THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND SERVICES) 1951-52.
No. 38 of 1951.
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 fifty-two, 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 5th December, 1951.]
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 Services) Act 1951-52.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Issue and application of £49,130,000.
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 fifty-two, the sum of Forty-nine million one hundred and thirty thousand pounds.
F.6311—Price 1s.
Appropriation of supply £98,848,000.
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 fifty-two, amounting as appears by that Schedule in the aggregate to the sum of Ninety-eight million eight hundred and forty-eight 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-one, 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 fifty-two.
THE SCHEDULES.
Section 4. FIRST SCHEDULE.
GRANTS OUT OF THE CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND.
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Act No. 5 of 1951............................ | 21,687,000 |
Act No. 24 of 1951............................ | 28,031,000 |
Under this Act............................... | 49,130,000 |
| 98,848,000 |
SECOND SCHEDULE. Section 4.
ABSTRACT.
Page Reference. | — | 1951-52. | 1950-51. | |
Vote. | Expenditure | |||
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4 | Part 1.—Departments and Services— other than business undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth | 62,643,000 | 38,376,000 | 31,512,693 |
13 | Part 2.—Business Undertakings.............. | 31,248,000 | 36,597,000 | 36,158,644 |
15 | Part 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth....... | 4,957,000 | 5,200,000 | 4,973,031 |
| TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS AND OTHER SERVICES INVOLVING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE | 98,848,000 | 80,173,000 | 72,644,368 |
Capital Works and Services.
PART 1.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth.
SUMMARY.
Division Number. | Departments and Services. | 1951-52. | 1950-51. | |
Vote. | Expenditure. | |||
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1 | PARLIAMENT....................... | 50,000 | 50,000 | 75,594 |
2-3 | PRIME MINISTER.................... | 1,102,000 | 951,000 | 742,429 |
4-5 | EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.................. | 306,000 | 208,000 | 221,675 |
6-7 | TREASURY......................... | 65,000 | 40,000 | 47,570 |
8-9 | ATTORNEY-GENERAL................ | 28,000 | 10,000 | 48,496 |
10-11 | INTERIOR.......................... | 1,043,000 | 1,053,000 | 1,159,680 |
12-13a | WORKS AND HOUSING................ | 1,623,000 | 8,541,000 | 8,390,024 |
14-16 | SUPPLY........................... | 206,000 | 2,385,000 | 2,124,944 |
17-19 | CIVIL AVIATION.................... | 6,750,000 | 6,270,000 | 5,222,763 |
20-21 | TRADE AND CUSTOMS................ | 95,000 | 84,000 | 72,584 |
22-24 | HEALTH........................... | 1,180,000 | 1,445,000 | 678,075 |
25-26 | REPATRIATION..................... | 310,000 | 308,000 | 341,629 |
27-29 | COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE........ | 70,000 | 656,000 | 685,866 |
30-32 | SOCIAL SERVICES................... | 25,137,000 | 100,000 | 92,864 |
33-35 | SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT............ | 4,450,000 | 5,548,000 | 3,942,221 |
35a-36 | TERRITORIES....................... | 25,000 | 182,000 | 158,948 |
37-39 | IMMIGRATION...................... | 7,405,000 | 10,020,000 | 7,167,520 |
40-41 | LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE...... | 24,000 | 27,000 | 18,326 |
42-45 | NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT............ | 12,577,000 | 385,000 | 176,388 |
46-48 | COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION | 197,000 | 113,000 | 145,097 |
| TOTAL PART 1................... | 62,643,000 | 38,376,000 | 31,512,693 |
Capital Works and Services.
PART 1.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth.
PARLIAMENT. | 1951-52. | 1950-51. | |
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing. | Vote. | Expenditure. | |
Division No. 1. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture............... | 50,000 | 50,000 | 75,594 |
PRIME MINISTER’S DEPARTMENT. |
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Under Control of Prime Minister’s Department. |
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Division No. 2. |
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1. Australian High Commissioner in United Kingdom—Equipment and furniture for Australia House and official residence | 80,000 | 70,000 | 78,632 |
2. Australian National University—Permanent buildings, acquisition and erection of dwellings, equipment, works, &c. | 984,000 | 866,000 | 634,000 |
Total Division No. 2.............. | 1,064,000 | 936,000 | 712,632 |
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing. |
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Division No. 3. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture............... | 38,000 | 15,000 | 29,797 |
Total Prime Minister’s Department.... | 1,102,000 | 951,000 | 742,429 |
DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. |
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Under Control of Department of External Affairs. |
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Division No. 4. |
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1. Buildings, equipment and furniture for overseas establishments | 300,000 | 198,000 | 216,380 |
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing. |
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Division No. 5. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture............... | 6,000 | 10,000 | 5,295 |
Total Department of External Affairs | 306,000 | 208,000 | 221,675 |
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. |
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Under Control of Department of the Treasury. |
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Division No. 6. |
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1. Government Printing Office, Canberra—Purchase of machinery and additional equipment | 5,000 | 5,000 | 2,028 |
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing. |
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Division No. 7. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture............... | 60,000 | 35,000 | 45,542 |
Total Department of the Treasury | 65,000 | 40,000 | 47,570 |
Capital Works and Services.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT. | 1951-52. | 1950-51. | |
Under Control of Department of the Interior. | Vote. | Expenditure. | |
Division No. 8. | £ | £ | £ |
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................. | 3,000 | .. | 28,021 |
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing. |
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Division No. 9. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture............... | 25,000 | 10,000 | 20,475 |
Total Attorney-General’s Department | 28,000 | 10,000 | 48,496 |
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. |
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Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 10. |
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1. Commonwealth offices and other buildings—Acquisition of sites and buildings | (a) 400,000 | 300,000 | 485,223 |
2. Plant and equipment........................... | 15,000 | 16,000 | 4,688 |
3. Memorial at Canberra to His late Majesty King George V.— Erection | 7,500 | 5,000 | 135 |
4. Commonwealth Observatory—Plant, including purchase and installation of 74” telescope | 120,500 | 63,000 | 10,875 |
Total Division No. 10............. | 543,000 | 384,000 | 500,921 |
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing. |
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Division No. 11. |
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1. Commonwealth offices and other buildings—Works, fittings and furniture | 379,000 | 500,000 | 513,870 |
2.Meteorological buildings, works, fittings and furniture.... | 87,000 | 125,000 | 104,040 |
3.Governor-General’s establishments—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture | 6,000 | 4,000 | 3,056 |
4.War workers’ housing—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture | 28,000 | 40,000 | 37,793 |
Total Division No. 11............. | 500,000 | 669,000 | 658,759 |
Total Department of the Interior...... | 1,043,000 | 1,053,000 | 1,159,680 |
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND HOUSING. |
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Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 12. |
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1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................. | 30,000 | 25,000 | 14,769 |
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing. |
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Division No. 13. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture............... | 366,000 | 350,000 | 268,725 |
2. Expenditure under River Murray Waters Act 1915-1934... | 140,000 | 116,000 | 20,000 |
3. Plant and equipment........................... | 479,000 | 800,000 | 725,250 |
4. Working advance (for payment to credit of Works and Housing Suspense Trust Account) | 600,000 | 1,250,000 | 1,250,000 |
5. Experimental Building Station—Plant and material....... | 8,000 | .. | 34,466 |
Total Division No. 13............. | 1,593,000 | (b) 2,516,000 | 2,298,441 |
(a) Includes provision toward costs of acquisition of sites for Commonwealth offices in capital cities at an estimated cost of £1,850,000. (b) Includes £750,000 provided in Additional Estimates, June, 1951.
Capital Works and Services.
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND HOUSING—continued. | 1951-52. | 1950-61. | |
Vote. | Expenditure. | ||
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing—continued. | |||
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Division No. 13a. |
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Expenditure under Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Act 1949.. | (a) | 6,000,000 | 6,076,814 |
Total Department of Works and Housing | 1,623,000 | 8,541,000 | 8,390,024 |
DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY. |
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Under Control of Department of Supply. |
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Division No. 14. |
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1. Ships—Construction............................ | .. | 2,900,000 | 2,130,944 |
Less amounts received from the sale of ships............ | .. | 1,900,000 | 1,168,061 |
| (b) | 1,000,000 | 962,883 |
2. Transport and storage services—Motor vehicles, equipment for garages and stores | 155,250 | 1,250,000 | 1,077,442 |
3. New Guinea Resources Prospecting Co. Ltd.—Contribution to share capital | 12,750 | 25,500 | 12,750 |
Ships’ marine diesel engines—Plant, tooling and other establishment costs | (c) | 59,500 | 26,690 |
Total Division No. 14............ | 168,000 | 2,335,000 | 2,079,765 |
Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 15. |
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1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................... | 8,000 | 20,000 | 13,263 |
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing. |
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Division No. 16. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture................ | 30,000 | 30,000 | 31,916 |
Total Department of Supply.......... | 206,000 | 2,385,000 | 2,124,944 |
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION. |
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Under Control of Department of Civil Aviation. |
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Division No. 17. |
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1. Airway services, including power and lighting plant and equipment | 2,136,000 | 1,750,000 | 771,590 |
2. Aircraft, launches, vehicles, engines and equipment........ | 627,000 | 643,000 | 352,885 |
Qantas Empire Airways Limited—Provision of additional capital |
| 377,000 | 377,000 |
Total Division No. 17.............. | 2,763,000 | 2,770,000 | 1,501,475 |
Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 18. |
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1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................... | 365,000 | 500,000 | 572,293 |
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing. |
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Division No. 19. |
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1. Buildings and works, including shore bases and marine facilities, fittings and furniture | 3,622,000 | (d) 3,000,000 | 3,148,995 |
Total Department of Civil Aviation..... | 6,750,000 | 6,270,000 | 5,222,763 |
(a) Provided under Department of National Development. (b) Provided under Department of Shipping and Transport. (c) Provided under Defence Services—Department of Defence Production, (d) Includes £390,000 provided in Additional Estimates, June, 1951.
Capital Works and Services.
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS. | 1951-52. | 1950-51. | |
Under Control of Department of the Interior. | Vote. | Expenditure. | |
Division No. 20. | £ | £ | £ |
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings................... | 5,000 | 4,000 | 3,148 |
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing. |
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Division No. 21. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings, furniture and purchase of vessels.. | 90,000 | 80,000 | 69,436 |
Total Department of Trade and Customs | 95,000 | 84,000 | 72,584 |
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. |
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Under Control of Department of Health. |
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Division No. 22. |
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1. Tuberculosis Act 1948—Reimbursement of expenditure to State Governments | 750,000 | 1,064,000 | 407,350 |
2. Purchase of laboratory equipment................... | 25,000 | 33,000 | 3,521 |
3. Blood fractionation—Installation of plant.............. | 50,000 | 28,000 | 736 |
4. Working advance (for payment to credit of Serum Laboratories Trust Account) | 100,000 | .. | 50,000 |
Total Division No. 22............. | 925,000 | 1,125,000 | 461,607 |
Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 23. |
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1. Acquisition of sites and buildings................... | 10,000 | 20,000 | 11,036 |
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing. |
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Division No. 24. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings, furniture and purchase of vessels.. | 245,000 | 300,000 | 205,432 |
Total Department of Health.......... | 1,180,000 | 1,445,000 | 678,075 |
DEPARTMENT OF REPATRIATION. |
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Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 25. |
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1. Acquisition of sites and buildings................... | 10,000 | 8,000 | 21 |
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing. |
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Division No. 26. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture............... | 300,000 | 300,000 | 341,608 |
Total Department of Repatriation...... | 310,000 | 308,000 | 341,629 |
Capital Works and Services.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE. | 1951-52. | 1950-51. | |
Under Control of Department of Commerce and Agriculture. | Vote. | Expenditure. | |
Division No. 27. | £ | £ | £ |
1. Jute and jute products—Imports................... | 9,000,000 | 5,160,000 | 3,414,145 |
Less amount recoverable from sales................. | 9,000,000 | 5,160,000 | 3,414,145 |
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2. Flax production—Machinery and plant............... | 17 900 | .. | .. |
3. Trade Commissioner, Singapore—Residence and furniture.. | 300 | .. | .. |
4. Trade Commissioner, Johannesburg—Residence and furniture | 500 | .. | 17,844 |
Expenditure under the Whaling Industry Act 1949........ | .. | 625,000 | 625,000 |
Total Division No. 27............. | 18,000 | 625,000 | 642,844 |
Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 28. |
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1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................. | 2,000 | 1,000 | 10,677 |
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing. |
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Division No. 29. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture............... | 50,000 | 30,000 | 32,345 |
Total Department of Commerce and Agriculture | 70,000 | 656,000 | 685,866 |
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES. |
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Under Control of Department of Social Services. |
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Division No. 30. |
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(for payment to credit of War Service Homes Trust Account) |
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1. Expenditure under War Service Homes Act 1918-1949.... | 25,000,000 | (a) | (a) |
2. Additional assistance to ex-servicemen in special circumstances | 75,000 | .. | .. |
Total Division No. 30............. | 25,075,000 | .. | .. |
Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 31. |
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1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................. | 2,000 | 25,000 | 46,504 |
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing. |
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Division No. 32. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture............... | 60,000 | 75,000 | 46,360 |
Total Department of Social Services | 25,137,000 | 100,000 | 92,864 |
(a) Provided from Loan Fund.
Capital Works and Services.
DEPARTMENT OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT. | 1951-52. | 1950-51. | |
Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport. | Vote. | Expenditure. | |
Division No. 33. | £ | £ | £ |
1. Ships—Construction........................... | 2,670,000 | .. | .. |
Less amount recoverable from sale of ships............ | 1,770,000 | .. | .. |
| 900,000 | (c) | (c) |
2. Lighthouse services—Installation of equipment......... | 85,000 | 57,000 | 9,923 |
3. Lighthouse steamers—Purchase and installation of equipment | 15,000 | 9,000 | 253 |
4. Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pool—Plant....... | 100,000 | 210,000 | 231,680 |
5. Standardization of railway gauges.................. | 1,250,000 | 1,570,000 | 694 |
6. Purchase of ships overseas....................... | 2,000,000 | (d) 460,000 | 472,160 |
Expenditure under the Coal Industry Act 1946.......... | (a) | (b) 3,000,000 | (b) 3,000,000 |
Glen Davis shale oil project...................... | (a) | 177,000 | 177,000 |
Total Division No. 33............. | 4,350,000 | 5,483,000 | 3,891,710 |
Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 34. |
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1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................. | 20,000 | 20,000 | 58 |
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing. |
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Division No. 35. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture............... | 30,000 | 5,000 | 9,785 |
2. Marine Branch—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture... | 50,000 | 40,000 | 40,668 |
Total Division No. 35............. | 80,000 | 45,000 | 50,453 |
Total Department of Shipping and Transport | 4,450,000 | 5,548,000 | 3,942,221 |
DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES. |
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Under Control of Department of Territories. |
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Division No. 35a. |
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Joint acquisition with New Zealand Government from Christmas Island Phosphate Company Limited of assets and leasehold property of Christmas Island | .. | 157,000 | 156,250 |
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing. |
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Division No. 36. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture............... | 25,000 | 25,000 | 2,698 |
Total Department of Territories........... | 25,000 | 182,000 | 158,948 |
(a) Provided under Department of National Development. (b) Other expenditure provided under Ordinary Services—Division No, 190. (c) Provided under Department of Supply. (d) Provided in Additional Estimates, June, 1951.
Capital Works and Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION. | £ | £ | £ |
Under Control of Department of Immigration. |
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Division No. 37. |
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1. Conversion and refitting of ships for transport of British migrants | 190,000 | 1,150,000 | 1,253,750 |
Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 38. |
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1. Hostels for accommodation of migrants—acquisition of sites and buildings | 215,000 | 400,000 | 364,937 |
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing. |
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Division No. 39. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture | 25,000 | 20,000 | 25,772 |
2. Reception, training and holding centres for accommodation of migrants | 1,150,000 | 1,200,000 | 1,330,851 |
3. Hostels for migrant workers....................... | 5,825,000 | 7,250,000 | 4,192,210 |
Total Division No. 39................ | 7,000,000 | 8,470,000 | 5,548,833 |
Total Department of Immigration....... | 7,405,000 | (a) 10,020,000 | 7,167,520 |
DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE. |
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Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 40. |
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1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................... | 4,000 | 2,000 | 1,205 |
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing. |
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Division No. 41. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture................ | 20,000 | 25,000 | 17,121 |
Total Department of Labour and National Service..... | 24,000 | 27,000 | 18,326 |
(a) Includes £750,000 included in Additional Estimates, June, 1951.
Capital Works and Services.
DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. | 1951-52. | 1950-51. | |
Vote. | Expenditure. | ||
Under Control of Department of National Development. | £ | £ | £ |
Division No. 42. |
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1. Bureau of Mineral Resources—Plant and equipment...... | 400,000 | 300,000 | 155.966 |
2. Expenditure under the Coal Industry Act 1946.......... | 2,900,000 | (a) | (a) |
3. Glen Davis shale oil project...................... | 250,000 | (a) | (a) |
Experimental Building Station—Plant and material....... | (b) | 10,000 | .. |
Total Division No. 42............. | 3,550,000 | 310,000 | 155,966 |
Division No. 43. |
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1. Expenditure under Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Act 1949 | 9,000,000 | (b) | (b) |
Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 44. |
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1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................. | 2,000 | .. | 4,110 |
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing. |
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Division No. 45. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture............... | 25,000 | 75,000 | 16,312 |
Total Department of National Development | 12,577,000 | 385,000 | 176,388 |
COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION. |
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Under Control of Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization. |
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Division No. 46. |
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1. Buildings, works and sites....................... | 4,000 | 3,000 | 1,180 |
2. Purchase of fisheries research vessel................ | 25,000 | .. | 15,000 |
Total Division No. 46............ | 29,000 | 3,000 | 16,180 |
Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 47. |
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1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................. | 64,000 | 46,000 | 7,489 |
Less amount recoverable from Wool Industry Fund....... | 56,000 | 36,000 | .. |
Total Division No. 47............ | 8,000 | 10,000 | 7,489 |
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing. |
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Division No. 48. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture............... | 385,000 | 159,000 | 180,897 |
Less amount recoverable from Wool Industry Fund....... | 225,000 | 59,000 | 59,469 |
Total Division No. 48............ | 160,000 | 100,000 | 121,428 |
Total Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization | 197,000 | 113,000 | 145,097 |
TOTAL PART 1.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth | 62,643,000 | 38,376,000 | 31,512,693 |
(a) Provided under Department of Shipping and Transport. (b) Provided under Department of Works and Housing, see page 7.
Capital Works and Services.
PART 2.—Business Undertakings.
SUMMARY.
Division Number. | — | 1951-52. | 1950-51. | |
Vote. | Expenditure. | |||
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49 | COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS............ | 3,180,000 | 1,446,000 | 1,049,351 |
50-52 | POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT... | 27,800,000 | 34,857,000 | 34,897,519 |
53-55 | BROADCASTING SERVICES.............. | 268,000 | 294,000 | 211,774 |
| TOTAL PART 2.................... | 31,248,000 | 36,597,000 | 36,158,644 |
Capital Works and Services.
PART 2.—Business Undertakings.
COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS. | 1951-52. | 1950-51. | |
Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport. | Vote. | Expenditure. | |
Division No. 49. | £ | £ | £ |
1. Trans-Australia Railway......................... | 2,394,000 | 1,370,000 | 973,931 |
2. Central Australia Railway........................ | 552,000 | 63,000 | 5,115 |
3. North Australia Railway......................... | 231,000 | 12,000 | 20,105 |
4. Australian Capital Territory Railway................. | 3,000 | 1,000 | 200 |
Working advance (for payment to credit of Railway Plant and Stores Suspense Trust Account) | .. | .. | 50,000 |
Total Commonwealth Railways........ | 3,180,000 | (a) 1,446,000 | 1,049,351 |
POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT. |
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Division No. 50. |
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1. Telephone exchange services...................... | 17,850,000 | 15,369,000 | 15,725,167 |
2. Trunk line services............................. | 4,900,000 | 4,400,000 | 3,404,381 |
3. Telegraph and miscellaneous services................. | 1,050,000 | 1,080,000 | 1,009,280 |
Working advance (for payment to credit of Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account) | .. | 10,000,000 | 11,000,000 |
Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Limited—Subscription to share capital | .. | 158,000 | 157,981 |
Total Division No. 50.............. | 23,800,000 | 31,007,000 | 31,296,809 |
Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 51. |
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1. Acquisition of sites and buildings................... | 800,000 | 1,350,000 | 1,390,439 |
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing. |
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Division No. 52. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture................ | 3,200,000 | 2,500,000 | 2,210,271 |
Total Postmaster-General’s Department | 27,800,000 | (b) 34,857,000 | 34,897,519 |
BROADCASTING SERVICES. |
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Under Control of Postmaster-General’s Department. |
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Division No. 53. |
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1. Engineering services............................ | 200,000 | 250,000 | 143,466 |
2. Sites, buildings, works, fittings and furniture for studio and other purposes (other than provided under Divisions Nos. 54 and 55) | 80,000 | .. | 13,162 |
| 280,000 | 250,000 | 156,628 |
Less amount provided from Australian Broadcasting Commission reserves | 80,000 | .. | 13,162 |
Total Division No. 53.............. | 200,000 | 250,000 | 143,466 |
Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 54. |
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1. Acquisition of sites and buildings for technical purposes.... | 25,000 | 18,000 | 10,274 |
2. Acquisition of sites and buildings for studio purposes...... | 7,000 | 17,000 | 18,071 |
| 32,000 | 35,000 | 28,345 |
Less amount provided from Australian Broadcasting Commission reserves | 25,000 | 17,000 | .. |
Total Division No. 54.............. | 7,000 | 18,000 | 28,345 |
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing. |
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Division No. 55. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for technical purposes. | 60,000 | 25,000 | 39,334 |
2. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for other purposes... | 15,000 | 10,000 | 5,053 |
| 75,000 | 35,000 | 44,387 |
Less amount provided from Australian Broadcasting Commission reserves | 14,000 | 9,000 | 4,424 |
Total Division No. 55.............. | 61,000 | 26,000 | 39,963 |
Total Broadcasting Services.......... | 268,000 | 294,000 | 211,774 |
TOTAL PART 2.—Business Undertakings........... | 31,248,000 | 36,597,000 | 36,158,644 |
(a) Includes £111,000 provided in Additional Estimates, June, 1951.
(b) Includes £8,607,000 provided in Additional Estimates, June, 1951.
Capital Works and Services.
PART 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth.
SUMMARY.
Division Number. | — | 1951-52. | 1950-51. | |
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56-60 | NORTHERN TERRITORY.............. | 1,224,000 | 1,206,000 | 1,248,882 |
61-64 | AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY..... | 3,691,000 | 3,951,000 | 3,713,175 |
64a-66 | PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA............ | 42,000 | 43,000 | 10,974 |
| TOTAL PART 3................. | 4,957,000 | 5,200,000 | 4,973,031 |
Capital Works and Services.
PART 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth.
NORTHERN TERRITORY. | 1951-52. | 1950-51. | ||
DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES. | Vote. | Expenditure. | ||
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Division No. 56. | £ | £ | £ | |
1. Plant and equipment (for payment to credit of Northern Territory Services Trust Account) | 44,000 | (b) | (b) | |
2. Amount for payment to credit of Northern Territory | £ |
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Services Trust Account for purchase of assets of Interior Services Trust Account | 102,000 |
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Less unrequired portion of Interior Services Trust Account.. | 102,000 |
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Total Division No. 56............ | 44,000 | .. | .. | |
Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 57. |
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1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.................. | 25,000 | 30,000 | 15,525 | |
Plant and equipment (for payment to credit of Interior Services Trust Account) | (c) | 61,000 | 49,657 | |
Total Division No. 57.............. | 25,000 | 91,000 | 65,182 | |
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing. |
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Division No. 58. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture............... | 660,000 | 700,000 | 750,233 | |
2. Developmental services—Construction of water supplies, roads and stock routes for pastoral purposes | 140,000 | 200,000 | 106,082 | |
Total Division No. 58.............. | 800,000 | 900,000 | 856,315 | |
Total Department of Territories....... | 869,000 | (a) 991,000 | 921,497 | |
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND HOUSING. |
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Division No. 59. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture............... | 112,000 | 70,000 | 88,923 | |
2. Plant and equipment........................... | 73,000 | 100,000 | 117,468 | |
Total Department of Works and Housing | 185,000 | 170,000 | 206,391 | |
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. |
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Division No. 60. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture............... | 170,000 | 45,000 | 120,994 | |
Total Northern Territory............ | 1,224,000 | 1,206,000 | 1,248,882 | |
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY. |
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Division No. 61. |
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1. Forestry................................... | 55,000 | 43,000 | 35,121 | |
2. Sundry works and services....................... | 35,000 | 40,000 | 69,695 | |
3. Canberra cemetery—Minor services (for payment to credit of Canberra Cemetery Trust Account) | 500 | 100 | 100 | |
4. Plant and equipment........................... | 35,000 | 42,900 | 18,967 | |
5. Plant and equipment (for payment to credit of Australian Capital Territory Transport Trust Account) | 58,500 | 85,000 | 94,740 | |
Total Division No. 61............. | 184,000 | 211,000 | 218,623 | |
(a) Includes £200,000 provided in Additional Estimates, June, 1951. (b) Provided under Division No. 57. (c) Provided under Division No. 56.
Capital Works and Services.
PART 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth.
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY—continued. | 1951-52. | 1950-51. | |
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR—continued. | Vote. | Expenditure. | |
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing. | £ | £ | £ |
Division No. 62. |
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1. Buildings, fittings and furniture.................... | 2,500,000 | 2,500,000 | 2,351,421 |
2. Engineering works............................ | 600,000 | 700,000 | 698,678 |
Total Division No. 62............. | 3,100,000 | 3,200,000 | 3,050,099 |
Total Department of the Interior...... | 3,284,000 | 3,411,000 | 3,268,722 |
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND HOUSING. |
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Division No. 63. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture............... | 274,000 | 450,000 | 303,711 |
2. Plant and equipment........................... | 48,000 | 50,000 | 93,938 |
Total Department of Works and Housing................ | 322,000 | 500,000 | 397,649 |
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. |
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Under Control of Department of Works and Housing. |
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Division No. 64. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture............... | 85,000 | 40,000 | 46,804 |
Total Australian Capital Territory..... | 3,691,000 | 3,951,000 | 3,713,175 |
PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA. |
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Division No. 64a. |
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Coastal and inter-island shipping services—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture | .. | 30,000 | .. |
Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport. |
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Division No. 65. |
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1. Lighthouse services—Purchase and installation of equipment | 20,000 | 10,000 | 84 |
2. Lighthouse vessel—Purchase and installation of equipment. | 2,000 | .. | .. |
Total Division No. 65............. | 22,000 | 10,000 | 84 |
Under Control of Department of Works and Housing. |
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Division No. 66. |
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1. Lighthouse services—-Buildings, works, fittings and furniture | 20,000 | 3,000 | 10,890 |
Total Papua and New Guinea........ | 42,000 | 43,000 | 10,974 |
TOTAL PART 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth...... | 4,957,000 | 5,200,000 | 4,973,031 |
TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS AND OTHER SERVICES INVOLVING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE | 98,848,000 | 80,173,000 | 72,644,368 |
By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.
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