THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND SERVICES) (No. 2) 1956-57.
No. 18 of 1957.
An Act to grant and apply an additional sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven, for the purposes of Additions, New Works and other Services involving Capital Expenditure and to appropriate that sum.
[Assented to 29th May, 1957.]
BE it enacted by the Queen’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 (No. 2) 1956-57.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Issue and application or £2,139,000.
3. The Treasurer may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply towards making good the supply hereby granted to Her Majesty for the service of the year ending the thirtieth
day
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day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven, the sum of Two million one hundred and thirty-nine thousand pounds.
Appropriation.
4. The sum granted by this Act is appropriated, and shall be deemed to have been appropriated as from the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-six, for the purposes and services set forth in the Schedule to this Act in relation to the financial year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven.
Section 4. THE SCHEDULE.
ABSTRACT.
— | Total. |
PART 1.—DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES—OTHER THAN BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH— | £ |
Parliament.............................................. | 850 |
Prime Minister’s Department.................................. | 35,650 |
Department of External Affairs................................. | 1,700 |
Department of the Interior.................................... | 3,000 |
Department of Works....................................... | 34,000 |
Department of Civil Aviation.................................. | 47,000 |
Department of Customs and Excise.............................. | 7,125 |
Department of Repatriation................................... | 7,000 |
Department of Trade........................................ | 2,400 |
Department of Primary Industry................................ | 97,125 |
Department of Social Services................................. | 3,000 |
Department of Territories.................................... | 335,600 |
Department of Immigration................................... | 300 |
Department of Labour and National Service........................ | 9,100 |
Department of National Development............................ | 6,150 |
Australian Atomic Energy Commission........................... | 90,000 |
Total Part 1.............................. | 680,000 |
PART 2.—BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS— |
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Postmaster-General’s Department............................... | 1,007,000 |
Broadcasting Services....................................... | 223,000 |
Total Part 2.............................. | 1,230,000 |
PART 3.—TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH— |
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Northern Territory......................................... | 165,800 |
Australian Capital Territory................................... | 63,000 |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands..................................... | 200 |
Total Part 3.............................. | 229,000 |
Total................................ | 2,139,000 |
CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES.
PART 1.—DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES—OTHER THAN BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH. | £ |
PARLIAMENT. |
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Under Control of Department of Works. |
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Division No. 1. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................ | 850 |
PRIME MINISTER’S DEPARTMENT. |
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Division No. 2. |
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3. Official establishments—Buildings and works.................... | 35,650 |
DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. |
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Division No. 4. |
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Buildings, works, equipment and furniture— |
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7. Pakistan............................................ | 1,200 |
Under Control of Department of Works. |
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Division No. 5. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................ | 500 |
Total Department of External Affairs........... | 1,700 |
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. |
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Division No. 11. |
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4. Road and drainage improvements, Bulimba, Queensland—Payment to Brisbane City Council | 2,000 |
Under Control of Department of Works. |
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Division No. 12. |
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2. Meteorological buildings, works, fittings and furniture.............. | 1,000 |
Total Department of the Interior.............. | 3,000 |
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS. |
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Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 13. |
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1. Acquisition of sites and buildings............................ | 14,000 |
Under Control of Department of Works. |
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Division No. 14. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................ | 2,500 |
2. Expenditure under River Murray Waters Act 1915-1954............. | 17,500 |
Total Division No. 14..................... | 20,000 |
Total Department of Works................. | 34,000 |
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION. |
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Division No. 15. |
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2. Aircraft, launches, vehicles, engines and equipment................ | 47,000 |
DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE. |
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Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 18. |
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1. Acquisition of sites and buildings............................ | 7,125 |
DEPARTMENT OF REPATRIATION. |
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Division No. 23. |
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1. Lemnos Mental Hospital, Western Australia—Contribution towards cost of extension | 7,000 |
Capital Works and Services.
PART 1.—DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES—OTHER THAN BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH—continued. | £ |
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE. |
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Division No. 26. |
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3. Residential buildings, works, equipment and furniture, other overseas establishments | 1,900 |
5. Residential buildings, works, equipment and furniture, New Zealand.... | 500 |
Total Department of Trade................. | 2,400 |
DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRY. |
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Division No. 29. |
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1. Flax Commission—Advance.............................. | 97,000 |
Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 30. |
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1. Acquisition of sites and buildings........................... | 125 |
Total Department of Primary Industry.......... | 97,125 |
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES. |
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Under Control of Department of Works. |
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Division No. 33. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................ | 3,000 |
DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES. |
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Division No. 37k. |
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1. Christmas Island Agreement—Joint advance with New Zealand Government to Christmas Island Phosphate Commission | 335,000 |
Under Control of Department of Works. |
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Division No. 38. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................ | 600 |
Total Department of Territories.............. | 335,600 |
DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION. |
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Under Control of Department of Works. |
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Division No. 40. |
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1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................ | 300 |
DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE. |
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Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 41. |
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1. Acquisition of sites and buildings........................... | 9,100 |
DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. |
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Division No. 43. |
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3. Division of National Mapping—Plant and equipment.............. | 6,000 |
Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 46. |
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1. Acquisition of sites and buildings | 150 |
Total Department of National Development...... | 6,150 |
Capital Works and Services.
PART 1.—DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES—OTHER THAN BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH—continued. | £ |
AUSTRALIAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION. |
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Under Control of Department of the Treasury. |
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Division No. 51. |
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1. Expenditure under the Atomic Energy Act 1953 (for payment to the credit, of the Atomic Energy Trust Account) | 90,000 |
Total Part 1.......................... | 680,000 |
PART 2.—BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS. |
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POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT. |
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Division No. 53. |
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1. Telephone exchange services............................. | 795,000 |
2. Trunk line services.................................... | 110,000 |
3. Telegraph and miscellaneous services........................ | 102,000 |
Total Postmaster-General’s Department........ | 1,007,000 |
BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION SERVICES. |
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Under Control of Postmaster-General’s Department. |
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Division No. 56. |
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4a. British International News Film Agency Limited—Contribution...... | 20,000 |
Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 57. |
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3. Acquisition of sites and buildings for television studios............ | 39,000 |
Under Control of Department of Works. |
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Division No. 58. |
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2. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for sound broadcasting studios and other purposes | 22,000 |
3. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for television transmission..... | 20,000 |
4. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for television studios......... | 122,000 |
Total Division No. 58.................... | 164,000 |
Total Broadcasting and Television Services..... | 223,000 |
Total Part 2.......................... | 1,230,000 |
PART 3.—TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH. |
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NORTHERN TERRITORY. |
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DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES. |
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Division No. 59. |
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1. Plant and equipment................................... | 120,000 |
5. Stock routes and reserves—Reimbursement of half the cost of fences, grids and gates | 2,900 |
Total Division No. 59.................... | 122,900 |
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS. |
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Division No. 62. |
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2. Plant and equipment................................... | 42,900 |
Total Northern Territory.................. | 165,800 |
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Capital Works and Services.
PART 3—TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH—continued. | £ |
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY |
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. |
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Under Control of Department of the Interior. |
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Division No. 64. |
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6. Electricity supply—Engineering works........................ | 63,000 |
Total Australian Capital Territory........... | 63,000 |
By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.