Loan Act 1906 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

ANNO SEXTO

EDWARDI SEPTIMI REGIS,

SS.

nn****************%***WY:**********nn*****nn******

No. 20 of 1906.

AN ACT to authorise the raising of a sum of Two million four hundred and sixty- seven thousand pounds by Loan for the construction of certain Public Works, and for other purposes.

[Assented to 14th December, 1906.]

HEREAS it is expedient to authorise the raising, by way of Preamble.

WLoan, of certain sums of money amounting in all to Two

million four hundred and sixty-seven thousand pounds for the several purposes hereinafter mentioned, and also to re-appropriate certain Loan moneys : Be it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parlia- ment assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:---

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

1906.

2.      It shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to time, to Power to raise

raise by way of loan such several sums of money, not exceeding in money for certain	purposes.
the whole the sum of Two million four hundred and sixty-seven thousand pounds, as may be required for the several works and purposes mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act.

1906, No. 20.] Loan, 1906. [6 EDW. VII.

Sums raised, how to 3.

All sums by this Act authorised to be raised shall be paid to the Colonial Treasurer, and shall be by him placed to the credit of an account to be called the General Loan Fund, and shall be applied by the Colonial Treasurer to the, purposes set forth in this Act, in such amounts and manner as the Governor by any warrants under his hand may from time to time authorise and direct, in conformity with the annual Estimates of the expenditure of Loan moneys sanctioned by Parliament.

be applied.

Contribution to 4.

The contributions to the Sinking Fund (which shall be at the rate of one per centum per annum) for the repayment of the sum by this Act authorised to be raised shall commence to accrue four years from the date of the first issue of the Debentures or Inscribed Stock.

Sinking Fund.

Principal and in- 5. The principal moneys and interest raised and secured by the

'Wrest charged on Stock to be created and sold, under the authority of this Act, shall

Revenue.

rank pari pussy with the principal moneys and interest raised and secured by the Stock created and sold under the Loan Act, 1891, and all subsequent Loan Acts, and are hereby charged upon and shall be payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and Assets of the Government of Western Australia, and shall constitute a charge thereon, subject to the prior charges mentioned in the fourth section of the Loan Act, 1891.

Advances on 6.

The Governor may from time to time, by warrant under his hand, authorise the Colonial Treasurer to advance and apply, to the purposes set forth in the First Schedule of this Act, any sums of money not exceeding in the whole the sum hereby authorised to be raised; and any sums of money so advanced and paid shall be retained by the Colonial Treasurer out of any moneys coming to his hands under the authority of this Act.-

account.

Re-appropriation 7.

It shall further be lawful for the Governor to appropriate out of the sum of Three hundred and thirty-three thousand two hundred and twenty pounds set forth in the Second Schedule hereto, from the items therein set forth, and to the items enumerated in the Third Schedule hereto, the sum of Thirty-two thousand six hundred and forty-three pounds eight shillings and elevenpence, to be expended on the works named in the said Third Schedule hereto.

from and. to.

6 EDW. VW]	Loan, 1906.	[1906, No. 20.1
First Schedule.

PROVISION.

Item

No. Work or Service.

Amount. Total of Group.

DEPARTMENTAL.

1 Administration 120,000

RAILWAYS.

Lines Existing or under Construction.

2	Additions and Improvements opened Railways	51,600
3	Collie-Narrogin	86,300
4	Goomalling-Dowerin	7,500
5	Katanning- Kojonup	19,000
6	Wagin-Dumbleyung	13,100

New Lines.

7	Coolgardie-Norseman	81,000
8	Bridgetown towards Wilgarup	12,100
9	Busselton-Lower Blackwood	13,700
10	Donnybrook-Preston	38,000
11	Greenhills-Quairading	16,000
12	Hopetoun-Ravenstborpe	28,000
13	Jandakot-Armadale	6,400
14	Mt. Magnet-Black Range	54,500
15	Narrogin- Wickepin	16,000
16	Newcastle-Bolgart	25,000
17	Finjarra-Marrenup	13,200
18	Port Hedland-Marble Bar	75,000
19	Upper Chapman	15,900
20	Railways Generally	100,000
21	Land Resumption	10,000
22	Rails and Fastenings	440,000
23	Surveys	14,800
24	Water Supply ...	50,000
25	Workshops, Buildings, and Machinery	6,300

1,193,400

HARBOURS AND RIVERS.

26       Additions and Improvements to Jetties, Tramways, and Rolling Stock in

the North-West ... ... 20,000

27	Albany Harbour Works	...	4,500
28	Bunbury Harbour Works	.••	44,000

29 Carnarvon Harbour Works .•• 700

30	Dredges and Barges ...	...	5,000
31	Fremantle Dock and Slip	...	50,000

32 Fremantle Harbour Works ... ... 7,800

33 Fremantle Sea Wall and Esplanade... 5,700

34 Hopetoun Jetty Extension ... ... 5,000

35 Improvements to Harbours and Rivers 43,000

36 Lighthouses... ... ... ... 33,800

37 Port Hedland Harbour Works ... 5,000

224,500

Carried forward 1,537,900

[1906, No. 20.] Loan, 1906. [6 EDW. VII.

FIRST SCHEDULE—Continued.

PROVISION.

Item

No. Work or Service.

Amount. Total of Group.

£ .3

Brought forward 1,537,900

WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE.

38 Boring for Water along Stock Routes, etc. 41,500

39 Sewerage for Perth and Fremantle .. 278,000

319,500

DEVELOPMENT OF GOLDFIELDS AND MINERAL RESOURCES.

40 Kimberley District ... ... ... 500

41 Eastern Goldfields ... ... 62,000

42 Murchison and Peak Hill Goldfields 19,800

48 Pilbarra Goldfields ... ... .. ... ...

... ... 8,300

44 Other Goldfields (including Boring for Coal and Miscellaneous) 3,000

45	Development of Mining	...	...	...	...	24,500
46	Erection of State Batteries	...	20,000

138,100

DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

47 Development of Agriculture ..... ... 114,000

48 Platforms and Approaches to Grain Sheds... 2,400

49 Agricultural Immigration ... 6,300

50 Rabbit-proof Fence ... ... ... 126,000

248,700

ROADS AND BRIDGES.

51 Main Roads, and Roads and Bridges in Agricultural Districts 15,400

PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

52 Public Buildings. . 175,900

53 Discounts and Flotation Expenses .. ... 31,500

TOTAL ... 2,467,000

6 EDW. VII.]	Loan, 1906.	[1906, No. 20.]
Second Schedule.

Re-appropriations from, referred to in Section 7.

Amount on Amount Re.appro.

Original Appropriation

No. or Loan Act. Work or Service to which originally appropriated. original Loan priated under

Schedules. this Act.

.8 £ s. d.

1 3 Edwd. VII., No. :33 Geradton-Murchison Goldfields Railway 4,840 s6 dd . 201 10 7

2	4 Edwd. VII., No. 15	Jandakot Railway	24,150	0	0	3,618	5	3
3	4 Edwd. VII., No.15	Malcolm-Laverton Railway	43,050	0	0	16,926 12	4

4 3 Edwd. VII., No. 33 Northam-Goomalling Railway 7,000 0 0 0 13 1

5 3 Edwd. VII., No. 33 Railway Workshops 252,500 0 0 11,750 10 11

6 4 Eclvid. VII., No.15 Point Samson Stock Jetty 1,680 0 0 145 16 9

TOTAL £ 333,220 0 0 32,643 8 11

Third Schedule.

Re-appropriations to, referred to in Section 7.

Amount Re-appro-

No. Work or Service to which now appropriated. priated under this

Act.

£ s. d.

1 Upper Chapman Railway ... 201 10 7

2 Jandakot-Artnadale Railway 3,618 5 3

3 Mt. Magnet-Black Range Railway ... 16,926 12 4

4 Goomalling- Dowerin ... ... ... ... 0 13 1

Workshops, Buildings, and Machinery for New Lines . 11,750 10 11

6     Additions and Improvements to Jetties, Tramways, and Rolling Stock in he . North

West 145 16 9

West

Total £32,643 8 11

By Authority : FRED. Wor. SmesoN, Government Printer, Perth.