Public Loans Application Act 1855 No 40a (NSW)

1855. 19<̂ VIO. N o. 40. 3047

Tuhlic Loans Application.

No. XL.

A n A ct for ap p ly in g certain Sum s to be raised by	P ublic L oans
A rPLICATION.

Loans. [18^/i December, 1855.]

‘T^TH ER EA S by the Act of the Governor and Legislative Conneil of PreamUe.

V V New South Wales passed in the present Session intituled “ A n 19 vio. Ni No. 2o.

“ Act to provide Lunds by means o f a	Tonnage Duty fo r making
“ Improvements to the Navigation of the	Liver H m ter and to the

Torts o f Neiccastle and MorpeW' the Government was authorized to borrow such sum or sums of money not exceeding in the whole the sum of forty thousand pounds as should be from time to time required for making sueh Improvements And whereas by another Act passcA in the present Session intituled “ A n Act to authorize the raising o f Loans 19 vic. No. 38.

“ yhr Public Works on the security o f the Consolida ted Revenues o f the “ Colony And to remove doubts as to the security o f former Loans” the Government was authorized to borrow a sum of money not exceed­ ing three hundred and twenty-five thousand three hundred and twenty- three pounds for the several purposes therein expressed And whereas it is expedient to enable the Government to proceed forthwith to the execution of the Improvements and Publie Works referred to in the above recited Acts Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of New Soutlr Wales with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof as follows :—-

1. Eor the purpose of executing the Improvements and Public Sums not excoodinB

Works hereinafter mentioned there shall and may be issued out of the

be

Public Treasury at such times to such persons and in such proportions expended on

as the Governor shall by any warrant or order in writing signed by BuUdings'''̂ '̂ *

him from time to time order and direet any sum or sums of money not

exceeding two hundred and ninety-five thousand three hundred and

twenty-three pounds that is to say—

Eor making improvements to the Navigation of the

River Hunter and to the Ports of Newcastle and

Morpeth any sum or sums of money not exceeding £40,000 0 0

Eor the construction of Works of Defence in Sydney

Harljour including the purchase of land at Kirri-

billi Point a sum not exceeding ... ... ... 50,000 0 0

Eor the erection of a Gaol at Brisbane a sum not

exceeding ... ... ... ... ... ... 20,000 0 0

Eor the erection of a Court House at Wollongong a

sum not exceeding... ... ... ... ... 2,000 0 0

Eor the erection of a Court and "VYatch House at Wing-

ham on the Manning River a sum not exceeding 600 0 0

Eor the erection of a Court House at Deniliquin a sum

not exceeding ... ... ... ... ... 600 0 0

Eor the erection of a Building for a Time Ball the

erection of an Observatory and the Residence of

an Astronomer a further sum not exceeding ... 7,000 0 0

Eor additions to the present Building of the Legisla­

tive Council to provide acconnnodation for two

Houses of Parliament a sum not exceeding ... 15,000 0 0

Eor the purchase of a site for the Sydney Grammar

School a sum not exceeding ... ... ... 5,000 0 0

To prepare a site for the Light-house at Newcastle a

sum not exceeding... ... ... ... ... 1,600 0 0

Eor the Survey of the River Hunter a sum not

ex ceed in g .............................................................. 1,000 0 0

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Treasury Indemnity.

For clearing the Channel of the Fiver Murray a sum

not exceeding ... ... ... ... ... £1,000 0 0

For clearing the Channel of the River Murrumhidgee

a sum not exceeding ... ... ... ... 1,000 0 0

Towards defraying the expense of procuring a Steam

Dredge and Punt to he employed in elearing the

River Brisbane and deepening the Bar at its

mouth a sum not exceeding ... ... ... 10,450 0 0

To finish the Dam at Hunt’s Creek Parramatta a sum

not exceeding ... ... ... ... ... 8,000 0 0

For providing a supply of fresh water for the Town­

ship of Gladstone a sum not exceeding ... ... 3,757 0 0

Towards the completion of the Fitz Roy Doek and the

construction of a Dockyard and towards the erec­

tion of Workshops and the purchase of Machinery

a sum not exceeding ... ... ... ... 14,516 0 0

Roads Railroads	F o r	the completion of the lines of Railway from
Streets and Bridges.	Sydney to Liverpool and from Newcastle to Mait­
land a sum not exceeding... ... ... ... 62,500 0 0

For Surveys Experiments and preparations for the

extension of Railways a sum not exceeding ... 50,000 0 0

For the eompletion of the Bridge over the Macquarie

River at Bathurst a further sum not exceeding... 1,100 0 0

For the completion of the Bridge over Paddy’s River

a further sura not exceeding ... ... ... 200 0 0

Accounts of the 2. The aeeounts of the sums expended on the said Improve-

sums expended to be jnents and Puhlie W”orks and of the sums borrowed for the purposes the Parliament.Z ® thereof shall be annually laid l^efore the Parliament of the Colony and

shall be examinable in the same manner as if the sums so expended had formed part of the Current Annual Expenditure and Revenue of the Colony.