Loan Act 1929 (WA)
| No. 30.] | Loan. | [1929. |
LOAN.
20° GEO. V., No. XXVIII.
No. 30 of 1929.
AN ACT to authorise the raising of a sum of Two million two hundred and fifty thousand pounds by Loan for the construction of certain Public Works and Other Services and the Re-appropriation of certain Loan Moneys.
[Assented to 23rd December, 1929.]
| Preamble. | HEREAS it is expedient to authorise the raising, by way of Loan, of certain sums of money amounting in all to Two million two hundred and fifty 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, 1929.
Power to rain,
| money for ce | 2. It shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to time, |
| purposes. | to raise by way of loan such several sums of money not ex- ceeding in the whole the sum of Two million two hundred and fifty thousand pounds, as may be required for the several works and purposes mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act. |
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3. All sums by this Act authorised to be raised shall be tn: arapit,silit!'"
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 ex- penditure of Loan moneys sanctioned by Parliament.
| 4. | The principal moneys, and interest thereon, raised Egreldel[d | a.,,ed |
under the authority of this Act shall rank pan passe with °° nev°""
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 d $'awas | account. |
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 author- ised 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.
| of the sum set forth in the Second Schedule hereto, from the from and to. | 6. | It shall be lawful for the Governor to appropriate out It a-appropriations |
items therein set forth, and to the items enumerated in the Third Schedule hereto, the sum of Five hundred and thirty- eight thousand one hundred and thirty-nine pounds six shillings and elevenpence to be expended on the works named in the Third Schedule hereto.
[1929_
| No. 30.] | Loan. |
FIRST SCHEDULE.
Pros ision.
Item
| No. | Work or Service. | Total of |
| Amount. | Group |
ADMINISTRATION.
| 1 | Departmental | • ■• | • • • | •• • | • • . | 185,000 |
RAILWAYS, TRAMWAYS, ETC.
| 2 | Additions and Improvements to Opened Railways | 100,000 |
| 3 | Lake Grace-Karlgarin | 50,000 |
| 4 | Surveys, New Lines | 10,000 |
| 5 | Bridgetown-Jarnadup Extension ... | 100,000 |
| 6 | Rails and Fastenings | ... | 100,000 100,000 |
| 7 | Rolling Stock |
| 8 | Electric Power Station, East Perth | 25,000 |
| 9 | Meekatharra-Wiluna | 200,000 |
685,000
HARBOURS AND RIVERS.
| 10 | Fremantle Harbour Works | 100,000 |
| 11 | Goraldton Harbour Works | 50,000 10,000 |
| 12 | Dredges and Barges |
160,000
WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE.
| 13 | Water Supply on Stock Routes ... | 15,000 |
| 14 | Metropolitan Water Supply | 150,000 |
| 15 | Sewerage and Drainage—Perth and Fremantle | 50,000 |
| 16 | Water Supply in. Agricultural and North-West Districts (in- |
| cluding Drainage and Irrigation) | ... | 120,000 |
335,000'
DEVELOPMENT OF GOLDFIELDS AND MINERAL RESOURCES.
17 Development of Mining (including Boring for Coal and 'Miscel-
| laneous and Prospecting) | 70,000 |
70,00U
DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
| 18 | Agricultural Bank—Working Capital ... | 600,000 |
| 19 | Development of Agriculture | ... | 30,000 |
| 20 | Pine Planting and Purchase of Land ... | 10,000 |
| 21 | Assistance to Settlers, Industries, etc. ... | 80,000 |
720,000
DISCOUNTS, ETC.
95,000
22 Discounts and Flotation Expenses
| GRAND TOTAL | 2,250,000 |
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| SECOND SCHEDULE. |
RE-APPROPRIATION FROM, REFERRED TO IN SECTION 6.
Original
| Amount on | Amount Re- |
| Appropriation | Work or Service to which originally | Original Loan | appropi iated |
| No. | or Loan | Appropriated. |
| Schedule. | under this |
| Act. | Act. |
| RAILWAYS. | £ | s. cl. | £ | s. d. |
| 33 of 1925 | Lake Grace-Newdegato | 21,000 | 0 | 1,096 | 2 10 |
| 2 | 53 of 1926 | Dwarda Eastwards | 23,000 | 0 | 37 11 | 2 |
| 3 | 33 of 1925 | Minder's Bay-Margaret River Improvements | 4,500 | 0 | 100 11 | 2 |
| 4 | 53 of 1926 | Jarnadup-Pemberton | 40,000 | 0 | 93 19 | 8 |
| 5 | :53 of 1926 | Norseman-Salmon Gums | ... | 125,000 0 | 490 7 9 |
| 6 | 47 of 1923 | Perth-Fremantle Deviation | 72,743 19 | 72,465 16 | 8 |
DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
7 53 of 1926-1
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| 36 of 1928) |
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
| 58 of 1915 | Fremantle Road and Railway Bridge | 100,000 | 0 | 0 | 93,200 15 | 7 |
| 9 | 29 of 1927 | Canning Road, Reconstruction | ... | 80,000 | 0 | 0 | 15,000 | 0 | 0 |
OTHER UNDERTAKINGS.
| 10 | 35 of 1920 | Wyndham Freezing Works (Working Capital) | 100,000 0 0 | 49,000 0 0 |
| Total ... | £ 872,898 1 7 538,139 6 11 |
THIRD SCHEDULE.
RE-APPROPRIATION TO, REFERRED TO IN SECTION 6.
Amount Re-
| No. | Work or Service to which sum Appropriated. | appropriated under this Act. |
| ADMINISTRATION. | s. cl. |
| 1 | Departmental | ... | 15,000 0 0 |
RAILWAYS.
| 2 | 1,818 12 | 7 |
| 3 | Leighton-Roblgs Jetty Railway, and Fremantle Road and Railway Bridge | 165,666 12 | 3 |
DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
| 4 | Abattoirs, Cold Storage, Export Depot, Grain Sheds, and Salo Yards, etc. | 20,000 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Agricultural Bank—Working Capital | 306,654 | 2 | 1 |
OTHER UNDERTAKINGS.
| 6 | State Brie kyards | 5,000 0 0 |
| 7 | Metropolitan Starket Trust | ... | 10,000 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Pardelup Prison Farm ... | 1,000 0 0 |
| 9 | 10,000 0 0 | |
| 10 | 3,000 0 0 |
| Total | £538,139 | 6 11 |
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