Loan Act 1930 (WA)

No. 48.1 Loan. [1930.

LOAN.

• 1° GEo. V., No. XLVIII.

No. 48 of 1930,

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

[Assented to 30th December, 1930.]

Premnble.

tiEREAS it is expedient to authorise the raising, by

way of Loan, of certain sums of money amounting

in all to Two million four hundred and thirty-five 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 tine.

1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Loon Act, 1930.

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 ex- ceeding in the whole the sum of Two million four hundred and thirty-five thousand pounds, as may be required for the several works and purposes mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act.

money for certain

purposes.

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3. All sums by this Act authorised to be raised shall be Sums raised, how to Le applied.

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 under the authority of this Act shall rank pail possu with

Principal and

Interest charged

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.

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

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.

6. It shall be lawful for the Governor to appropriate ou t 11, Re-appropriation

of the sum set forth in the Second Schedule hereto, from the from	and to.
items therein set forth, and to the items enumerated in the Third Schedule hereto, the sum of Two hundred and fifty- five thousand two hundred and four pounds three shillings and sevenpence to be expended on the works named in the Third Schedule hereto.

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No. 48.] Loam.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Provision.

Item Work or Service.

No. Total of

Amount. Group

ADMINISTRATION.

1 Departmental 120,000

RAILWAYS, TRAMWAYS, ETC.

2 Boyup Brook-Cranbrook 10,000

3	Kulja Eastwards	...	130,000
4	Lake Grace-Karlgarin	100,000
5	Rails and Fastenings	150,000
6	Rolling Stock	50,000

440,000

Han-Boum AND RIVERS

7	Fremantle Harbour Works	100,000
DEVELOPMENT OF GOLDFIELDS AND MINERAL RESOURCES.
S	Development of Mining (including Boring for Coal, Miscel-

laneous and Prospecting) ... 50,000

WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE.

9       Water Supply in Agricultural Districts (including Drainage

75,000

DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

10 Development of Agriculture ... 50,000

11	Agricultural Group Settlement and Migration ...	350,000
12	Agricultural Bank—Capital	750,000
13	Assistance to Settlers, Industries, etc.	250,000
14	Land Settlement for Soldiers—Advances, Improvements and
50,000

1,450,000

DISCOUNTS, ETC.

15 Discounts and Flotation Expenses 100,000 £2,335,000

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

RE-APPROPRIATION FROM, REFERRED TO IN SECTION 6.

Original Amount Re.

Amount t on

Appropriation Work or Service to which originally Original Loan appropriated

No. or Loan Appropriated. Schedule. under this

Act. Act.

RA/LWAYS. £ a. d. £ a. d.

1 36 of 1928 Albany-Denmark ... ... 40,000 4,502 6 11

2 36 of 1928 Ejanding Northwards ... ... ... 60,000 31,244 11 4

3 36 of 1928 Kalkalling-Bullfinch ... ... ... 25,000 6,432 0 8

4 f 50 of 19121 Land resumption, Perth and Fremantle, for f 150,000

158 of 1915f expansion and improvement 1 25,000 40,000 0 0

5 30 of 1929 Leighton-Robb's Jetty, Railway and Fre- 165,666 1 100,000 0 0

mantle Road and Railway Bridge

HARBOUR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS

6 58 of 1915 Esperanto Jetty ... ... ... ... 42,000 0 0 20,000 0 0

WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE.

9 of 1912

7 30 of 1913 Eastern Goldfields ... ... ... ... 20,000 0 0 10,000 0 0

8	20 of 1906	Kimberley District	...	...	1,000	0 0	545	0	0
53 of 1909

9 13 of 1923 Murchison and Peak Hill Goldfields 10,000 0 0 10,000 0 0

10 30 of 1911 Other Goldfields ... ... ... 18,300 0 0 5,000 0 0

f 30 of 1911}

11 150 of 1912 Pilbara Goldfields ... ... ... ... 11,500 0 0 10,000 0 0

DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

12 16 of 1909 Loans for Purchase of Wire Netting ... 10,000 0 0 46 11 8

13 30 of 1911 Loans for purposes of Vermin Boards ... 58,500 0 0 9,819 12 8

14 30 of 1929 Pine Planting ... ... ... ... 10,000 0 0 1,048 12 5

ROADS AND BRIDGES, PUBLIC

BUILDINGS, ETC.

15 36 of 1928 Guildford Road ... ... ... 10,000 0 0 802 8 6

16 29 of 1927 Reconstruction of Canning Road 80,000 0 0 1,240 5 4

OTHER UNDERTAKINGS.

17 53 of 1926 Purchase of Avon Valley Native Station ... 7,000 0 0 16 14 1

18 29 of 1924 Purchase of Stock (suspense) ... ... 35,000 0 0 4,500 0 0

£778,966 12 3 £255,204 3 7

No. 48.] Loan. [1930.

THIRD SCHEDULE

RE-ARPROHRIATIONS TO, REFERRED TO IN SECTION 6.

Amount

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

RA/LWAYS, TRAILWAYS, ETC. £ s

1 Boyup Brook-Cranbrook ... ... ... 10,000 0 0

2 MeekatharraWiluna ... ... ... ... ... 30,000 0 0

3       Tramways, Perth Electric (including Rails and Fastenings and Rolling

Stook) ... ... ... ... ... ... 25,000 0 0

Hs/moons sun RIVERS.

4 Geraldten Harbour Works ... 70,000 0 0

ROADS, BRIDGES, AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

5 Loans to Local Authorities ... 10,204 3 7

WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE.

0 Water Supply on Stook Routes ... 10,000 0 0

OTHER, 1JSIDERTAXINGS.

Workers' Homes, Working Capital 100,000 0 0 £255.204 3 7