Loan Act 1935 (WA)

No. 30.] Loan. [1935.

LOAN.

26` GEO. V., No. XXX.

No. 30 of 1935.

AN ACT to authorise the raising of a sum of Two million six hundred and twenty-seven 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, 1935.]

Preamble. EREAS it is expedient to authorise the raising, by way of Loan, of certain sums of money

amounting in all to Two million six hundred and twenty-seven thousand pounds for the several purposes hereinafter mentioned, and the Re-appropriation of cer- tain 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 o: Western Australia in this present Parliament assem- bled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Short title.	1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Loan Act, 1935.
Power to
raise money	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 Two million six hundred and twenty-seven thousand pounds, as may be required for the several works and purposes mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act.
for certain
purposes.

1935.] Loan. [No. 30.

All sums by tins Act authorised to be raised shall be paid to the Treasurer, and shall be by him placed to	Sums raised,
how to be
applied.
the credit of an account to be called the General Loan Fund, and as to moneys raised under items one to twenty- six inclusive, of the said schedule shall be applied by the Treasurer to the purposes set forth in those respec- tive items, in such amounts and manlier as the Governor by any warrants under his band may from time to time authorise and direct, in conformity with the annual esti- mates of the expenditure of loan moneys sanctioned by Parliament, and as to moneys raised under item number twenty-seven of the said schedule, shall be applied by the Treasurer to the purpose specified in that item, in such amounts and manner as the Governor may by any such warrant or warrants from time to time authorise and direct.

3.

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

under the authority of this Act shall rank pail passe arged on ch

with the principal moneys and interest raised and secured Revenue.

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 Rev-

enue Fund and Assets of the Government of Western

Australia.

The Governor may from time to time, by warrant under his hand, authorise the Treasurer to advance and apply to the purposes set forth in the First 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.

Advances on

account.

5.

It shall be lawful for the Governor to appropriate out of the sums set forth in the Second Schedule hereto, Re.aPPro llria

6.

and -tion from

to.

from the items therein set forth, and to the item enumer- ated in the Third Schedule hereto, the sum of Seven thousand six hundred and three pounds sixteen shillings and fourpence to be expended on the works named in the Third Schedule hereto.

No. 30.] Loan. [1935.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Provision.

Item

Work or Service.

No. Total of

Amount. Group.

ADMINISTRATION.

£

1 Departmental ... 100,000

RAILWAYS, TRAMWAYS, ETC.

2	Additions and Improvements to Opened Railways	300,000
3	Electric Power Station, East Perth, and Electricity Supply ...	100,000

4 Rolling Stock ... 50,000

5 Tramways, Perth Electric 25,000

475,000

HARBOURS AND RIVERS.

6	Bunbury Harbour Works	...	75,000
7	Fremantle Harbour Works	...	90,000
8	Geraldton Harbour Works	...	40,000

9	Improvements to Harbours and Rivers	25,000
10	Ashburton Jetty	30,000

260,000

WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE.

11 Eastern Goldfields 7,000

12 Goldfields Water Supply 350,000

13 Metropolitan Water Supply ... 200,000

14 Sewerage and Drainage for Perth and Fremantle 250,000

15 Water Supply for Towns generally ... 20,000

16        Water Supply, in Agricultural Districts (including Drainage

75,000

902,000

DEVELOPMENT OP GOLDFIELDS AND MINERAL RESOURCES.

17        Development of Mining (including Boring for Minerals and

Miscellaneous and Prospecting) ... 20,000

/8 Erection of State Batteries and Provision of Treatment Plants 20,000

40,000

DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

19 Development of Agriculture ... 115,000

20	Agricultural Group Settlement and Migration	15,000
21	Agricultural Bank-Working Capital ...	50,000
22	Assistance to Settlers, Industries, etc.	75,000
23	Pine Planting-Purchase of Land, Forests Regeneration ...	110,000

365,000

ROADS AND BRIDGES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, ETC.

24        Roads and Bridges throughout the State, including Feeders to

Railways and Grants to Local Authorities 150,000

OTHER STATE UNDERTAKINGS.

25	State Hotels and Tourist Resorts	...	20,000
26	Workers' Homes-Working Capital	...	15,000 35,000 2,327,000

27        Short term Advances to meet Expenditure pending the receipt

300,000

£2,627,000

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

RE-APPROPRIATION FROM, REFERRED TO IN SECTION 6.

Original Amount Re-

Amount on

No Appropriation Work or Service to which originally Original Loan appropriated

or Loan Appropriated. under this

Schedule.

Act. Act.

RAILWAYS.

E. s. d. £ s. d.

1 34 of 1932 Bridgetown-Jarnadup Extension 50,000 0 0 5,165 14 4

2 34 of 1932 Meekatharra-Wihma ... ... 60,000 0 0 1,220 3 9

3	34 of 1932	Lake Grace-Karlgarin ...	...	25,000	0	0	1,217 18	3
£7,603 16 4

THIRD SCHEDULE.

RE-APPROPRIATION TO, REFERRED TO IN SECTION 6.

Amount

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

RAILWAYS. £ s. d.

1 Additions and Improvements to opened Railways 7,603 16 4