LOAN.
No. 30 of 1917.
An Act to authorize the Raising and Expending of the sum of One million eight hundred and sixty-two thousand pounds for certain purposes.
[Assented to 22nd September, 1917.]
BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—
Short title.
1. This Act may be cited as the Loan Act 1917.
Treasurer may borrow £1,862,000.
2. The Treasurer may from time to time, under the provisions of the Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act 1911-1915, or under the provisions of any Act authorizing the issue of Treasury Bills, borrow moneys not exceeding in the whole the amount of One million eight hundred and sixty-two thousand pounds.
Purpose for which moneys may be expended.
3. The amount borrowed shall be issued and applied only for the expenses of borrowing and for the purposes set forth in the Schedule to this Act.
SCHEDULE.
— | Amount estimated to be expended in 1917-18. | Already available under Appropriations made by previous Acts. | Appropriated under this Act. |
| First Column. | Second Column. | Third Column. |
| £ | £ | £ |
UNDER CONTROL. OF DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND RAILWAYS. |
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Flinders Naval Base—Buildings, Water Power, Light and other works | 45,000 | .. | 45,000 |
Naval Bases, Works and Establishments— |
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Labour and Material..................... | 213,000 | .. | 213,000 |
Machinery and Plant and expenditure in connexion therewith | 122,000 | .. | 122,000 |
Cockatoo Island Dockyard— |
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Naval Engineering Works................. | 80,000 | .. | 80,000 |
Acetate of Lime Factory, including installation of plant | 34,000 | .. | 34,000 |
General Arsenal— |
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Works and Buildings, including erection of residential quarters—towards cost | 100,000 | .. | 100,000 |
Perth General Post Office—towards cost | 45,000 | .. | 45,000 |
Contribution under River Murray Waters Art 1915... | 90,000 | .. | 90,000 |
Railway from Darwin to Katherine River— Capital Expenditure | 26,000 | .. | 26,000 |
Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta Railway............. | 622,000 | 622,000 | .. |
Railway from Pine Creek to Katherine River and Southwards | 20,000 | 20,000 | .. |
Railway—Completion of Construction Line and New Bridge on Queanbeyan Line and additional waterway on Queanbeyan to Canberra Line | 8,300 | .. | 8,300 |
Capital required for the working of the “Plant and Stores Suspense Account” established by the Commonwealth Railways Act 1917 | 200,000 | .. | 200,000 |
Total under control of Department of Works and Railways | 1,605,300 | 642,000 | 963,300 |
UNDER CONTROL, OF POSTMASTER GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT. |
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For the construction of Conduits and for laying wires underground | 271,239 | 167,239 | 104,000 |
UNDER CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE (MILITARY). |
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Acetate of Lime Factory—Machinery and Plant—towards cost | 20,000 | .. | 20,000 |
General Arsenal—Machinery and Plant—towards cost | 25,000 | .. | 25,000 |
Total under Control of Department of Defence (Military) | 45,000 | .. | 45,000 |
Carried forward.......................... | 1,921,539 | 809,239 | 1,112,300 |
Schedule—continued.
— | Amount estimated to be expended In 1917-18. | Already available under Appropriations made by previous Acts. | Appropriated under this Act. |
| First Column. | Second Column. | Third Column. |
| £ | £ | £ |
Brought forward............... | 1,921,539 | 809,239 | 1,112,300 |
UNDER CONTROL OF DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY. |
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Cockatoo Island Dockyard— |
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Machinery and Plant, yard and floating plant..... | 100,000 | .. | 100,000 |
Construction of Fleet...................... | 400,000 | .. | 400,000 |
Flinders Naval Depôt—Machinery and Plant....... | 35,000 | .. | 35,000 |
Wireless Telegraphy....................... | 15,000 | .. | 15,000 |
Total under Control of Department of the Navy... | 550,000 | .. | 550,000 |
UNDER CONTROL OF HOME AND TERRITORIES DEPARTMENT. |
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Purchase of Sites— |
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Land, Fairy Meadow, New South Wales | 8,000 | .. | 8,000 |
Land lying outside Federal Capital Territory..... | 1,500 | .. | 1,500 |
Land in Federal Capital Territory............ | 114,680 | 75,680 | 39,000 |
Land for Defence purposes generally.......... | 38,000 | .. | 38,000 |
Land for Naval Defence purposes, Cock-burn Sound | 20,000 | .. | 20,000 |
Land for Port Stephens Naval Base........... | 25,000 | .. | 25,000 |
Land for Post and Telegraph purposes......... | 3,000 | 3,000 | .. |
Land for Lighthouse Workshop, Store and Offices, Port Adelaide | 4,500 | .. | 4,500 |
Land for Lighthouse Workshop, Store and Offices, Brisbane | 4,000 | .. | 4,000 |
Land for Quarantine Stations, Lytton, Queensland, and Bunbury, Western Australia | 500 | .. | 500 |
Land for Laboratory at Royal Park, Melbourne.... | 8,100 | .. | 8,100 |
Total under Control of Home and Territories Department | 227,280 | 78,680 | 148,600 |
UNDER CONTROL OF DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS. |
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New Lighthouses (including upkeep of vessels for construction work) and optical and other apparatus for lightships | 40,000 | .. | 40,000 |
Additions to existing lighthouses............... | 11,100 | .. | 11,100 |
Total under Control of Department of Trade and Customs | 51,100 | .. | 51,100 |
UNDER CONTROL OF PRIME MINISTER’S DEPARTMENT. |
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London Offices.......................... | 100,000 | 100,000 | .. |
Total............................ | £2,849,919 | £987,919 | £1,862,000 |