THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND BUILDINGS) 1934-35.
No. 19 of 1934.
An Act to grant and apply a sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June One thousand nine hundred and thirty-five for the purposes of Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c., and to appropriate such sum.
[Assented to 4th August, 1934.]
Preamble.
BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, for the purpose of appropriating the grant originated in the House of Representatives, as follows:—
Short title.
1. This Act may be cited as the Appropriation (Works and Buildings) Act 1934–35.
Issue and application of £1,259,270.
2. The Treasurer may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply towards making good the supply hereby granted to His Majesty for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June One thousand nine hundred and thirty-five the sum of One million two hundred and fifty-nine thousand two hundred and seventy pounds.
Appropriation.
3. The said sum granted by this Act is appropriated for the purposes and services set forth in the Schedule in relation to the financial year ending the thirtieth day of June One thousand nine hundred and thirty-five.
SCHEDULE.
F.3488.—Price 8d.
Addition, New Works, Buildings, &c.
SCHEDULE.
ABSTRACT.
Page Reference. | — | 1934-35. | 1933-34. | Increase on Expenditure, 1933-34. | Decrease on Expenditure 1933-34. | |
Vote. | Expenditure. | |||||
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3 | Part I.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth | 759,070 | 593,840 | 378,022 | 381,048 | .. |
9 | Part II.—Business Undertakings | 317,000 | 893,840 | 926,515 | .. | 609,515 |
11 | Part III.—Territories of the Commonwealth | 183,200 | 137,200 | 139,156 | 44,044 | .. |
| TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS, BUILDINGS, ETC. | 1,259,270 | 1,624,880 | 1,443,693 | .. | 184,423 |
H. J. SHEEHAN, J. A. LYONS,
Secretary to the Treasury, Treasurer.
Commonwealth Treasury,
24th July, 1934.
Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.
PART I.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth.
SUMMARY.
Division Number. | — | 1934-35. | 1933-34. | Increase on Expenditure, 1933-34. | Decrease on Expenditure, 1933-34. | |
Vote. | Expenditure. | |||||
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1 | PARLIAMENT........... | 12,960 | 7,000 | 33 | 12,927 | .. |
2 | THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPARTMENT | 15,000 | 15,000 | .. | 15,000 | .. |
3–3a | THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY | 1,560 | 10,500 | 10,450 | .. | 8,890 |
4–5 | THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | 362,300 | 215,070 | 149,700 | 212,600 | .. |
6–17 | THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE | 305,700 | 293,196 | 191,178 | 114,522 | .. |
18 | THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS | 20,300 | 15,420 | 3,458 | 16,842 | .. |
19 | THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH | 17,300 | 4,950 | 2,174 | 15,126 | .. |
19a | REPATRIATION DEPARTMENT | .. | 17,934 | 13,839 | .. | 13,839 |
20–21 | THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE | 23,950 | 14,770 | 7,190 | 16,760 | .. |
| TOTAL PART I...... | 759,070 | 593,840 | 378,022 | 381,048 | .. |
Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.
PARLIAMENT. | 1934-35. | 1933-34. | |
Under Control of Department of the Interior. | Vote. | Expenditure. | |
Division No. 1. | £ | £ | £ |
1. National Library, Canberra—erection of........... | 12,960 | 7,000 | 33 |
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PRIME MINISTER’S DEPARTMENT. |
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Under Control of Department of the Prime Minister. |
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Division No. 2. |
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1. Purchase of vessel for development of fisheries industry | 15,000 | 15,000 | .. |
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. |
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Under Control of Department of the Treasury. |
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Division No. 3. |
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1. Purchase of machinery and additional equipment for Government Printing Office, Canberra | 1,560 | 3,700 | 3,921 |
Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 3a. |
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Additions and alterations to Government Printing Office, Canberra | .. | 6,800 | 6,529 |
Total Department of the Treasury..................... | 1,560 | 10,500 | 10,450 |
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. |
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Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 4. |
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1. Expenditure under River Murray Waters Act 1915–1923 | 130,000 | 135,000 | 99,000 |
2. Australian War Memorial, Canberra—erection of (to be paid to the credit of Trust Fund Australian War Memorial Account) (towards cost) | 40,500* | 25,000 | 25,000 |
3. Commonwealth Offices, Brisbane—Erection of (towards cost) | 68,000‡ | 25,000 | 5,632 |
Meteorological Bureau—erection of garage...... | .. | 70 | 68 |
Total Division No. 4............. | 238,500 | 185,070 | 129,700 |
Division No. 5. |
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1. Expenditure under War Service Homes Act 1918–1929 (to be paid to credit of Trust Fund War Service Homes Account) | 123,800 | 30,000 | 20,000 |
Total Under Control of Department of the Interior.......... | 362,300 | 215,070 | 149,700 |
* Balance of total estimated coat, £85,300. † Total estimated cost, £80,000. Further liability, £16,368.
Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE. | 1934–35. | 1933–34. | |
NAVAL. | Vote. | Expenditure. | |
Under Control of Department of Defence. | £ | £ | £ |
Division No. 6. |
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1. Naval construction.......................... | 508,500* | .. | .. |
Division No. 7. |
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1. Reserves of stores, including ammunition, ordnance, torpedo stores and oil fuel (moneys received from the sale of reserves of coal may be credited to this item) | 109,400 | 5 | .. |
2. Naval establishments—machinery and plant......... | 4,850 | .. | .. |
3. Construction of targets for fleet and of yard craft for establishments | 7,750 | (a) | .. |
Total Division No. 6................ | 122,000 | 5 | .. |
Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 8. |
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1. Buildings, works and sites..................... | 48,460† | 21,650 | 21,555 |
Total Naval...................... | 678,960 | 21,655 | 21,555 |
MILITARY. |
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Under Control of Department of Defence. |
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Division No. 9. |
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1. Coast defences—equipment and works............ | 168,646 | .. | .. |
Division No. 10. |
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1. Arms, armament and ammunition................ | 90,965b | 14,263 | 12,318 |
2. Defence works, including fortifications and engineering works (£2,300 to be paid to the credit of Trust Fund Defence Reserve Account) | 4,800 | 8,000 | 8,000 |
Construction of motor launch........................ | .. | 1,200 | 1,350 |
Total Division No. 10............... | 95,765 | 23,463 | 21,668 |
Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 11. |
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1. Buildings, works and sites..................... | 165,000‡ | 70,410 | 11,788 |
Total Military.................... | 429,411 | 93,873 | 33,456 |
* Includes provision for exchange £90,000.
† Total estimated cost, £126,000.
(a) Included under Division No. 49 Naval Establishments, Subdivision b, General Expenses.
(b) £67,000 of this amount to be paid to Trust Fund Small Arms Ammunition Account.
‡ Total estimated cost, £210,000.
F.3488.—2
Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.
| 1934–35. | 1933–34. | |
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE—continued. | Vote. | Expenditure. | |
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE. | £ | £ | £ |
Under Control of Department or Defence. |
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Division No. 12. |
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1. Provision of landplane equipment and plant, including spare parts, machinery, tools, ordnance and engineering supplies and ammunition | 204,350 | 61,315 | 61,316 |
Provision of seaplane equipment and plant including spare parts, machinery, tools, ordnance and engineering supplies and exchange | .. | 376,250 | 360,500 |
Total Division No. 12.............. | 204,350 | 437,565 | 421,815 |
Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 13. |
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1. Buildings, works and sites................... | 126,065* | 23,000 | 10,987 |
Total Royal Australian Air Force.................... | 330,415 | 460,565 | 432,802 |
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CIVIL AVIATION. |
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Under Control of Department of Defence. |
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Division No. 14. |
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1. Buildings and works....................... | 2,000 | 500 | 58 |
Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 15. |
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1. Buildings, works and sites................... | 37,000† | 13,700 | 12,935 |
Total Civil Aviation............... | 39,000 | 14,200 | 12,993 |
* Total estimated cost, £356,315. † Total estimated cost, £60,000.
Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE—continued. | 1934–35. | 1933–34. | |
MUNITIONS SUPPLY BRANCH. | Vote. | Expenditure. | |
Under Control of Department or Defence. | £ | £ | £ |
Division No. 16. |
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1. Acquisition of Small Arms Ammunition Factory, Footscray— instalments | 19,153† | 19,153 | 19,153 |
2. Machinery and plant for manufacture of munitions... | 25,000‡ | 20,000 | 20,000 |
Total Division No. 16.............. | 44,153 | 39,153 | 39,153 |
Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 17. |
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1. Buildings, works and sites................... | 55,000* | 40,000 | 11,719 |
Total Munitions Supply Branch........ | 99,153 | 79,153 | 50,872 |
Less— | 1,576,939 | 669,446 | 551,678 |
Amount estimated to remain unexpended at close of year | 111,239 | .. | .. |
Amount available in Trust Fund—Naval Construction Account—to meet expenditure under Division No. 12 | .. | 376,250 | 360,500 |
| 111,239 | 376,250 | 360,500 |
| 1,465,700 | 293,196 | 191,178 |
Less amount to be provided from Trust Fund—Defence Equipment Account | 1,160,000 | .. | .. |
Total Department of Defence......... | 305,700 | 293,196 | 191,178 |
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DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS. |
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Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 18. |
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1. Buildings, works and sites and purchase of vessel.... | 20,300 | 15,420 | 3,458 |
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. |
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Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 19. |
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1. Buildings, works and sites................... | 17,300 | 4,950 | 2,174 |
† Total estimated cost, £191,526; amount outstanding at 30th June, 1934, £47,882.
‡ Total estimated cost, £98,000.
* Total estimated cost, £194,000.
Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.
DEPARTMENT OF REPATRIATION | 1934–35. | 1933–34. | |
| Vote. | Expenditure. | |
Division No. 19a. | £ | £ | £ |
Soldiers’ mental hospital, Bundoora, Victoria........ | .. | 2,524 | 2,281 |
Repatriation general hospital, Caulfield, Victoria..... | .. | 567 | 302 |
Repatriation general hospital, Keswick, South Australia. | .. | 8,123 | 5,849 |
Repatriation mental block, Callan Park, New South Wales— towards cost | .. | 6,720 | 5,407 |
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Total Department of Repatriation..................... | .. | 17,934 | 13,839 |
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. |
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Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 20. |
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1. Buildings, works and sites.................... | 1,000 | 3,300 | 3,039 |
Under Control of Department of Commerce. |
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Division No. 21. |
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1. Alterations of lighthouse services............... | 14,850 | 11,470 | 4,151 |
2. Erection of and additions to buildings............ | 8,100 | .. | .. |
Total Division No. 21............... | 22,950 | 11,470 | 4,151 |
Total Department of Commerce........ | 23,950 | 14,770 | 7,190 |
TOTAL PART I.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertaking and Territories of the Commonwealth | 759,070 | 593,840 | 378,022 |
Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.
PART II.—Business Undertakings.
SUMMARY.
Division Number. | — | 1934–35. | 1933–34. | Increase on Expenditure, 1933–34. | Decrease on Expenditure, 1933–34 | |
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22 | COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS | 73,000 | 63,000 | 61,021 | 11,979 | .. |
23 | POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT | 244,000 | 830,840 | 865,494 | .. | 621,494 |
| TOTAL PART II....................... | 317,000 | 893,840 | 926,515 | .. | 609,515 |
Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.
PART II.—Business Undertakings.
COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS. | 1934–35. | 1933–34. | |
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Division No. 22. |
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1. Trans-Australian Railway..................... | 65,200 | 58,000 | 56,980 |
2. North Australia Railway...................... | 3,000 | 440 | .. |
3. Central Australia Railway..................... | 4,700 | 4,460 | 3,977 |
4. Federal Territory Railway..................... | 100 | 100 | 64 |
Total Commonwealth Railways......... | 73,000 | 63,000 | 61,021 |
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THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT. |
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Under Control of the Postmaster-General’s Department and the Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 23. |
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1. Telegraph and miscellaneous services............. | 54,000 | 7,540 | 36,617 |
2. National Broadcasting service.................. | 208,000 | 95,450 | 14,586 |
Telephone exchange services................... | † | 594,460 | 684,018 |
Trunk line services.......................... | † | 131,020 | 115,986 |
Buildings, works and sites..................... | † | 66,284 | 14,287 |
| 262,000 | 894,754 | 865,494 |
Less amount estimated to remain unexpended at close of year. | 18,000 | 63,914 | .. |
Total Postmaster-General’s Department............ | 244,000* | 830,840 | 865,494 |
Total Part II.—Business Undertakings.......... | 317,000 | 893,840 | 926,515 |
* In addition provision of £1,000,000 made under Loan Fund for Works.
† Provision for 1934-5 made under Loan Fund for Works.
Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.
PART III.—Territories of the Commonwealth.
SUMMARY.
Division Number. | — | 1934–35. | 1933–34. | Increase on Expenditure, 1933–34. | Decrease on Expenditure, 1933–34. | |
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24 | NORTHERN TERRITORY.... | 50,000 | 22,000 | 13,020 | 36,980 | .. |
25–27 | FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRI-TORY | 133,200 | 115,200 | 126,136 | 7,064 | .. |
| TOTAL PART III.... | 183,200 | 137,200 | 139,156 | 44,044 | .. |
Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.
PART III.—Territories of the Commonwealth.
NORTHERN TERRITORY. | 1934–35. | 1933–34 | |
Under Control or Department or the Interior. | Vote. | Expenditure. | |
Division No. 24. | £ | £ | £ |
1. Buildings, works and sites.................. | 50,000 | 22,000 | 13,020 |
FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY. |
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Under Control or Department or the Interior. |
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Division No. 25. |
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1. Architectural services..................... | 12,000 | 16,000 | 20,144 |
2. Engineering services...................... | 81,300a | 72,720 | 70,497 |
3. Forestry.............................. | 15,500 | 13,500 | 16,260 |
4. Sundry works and services.................. | 10,200 | 8,980 | 15,357 |
Division No. 26. | 119,000 | 111,200 | 122,258 |
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1. Loans for Housing....................... | 10,000 | † | .. |
Division No. 27. |
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1. Department of Health—erection of and additions and alterations to buildings and engineering services | 4,200 | 4,000 | 3,878 |
Total Federal Capital Territory............. | ‡133,200 | 115,200 | 126,136 |
TOTAL PART III.—Territories of the Commonwealth | 183,200 | 137,200 | 139,156 |
TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS, BUILDINGS, &c. | 1,259,270 | 1,624,880 | 1,443,693 |
† Provision for 1933–34 made under Loan Fund for Works.
(a) Further liability, £107,000.
‡ In addition £111,235 Included under Loan Fund for World.
By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.