AND BUILDINGS:

Customs and Wharf arrangements, Fremantle, including 1

Caretaker's quarters 5,000

Post and Telegraph Offices, &e., Perth ... ... ... 10,000

Railway Workshops, Fremantle . ... ... 2,000

Court House and Magistrate's Quarters, Gascoyne ... ... 1,500

Post Office and Postmaster's Quarters, Fremantle ......	3,000
Government House and Domain, Additions and Improve-1	2,500

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5.—MISCELLANEOUS

Steam Launch, Fremantle ... 1,500

Steam Launch, Marine Survey (half paid by Admiralty) 500