TELEGRAPHS
AND TELEPHONES SPECIAL WORKS ACCOUNT.
No. 23 of 1911.
An Act to authorize the expending of
moneys paid into the Trust Fund Telegraphs and Telephones Special Works
Account.
[Assented
to 22nd December, 1911.]
BE it
enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of
Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows :—
Short
title.
1. This Act may be cited as the Telegraphs
and Telephones Special Works Account Act 1911.
Apportionment
of moneys to be expended.
2. The amount of Six hundred thousand pounds appropriated under
Division 6a (Special Works) of the
Schedule to Act No. 5 of 1911 and payable into Trust Fund Telegraphs and
Telephones Special Works Account shall, subject to section three of this Act,
be expended in the manner set forth in the Schedule to this Act.
Sum
insufficient for purposes of item.
3. Where any moneys authorized by this Act to be expended for the
purposes of any item in the Schedule are insufficient for the purposes of the
item or where no moneys are specified for the purposes of any item in the
Schedule, the Governor-General may, by order, direct that there shall be
applied for the purposes of the item a sum out of any surplus arising from
moneys authorized by this Act to be expended for the purposes of any other item
in the Schedule.
Copy
of order to be laid before Parliament.
4. A copy of every order by which an altered application of moneys
may be made shall be laid before both Houses of the Parliament within seven
days after the making thereof, if Parliament is then sitting, and if not then
within seven days after the next meeting of Parliament.
SCHEDULE.
—
APPORTIONMENT
OF AMOUNT PROVIDED UNDER DIVISION 6a—
SPECIAL WORKS OF THE SCHEDULE TO ACT No. 5 OF 1911.
Telegraphs
and Telephones.
New
South Wales.
No. 1. Construction
and extension of telegraph lines, instruments, and materials..............
| £77,850 |
2. Construction and
extension of telephone lines, instruments, and material, including
construction of conduits and placing wires underground.......................................................
| 160,750 |
3. New trunk lines..................................................................................................
| 11,400 |
4. Metallic circuits
in existing single-wire networks.................................................
| 16,600 |
5. New switchboards or
extensions..........................................................................
| …
|
6. Purchase of lines................................................................................................
| …
|
7. Transfer of
electric lighting plant of the General Post Office, Sydney, to the City
Council Supply...........................................................................................................
| …
|
£266,600 |
Victoria.
No. 8. Construction
and extension of telegraph lines, instruments, and material................
| £9,000 |
9. Construction and
extension of telephone lines, instruments, and material, including
construction of conduits and placing wires underground......................................................
| 36,000 |
10. New trunk lines ...............................................................................................
| 2,000 |
11. Metallic circuits
in existing single-wire networks................................................
| 131,000 |
12. New switchboards
and extensions .....................................................................
| …
|
£178,000 |
Carried forward.....................................................................................
| £444,600 |
Schedule—continued.
Brought forward.....................................................................................
| £444,600 |
Queensland.
No. 13. Construction
and extension of telegraph lines, instruments, and material..............
| £10,200 |
14. Construction and
extension of telephone lines, instruments, material, and miscellaneous switchboards,
including construction of conduits and placing wires underground
| 16,200 |
15. New trunk lines................................................................................................
| 2,000 |
16. Metallic circuits
in existing single-wire networks................................................
| …
|
17. New switchboards
and extensions......................................................................
| …
|
18. Purchase of lines...............................................................................................
| …
|
19. Pneumatic tubes...............................................................................................
| …
|
£28,400 |
South
Australia.
No. 20. Construction
and extension of telegraph lines, instruments, and material..............
| £8,000 |
21. Construction and
extension of telephone lines, instruments, and material, including
construction of conduits and placing wires underground.......................................................
| 21,900 |
22. New trunk lines................................................................................................
| 8,000 |
23. Metallic circuits
in existing single-wire networks................................................
| 2,100 |
24. New switchboards
and extensions......................................................................
| 1,500 |
25. Pneumatic tubes...............................................................................................
| … |
£41,500 |
Western
Australia.
No. 26. Construction
and extension of telegraph lines, instruments, and material..............
| £12,600 |
27. Construction and
extension of telephone lines, instruments, and material, including
construction of conduits and placing wires underground.......................................................
| 65,200 |
28. New trunk lines................................................................................................
| 800 |
29. Metallic circuits
in existing single-wire networks................................................
| … |
30. New switchboards
and extensions......................................................................
| … |
£78,600 |
Tasmania.
No. 31. Construction
and extension of telegraph lines, instruments, and material..............
| £2,000 |
32. Construction and
extension of telephone lines, instruments, and material, including
construction of conduits and placing wires underground....................................
| 4,900 |
33. New trunk lines................................................................................................
| … |
34. Metallic circuits
in existing single-wire networks................................................
| … |
35. New switchboards
and extensions......................................................................
| … |
£6,900 |
Total..........................................................................................
| £600,000 |