Loan Act 1928 (WA)

No. 36.] Loan. [1928.

LOAN.

19° GEO. V., No. XXXVI.

No. 36 of 1928.

AN ACT to authorise the raising of a sum of Four million eight hundred thousand pounds by Loan for the con- struction of certain Public Works and Other Services and the Re-appropriation of certain Loan moneys.

[Assented to 28th December, 1928.]

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

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way of Loan, of certain sums of money amounting in all to Four million eight hundred thousand 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, 1928.

Power to rale, 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 Four million eight hundred thousand pounds, as may be required for the several works and purposes mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act.

money for certain

Purposes.

Sums raised, bow 3.

All sums by this Act authorised to be raised shall be paid to the 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 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.

to be applied.

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4.    The principal moneys, and interest thereon, raised principal and

under the authority of this Act shall rank pan passn if/ .A 'Attune. ea

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.

5. The Governor may, from time to time, by warrant Advances on acc nut.

under his hand, authorise the 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 Treasurer out of any moneys coming to his hands under the authority of this Act.

It shall be lawful -for the Governor to appropriate out of the sum 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 Forty-eight thousand five hundred and seventy-three pounds nine shillings and seven- pence to be expended on the works named in the Third

Pa-appropriation

from and to.

Schedule hereto.

6.

No. 36.] Loan. [1928.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Provision.

Item Work or Service.

No. Total of

Amount, Group.

ADMINISTRATION.

1 Departmental ... 280,000

RAILWAYS, TRAMWAYS, ETC.

2	Additions and Improvements to Opened Railways	200,000.
3	40,000
4	Ejanding Northwards	60,000
5	Kalkalling-Bullfinch	25,000

6 Bridgetown-Jarnadup Extension ... 50,000

7	Kulja Eastwards	...	80,000
8	Rails and Fastenings	180,000
9	Rolling Stock	200,000

10	Electric Power Station, East Perth	75,000
11	Meekatharra-Wiluna	70,000

980,000

HARBOURS AND RIVERS.

12       Additions and Improvements to Jetties, Tramways, Rolling

Stock in North-West ... 15,000

13	Fremantle Harbour Works ...	125,000
14	Geraldton Harbour Works ...	100,000
16	35,000

16 Point Phillip Jetty, King Bay, Roebourne District ... 40,000

315,000

WATER SUPPLY.

17	Water Supply for Towns Generally	...	20,000
18	Metropolitan Water Supply	100,000

19	Sewerage and Drainage-Perth and Fremantle ...	200,000
20	Water Supply in Agricultural and North-West Districts (including

Drainage and Irrigation) 200,000

21 Goldfields Water Supply ... 50,000

570,000

DEVELOPMENT OF GOLDFIELDS AND MINERAL RESOURCES.

22       Development of Mining (including Boring for Coal and Miscel-

laneous and Prospecting) 80,000

80,000

DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

23

Abattoirs, Cold Storage, Freezing, Chilling and Canning Works,

Wyndham ; Refrigerating Works, Export Depot, Grain

Sheds and Sale Yards (including Land Resumptions and

original equipment, Furniture, etc.) ... 10,000

24 Agricultural Group Settlement and Migration ... 600,000

26	Agricultural Bank-Working Capital	...	760,000
26	Development of Agriculture	160,000
27	Purchase of Wire Netting for Settlers	...	86,000
28	10,000

29 Agricultural Immigration ... 10,000

30 Assistance to Settlers, Industries, etc. ... 60,000

31       Land Settlement for Soldiers-Advances, Improvements, and

Purchase of Estates, etc. ... 200,000

1,886,000

Carried forward ... 4,110,000

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FIRST SCHEDULE—continued.

Provision.

Rem

No. Work or Service. Total of

Amount. Group.

Brought forward ... 4,110,000

PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND ROADS AND BRIDGES, ETC.

32   50,000

33       Now Roads and Bridges, in Country and Goldfields Districts,

including Feeders to Railways ... 220,000

34       Guildford Road, including section from East Street to Midland

10,000

35 Pardelup Prison Farm 3,000

36 Purchase of Plant (Suspense) ... 85,000

37 Loans and Grants to Local Authorities for Erection of Country Hospitals or discharging Existing Liabilities thereon, and to Trustees of Agricultural Halls and Mechanics' Institutes, also to Institutions for erection of Homes, etc. 10,000

38 Aborigines Stations—Moola Bulla and Moore River ... 4,000

382,000

OTHER STATE UNDERTAKINGS.

39	State Quarries	6,000
40	State Hotels and Tourist Resorts ...	6,000
41	State Brickyards	3,000
42	Sawmills	10,000

43 Metropolitan Market Trust ... 100,000

125,000

DISCOUNTS, ETC.

44 Discounts and Flotation Expenses 183,000

GRAND TOTAL ... 4,800,000

SECOND SCHEDULE.

RE-APPROPRIATION FROM, REFERRED TO IN SECTION 6.

Original Amount on Amount Re-

Appropriation Work or Service to which originally Original Loan appropriated

No. Or Loan Appropriated. Schedule. under this

Act. Act.

RAILWAYS.

s. d. £ s. d.

1	53 of 1926	Dwarda Eastwards	...	23,000	0 0	893	18 9
2	29 of 1924	Esperanto Northwards	10,000	0 0	200	14 2

3	53 of 1920	Jarnadup-Pemberton	40,000	0 0	6,239	15 10
4	53 of 1920	Norseman-Salmon Gums	125,000	0 0	13,630	16 4

HARBOUR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS.

5 47 of 1923 Ashburton Jetty ... 70,000 0 0 17,702 4 6

6 35 of 1920 Busselton Jetty Extension 30,000 0 0 10,000 0 0

Total ... £ 298,000 0 0 48,573 0 7

No. 36.] Loan. [1928.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

RE-APPROPRIATION TO, REFERRED TO IN SECTION 6.

Amount Re-

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

£ s. d.

RAILWAYS.

1 10,841 5 1

2 Flinders Bay-Margaret River ... 30 0 0

3 Surveys, New Lines ... 10,000 0 0

HARBOUR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS.

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

10,000 0 0

Improvements to Harbours and Rivers 17,702 4 6

Total 148,573 9 7