Loan Act 1924 (WA)

No. 99i Loan. [1924.

LOAN.

15' Cho. V., No. XXIX.

No. 29 of 1924.

AN ACT to authorise the raising of a sum of Three million six hundred and forty-five thousand pounds by Loan for the construction of certain Public Works and Other Services, and the Re-appropriation of certain Loan moneys.

[Ass ented to 31st December, 1924.]

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

Win all to Three million six hundred and forty-five thousandway of Loan, of certain sums of money amounting

pounds for the several purposes hereinafter mentioned, and the Re-appropriation of 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 the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—

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

Act, 1924.

Power to raise 2.

It shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to time, to raise by way of loan such several sums of money, not exceeding in the whole the sum of Three million six hundred and forty-five thousand pounds, as may be required for the several works and purposes mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act.

money for cer-

tain purposes.

Sums raised, how 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

to be applied.

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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.

4.    The principal moneys, and interest thereon, raised Meier ern(!ged

under the authority of this Act shall rank pari passe with on Revenue.

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.

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 Schedule to 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.

Advances on

5.

6.    It shall be lawful for the Governor to appropriate arinfinuon

out of the sum set forth hi the Second Schedule hereto, from the items therein set forth, and to the items enumer- ated in the Third Schedule hereto, the sum of Seventy- three thousand seven hundred and thirty-nine pounds three shillings to be expended on the works named in the Third Schedule hereto.

No. 29.] Loan. [1924.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Provision,

Item Work or Service.

No. Amount. Total of Group.

ADDIENISTRATION.

50,000

1 Departmental ...

ReamwAys.

2	Additions and Improvements to Opened Railways	40,000 51,000
3	Narembeen-Merredin
12,000
4	Busselton-Margaret River Area

5	Water Supply, New Lines	...	..	20,000 10.000
6	Esperance Northwards ...
18,600
7	Lakeside-Celebration Purchase...
8	Lake Grace-Newdegate	50,000
9	Norseman-Salmon Gums	20,000

10	Brookton-Dale River	...	30,000
11	Yarramony-Eastward	30,000

12 Electric Power Station, East Perth 75,000

13 Rolling Stock ... 100,000

456,600

HARBOURS AND RIVERS.

14	Fremantle Harbour Works	...	40,000
15	Geraldton Habour Works	...	50,000

16 Dredges and Barges ... 45,000

135,000

WATER SUPPLY.

17 Sewerage-Perth and Fremantle 80,000

18	Goldfields Water Supply	...	50,000
19	Metropolitan Water Supply	...	150,000

280,000

DEVELOPMENT OF GOLDFIELDS AND MINERAL

RESOURCES.

20      Development of Mining (including Boring for Coal and

Miscellaneous) 100,000 100,000

DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

21 Agricultural Group Settlement 1,200,000

22	Assistance to Settlers, Industries, etc.	...	280,000
23	Development of Agriculture	30,000

24 Land Settlement for Soldiers : Advances, Improvements,

and Purchase of Estates, etc. ... 700,000

25       Abattoirs, Cold Storage, Export Depot, Grain Sheds, Sale

20,000

2,230,000

PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND ROADS AND DREDGES, ETC.

26 Public Buildings 80,000

27 Stock Suspense Account ... 35,000

28       New Roads and Bridges, in Country and Goldfields Dis-

tricts, including feeders to Railways ... 75,400

29

Loans and Grants to Local Authorities for Erection of

Country Hospitals or discharging Existing Liabilities

thereon, and to Trustees of Agricultural Halls, also to

Institutions for erection of Homes, etc. ... 25,000

30	Purchase of Site, Point Heathcote, for Mental Home	...	7,000
31	10,000
32	Urgent Minor Works throughout the North-West ...	5,000

237,400

OTHER STATE UNDERTAKINGS.

State Steamships 40,000

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

Re-appropriations from, referred to in Section 6.

Amount Re

Original Amount on

Appropriation ppropriation Work or Service to which originally o aappropriated

No. originalLoa •

under this

Or Loan Appropriated. Schedule.

Act. Act.

RAILWAYS. £ s. d. £ s. d.

1 13 of 1923 Minder Bay-Margaret River Improve-

ments ... ... ... ... ... 50,000 0 0 19,461 2 4

2 13 „ 1923 Nyabing-Pingrup ... ... ... ... 25,000 0 0 2,686 18 2

3 20 „ 190G Railways Generally ... ... ... ... 100,000 0 0 1,395 9 0

4 14 „ 1922 Wyalkatchem-Mt. Marshall Extension to

Dowerin-Merredin ... ... ... 25,000 0 0 16,375 5 1

HARBOUR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS.

5	35 „ 1920	Busselton Jetty Extension	...	...	30,000	0	0	20,000	0 0
6	50 „ 1912	Carnarvon Harbour Works	...	...	6,000	0	0	2,614	8 7

7 50 „ 1912 Lighthouses ... ... ... ... ... 12,000 0 0 1,292 5 8

8 58 „ 1915 Wyndham Jetty ... ... ... ... 55,000 0 0 3,058 12 0

DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

9 50 of 1912 Rabbit-proof Fence ... ... ... ... 10,000 0 0 1,318 9 3

SUNDRIES.

10 58 of 1915 Purchase of Land at Nedlands ... ... 1,704 0 258 6 6

11 31 „ 1915 Perth-Fremantle Road, Reinstatement ... 30,000 0 2,108 9 10

12 47 „ 1923 Country Roads, Stone ex Roelands ... 5,000 0 608 1 6

13 30 „ 1911 Immigration Generally ... ... ... 30,000 0 2,544 2 10

14 35 „ 1920 State Fisheries ... ... ... ... 20,000 0 17 12 3

Total ... ... 329,704 0 73,739 3 0

THIRD SCHEDULE.

Re-appropriations to, referred to in Section G.

Amount Re-

No. Work or Service to which sum Appropriated. appropriated under this Act.

RAILWAYS. £ s. d.

1 Additions and Improvements to opened Railways 39,918 14 7

HARBOURS AND RIVERS.

2       Additions and Improvements to Jetties, Tramways. and Rolling Stock

in the North-West 10,000 0 0

3 Improvements to Harbours and Rivers ... 16,96.5 6 3

DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

4	Development of Agriculture ...	1,318 9 3
5	Agricultural Immigration	2,544 2 10

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