Appropriation (Works and Services) Act 1950-51

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THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND SERVICES) 195051.

No. 36 of 1950.

An Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fiftyone, for the purposes of Additions, New Works and other Services involving Capital Expenditure and to appropriate the Supplies granted by the Parliament for that year.

[Assented to 13th December, 1950.]

BE it enacted by the Kings 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 Services) Act 195051.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Issue and application of £25,113,000.

3. 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 fiftyone, the sum of Twentyfive million one hundred and thirteen thousand pounds.

4. All

F.6458.Price Is.


Appropriation of supply £68,705,000.

4. All sums granted by this Act and the other Acts mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund towards making good the supply granted to His Majesty for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fiftyone, amounting as appears by that Schedule in the aggregate to the sum of Sixtyeight million seven hundred and five thousand pounds, are appropriated and shall be deemed to have been appropriated as from the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and fifty, for the purposes and services expressed in the Second Schedule to this Act in relation to the financial year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fiftyone.

THE SCHEDULES.

Section 4. FIRST SCHEDULE.

GRANTS OUT OF THE CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND.

 

£

£

Act No. 1 of 1950................

..

25,000,000

Act No. 9 of 1950................

..

18,592,000

Under this Act...................

29,858,000

 

Less amount authorized under Act No. 1 of 1950 for Defence Services 

4,745,000

 

 

 

25,113,000

 

 

68,705,000

Capital Works and Services.

SECOND SCHEDULE Section 4.

ABSTRACT.

Page Reference.

195051

194950.

Vote.

Expenditure.

 

 

£

£

£

4

Part I.Departments and Servicesother than business undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth             

36,026,000

58,854,000

52,980,729

15

Part II.Business Undertakings........

27,879,000

17,540,000

17,205,869

17

Part III.Territories of the Commonwealth.

4,800,000

2,899,000

3,081,162

 

TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS AND OTHER SERVICES INVOLVING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE             

68,705,000

79,293,000

73,267,760


Capital Works and Services.

PART I.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth.

SUMMARY.

Division Number.

Departments and Services.

195051.

194950.

Vote.

Expenditure.

 

 

£

£

£

1

PARLIAMENT......................

50,000

50,000

149,141

23

PRIME MINISTER....................

951,000

71,000

166,408

45

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.................

208,000

102,000

160,908

67

THE TREASURY.....................

40,000

31,000

138,058

8

ATTORNEYGENERAL..........

10,000

8,000

14,517

910

THE INTERIOR......................

1,053,000

961,000

978,126

1113

WORKS AND HOUSING...............

7,791,000

19,604,000

18,254,228

1416

SUPPLY...........................

2,385,000

2,826,000

2,697,089

1719

CIVIL AVIATION....................

5,880,000

4,209,000

4,004,979

2021

TRADE AND CUSTOMS...............

84,000

55,000

73,812

2224

HEALTH..........................

1,445,000

490,000

477,844

2526

REPATRIATION.....................

308,000

300,000

296,893

2729

COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE.......

656,000

1,184,000

777,352

3031

SOCIAL SERVICES...................

100,000

58,000

89,235

3234

FUEL, SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT......

5,088,000

5,526,000

4,766,387

3536

EXTERNAL TERRITORIES.............

182,000

160,000

3,060

3739

IMMIGRATION.....................

9,270,000

6,995,000

7,304,044

4041

LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE......

27,000

10,000

13,587

4243

NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT............

385,000

38,000

26,970

4446

COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION 

113,000

151,000

87,595

46a46p

DEFENCE SERVICES.................

..

16,025,000

12,500,496

 

TOTAL PART I...................

36,026,000

58,854,000

52,980,729


Capital Works and. Services.

PART I.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth.

 

195051.

194950.

PARLIAMENT.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 1.

£

£

£

1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............

50,000

50,000

149,141

PRIME MINISTERS DEPARTMENT.

 

 

 

Under Control of Prime Ministers Department.

 

 

 

Division No. 2.

 

 

 

1. Australian High Commissioner in United Kingdom—Equipment and furniture for Australia House and official residence             

70,000

31,000

24,244

2. Australian National University—Permanent buildings, acquisition and erection of dwellings, equipment, works, &c.             

866,000

..

130,000

Total Division No. 2.............

936,000

31,000

154,244

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 3.

 

 

 

1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............

15,000

10,000

12,164

Australian National University—Permanent building......

..

30,000

..

Total Division No. 3.............

15,000

40,000

12,164

Total Prime Minister’s Department...

951,000

71,000

166,408

DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.

 

 

 

Under Control of Department of External Affairs.

 

 

 

Division No. 4.

 

 

 

1. Buildings, equipment and furniture for overseas establishments

198,000

99,500

157,134

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 5.

 

 

 

1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............

10,000

2,500

3,774

Total Department of External Affairs.....

208,000

102,000

160,908

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.

 

 

 

Under Control of Department of the Treasury.

 

 

 

Division No. 6.

 

 

 

1. Government Printing Office, Canberra—Purchase of machinery and additional equipment 

5,000.

3,500

203

Commonwealth Engineering Company—Acquisition of shares

..

..

102,000

Total Division No. 6.............

5,000

3,500

102,203

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 7

 

 

 

1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............

35,000

27,500

35,855

Total Department of the Treasury....

40,000

31,000

138,058


Capital Works and Services.

 

195051.

194950.

ATTORNEYGENERAL’S DEPARTMENT.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 8.

£

£

£

1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............

10,000

8,000

14,517

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

 

 

 

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

 

 

 

Division No. 9.

 

 

 

1. Commonwealth offices and other buildings—Acquisition of sites and buildings 

(a) 300,000

380,000

290,728

2. Plant and equipment...........................

16,000

12,000

12,209

3. Memorial at Canberra to His late Majesty King George V.— Erection 

5,000

5,750

56

4. Commonwealth Observatory—Plant, including purchase and installation of 74 telescope 

63,000

65,750

32,123

Total Division No. 9.............

384,000

463,500

335,116

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 10.

 

 

 

1. Commonwealth offers and other buildings—Works, fittings and furniture 

500,000

352,000

516,608

2. Meteorological buildings, works, fittings and furniture....

125,000

100,000

96,296

3. GovernorGenerals establishments—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture 

4,000

5,500

3,911

4. War Workers Housing—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture 

40,000

40,000

26,195

Total Division No. 10............

669,000

497,500

643,010

Total Department of the Interior.....

1,053,000

961,000

978,126

DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND HOUSING.

 

 

 

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

 

 

 

Division No. 11.

 

 

 

1. Acquisition of sites and buildings..................

25,000

20,000

31,139

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 12.

 

 

 

1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............

350,000

60,000

101,532

2. Expenditure under River Murray Waters Act 19151934 

116,000

12,000

..

3. Plant and Equipment—for payment to credit of Works and Housing Suspense Trust Account 

800,000

1,027,000

898,269

4. Working Advance—for payment to credit of Works and Housing Suspense Trust Account 

500,000

..

..

Amount paid to credit of Works and Housing Suspense Trust Account for the purchase of assets of the Allied Works, Plant and Material Trust Account, and to provide additional working             

 

 

 

Capital...........................

£3,519,664

 

 

 

Less—unrequired balance of Allied Works, Plant and Material Trust Account 

3,369,664

 

 

 

 

£150,000

..

500,000

150,000

Proportion of Salaries and General Expenses provided under Ordinary Services, Division 63 (to be allocated to particular Services by Supplementary Appropriation)             

..

1,000,000

 

Experimental Building Station—Plant and material......

(b)

20,000

24,449

Total Division No. 12............

1,766,000

2,619,000

1,174,250

(a) Includes provision towards costs of acquisition of sites for Commonwealth offices in capital cities at an estimated cost of £1,850,000.   (b) Provided under Department of National Development.


Capital Works and Services.

 

195051.

194960.

DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND HOUSINGcontinued.

Vote.

Expenditure.

 

Under Control of Department of Works and Housingcontinued.

 

£

£

£

Division No. 12a.

 

 

 

1. Expenditure under War Service Homes Act 19181949—for payment to credit of the War Service Homes Trust Account             

..

14,500,000

14,655,040

Less proceeds of sales of property and other receipts......

..

35,000

103,377

Total Division No. 12a...........

(a)

14,465,000

14,551,663

Division No. 13.

 

 

 

1. Expenditure under Snowy Mountains HydroElectric Power Act 1949 

6,000,000

2,500,000

2,497,176

Total Department of Works and Housing...

7,791,000

19,604,000

18,254,228

DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY.

 

 

 

Under Control of Department of Supply.

 

 

 

Division No. 14.

 

 

 

1. Ships—Construction..........................

2,900,000

2,000,000

2,060,955

Less amounts received from the sale of ships...........

1,900,000

354,000

83,051

 

1,000,000

1,646,000

1,977,904

2. ShipsMarine Diesel Engines—Plant, tooling and other establishment costs 

59,500

100,000

21,989

3. Transport and Storage Services—Motor vehicles, equipment for garages and stores 

1,250,000

660,000

659,283

4. New Guinea Resources Prospecting Co. Ltd.—Contribution to share capital 

25,500

 

 

Bureau of Mineral Resources—Plant and equipment......

(b)

250,000

13,293

Shipbuilding—Plant, equipment and buildings and reserves of materials 

..

150,000

..

Total Division No. 14............

2,335,000

2,806,000

2,672,469

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

 

 

 

Division No. 15.

 

 

 

1. Acquisition of sites and buildings..................

20,000

..

..

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 16.

 

 

 

1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............

30,000

20,000

24,620

Total Department of Supply........

2,385,000

2,826,000

2,697,089

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION.

 

 

 

Under Control of Department of Civil Aviation.

 

 

 

Division No. 17.

 

 

 

1. Aeradio communication and navigation facilities ; power generation and distribution plant; direct current and audiofrequency control lines; automatic switching equipment; aerodrome and air route lighting equipment             

1,750,000

1,000,000

645,590

2. Aircraft, launches, vehicles, engines and equipment......

643,000

400,000

279,638

3. Qantas Empire Airways Limited—Provision of additional capital 

377,000

200,000

200,000

Total Division No. 17............

2,770,000

1,600,000

1,125,228

(a) Provided from Loan Fund. (b) Provided under Department of National Development.


Capital Works and Services:

 

195051.

194950.

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATIONcontinued.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 18.

£

£

£

1. Acquisition of sites and buildings..................

500,000

500,000

515,517

Under Control of Departments of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 19.

 

 

 

1. Buildings and works, including shore bases and marine facilities, fittings and furniture 

2,610,000

2,050,000

2,339,804

Total.......................

5,880,000

4,150,000

3,980,549

FLYING BOAT BASES.

 

 

 

Under Control of Department of Civil Aviation.

 

 

 

Division No. 19a.

 

 

 

1. Aeradio communication and navigation facilities; power generation and distribution plant; direct current and audio frequency control lines; automatic switching equipment; aerodrome and air route lighting equipment—Australian section             

..

500

383

2. Launches and equipment—Australian section..........

..

55,000

18,225

3. Aeradio communication and navigation facilities; power generation and distribution plant; direct current and audio frequency control lines ; automatic switching equipment; aerodrome .and air route lighting equipment—TransTasman section             

..

500

13

Total Division No. 19a...........

(a)

56,000

18,621

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 19b.

 

 

 

1. Buildings and works, including shore bases and marine facilities, fittings and furniture—Australian section             

(b)

3,000

5,809

Total Flying Boat Bases..........

..

59,000

24,430

Total Department of Civil Aviation...

5,880,000

4,209,000

4,004,979

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS.

 

 

 

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

 

 

 

Division No. 20.

 

 

 

1. Acquisition of sites and buildings..................

4,000

5,000

5,129

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 21.

 

 

 

1. Buildings, works, fittings, furniture and purchase of vessels 

80,000

50,000

68,683

Total Department of Trade and Customs 

84,000

55,000

73,812

(a) Provided under Division No, 17 Provided under Division No. 19.


Capital Works and Services.

 

195051.

194950.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

Vote.

Expenditure.

 

Under Control of Department of Health.

 

£

£

£

Division No. 22.

 

 

 

1. Tuberculosis Act 1948—Reimbursement of expenditure to State Governments 

1,064,000

400,000

236,179

2. Purchase of laboratory equipment..................

33,000

57,000

2,590

3. Blood fractionation—Installation of plant.............

28,000

..

..

Total Division No. 22............

1,125,000

457,000

238,769

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

 

 

 

Division No. 23.

 

 

 

1. Acquisition of sites and buildings..................

20,000

23,000

14,461

Less amount payable from Serum Laboratories Trust Account 

..

15,000

..

Total Division No. 23............

20,000

8,000

14,461

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 24.

 

 

 

1. Buildings, works, fittings, furniture and purchase of vessels 

300,000

250,000

224,843

Less amount payable from Serum Laboratories Trust Account 

..

225,000

229

Total Division No. 24............

300,000

25,000

224,614

Total Department of Health........

1,445,000

490,000

477,844

DEPARTMENT OF REPATRIATION.

 

 

 

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

 

 

 

Division No. 25.

 

 

 

1. Acquisition of sites and buildings..................

8,000

10,000

19,302

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 26.

 

 

 

1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............

300,000

290,000

277,591

Total Department of Repatriation....

308,000

300,000

296,893

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE.

 

 

 

Under Control of Department of Commerce and Agriculture.

 

 

 

Division No. 27.

 

 

 

1. Jute and jute products—Imports...................

5,160,000

5,024,500

3,296,603

Less amount to be recovered from sales..............

5,160,000

4,559,800

3,296,603

 

 

464,700

 

2. Expenditure under the Whaling Industry Act 1949.......

625,000

675,000

750,000

Flax production—Machinery and plant...............

..

1,000

..

Trade Commissioner, Hong Kong—Residence..........

..

2,800

3,754

Trade Commissioner, Singapore—Residence and furniture..

..

..

1,237

Trade Commissioner, New Zealand—Residence and furniture 

..

..

1,173

Total Division No. 27............

625,000

1,143,500

756,164


Capital Works and Services.

 

195051.

194950.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE. continued.

Vote.

Expenditure.

 

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

£

£

£

Division No. 28.

 

 

 

1. Acquisition of sites and buildings..................

1,0.00

500

3

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 29.

 

 

 

1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............

30,000

40,000

21,185

Total Department of Commerce and Agriculture.....

656,000

1,184,000

777,352

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

 

 

 

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

 

 

 

Division No. 30.

 

 

 

1. Acquisition of sites and buildings..................

25,000

28,000

24,107

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 31.

 

 

 

1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............

75,000

30,000

65,128

Total Department of Social Services.......

100,000

58,000

89,235

DEPARTMENT OF FUEL, SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT.

 

 

 

Under Control of Department of Fuel, Shipping and Transport.

 

 

 

Division No. 32.

 

 

 

1. Lighthouse services—Installation of equipment.........

57,000

25,000

15,094

2. Alterations to lighthouse steamer..................

9,000

8,000

5,745

3. Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pool—Plant.......

210,000

100,000

34,780

4. Expenditure under the Coal Industry Act 1946..........

3,000,000

4,882,000

4,232,000

5. Glen Davis shale oil project......................

177,000

210,000

208,062

6. Standardization of railway gauges..................

1,570,000

40,200

12,654

National Oil Proprietary Limited—Acquisition of shares...

..

225,000

225,000

Total Division No. 32............

5,023,000

5,490,200

4,733,335

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

 

 

 

Division No. 33.

 

 

 

1. Acquisition of sites and buildings..................

20,000

15,000

163

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 34.

 

 

 

1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............

5,000

8,300

3,847

2. Marine Branch—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...

40,000

12,500

29,042

Total Division No. 34............

45,000

20,800

32,889

Total Department of Fuel, Shipping and Transport......

5,088,000

5,526,000

4,766,387


Capital Works and Services.

 

195051.

194950.

DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL TERRITORIES.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of External Territories.

Division No. 35.

£

£

£

1. Joint acquisition with New Zealand Government from Christmas Island Phosphate Company Limited of assets and leasehold property of Christmas Island             

157,000

157,000

..

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 36.

 

 

 

1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............

25,000

3,000

3,060

Total Department of External Territories.......

182,000

160,000

3,060

DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION.

 

 

 

Under Control of Department of Immigration.

 

 

 

Division No. 37.

 

 

 

1. Conversion and refitting of ships for transport of British migrants 

1,000,000

2,000,000

2,000,000

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

 

 

 

Division No. 38.

 

 

 

1. Hostels for accommodation of migrants—acquisition of sites and buildings 

250,000

290,000

228,262

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 39.

 

 

 

1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............

20,000

25,000

20,680

2. Reception, Training and Holding Centres for accommodation of migrants 

750,000

1,480,000

1,537,625

3. Hostels for migrant workers......................

7,250,000

3,200,000

3,517,477

Total Division No. 39............

8,020,000

4,705,000

5,075,782

Total Department of Immigration....

9,270,000

6,995,000

7,304,044

DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE.

 

 

 

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

 

 

 

Division No. 40.

 

 

 

1. Acquisition of sites and buildings..................

2,000

1,000

..

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 41.

 

 

 

1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............

25,000

9,000

13,587

Total Department of Labour and National Service......

27,000

10,000

13,587


Capital. Works and. Services.

 

195051.

194950.

DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

Vote.

Expenditure.

 

Under Control of Department of National Development.

 

£

£

£

Division No. 42.

 

 

 

1. Bureau of Mineral Resources—Plant and equipment.....

300,000

..

11,836

2. Experimental Building Station—Plant and material......

10,000

..

..

Total Division No. 42............

310,000

..

11,836

Under Control of Department of the Interior

 

 

 

Division No. 42a.

 

 

 

1. Acquisition of sites and buildings..................

..

1,500

270

Under. Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 43.

 

 

 

1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............

75,000

36,500

14,864

Total Department of National Development.........

385,000

38,000

26,970

COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION.

 

 

 

Under Control of Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.

 

 

 

Division No. 44.

 

 

 

1. Buildings, works and sites.......................

3,000

3,500

3,279

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

 

 

 

Division No. 45.

 

 

 

1. Acquisition of sites and. buildings..................

46,000

32,145

15,094

2. Less amount recoverable from Wool Industry Fund......

36,000

13,645

13,645

Total Division No. 45............

10,000

18,500

1,449

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 46.

 

 

 

1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............

159,000

169,872

123,739

2. Less amount recoverable from Wool Industry Fund......

59,000

40,872.

40,872

Total Division No. 46............

100,000

129,000

82,867

Total Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization 

113,000

151,000

87,595

DEFENCE SERVICES.

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE.

 

 

 

Under Control of Department of Defence.

 

 

 

Division No. 46a.

 

 

 

1. Plant and equipment.........................

(a)

23,500

3,897

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 46b.

 

 

 

1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.............

(a)

10,500

3,346

Total Department of Defence.......

(a)

3.4,000

7,243

(a) Provided under Ordinary Services, Defence Services.

Capital Works and Services.

 

195051

194950.

DEFENCE SERVICEScontinued.

Vote.

Expenditure.

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY.

Under Control of Department of the Navy.

£

£

£

Division No. 46c.

 

 

 

1. Naval construction..........................

..

1,880,000

1,384,086

2. Aircraft and aero engines......................

..

1,295,000

1,812,793

3. Machinery and plant for naval establishments.........

..

180,000

146,021

Total .Division No. 46c...............

(a)

3,355,000

3,342,900

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

 

 

 

Division No. 46d.

 

 

 

1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................

(a)

50,000

68,398

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 46e

 

 

 

1. Buildings works, fittings and furniture..............

..

660,000

828,604

2. Graving Dock construction—towards cost...........

..

175,000

77,861

Total Division No. 46e................

 

835,000

906,465

Total Department of the Navy......

(a)

4,240,000

4,317,763

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY.

 

 

 

Under Control of the Department of the Army.

 

 

 

Division No. 46f.

 

 

 

1. Arms, armament, ammunition, mechanization and equipment

(a)

1,919,000

395,703

Under Control of the Department of the Interior.

 

 

 

Division No. 46g.

 

 

 

1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................

(a)

60,000

105,180

Under Control of Department of the Army and Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 46h.

 

 

 

1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.............

(a)

320,000

652,553

Total Department of the Army......

(a)

2,299,000

1,153,436

DEPARTMENT OF AIR.

 

 

 

Under Control of Department of Air.

 

 

 

Division No. 46j.

 

 

 

1. Aircraft, spare engines and initial ranges of spares.....

..

3,119,000

1,474,739

2. Other equipment............................

..

1,167,000

100,129

Total Division No. 46j.................

(a)

4,286,000

1,574,868

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

 

 

 

Division No. 46k.

 

 

 

1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................

(a)

50,000

101,503

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 46l.

 

 

 

1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.............

(a)

310,000

590,323

Total Department of Air..........

(a)

4,646,000

2,266,694

(a) Provided under Ordinary Services, Defence Services.

Capital Works and Services.

 

195051.

194950.

DEFENCE SERVICEScontinued.

Vote.

Expenditure.

 

DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY.

 

£

£

£

Under Control of Department of Supply.

 

 

 

Division No. 46m.

 

 

 

1. Manufacture of war material—Machinery and plant.....

(a)

1,028,000

578,423

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

 

 

 

Division No. 46n.

 

 

 

1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................

..

50,000

112,694

2. Defence Research and Development—Acquisition of sites and buildings 

..

18,000

36,938

Total Division No. 46n................

(a)

68,000

149,632

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 46p.

 

 

 

1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.............

..

190,000

211,194

2. Defence Research and Development—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture 

..

3,520,000

3,816,111

Total Division No. 46p................

(a)

3,710,000

4,027,305

Total Department of Supply........

(a)

4,806,000

4,755,360

Total Defence Services...........

(a)

16,025,000

12,500,496

TOTAL PART I.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth             

36,026,000

58,854,000

52,980,729

(a) Provided under Ordinary Services, Defence Services.


Capital Works and Services.

PART II.—Business Undertakings.

SUMMARY.

Division Number.

195051.

194950.

Vote.

Expenditure.

 

 

£

£

£

47

COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS.........

1,335,000

450,000

481,769

4850

POSTMASTERGENERALS DEPARTMENT 

26,250,000

16,755,000

16,567,381

5153

BROADCASTING SERVICES............

294,000

335,000

156,719

 

TOTAL PART II..................

27,879,000

17,540,000

17,205,869

Capital Works and Services.

PART II.—Business Undertakings.

 

195051.

194950.

COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of Fuel, Shipping and Transport.

Division No. 47.

£

£

£

1. TransAustralia Railway.................

1,259,000

400,000

383,055

2. North Australia Railway........................

12,000

8,000

21,415

3. Central Australia Railway.......................

63,000

41,000

76,654

4. Australian Capital Territory Railway...............

1,000

1,000

645

Total Commonwealth Railways......

1,335,000

450,000

481,769

POSTMASTERGENERALS DEPARTMENT.

 

 

 

Under Control of PostmasterGenerals Department.

 

 

 

Division No. 48.

 

 

 

1. Telephone exchange services....................

12,350,000

10,603,000

11,054,355

2. Trunk line services...........................

4,400,000

2,790,000

2,439,563

3. Telegraph and miscellaneous services...............

1,000,000

762,000

780,302

4. Working advance (for payment to credit of Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account) 

5,000,000

..

..

Total Division No. 48.................

22,750,000

14,155,000

14,274,220

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

 

 

 

Division No. 49.

 

 

 

Acquisition of Sites and Buildings.

 

 

 

1. Postal, telegraph and telephone services.............

1,000,000

1,000,000

979,037

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 50.

 

 

 

Buildings, Works, Fittings and Furniture.

 

 

 

1. Postal, telegraph and telephone services.............

2,500,000.

1,600,000

1,314,124

Total PostmasterGenerals Department

26,250,000

16,755,000

16,567,381

BROADCASTING SERVICES.

 

 

 

Under Control of PostmasterGenerals Department.

 

 

 

Division No. 51.

 

 

 

1. Engineering services..........................

250,000

245,000

122,439

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

 

 

 

Division No. 52.

 

 

 

1. Acquisition of sites and buildings for technical purposes...

18,000

20,000

3,243

2. Acquisition of sites and buildings for studio purposes....

17,000

17,000

1,620

 

35,000

37,000

4,863

Less amount provided from Australian Broadcasting Commission Reserves 

17,000

17,000

..

Total Division No. 52.................

18,000

20,000

4,863

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 53.

 

 

 

1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for technical purposes

25,000

60,000

25,792

2. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for other purposes..

10,000

30,000

8,011

 

35,000

90,000

33,803

Less amount provided from Australian Broadcasting Commission Reserve 

9,000

20,000

4,386

Total Division No. 53.................

26,000

70,000

29,417

Total Broadcasting Services.........

294,000

335,000

156,719

TOTAL PART II.—Business Undertakings.............

27,879,000

17,540,000

17,205,869

Capital Works and Services.

PART III.—Territories of the Commonwealth.

SUMMARY.

Division Number.

195051.

194950.

Vote.

Expenditure.

 

 

£

£

£

5457

NORTHERN TERRITORY...............

1,006,000

845,000

627,354

5861

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY......

3,751,000

2,023,000

2,425,509.

6264

PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA.............

43,000

31,000

28,299

 

TOTAL PART III...................

4,800,000

2,899,000

3,081,162

F,6458—2


Capital Works and Services.

PART III.—Territories of the Commonwealth.

 

195051.

194950.

NORTHERN TERRITORY.

Vote.

Expenditure.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

£

£

£

Division No. 54.

 

 

 

1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................

30,000

30,000

19,977

2. Plant and equipment—for payment to credit of Interior Services Trust Account 

61,000

50,000

52,015

Total Division No. 54.................

91,000

80,000

71,992

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 55.

 

 

 

1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.............

500,000

350,000

376,014

2. Developmental services—Construction of water supplies, roads, and stock routes for pastoral purposes             

200,000

100,000

58,178

Total Division No. 55.................

700,000

450,000

434,192

Total Department of the Interior.....

791,000

530,000

506,184

DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND HOUSING.

 

 

 

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 56.

 

 

 

1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.............

70,000

20,000

70,190

2. Plant and equipment—for payment to credit of Works and Housing Suspense Trust Account 

100,000

250,000

39,963

Total Department of Works and Housing....

170,000

270,000

110,153

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

 

 

 

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 57.

 

 

 

1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.............

45,000

45,000

11,017

Total Northern Territory..........

1,006,000

845,000

627,354

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

 

 

 

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

 

 

 

Division No. 58.

 

 

 

1. Forestry..................................

43,000

22,000

30,396

2. Sundry works and services.....................

40,000

40,000

27,874

3. Canberra Cemetery—Minor services—for payment to credit of Canberra Cemetery Trust Account 

100

100

100

4. Plant and equipment.........................

42,900

53,000

46,431

5. Plant and equipment—for payment to credit of Australian Capital Territory Transport Trust Account 

85,000

108,000

24,955

Total Division No. 58.................

211,000

223,100

129,756


Capital Works and Services.

PART III.—Territories of the Commonwealth.

 

195051.

194950.

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY—continued.

Vote.

Expenditure.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORcontinued.

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

£

£

£

Division No. 59.

 

 

 

1. Buildings, fittings and furniture..................

2,500,000

1,187,900

1,459,694

2. Engineering works..........................

500,000

237,000

405,145

Total Division No. 59.................

3,000,000

1,424,900

1,864,839

Total Department of the Interior.....

3,211,000

1,648,000

1,994,595

DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND HOUSING.

 

 

 

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 60.

 

 

 

1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.............

450,000

250,000

400,212

2. Plant and equipment—for payment to credit of Works and Housing Suspense Trust Account 

50,000

100,000

13,691

Total Department of Works and Housing...

500,000

350,000

413,903

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

 

 

 

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 61.

 

 

 

1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.............

40,000

25,000

17,011

Total Australian Capital Territory....

3,751,000

2,023,000

2,425,509

PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA.

 

 

 

Under Control of the Department of External Territories.

 

 

 

Division No. 62.

 

 

 

1. Coastal and InterIsland Shipping Services—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture 

30,000

..

..

Purchase of new vessels.......................

..

2,500

3,511

Total Division No. 62.................

30,000

2,500

3,511

Under Control of Department of Fuel, Shipping and Transport.

 

 

 

Division No. 63.

 

 

 

1. Lighthouse Services—Purchase of vessel and installation of equipment 

10,000

26,000

23,663

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

 

 

 

Division No. 64.

 

 

 

1. Lighthouse Services—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture

3,000

2,500

1,125

Total Papua and New Guinea.......

43,000

31,000

28,299

TOTAL PART 111.—Territories of the Commonwealth......

4,800,000

2,899,000

3,081,162

TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS AND OTHER SERVICES INVOLVING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE             

68,705,000

79,293,000

73,267,760

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.

 

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