LOAN APPROPRIATION.

No. 12 of 1921.

An Act to authorize the Issue and Application of the sum of Eight million three hundred and seventy thousand four hundred and six pounds.

[Assented to 7th December, 1921.]

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 Appropriation Act 1921.

Issue and application of £8,370,406.

2. There may be issued and applied out of the proceeds of any loan raised under the authority of any Loan Act the sum of Eight million three hundred and seventy thousand four hundred and six pounds for the purposes set forth in the Schedule to this Act.

Schedule.

—	Amount required In 1921–22.	Already available under Appropriations made by previous Acts.	Appropriated under this Act.
	First Column.	Second Column.	Third Column.
Under Control of Prime Minister’s Department.	£	£	£
London Offices...........................	34,000	8,273	25,727
Subscription to capital of Refinery Company in accordance with Oil Agreement Act 1920	100,000	75,000	25,000
Williamstown Shipbuilding Yard—Buildings, plant, and machinery	3,000	313	2,687
Loan to Westralian Farmers’ Company Limited, for erection of wheat silos and other appliances	20,000	20,000	..
Cockatoo Island Dockyard—Machinery and plant, yard, and floating plant	39,000	5,406	33,594
Immigration—Passage money of assisted immigrants..	162,000	..	162,000
Total under Control of Prime Minister’s Department	358,000	108,992	249,008
Under Control of Department of the Treasury.
Construction of Ships (to be paid to Trust Fund Commonwealth Government Ships Account)	3,370,000	370	3,369,630
Under Control of Home and Territories Department.
Loan to Papua for Public Works................	16,000	..	16,000
Purchase of Properties and Sites—
Land, Fairy Meadow, New South Wales.........	2,000	2,000	..
Land in Federal Capital Territory.............	19,500	9,155	10,345
Land for Defence purposes generally...........	38,000	11,286	26,714
Land for Naval Defence purposes, Cockburn Sound.	300	300	..
Land for Port Stephens Naval Base............	12,787	12,787	..
Tresco Naval Establishment Sydney...........	1,500	1,500	..
Flinders—Naval Depôt....................	25	..	25
Flinders—Naval Depôt—Purchase of cottage.....	350	..	350
Wungong Quarry Site, Western Australia........	38	..	38
Land for Commonwealth Offices, Sydney.......	25,000	..	25,000
Land for Post and Telegraph purposes..........	25,000	25,000	..
Land for Quarantine purposes...............	100	100	..
Total under Control of Home and Territories Department	140,600	62,128	78,472
Under Control of Department of the Navy.
Flinders Naval Depôt—Machinery and plant........	9,500	116	9,384
Carried forward.........	3,878,100	171,606	3,706,494

Schedule—continued.

—	Amount required in 1921–22.	Already available under Appropriations made by previous Acts	Appropriated under this Act.
	First Column.	Second Column.	Third Column.
	£	£	£
Brought forward...................	3,878,100	171,606	3,706,494
Under Control of Department of Trade and Customs.
New Lighthouses (including upkeep of vessels for construction work) and optical and other apparatus for Lightships	11,900	1,496	10,404
Alterations to Lighthouse Services......................	3,000	3,000	..
Total under Control of Department of Trade and Customs	14,900	4,496	10,404
Under Control OF Department of Works and Railways.
Williamstown Shipbuilding Yard—Pumping plant............	3,000	672	2,328
Federal Capital at Canberra—Towards cost of establishment.....	272,476	72,476	200,000
Acetate of Lime Factory—Works and Buildings.............	766	180	586
Lithgow Housing Scheme—Erection of cottages—towards cost...	12,580	9,191	3,389
Lithgow—Building for machine-gun and pistol manufacture.....	10,000	..	10,000
Mobilization Stores—Erection of.......................	74,162	31,390	42,772
General Arsenal—Works and Buildings—towards cost.........	2,987	2,987	..
Small Arms Factory—Additional Buildings................	25	25	..
Research Laboratory, Maribyrnong—Works and Buildings......	41,540	31,539	10,001
Inspection Branch (Arms and Ammunition)—Works and Buildings at Footscray and Maribyrnong	5,140	5,140	..
Cordite Factory, Maribrynong—Building and Engineering Works.	13,063	13,063	..
Maribyrnong—High Explosives Factory..................	25,000	..	25,000
Maribyrnong—Buildings for Chemical Factories.............	5,686	..	5,686
Maribyrnong—Buildings for Engineering Factories...........	5,000	..	5,000
Footscray—Buildings for fuse and cartridge case manufacture....	5,000	..	5,000
Ordnance Stores—Erection of.........................	99,051	..	99,051
Naval Bases—Work and Establishment...................	179,500	..	179,500
Cockatoo Island Dockyard-Engineering and other work........	8,380	..	8,380
Commonwealth Offices, Sydney—towards cost	15,000	..	15,000
Expenditure under River Murray Waters Act 1915-1920........	335,000	75,807	259,193
Kalgoorlie—Port Augusta Railway......................	100,000	23,991	76,009
Northern Territory Railway—Capital Expenditure............	2,500	846	1,654
Port Augusta-Oodnadatta Railway......................	10,000	1,742	8,258
Serum and Health Laboratories........................	22,000	..	22,000
Carried forward	1,247,856	269,049	978,807
Carried forward	3,893,000	176,102	3,716,898

Schedule—continued.

—	Amount required in 1921–22.	Already available under Appropriations made by previous Acts	Appropriated under this Act.
	First Column.	Second Column.	Third Column.
	£	£	£
Brought forward............	3,893,000	176,102	3,716,898
Under Control of Department of Works and Railways—continued.
Brought forward............	1,247,856	269,049	978,807
Post Office Buildings.
new south wales.
Sundry Offices....................................	1,950	..	1,950
Ballina Post Office.................................	342	..	342
Bingera—Additions to Post Office.......................	711	..	711
Bondi—Additions to Post Office........................	850	..	850
Bondi Beach—Erection of Post Office....................	100	..	100
Bowral Post Office.................................	1,075	..	1,075
Brushgrove Post Office..............................	700	..	700
Cessnock Post Office................................	130	..	130
Corowa—Additions to Post Office.......................	590	..	590
Cowra—Additions to Post Office........................	1,560	..	1,560
Dee Why Telephone Exchange.........................	750	..	750
Eastwood Post Office...............................	148	..	148
East Sydney—Automatic Telephone Exchange...............	100	..	100
Eugowra—Additions to Post Office......................	540	..	540
Gordon Post Office.................................	100	..	100
Goulburn—Additions to Post Office......................	461	..	461
Grafton Post Office.................................	775	..	775
Grenfell Post Office.................................	1,500	..	1,500
Hamilton Post Office................................	1,060	..	1,060
Holbrook Post Office................................	1,664	..	1,664
Inverell—Additions to Post Office.......................	510	..	510
Kogarah Post Office................................	92	..	92
Leeton Post Office and Residence.......................	3,950	..	3,950
Narrandera—Additions to Post Office.....................	380	..	80
Manly—Additions to Post Office........................	620	..	620
Rylstone—Additions to Post Office......................	780	..	780
South Woodburn Post Office...........................	750	..	750
Strathfield Pole Depôt...............................	3,500	..	3,500
Sydney—City North Telephone Exchange..................	525	..	525
Sydney Telephone Exchange...........................	73	..	73
Sydney General Post Office—Remodelling—towards cost.......	1,390	..	1,390
Sydney General Post Office—Box Accommodation...........	33	..	33
Tamworth Post Office...............................	430	..	430
Taralga—Additions to Post Office.......................	550	..	550
Tweed Heads Post Office.............................	552	..	552
Waverley Telephone Exchange.........................	250	..	250
Warren Post Office.................................	1,000	..	1,000
Wingham Post Office...............................	906	..	906
Woy Woy Post Office...............................	1,600	..	1,600
Yass—Additions to Post Office.........................	1,090		1,090
Carried forward	1,281,943	269,049	1,012,894
Carried forward	3,893,000	176,102	3,716,898

Schedule—continued.

—	Amount required in 1921–22.	Already available under Appropriations made by previous Acts.	Appropriated under this Act.
	First Column.	Second Column.	Third Column.
	£	£	£
Brought forward........	3,893,000	176,102	3,716,898
Under Control of Department of Works and Railways—Continued.
Post Office Buildings—continued.
Brought forward........	1,281,943	269,049	1,012,894
victoria.
Sundry Offices....................................	2,122	..	2,122
Ascot Vale Automatic Telephone Exchange.................	2,000	..	2,000
Brighton Telephone Exchange—Additions—towards cost.......	5,000	..	5,000
Brunswick North Post Office...........................	1,000	..	1,000
Collingwood Automatic Telephone Exchange................	5,295	..	5,295
Dandenong Post Office..............................	1,140	..	1,140
Drouin—Additions to Post Office.......................	1,030	..	1,030
Elsternwick—Alterations Post Office.....................	850	..	850
Geelong Telephone Exchange—Heating of.................	1,192	..	1,192
Healesville Telephone Exchange........................	525	..	525
Heidelberg—Alterations Post Office......................	900	..	900
Irymple—New Post Office............................	2,600	..	2,600
Maffra Post Office—Additions.........................	524	..	524
Melbourne General Post Office—Thermostatic Fire Alarms......	700	..	700
Melbourne, Elizabeth-street—Extensions and Alterations........	710	..	710
Melbourne—Erecting New Building and Remodelling Old Parcels Post Building for Telegraph Operating Room	7,500	..	7,500
Merbein Post Office................................	2,267	..	2,267
North Melbourne Telephone Exchange....................	2,000	..	2,000
Ouyen Post Office..................................	2,600	..	2,600
Rochester—Alterations to Post Office.....................	1,200	..	1,200
Rushworth—Alterations to Post Office....................	300	..	300
Swan Hill Post Office...............................	1,275	..	1,275
Trafalgar Post Office................................	3,000	..	3,000
Warrnambool Post Office.............................	758	..	758
Flinders Island—Erection of Wireless Station................	17	..	17
queensland
Sundry Offices....................................	1,531	..	1,531
Albion Post Office and Automatic Telephone Exchange.........	4,000	..	4,000
Alpha Post Office..................................	980	..	980
Atherton—Alterations and Additions to Post Office............	1,920	..	1,920
Brisbane General Post Office—Alterations for Parcels Post.......	500	..	500
Brisbane General Post Office—For Switchboard Equipment......	750	..	750
Kingaroy—Alterations and Additions.....................	450	..	450
Mackay Telephone Exchange..........................	700	..	700
Carried forward	1,339,279	269,049	1,070,230
Carried forward	3,893,000	176,102	3,716,898

Schedule—continued.

—	Amount required in 1921–22.	Already available under Appropriations made by previous Acts.	Appropriated under this Act.
	First Column.	Second Column.	Third Column.
	£	£	£
Brought forward.......	£3,893,000	£176,102	£3,716,898
Under Control of Department of Works and Railways—continued.
Post Office Buildings—continued.
Brought forward.......	1,339,279	269,049	1,070,230
queensland—continued.
Mitchell Post Office and Quarters...............	1,991	..	1,991
Newmarket Automatic Telephone Exchange ........	3,000	..	3,000
Tolga Post Office..........................	291	..	291
Redcliffe Post Office.......................	28	..	28
Port Moresby, Papua—Wireless Station...........	4	..	4
Townsville Wireless Station—Additions to Operating House	112	..	112
western australia.
Sundry Offices...........................	933	..	933
Bruce Rock Post Office......................	2,400	..	2,400
Fremantle Lineyard Building..................	860	..	860
Geraldton—Alterations to Post Office............	32	..	32
Hamelin Pool Post Office Quarters..............	570	..	570
Kalamunda Post Office......................	890	..	890
Perth General Post Office—towards cost..........	45,000	28,356	16,644
Perth Postal Store—Extension.................	128	..	128
York—Alterations to Post Office...............	512	..	512
Broome Wireless Station—Erection Oil Store.......	65	..	65
Esperance Wireless Station—Additions Machine Room	400	..	400
Perth Wireless Station—Installation Electric Light....	155	..	155
Total under Control of Department of Works and Railways	1,396,650	297,405	1,099,245
Under Control of Postmaster-General’s Department.
Construction and extension of telegraphs and telephones, also construction of conduits and laying wires underground	750,000	195,737	554,263
Redemption of Treasury Bills, raised out of Trust Fund, for Works	3,000,000	..	3,000,000
Total.................	9,039,650	669,244	8,370,406