THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND SERVICES) (No. 2) 1953-54.

No. 25 of 1954.

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-four, for the purposes of Additions, New Works and other Services involving Capital Expenditure and to appropriate that sum.

[Assented to 20th April, 1954.]

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) 1953-54.

Commencement.

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

Issue and application of £2,008,000.

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 of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-four, the sum of Two million and eight thousand pounds.

4 The

F.1928.—Price 3d.

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-three, 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-four.

Section 4. THE SCHEDULE.

ABSTRACT.

Total.

PART 1.—DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES—OTHER THAN BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH—

£

Parliament...................................................

15,000

Department of the Treasury........................................

8,000

Department of the Interior.........................................

166,000

Department of Works............................................

80,000

Department of Civil Aviation.......................................

1,000,000

Department of Trade and Customs....................................

34,000

Department of Commerce and Agriculture..............................

100,000

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

10,000

Department of Shipping and Transport.................................

150,000

Department of Immigration........................................

153,000

Total Part 1....................................

1,716,000

PART 2.—BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS—

 

Postmaster-General's Department....................................

1,000

Total Part 2....................................

1,000

PART 3.—TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH—

 

Northern Territory..............................................

55,000

Australian Capital Territory........................................

236,000

Total Part 3....................................

291,000

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

2,008,000

CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES.

PART I.—DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES—OTHER THAN BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

£

PARLIAMENT.

 

Under Control of Department of Works.

 

Division No. 1.

 

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

15,000

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.

 

Under Control of Department of Works.

 

Division No. 8.

 

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

8,000

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

 

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

 

Division No. 11.

 

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

150,000

Under Control of Department of Works.

 

Division No. 12.

 

3. Governor-General's establishments—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture......

16,000

Total Department of the Interior......................

166,000

DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.

 

Division No. 14.

 

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

80,000

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION.

 

Division No. 15.

 

3. British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines Ltd.—Acquisition of United Kingdom and New Zealand Governments' shareholdings             

1,000,000

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS.

 

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

 

Division No. 18.

 

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

24,000

Under Control of Department of Works.

 

Division No. 19.

 

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

10,000

Total Department of Trade and Customs.................

34,000

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE.

 

Division No. 25.

 

3. Flax Production Commissions—Capital expenditure......................

100,000

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

 

Under Control of Department of Works.

 

Division No. 29.

 

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

10,000

DEPARTMENT OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT.

 

Division No. 30.

 

2. Ship construction

 

Less

 

Amount recoverable from sale of ships

£

 

Read.......................................

750,000

 

In lieu of....................................

900,000

 

 

150,000


Capital Works and Servicescontinued.

PART I.—DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES—OTHER THAN BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH—continued.

£

DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION.

 

Division No. 34.

 

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

83,000

Under Control of Department of Works.

 

Division No. 36.

 

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

70,000

Total Department of Immigration.....................

153,000

Total Part 1................................

1,716,000

PART 2.—BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS.

 

POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

 

Division No. 47.

 

5. Amount for payment to the credit of the Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account for purchase of assets of Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account             

£

19,001,000

 

Less unrequired balance of Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account 

19,000,000

 

 

 

1,000

Total Postmaster-General's Department..................

1,000

Total Part 2................................

1,000

PART 3.—TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

 

NORTHERN TERRITORY.

 

DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.

 

Division No. 53.

 

3. Additional working advance (for payment to the credit of the Northern Territory Services Trust Account)             

10,000

Under Control of Department of the Interior

 

Division No. 54.

 

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

10,000

DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.

 

Division No. 56.

 

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

35,000

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

55,000

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

 

Division No. 58.

 

7. Electricity supply—Engineering works...............................

216,000

8. Brickworks—Working advance (for payment to credit of Interior Services Trust Account) 

20,000

Total Australian Capital Territory.....................

236,000

Total Part 3................................

291,000

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

2,008,000

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