SCHEDULE.
| WAR AND REPATRIATION SERVICES. | £ |
| Under Control of Department of Defence. | |
| Expenditure arising out of requisition and use of vessels for transport services in connexion with Expeditionary Forces............................................................ | 50,000 |
| Final payment for purchase of ex-enemy vessels................................................ | 4,900 |
| Refund to Imperial Government of hire money in respect of ex-enemy vessels. | 58,000 |
| Expeditionary Forces— | |
| Pay and allowances, including amounts due to deceased soldiers’ estates | 2,500 |
| Expenditure in connexion with the distribution of medals and plaques, and other Base Records work incidental to the service and records of members of the Australian Imperial Force......................................................................... | 9,100 |
| Liabilities in respect of adjustments between Australian Imperial Force and New Zealand Expeditionary Force abroad.............................................................. | 45,000 |
| Miscellaneous expenditure in connexion with the Australian Imperial Force, including special expenditure by the High Commissioner’s Office................ | 200 |
| Soldiers’ Mental Hospital, West Subiaco, Western Australia—Buildings and Equipment...................................................................................................... | 20,000 |
| Under Control of Department of Works and Railways. | |
| Expenditure under War Service Homes Act 1918-25 (to be paid to credit of Trust Fund, War Service Homes Account).............................................................. | 748,502 |
| Total War and Repatriation Services................................................... | 938,202 |
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THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPARTMENT. | |
| Under Control of Prime Minister’s Department. | |
| Subscription to capital of Commonwealth Oil Refineries Limited, in accordance with Oil Agreement Act 1926......................................................................... | 50,000 |
|
THE HOME AND TERRITORIES DEPARTMENT. | |
| Under Control of Department of Treasury. | |
| Loans for the Federal Capital Commission.......................................................... | 2,000,000 |
| Loan to the Territory of New Guinea for Works................................................. | 42,085 |
| Under Control of Department of Works and Railways. | |
| Purchase of Properties for Home and Territories Department.............................. | 385 |
| Acquisition of land at Fairy Meadow, New South Wales..................................... | 11,996 |
| Total Home and Territories Department............................................... | 2,054,466 |
| | £ |
| THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE. | |
| Under Control of Department of Defence. | |
| Subsidy to State of New South Wales towards construction of a floating dock at Walsh Island.................................................................................................. | 67,500 |
| Oil fuel storage facilities | 24,000 |
| Machinery and plant for manufacture of munitions not now produced in Australia—towards cost................................................................................. | 48,734 |
| Under Control of Department of Works and Railways. | |
| Naval Bases, Works and Establishments............................................................. | 149,655 |
| Construction of Drill Halls, Mobilization Stores, Ordnance Stores, Rifle Ranges, Fortifications, Barracks, and other accommodation and engineering works... | 23,831 |
| Towards cost of construction of Buildings, Hangars, Workshops, Barracks and Earthworks, and preparation of aerial routes and landing grounds:— Royal Australian Air Force.......................................................................... | 140,000 |
| Civil Aviation.............................................................................................. | 8,500 |
| Towards cost of construction of buildings and works generally in connexion with new munitions production at Maribyrnong, Footscray, Lithgow, and Wakefield...................................................................................................... | 110,130 |
| Purchase of properties and sites :— | |
| Properties and sites for military purposes....................................................... | 13,000 |
| Properties and sites for Air Services— | |
| Royal Australian Air Force.......................................................................... | 1,500 |
| Civil Aviation.............................................................................................. | 500 |
| Land for Munition Supply purposes............................................................... | 150 |
| Total Department of Defence............................................................. | 587,500 |
| 
THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS. | |
| Under Control of Department of Trade and Customs. | |
| New Lighthouses (including upkeep of vessels for construction work) and optical and other apparatus for Lightships................................................................. | 18,300 |
| Alterations of lighthouse services........................................................................ | 14,220 |
| Under Control of Department of Works and Railways. | |
| Construction of two vessels for lighthouse purposes—towards cost.................... | 8,000 |
| Acquisition of land for Trade and Customs purposes.......................................... | 190 |
| Total Department of Trade and Customs........................... | 40,710 |
| THE DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND RAILWAYS. | £ |
| Under Control of the Department of Works and Railways. | |
| Expenditure under River Murray Waters Act 1915-23......................................... | 252,500 |
| Commonwealth Offices, Brisbane—towards cost............................................... | 10,000 |
| Commonwealth Offices, Adelaide—towards cost............................................... | 4,763 |
| Commonwealth Offices, Sydney—towards cost…………………………………….. | 10,000 |
| Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta Railway..................................................................... | 130,000 |
| Northern Territory Railway—minor capital works............................................... | 3,000 |
| Port Augusta-Oodnadatta Railway....................................................................... | 81,000 |
| Federal Territory Railway.................................................................................... | 20,500 |
| New railway construction under the Northern Territory Railway Extension Act 1923 and the Railways (South Australia) Agreement Act 1926....................... | 1,240,000 |
| Total Department of Works and Railways........................................... | 1,751,763 |
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THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT. | |
| Under Control of the Postmaster-General’s Department, the Home and Territories Department, and the Department of Works and Railways. | |
| Construction and extension of telegraphs and telephones; construction of conduits and laying wires underground; Land for Post and Telegraph Purposes; also Buildings for the Postmaster-General’s Department as set out hereunder :—................................................................................................. | 5,000,000 |
| Buildings for Postmaster-General’s Department. | |
| New South Wales. | |
| Additions and Alterations.—Ashfield, Barmedman, Barraba, Bundarra, Bungendore, Canterbury, Chatswood, Cobargo, Cumnock, Dubbo, Eden, Glebe, Goulburn, Gunning, Harden, Henty, Hunter’s Hill, Junee, Kempsey, Kogarah, Lismore, Manilla, Manly, Mendooran, North Sydney, Orange, Parkes, Petersham, Portland, Randwick, Springwood, Sydney (General Post Office), Sydney (City North), Tamworth, Taree, Tumbarumba, Uralla, Urana, Wagga Wagga, Waratah, Waverley, West Wyalong, Yass.............................. | |
| New Buildings.—Balmain, Bankstown, Barellan, Belmore, Branxton, Bulli, Burwood, Coff’s Harbour Jetty, Coolamon, Cremorne, Drummoyne, Edgecliff, Erskineville, Gladstone, Gordon, Gosford, Griffith, Hamilton, Heymarket, Kandos, Kogarah, Lakemba, Liverpool, Manly, Maroubra, Merewether, Millthorpe, Mudgee, Narrabri, Neutral Bay, Newcastle, Newtown, North Sydney, Port Kembla, Smithtown, South Kensington, Sydenham, Sydney (City East), Sydney (City South), Turramurra, Wardell, Wentworthville, William-street, Yanko.......................................................... | |
| Sundry Offices.—For works costing not more than £300 in each case................. | |
| Carried forward.................................................................................... | 5,000,000 |
| THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT—continued. | £ |
| Brought forward............................................................................... | 5,000,000 |
| Buildings for Postmaster-General’s Department—continued. | |
| Victoria. | |
| Additions and Alterations.—Ararat, Ballarat, Carlton, Coburg, Coleraine, Dimboola, Elmore, Fitzroy, Frankston, Geelong, Hamilton, Hawthorn, Horsham, Korumburra, Melbourne (General Post Office), Melbourne— (Elizabeth-street), Merino, Murtoa, Nagambie, Penshurst, Rainbow, Rupanyup, Sorrento, Sunbury, Sunshine, Tatura, Terang, Wangaratta, Werribee........................................................................................................ | |
| New Buildings.—Beeac, Box Hill, Bunyip, Canterbury, Cohuna, Cressy, Derrinallum, Elsternwiok, Fairfield, Goroke, Heyfield, Lismore, Melbourne (City Telephone Exchange), Melbourne (Electric Telegraph Office and Commonwealth Offices), Melbourne (Telegraph and Telephone Workshops), Murrayville, Northcote, Nyah West, Oakleigh, Pakenham East, Prahran, Redcliffs, South Melbourne, Trentham, Yallourn, Yarragon.......................... | |
| Sundry Offices.—For works costing not more than £300 in each case................. | |
| Queensland. | |
| Additions and Alterations.—Barcaldine, Cairns, Clifton, Inglewood, Kingaroy, Longreach, Mareeba, Nambour, Rockhampton.............................................. | |
| New Buildings.—Albion, Allora, Brisbane General Post Office and Telephone Exchange, Brisbane (Workshops and Garage), Bulimba, Eumundi, Goondiwindi, Greenmount, Helidon, Indooroopilly, Julia Creek, Kirra, Kynuna, Marburg, Maxwelton, Muttaburra, Newmarket, Nundah, Paddington, Pialba, Pittsworth, Prairie, Richmond, St. George, Sherwood, South Brisbane, South Johnstone, Springsure, Toowong, Yeronga........................................... | |
| Sundry Offices.—For works costing not more than £300 in each case................. | |
| South Australia. | |
| Additions and Alterations.—Adelaide (General Post Office), Adelaide (Workshops), Angaston, Ardrossan, Bordertown, Clare, Curramulka, Georgetown, Gladstone, Kadina, Kapunda, Kilkenny, Mallala, Milang, Naracoorte, Norwood, Nuriootpa, Port Augusta, Port Broughton, Saddleworth, Stirling West, Unley....................................................................................... | |
| New Buildings.—Adelaide (Central Telephone Exchange), Balaklava, Brighton, Brinkworth, Bute, Cook, Cummins, Eudunda, Glenelg, Hamley Bridge, Henley Beach, Ironknob, Kimba, Kooringa, McLaren Vale, Peterborough, Port Adelaide, Port Augusta, Port Victoria, Prospect, Semaphore, West Adelaide, Woodville, Yorketown................................................................... | |
| Sundry Offices.—For works costing not more than £300 in each case................. | |
| Carried forward.................................................................................... | 5,000,000 |
| THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT—continued. | £ |
| Brought forward.................................................................. | 5,000,000 |
| Buildings for Postmaster-General’s Department—continued. | |
| Western Australia. | |
| Additions and Alterations.—Bridgetown, Busselton, Dumbleyung, Merredin, Perth (Workshops and Store)................................................................................... | |
| New Buildings.—Balingup, Cottesloe, Denmark, Goomalling, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Mundaring, Mundijong, Narembeen, Onslow, Perth (Brisbane-street), Perth (General Post Office), Subiaco, Trayning, Warrawagine............ | |
| Sundry Offices.—For works costing not more than £300 in each case................. | |
| Tasmania. | |
| Additions and Alterations— | |
| Launceston, Penguin..................................................................................... | |
| New Buildings.—Cygnet, Hobart (Telephone Exchange), Hobart (Lineyard), Garage, Smithton, Triabunna.......................................................................... | |
| Sundry Offices.—For works costing not more than £300 in each case................. | |
| Northern Territory. | |
| Additions and Alterations.—Darwin.................................................................... | |
|
Subscription to capital of Amalgamated Wireless Limited................................... | 250,001 |
| Erection of wireless stations and testing and experimental equipment................. | 2,000 |
| Total Postmaster-General’s Department..................................... | 5,252,001 |
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THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. | |
| Under Control of Department of Works and Railways. | |
| Serum and Health Laboratories........................................................................... | 30,500 |
| Acquisition of properties and sites...................................................................... | 6,977 |
| Total Department of Health........................................................... | 37,477 |