SUPPLY ACT.
Act No. 1, 1917.
An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consoli dated Revenue Fund towards the Services of the Year 1917-1918, and out of the Public Works Fund, and out of the General Loan Account for Services to be hereafter provided for by Loan. [Assented to, 27th July, 1917.]
| WHEREAS we Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Members of the Legislative | Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, |
| have resolved to grant to Your Majesty the sum of Five millions three hundred and forty-six thousand seven hundred and thirty-five pounds, that is to say— |
Out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund the sum
of One million six hundred and eighty thousand
pounds, being the sum required to defray the
expenses of the various Departments and Ser vices of the State during the months of July, August, and September, or following month of the financial year ending thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen ; and the sum of Two millions five hundred and nine thousand five hundred pounds for the Services set forth in Schedule A hereto annexed.
Out of the Public Works Fund, the sum of Seventy-eight thousand and thirty-five pounds for the Services set forth in Schedule B hereto annexed.
Out of the General Loan Account, the sum of One million and seventy-nine thousand two hundred pounds for the Services set forth in Schedule C hereto annexed:
And whereas we desire to make good out of the said Funds and the General Loan Account the sum so granted to His Majesty : Be it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1. Out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of New South Wales there shall and may be issued and applied for or towards making good the Supply so resolved to be granted to His Majesty, the sum of Four millions one hundred and eighty-nine thousand five hundred pounds, of which the sum of One million six hundred and
| rates which have been sanctioned for the financial year | eighty thousand pounds is to he expended at the |
| ended thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, to defray the expenses of the various Departments and Services of the State during the months of July, August, and September, or following month of the financial year ending thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, subject to the rate of any reduction that may hereafter he made in the expenditure of the year 1917-1918; and the sum of Two millions five hundred and nine thousand five hundred pounds is to he expended for the Services specified in Schedule A hereto annexed. |
2. Out of the Public Works Fund there shall and may be issued and applied for or towards making good the Supply so resolved to be granted to His Majesty, the sum of Seventy-eight thousand and thirty-five pounds for the Services specified in Schedule B hereto annexed.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Audit Act, 1902, there shall and may be issued out of the General Loan Account and applied for or towards making good the Supply so resolved to be granted to His Majesty, the sum of One million and seventy-nine thousand two hundred pounds for the Services specified in Schedule C hereto annexed.
4. The Treasurer shall issue and pay the said sums for the Services aforesaid in such manner and in such proportions as the Governor, by Warrants or Orders in writing under his hand, and directed to the said Treasurer, shall from time to time order and direct. And the payments so to be made shall be charged upon and paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and the Public Works Fund and the General Loan Account respectively.
5. The Treasurer shall in his accounts from time to time be allowed credit for all sums of money paid by him in pursuance of such Warrants or Orders. And the receipts of the respective persons to whom the same shall be so paid shall be full and valid discharges to the said Treasurer in passing his said accounts for such sums as shall be therein mentioned, and he shall receive credit for the same accordingly,
| 6. | This Act may he cited as the " Supply Act, 1917." | S C H E D U L E S . |
S C H E D U L E S .
S C H E D U L E A .
Payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
| R A I L W A Y S | AND | T R A M W A Y S — |
| W o r k i n g | E x p e n s e s | . . . | . . . | £ 2 , 3 6 4 , 0 0 0 | £ 2 , 3 6 4 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E n d o w m e n t | of | S h i r e s | £ 7 0 , 0 0 0 | £ 7 0 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F o r | E x p e n d i t u r e | o n | M a i n | R o a d s | 7 0 , 0 0 0 | 7 0 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T o | r e c o u p | S h i r e s | a n d | M u n i c i p a l i t i e s | for | in |
| c r e a s e d | c o s t | of | w o r k i n g | p u b l i c | f e r r i e s , |
| d u e | t o | t h e | r e m i s s i o n | of | t o l l s . . . | . . . | 5 , 5 0 0 | 5 , 5 0 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 4 5 , 5 0 0 | 1 4 5 , 5 0 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T o t a l , | S c h e d u l e | A | ( C o n s o l i d a t e d | R e v e n u e | F u n d ) | £ 2 , 5 0 9 , 5 0 0 | £ • 2 , 5 0 9 , 5 0 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Payable out of the Public Works Fund.
| In | anticipation | of | Votes. |
| T R E A S U R E R | AND | SECRETARY | FOR | F I N A N C E | AND | T R A D E — |
| R e n e w a l s | a n d | R e p l a c e m e n t | of | W h a r f s , | J e t t i e s , | P l a n t , | a n d |
| B u i l d i n g s | u n d e r | R e c o n s t r u c t i o n | S c h e m e s | . . . | . . . | £ 6 , 0 0 0 | £ 6 , C 0 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M I N I S T E R | FOR | P U B L I C | W O R K S — |
| W a t e r | S u p p l i e s | £ 5 0 0 | £ 5 0 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P u b l i c | B u i l d i n g s | g e n e r a l l y | 1 3 , 7 3 5 | 13,7:55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Metropolitan | Board | of | Water | Supply | and | Sewerage— |
| R e n e w a l | of | W a t e r | M a i n s , | S e w e r s , | P l a n t , |
| B u i l d i n g s , &c., a n d | for | R e n e w a l | W o r k s |
| G e n e r a l l y | ; | also r e c o u p | t o L o a n | V o t e s |
| fo r | M a c h i n e r y | a n d | P l a n t | w o r n | o u t |
| o r | d i s m a n t l e d . | 1,500 | 1,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter | District | Water | Supply | and | Sewerage | Board—• |
| R e n e w a l | of | W a t e r | M a i n s | a n d | S e w e r s | . . . | -'500 | 3 0 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 9 . 0 3 5 | 1 9 . 0 3 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Miscellancous—
| S c h o o l | B u i l d i n g s , | T e a c h e r s ' | R e s i d e n c e s , |
| T r a d e | S c h o o l s , | T e c h n i c a l | E d u c a t i o n , |
| T e a c h e r s ' | T r a i n i n g | C o l l e g e , | a n d | o t h e r |
| B u i l d i n g s , | E r e c t i o n s , | A d d i t i o n s , | I m |
| p r o v e m e n t s , | E q u i p m e n t , | R e n e w a l s , |
| and | . M a t e r i a l s | £ 5 0 , 0 0 0 | £ 5 0 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A v i a t i o n | School— | E r e c t i o n | a n d | E q u i p |
| m e n t | 3 , 0 0 0 | : i .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 3 , 0 0 0
0
| T o t a l , | S c h e d u l e | B | ( P u b l i c | W o r k s | F u n d ) | £ 7 8 , 0 3 5 | £ 7 8 , 0 3 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S C H E D U L E
Payable out of the General Loan Account.
| In anticipation | of Loan | Votes. |
| COLONIAL | S E C R E T A R Y — |
| Industrial | Undertaking— |
| S t a t e | T r a w l e r s — T o w a r d s | c o n s t r u c t i o n | of T r a w l e r s , | W o o d e n |
| F i s h - c a r r y i n g | V e s s e l , | E s t a b l i s h m e n t | of | D e p o t s , | &c. | . . . | £ 1 5 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TREASURER | AND SECRETARY | FOR F I N A N C E | AND | T R A D E — |
| T o w a r d s | c o n s t r u c t i o n | of | W o r k s | g e n e r a l l y , | a n d | f o r | t h e |
| i m p r o v e m e n t | of | t h e | P o r t | . . . | .." | 4 8 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RAILWAYS | AND | T R A M W A Y S — |
Railways—
| R o l l i n g - s t o c k , | t o | m e e t | A d d i t i o n a l | Traf f ic |
| R e q u i r e m e n t s , | a n d | E q u i p m e n t | of | New- |
| L i n e s | £ 7 0 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N o r t h | C o a s t | R a i l w a y | 8 4 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D u u e d o o | t o | O o o n a b a r a b r a n | . . . | . . . | 2 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M u s w e l l b r o o k | t o | M e r r i w a | 2 9 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W y a l o n g | t o | C u d g e l l i c o | 3 1 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D u b b o | t o | W e r r i s | C r e e k | 3 7 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C o b a r | t o | C. | S. | A . | M i n e s | 4 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C o n d o b o l i n | t o | B r o k e n | H i l l | 9 4 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W a g g a | W a g g a | t o | T u m b a r u m b a | . . . | . . . | 1 6 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C o o m a | t o | B o m b a l a | 1 0 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F o r b e s | t o | S t o c k i n b i n g a l | . . . | . . . | . . . | 5 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S y d e n h a m | t o | B o t a n y | 4 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L a n d | R e s u m p t i o n s | for | a u t h o r i s e d | R a i l w a y s | 2 0 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Metropolitan | Railway | Construction— |
| C i t y | a n d | S u b u r b a n | R a i l w a y s — L a n d | r e |
| s u m p t i o n s | a n d | c o s t s — f u r t h e r | s u m | . . . | 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T r a m w a y | Construction | — |
| T r a m w a y s | g e n e r a l l y — f u r t h e r | s u m | . . . | 9 , 7 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L a n d | r e s u m p t i o n s | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 5 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P u r c h a s e | of | R a i l w a y | a n d | T r a m w a y | S t o r e s |
| a n d | M a t e r i a l s | w h i c h | c a n n o t | p r o p e r l y |
| b e | c h a r g e d | t o | A p p r o p r i a t i o n s | of | P a r |
| l i a m e n t | u n t i l | a c t u a l l y | i s s u e d | fo r | u s e , |
| t h e | a m o u n t | t o | b e | c a r r i e d | t o | S p e c i a l |
| D e p o s i t s | A c c o u n t | ( R a i l w a y | S t o r e |
| A d v a n c e | A c c o u n t ) — f u r t h e r | s u m | . . . | 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C a r r i e d | f o r w a r d | . . . | . . . | £ 7 8 3 , 7 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S C H E D U L E | C — | continued. |
Payable out of the General Loan Account—continued.
| In anticipation | of Loan | Votes—continued. |
| B r o u g h t | f o r w a r d | £ 7 8 3 , 7 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SECRETARY | FOR | L A N D S — |
Miscellaneous—
| F o r | t h e | s u b d i v i s i o n | a n d | i m p r o v e m e n t |
| of | C r o w n | o r | a c q u i r e d | l a n d s , | t o | b e |
| l e a s e d | o r | o t h e r w i s e | d i s p o s e d | of | t o |
| R e t u r n e d | S o l d i e r s , | a n d | for | o t h e r |
| e x p e n s e s | in | c o n n e c t i o n | t h e r e w i t h , |
| i n c l u d i n g | t h e | p u r c h a s e | of | i m p l e m e n t s , |
| s t o c k , | &c | £ 2 5 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F o r | t h e | p u r p o s e | of | P r i c k l y - p e a r | E r a d i c a |
| t i o n | o n | C r o w n | l a n d s , | a n d | e x p e n s e s |
| i n c i d e n t a l | t h e r e t o | 2 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M I N I S T E R | FOR P U B L I C | W O R K S — |
| Sewerage | Construction | — |
| M e t r o p o l i t a n | S e w e r a g e | a n d | S t o r m | w a t e r |
| C h a n n e l s — f u r t h e r | s u m | £ 8 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C o u n t r y C h a n n e l s — f u r t h e r | T o w n s | S e w e r a g e | a n d | S t o r m | w a t e r |
| N e w c a s t l e | S e w e r a g e — f u r t h e r | s u m | . . . | 3 . 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C o u n t r y | T o w n s | W a t e r | S u p p l i e s — f u r t h e r |
| sum | 2 0 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| I m p r o v e m e n t s | S y d n e y | W a t e r | S u p p l y | . . . | 1 7 , 5 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| H u n t e r | D i s t r i c t | W a t e r | S u p p l y — A m p l i f i |
| c a t i o n | " | 5 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N e w c a s t l e | H a r b o u r | I m p r o v e m e n t s | a n d |
| W h a r f a g e , | i n c l u d i n g | D r e d g i n g | a n d |
| o t h e r | P l a n t — f u r t h e r | s u m | . . . | . . . | 2 7 , 5 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P o r t | K e m b l a — I m p r o v e m e n t s | W h a r f a g e |
| a n d | S h i p p i n g | A p p l i a n c e s — f u r t h e r |
| s u m | . . . | 7 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C o f f s | H a r b o u r | I m p r o v e m e n t s | a n d | J e t t y — |
| f u r t h e r | s u m | 7 , 5 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C a r r i e d | f o r w a r d | £ 1 0 9 , 5 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C a r r i e d | f o r w a r d | £ 8 1 0 , 1 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S C H E D U L E | C — | continued. |
| Payable out of the General Loan Account— | continued. |
| In anticipation | of Loan | Votes—continued. |
| B r o u g h t | f o r w a r d | £ 8 1 0 , 7 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M I N I S T E R | FOR | P U B L I C | W O R K S — c o n t i n u e d . |
| B r o u g h t | f o r w a r d | £ 1 0 9 , 5 0 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C a v e s | H o u s e s | a n d | T o u r i s t | R e s o r t s |
| g e n e r a l l y | 3 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Metropolitan | Meat | Industry | Board— |
| N e w | P u b l i c | A b a t t o i r | a n d o t h e r | W o r k s | a t |
| H o m e b u s h | P o i n t , | M e a t | D i s t r i b u t i n g |
| D e p o t , | P i g | a n d | C a l f | M a r k e t , | S a l e |
| Y a r d s , M e a t E x p o r t | a n d | o t h e r | W o r k s |
| a n d | B u i l d i n g s , | i n c l u d i n g | L a n d | R e |
| s u m p t i o n | a n d | C o s t s | 4 2 , 5 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Metropolitan | Board | of Water | Supply | and | Sewerage | — |
| G e n e r a l | R e t i c u l a t i o n , | I m p r o v e m e n t s , |
| & C , | i n c l u d i n g | S y d n e y | W a t e r | S u p p l y |
| A m p l i f i c a t i o n . . . " | 4 5 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sewerage—
| C o n s t r u c t i o n | a n d | V e n t i l a t i o n | of | S e w e r s |
| g e n e r a l l y | 1 3 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter | District | Board | of | Witter | Supply | and | Sewerage— |
| E x t e n s i o n | of | R e t i c u l a t i o n | . . . | . . . | 1,500 | 0 | 0 |
| D E P A R T M E N T | OF | A G R I C U L T U R E — |
| Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission — |
| F o r | t h e | e r e c t i o n | of | C a n n i n g | a n d | other |
| F a c t o r i e s | a n d | i n s t a l l a t i o n | of | p l a n t | i n |
| c o n n e c t i o n | t h e r e w i t h , | M u r r u m b i d g e e |
| I r r i g a t i o n | A r e a s | . . . | 5 0 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S h a l l o w | B o r i n g — T o | p r o v i d e | W a t e r | S u p |
| p l i e s | f o r | S e t t l e r s | 4 , 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T o t a l , | S c h e d u l e | C | ( G e n e r a l | L o a n | A c c o u n t ) | £ 1 , 0 7 9 , 2 0 0 | 0 | O |
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