{"id":"C1949A00043","name":"Appropriation (Works and Services) Act 1949-50","slug":"appropriation-works-and-services-act-1949-50","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"43 of 1949","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4361,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1949A00043-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Short title","content":"Short title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Appropriation (Works and Services) Act 1949-50.\n\n","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"Commencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\n","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Issue and application of £54,599,000","content":"Issue and application of £54,599,000.\n\n3. The Treasurer may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply towards making good the supply hereby granted to His Majesty for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty, the sum of Fifty-four million five hundred and ninety-nine thousand pounds.\n\nF.5033.—Price 1s. 3d.\n\n \n","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Appropriation of supply £68,293,000","content":"Appropriation of supply £68,293,000.\n\n4. All sums granted by this Act and the other Act mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund towards making good the supply granted to His Majesty for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty, amounting as appears by that Schedule in the aggregate to the sum of Sixty-eight million two hundred and ninety-three thousand pounds, are appropriated and shall be deemed to have been appropriated as from the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, for the purposes and services expressed in the Second Schedule to this Act in relation to the financial year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty.\n\n![](image.004.png)![](image.004.png)![](image.003.png)THE SCHEDULES.\n\n![](image.005.png)","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"Sch First Schedule","sectionType":"schedule","heading":null,"content":"Section. 4. FIRST SCHEDULE.\n\n

GRANTS OUT OF THE CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND.

£

Act No. 19 of 1949...........................

13,694,000

Under this Act..............................

54,599,000

68,293,000

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Page Reference.

—

1949-50.

1948-49.

Increase on Expenditure, 1948-49.

Decrease on Expenditure, 1948-49.

Vote.

Expenditure.

£

£

£

£

£

4

Part I.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth

50,951,000

33,318,000

27,142,779

23,811,221

..

19

Part II.—Business Undertakings

14,440,000

11,060,000

12,742,807

1,697,193

..

22

Part III.—Territories of the Commonwealth

2,899,000

2,993,000

2,509,117

389,883

..

TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS AND OTHER SERVICES INVOLVING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE

68,293,000

47,371,000

42,394,703

25,898,297

..

\n```\n\n \n\n","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"Part I","sectionType":"part","heading":"Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth","content":"PART I.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth.\n\n

Division Number.

Departments and Services.

1949-50.

1948-49.

Increase on Expenditure, 1948-49.

Decrease on Expenditure, 1948-49.

Vote.

Expenditure.

£

£

£

£

£

1

PARLIAMENT........

50,000

86,000

57,133

..

7,133

2-3

PRIME MINISTER......

71,000

257,400

102,067

..

31,067

4-5

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS...

102,000

136,100

45,537

56,463

..

6-7

THE TREASURY.......

31,000

36,700

23,900

7,100

..

8

ATTORNEY-GENERAL..

8,000

12,500

13,074

..

5,074

9-10

THE INTERIOR........

959,000

1,293,000

1,090,940

..

131,940

11-14

WORKS AND HOUSING.

15,004,000

9,479,000

8,693,586

6,310,414

..

15-16

SUPPLY AND DEVELOPMENT

2,826,000

2,335,000

431,749

2,394,251

..

17-21

CIVIL AVIATION......

4,209,000

6,259,000

4,707,396

..

498,396

22-23

TRADE AND CUSTOMS..

55,000

42,300

44,459

10,541

..

24-26

HEALTH.............

490,000

9,000

16,092

473,908

..

27-28

REPATRIATION.......

300,000

478,000

268,300

31,700

..

29-31

COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE

784,000

634,300

85,977

698,023

..

32-33

SOCIAL SERVICES.....

58,000

54,000

70,455

..

12,455

34-36

SHIPPING AND FUEL...

3,485,000

1,558,200

1,916,776

1,568,224

..

37-38

EXTERNAL TERRITORIES

160,000

1,725,300

1,725,393

..

1,565,393

39-41

IMMIGRATION........

6,395,000

3,521,000

2,744,153

3,650,847

..

42-43

LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE

10,000

33,000

19,304

..

9,304

44-45

TRANSPORT..........

41,000

50,700

13,689

27,111

..

46

INFORMATION........

2,000

2,500

841

1,159

..

47-48

POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION

38,000

13,000

11,997

26,203

..

49-51

COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION

151,000

..

..

151,000

..

52-65

DEFENCE SERVICES....

15,725,000

5,560,000

5,167,218

10,557,782

..

50,954,000

33,576,000

27,250,036

23,703,964

..

65a

Less amount provided for surplus buildings, sites and equipment taken over from the Disposals Commission

..

258,000

107,257

107,257

..

TOTAL PART I...

50,954,000

33,318,000

27,142,779

23,811,221

..

\n```\n\n \n\nPART I.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth.\n\n

PARLIAMENT.

1949-50.

1948-49.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 1.

£

£

£

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

50,000

86,000

57,133

PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT.

Under Control of Prime Minister's Department.

Division No. 2.

1. Australian High Commissioner in United Kingdom—Equipment and furniture for Australia House and official residence

31,000

..

2,992

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research—Buildings, works and sites

(a)

3,400

288

Total Division No. 2 ………………….

31,000

3,400

3,280

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 2a.

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

(a)

16,000

3,144

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 3.

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

10,000

7,000

10,394

2. Australian National University—Permanent building.....

30,000

50,000

4,309

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture

(a)

181,000

80,940

Total Division No. 3............

40,000

238,000

95,643

Total Prime Minister's Department.....

71,000

257,400

102,067

DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.

Under Control of Department of External Affairs.

Division No. 4.

1. Australian Embassy in United States of America—Building, equipment and furniture

1,000

100

26,637

2. Australian Embassy in China—Equipment and furniture...

1,500

1,000

981

3. Australian Embassy in Union of Soviet Socialist Republics—Equipment and furniture

4,500

3,500

1,119

4. Australian Embassy in France—Building, equipment and furniture

4,000

59,000

2,153

5. Australian Legation in Brazil—Equipment and furniture...

600

300

842

Carried forward................

11,600

63,900

31,732

\n```\n\n(a) Provided in 1949-50 under Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Division Nos. 49, 50 and 51.\n\n \n\n

DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS—continued.

1949-50.

1948-49.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of External Affairs—continued.

Division No. 4—continued.

£

£

£

Brought forward................

11,600

63,900

31,732

6. Australian Legation in The Netherlands—Equipment and furniture

2,600

400

524

7. Australian High Commissioner in Canada—Equipment for office and residence

300

600

213

8. Australian High Commissioner in New Zealand—Equipment for office and residence

500

1,000

683

9. Australian High Commissioner in India—Equipment for office and residence

5,000

1,500

2,820

10. Australian High Commissioner in Pakistan—Equipment for office and residence

2,500

2,500

1,942

11. Australian High Commissioner in Eire—Equipment for office and residence

600

700

126

12. Australian High Commissioner in South Africa—Equipment for office and residence

5,000

2,500

153

13. Consular Representation Abroad—Equipment for offices and residences

7,700

11,000

2,807

14. Other Representation Abroad—Equipment for offices and residences

5,200

4,900

3,821

15. Acquisition of sites and buildings overseas...........

58,500

45,000

..

Australian Legation in Chile—Equipment and furniture....

..

100

115

Total Division No. 4.............

99,500

134,100

44,936

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 5.

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

2,500

2,000

601

Total Department of External Affairs…

102,000

136,100

45,537

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.

Under Control of Department of the Treasury.

Division No. 6.

1. Government Printing Office, Canberra—Purchase of machinery and additional equipment

3,500

700

516

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 7.

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

27,500

36,000

23,384

Total Department of the Treasury.....

31,000

36,700

23,900

\n```\n\n \n\n

ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

1949-50.

1948-49.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

£

£

£

Division No. 8.

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

8,000

12,500

13,074

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 9.

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

(a)380,000

750,000

546,313

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

12,000

(b) 25,000

(b)15,950

3. Memorial at Canberra to His late Majesty King George V.—Erection

5,750

5,000

106

4. Commonwealth Observatory—Plant, including purchase and installation of 74″ telescope

65,750

25,000

..

Total Division No. 9.............

463,500

805,000

562,369

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 10.

1. Commonwealth offices and other buildings—Works, fittings and furniture

350,000

300,000

391,628

2. Meteorological buildings, works, fittings and furniture.....

100,000

90,500

90,794

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

5,500

2,500

6,527

4. War Workers' Housing—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture

40,000

95,000

39,622

Total Division No. 10.............

495,500

488,000

528,571

Total Department of the Interior......

959,000

1,293,000

1,090,940

\n```\n\n(a) Includes provision towards coat of acquisition of sites for Commonwealth offices in capital cities at an estimated cost of £1,880,000 (b) Includes provision for 1948-49 Vote £16,000, Actual £4,224, for surplus buildings taken over from the Disposals Commission.\n\n \n\n

DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND HOUSING.

1949-50.

1948-49.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

£

£

£

Division No. 11

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

20,000

(a) 40,000

(a) 2,518

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 12.

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

60,000

58,000

72,526

2. Experimental Building Station—Plant and material......

20,000

30,000

27,916

3. Expenditure under River Murray Waters Act 1915-1934...

12,000

5,000

..

4. Plant and Equipment—for payment to credit of Works and Housing Suspense Trust Account

427,000

200,000

194,880

5. Proportion of Salaries and General Expenses provided under Ordinary Services, Division 58 (to be allocated to particular Services by Supplementary Appropriation)

1,000,000

..

..

Total Division No. 12...........

1,519,000

293,000

295,322

Division No. 13.

1. Expenditure under War Service Homes Act 1918-1949—for payment to credit of the War Service Homes Trust Account

12,000,000

9,146,000

8,395,486

Less proceeds of sales of property and other receipts......

35,000

..

..

Total Division No. 13...........

11,965,000

9,146,000

8,395,486

Division No. 14.

1. Expenditure under Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Act 1949

1,500,000

..

260

Total Department of Works and Housing

15,004,000

9,479,000

8,693,586

\n```\n\n(a) Includes amounts for surplus buildings and sites taken over from the Disposals Commission as follows:—1948-49 Vote, £19,000; Actual, £52.\n\n \n\n

DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY AND DEVELOPMENT.

1949-50.

1948-49.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of Supply and Development.

Division No. 15.

£

£

£

1. Ships—Construction

2,000,000

2,020,000

1,217,867

Less amounts received from the sale of ships...........

354,000

..

941,543

1,646,000

2,020,000

276,324

2. Shipbuilding—Plant, equipment and buildings and reserves of materials

150,000

200,000

93,725

3. Ships' Marine Diesel Engines—Plant, tooling and other establishment costs

100,000

..

20,937

4. Bureau of Mineral Resources—Plant and equipment......

250,000

110,000

26,763

5. Transport and Storage Services—Motor vehicles, equipment for garages and stores

660,000

(a)

(a)

Beaufort Homes—Machinery and Plant..............

..

5,000

14,000

Total Division No. 15............

2,806,000

2,335,000

431,749

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 16.

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

20,000

..

..

Total Department of Supply and Development...

2,826,000

2,335,000

431,749

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION.

DOMESTIC SERVICES.

Under Control of Department of Civil Aviation.

Division No. 17.

1. Aeradio communication and navigation facilities; power generation and distribution plant; direct current and audio-frequency control lines; automatic switching equipment; aerodrome and air route lighting equipment

1,000,000

750,000

202,298

2. Aircraft, engines, vehicles and equipment.............

400,000

300,000

121,325

3. Qantas Empire Airways Limited—Provision of additional capital

200,000

900,000

900,000

Australian National Airlines Commission—Advance......

..

700,000

700,000

British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines Ltd.—Provision of additional capital

..

500,000

500,000

Total Division No. 17

1,600,000

3,150,000

2,423,623

\n```\n\n(a) Provided in 1948-49 under Ordinary Services, Division No. 98.\n\n \n\n

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION—continued.

1949-50.

1948-49.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

£

£

£

Division No. 18.

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

500,000

a1,000,000

(a) 308,506

Under Control of Departments of Works and Housing and Civil Aviation.

Division No. 19.

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

2,050,000

b2,050,000

b 1,967,573

Total Domestic Services..........

4,150,000

6,200,000

4,699,702

FLYING BOAT BASES.

Under Control of Department of Civil Aviation.

Division No. 20.

1. Aeradio communication and navigation facilities; power generation and distribution plant; direct current and audio-frequency control lines; automatic switching equipment; aerodrome and air route lighting equipment—Australian section

500

500

4

2. Launches and equipment—Australian section..........

55,000

55,000

5,724

3. Aeradio communication and navigation facilities; power generation and distribution plant; direct current and audio-frequency control lines; automatic switching equipment; aerodrome and air route lighting equipment—Trans-Tasman section

500

500

..

Total Division No. 20 …………………

56,000

56,000

5,728

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 21.

1. Buildings and works, including shore bases and marine facilities, fittings and furniture—Australian section

3,000

3,000

1,966

Total Flying Boat Bases...........

59,000

59,000

7,694

Total Department of Civil Aviation

4,209,000

6,259,000

4,707,396

\n```\n\n(a) Includes amounts for surplus buildings and sites taken over from the Disposals Commission as follows:—1948-49, Vote, £160,000, Actual, £27,203. (b) Includes amounts for surplus buildings and sites taken over from the Disposals Commission as follows:—1948-49, Vote, £66,000, Actual, £1,774.\n\n \n\n

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS.

1949-50.

1948-49.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 22.

£

£

£

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

5,000

1,300

482

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 23.

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

50,000

41,000

43,977

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

55,000

42,300

44,459

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

Under Control of Department of Health.

Division No. 24.

1. Tuberculosis Act 1948—Reimbursement of expenditure to State Governments

400,000

..

..

2. Purchase of laboratory equipment..................

57,000

..

..

Total Division No. 24 …………….

457,000

..

..

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 25.

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

23,000

16,000

..

Less amount payable from Serum Laboratories Trust Account

15,000

15,000

..

Total Division No. 25 …………….

8,000

1,000

..

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 26.

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

250,000

188,000

210,967

Less amount payable from Serum Laboratories Trust Account

225,000

180,000

194,875

Total Division No. 26.............

25,000

8,000

16,092

Total Department of Health.............

490,000

9,000

16,092

DEPARTMENT OF REPATRIATION.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 27.

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

10,000

13,000

623

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 28.

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

290,000

465,000

267,677

Total Department of Repatriation.........

300,000

478,000

268,300

\n```\n\n \n\n

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE.

1949-50.

1948-49.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of Commerce and Agriculture.

£

£

£

Division No. 29.

1. Jute and jute products—Imports...................

5,024,500

4,094,000

2,868,311

Less amount to be recovered from sales..............

4,559,800

3,594,000

2,868,311

464,700

500,000

..

2. Expenditure under the Whaling Industry Act 1949.......

275,000

..

..

3. Flax production—Machinery and plant...............

1,000

40,000

2,175

4. Trade Commissioner, Hong Kong—Residence..........

2,800

..

20,000

Trade Commissioner, Singapore—Residence..........

..

..

10,909

Trade Commissioner, New Zealand—Residence........

..

..

7,745

Total Division No. 29............

743,500

540,000

40,829

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 30.

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

500

4,300

1,054

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 31.

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

40,000

90,000

44,094

Total Department of Commerce and Agriculture

784,000

634,300

85,977

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 32.

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

28,000

30,000

45,359

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 33.

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

30,000

24,000

25,096

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

58,000

54,000

70,455

\n```\n\n \n\n

DEPARTMENT OF SHIPPING AND FUEL.

1949-50.

1948-49.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of Shipping and Fuel.

£

£

£

Division No. 34.

1. Lighthouse services—Installation of equipment.........

25,000

35,200

7,615

2. Alterations to lighthouse steamer...................

8,000

10,000

2,000

3. Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pool—Plant.......

100,000

100,000

56,167

4. Expenditure under the Coal Industry Act 1946..........

a2,882,000

a1,170,000

1,649,752

5. Glen Davis shale oil project......................

210,000

186,000

185,900

6. National Oil Proprietary Limited—Acquisition of shares...

225,000

..

..

Total Division No. 34..............

3,450,000

1,501,200

1,901,434

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 35.

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

15,000

25,000

..

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 36.

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

7,500

23,000

3,823

2. Marine Branch—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...

12,500

9,000

11,519

Total Division No. 36............

20,000

32,000

15,342

Total Department of Shipping and Fuel..........

3,485,000

1,558,200

1,916,776

DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL TERRITORIES.

Under Control of Department of External Territories.

Division No. 37.

1. Joint acquisition with New Zealand Government from Christmas Island Phosphate Company Limited of assets and leasehold property of Christmas Island

157,000

1,724,000

1,723,906

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 38.

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

3,000

1,300

1,487

Total Department of External Territories......

160,000

1,725,300

1,725,393

\n```\n\n(a) Other expenditure provided under Division No. 180.\n\n \n\n

DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION.

1949-50.

1948-49.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of Immigration.

Division No. 39.

£

£

£

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

2,000,000

2,000,000

2,000,000

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 40.

1. Hostels for accommodation of migrants—acquisition of sites and buildings

120,000

50,000

68,524

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 41.

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

25,000

21,000

291,329

2. Reception, Training and Holding Centres for accommodation of migrants

1,050,000

384,300

\"\"1,450,000

3. Hostels for Migrant Workers.....................

3,200,000

Total Division No. 41...........

4,275,000

a1,471,000

(a) 675,629

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

6,395,000

3,521,000

2,744,153

DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 42.

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

1,000

18,000

11,148

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 43.

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

9,000

15,000

8,156

Total Department of Labour and National Service........

10,000

33,000

19,304

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT.

Under Control of Department of Transport.

Division No. 44.

1. Standardization of railway gauges..................

40,200

50,000

13,304

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 45.

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

800

700

385

Total Department of Transport......

41,000

50,700

13,689

\n```\n\n(a) Includes amounts for surplus buildings and sites taken over from the Disposals Commission as follows:—1948-49, Vote, £4,000, Actual, £50,012.\n\n \nCapital Works avid Services.\n\n

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION.

1949-50.

1948-49.

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Division No. 46.

£

£

£

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

2,000

2,500

841

DEPARTMENT OF POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 47.

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

1,500

4,000

1,172

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 48.

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

36,500

9,000

10,825

Total Department of Post-war Reconstruction....

38,000

13,000

11,997

COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION.

Under Control of Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.

Division No. 49.

1. Buildings, works and sites.......................

3,500

..

..

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 50.

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

18,500

..

..

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 51.

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

129,000

..

..

Total Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization

151,000

(a)

(a)

DEFENCE SERVICES.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE.

Under Control of Department of Defence.

Division No. 52.

1. Plant and equipment...........................

23,500

..

..

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 53.

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

10,500

8,000

4,157

Total Department of Defence........

34,000

8,000

4,157

\n```\n\n(a) Provided in 1948-48 under Prime Minister's Department, Division Nos. 2 to 8.\n\n \n\n

DEFENCE SERVICES—continued.

1949-50.

1948-49.

Vote.

Expenditure.

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY.

£

£

£

Under Control of Department of the Navy.

Division No. 54.

1. Naval construction and additions to fleet..............

1,880,000

..

..

2. Aircraft and aero engines........................

1,295,000

..

..

3. Machinery and plant for naval establishments..........

180,000

..

Total Division No. 54............

3,355,000

(a)

(a)

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 55.

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

50,000

80,000

29,063

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 56.

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

660,000

704,000

738,935

2. Graving Dock construction—towards cost.............

175,000

280,000

104,020

Total Division No. 56............

835,000

984,000

842,956

Total Department of the Navy.......

4,240,000

1,064,000

872,019

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY.

Under Control of the Department of the Army.

Division No. 57.

1. Arms, armament, ammunition, mechanization and equipment

1,919,000

(b)

(b)

Under Control of the Department of the Interior.

Division No. 58.

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

60,000

100,000

64,056

Under Control of Department of the Army and Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 59.

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

320,000

420,000

184,956

Total Department of the Army......

2,299,000

520,000

249,012

\n```\n\n(a) Provided in 1948-49 under Ordinary Services, Divisions Nos. 125,126 and 128A. (b) Provided in 1948-49 under Ordinary Services, Division No. 142a.\n\n \n\n

DEFENCE SERVICES—continued.4

1949-50.

1948-49.

Vote.

Expenditure.

DEPARTMENT OF AIR.

£

£

£

Under Control of Department of Air.

Division No. 60.

1. Aircraft, spare engines and initial ranges of spares.......

3,119,000

..

..

2. Other equipment.............................

1,167,000

..

..

Total Division No. 60..............

4,286,000

(a)

(a)

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 61.

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

50,000

80,000

19,715

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 62.

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

310,000

368,000

303,232

Total Department of Air............

4,646,000

448,000

322,947

DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY AND DEVELOPMENT.

Under Control of Department of Supply and Development.

Division No. 63.

1. Manufacture of munitions—Machinery and plant........

1,028,000

(b)

(b)

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 64.

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

50,000

50,000

51,874

2. Defence Research and Development—Acquisition of sites and buildings

18,000

120,000

11,030

Total Division No. 64

68,000

170,000

62,904

\n```\n\n(a) Provided in 1948-49 under Ordinary Services, Division No. 150. (b) Provided in 1948-49 under Ordinary Services. Division No. 168a.\n\nF.5033.—2\n\n \n\n

DEFENCE SERVICES—continued.

1949-50.

1948-49.

Vote.

Expenditure.

DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY AND DEVELOPMENT—continued.

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

£

£

£

Division No. 65.

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

190,000

310,000

264,849

2. Defence Research and Development—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture

3,220,000

3,040,000

3,391,330

Total Division No. 65........

3,410,000

3,350,000

a3,656,179

Total Department of Supply and Development

4,506,000

3,520,000

3,719,083

Total Defence Services.......

15,725,000

5,560,000

5,167,218

50,954,000

33,576,000

27,250,036

Division No. 65a.—Less amount provided for surplus buildings, sites and equipment taken over from the Disposals Commission

..

258,000

107,257

TOTAL PART I.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth

50,954,000

33,318,000

27,142,779

\n```\n\n(a) Includes £25,053 for surplus buildings taken over from the Disposals Commission.\n\n![](image.008.png) \n\n

Division Number.

—

1949-50.

1948-49.

Increase on Expenditure, 1948-49.

Decrease on Expenditure, 1948-49.

Vote.

Expenditure.

£

£

£

£

£

66

COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS

450,000

230,000

224,847

225,153

..

67-69

POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT

13,655,000

10,850,000

12,659,992

995,008

..

70-72

BROADCASTING SERVICES

335,000

..

..

335,000

..

14,440,000

11,080,000

12,884,839

1,555,161

..

72a

Less amount provided for surplus buildings, sites and equipment taken over from the Disposals Commission

..

20,000

142,032

142,032

..

TOTAL PART II....

14,440,000

11,060,000

12,742,807

1,697,193

..

\n```\n\nF.5033.—3\n\n \n\n

COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS.

1949-50.

1948-49.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Division No. 66.

£

£

£

1. Trans-Australian Railway......................

400,000

159,000

182,613

2. North Australia Railway.......................

8,000

4,000

3,511

3. Central Australia Railway......................

41,000

65,000

37,201

4. Australian Capital Territory Railway...............

1,000

2,000

1,522

Total Commonwealth Railways....

450,000

230,000

(a) 224,847

POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

Under Control of Postmaster-General's Department.

Division No. 67.

1. Telephone exchange services....................

8,203,000

6,275,000

8,505,341

2. Trunk line services..........................

2,790,000

2,150,000

1,683,549

8. Telegraph and miscellaneous services..............

662,000

498,000

726,671

National broadcasting service...................

..

227,000

145,711

Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd.—Purchase of share holding of Cable and Wireless Ltd.

..

..

155,689

Total Division No. 67............

11,655,000

9,150,000

11,216,961

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 68.

Acquisition of Sites and Buildings.

1. Postal, telegraph and telephone services.............

400,000

380,000

311,705

National broadcasting service...................

..

20,000

3,414

Total Division No. 68............

400,000

400,000

315,119

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 69.

Buildings, Works, Fittings and Furniture.

1. Postal, telegraph and telephone services.............

1,600,000

1,200,000

1,096,014

National broadcasting service...................

..

100,000

31,898

Total Division No. 69.................

1,600,000

1,300,000

1,127,912

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

13,655,000

10,850,000

b12,659,992

\n```\n\n(a) Includes £1,886 for surplus buildings and sites taken over from the Disposals Commission. (b) Includes £140,346 for surplus buildings and sites taken over from the Disposals Commission.\n\n \n\n

1949-50.

1948-49.

Vote.

Expenditure.

BROADCASTING SERVICES.

£

£

£

Under Control of Postmaster-General's Department.

Division No. 70.

1. Engineering services.......................

245,000

..

..

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 71.

1. Acquisition of sites and buildings for technical purposes

20,000

..

..

2. Acquisition of sites and buildings for studio purposes.

17,000

..

..

37,000

..

..

Less amount provided from Australian Broadcasting Commission Reserves

17,000

..

..

Total Division No. 71

20,000

..

..

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 72.

1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for technical purposes

60,000

..

..

2. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for other purposes

30,000

..

..

90,000

..

..

Less amount provided from Australian Broadcasting Commission Reserve

20,000

..

..

Total Division No. 72.........

70,000

..

..

Total Broadcasting Services........

335,000

(a)

(a)

14,440,000

11,080,000

12,884,839

Division No. 72a.—Less amount provided for surplus buildings, sites and equipment taken over from the Disposals Commission

..

20,000

142,032

TOTAL PART II.—Business Undertakings.......

14,440,000

11,060,000

12,742,807

\n```\n\n(a) Previously provided under votes of Postmaster-General's Department.\n\n

Division Number.

—

1949-50.

1948-49.

Increase on Expenditure, 1948-49.

Decrease on Expenditure, 1948-49.

Vote.

Expenditure.

£

£

£

£

£

0

NORTHERN TERRITORY..

845,000

657,000

531,033

313,967

..

77-80

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

2,023,000

2,261,000

1,849,674

193,326

..

81-83

PAPUA-NEW GUINEA....

31,000

100,000

161,921

..

130,921

2,899,000

3,018,000

2,542,628

356,372

..

83a

Less amount provided for surplus buildings, sites and equipment taken over from the Disposals Commission

..

25,000

33,511

33,511

..

TOTAL PART III...

2,899,000

2,993,000

2,509,117

389,883

..

\n```\n\n \n\n

NORTHERN TERRITORY.

1949-50.

1948-49.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 73.

£

£

£

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

30,000

31,000

17,426

2. Plant and equipment—for payment to credit of Interior Services Trust Account

50,000

55,000

55,973

Total Division No. 73

80,000

86,000

73,399

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 74.

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

350,000

433,000

303,618

2. Developmental services—Construction of water supplies, roads, and stock routes for pastoral purposes

100,000

60,000

66,170

Total Division No. 74............

450,000

493,000

369,788

Total Department of the Interior.....

530,000

579,000

443,187

DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND HOUSING.

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 75.

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

20,000

57,000

13,329

2. Plant and equipment—for payment to credit of Works and Housing Suspense Trust Account

250,000

10,000

62,401

Total Department of Works and Housing

270,000

67,000

75,730

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 76.

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

45,000

11,000

12,116

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

845,000

(a) 657,000

(a) 531,033

\n```\n\n(a) Includes amounts for surplus buildings and sites taken over from the Disposals Commission as follows:—1948-49, Vote, £20,000, Actual, £16,666.\n\n \n\n

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.

1949-50.

1948-49.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 77.

£

£

£

1. Forestry...................................

22,000

30,000

32,531

2. Sundry works and services.......................

40,000

40,000

12,228

3. Canberra Cemetery—Minor services—for payment to credit of Canberra Cemetery Trust Account

100

1,000

1,000

4. Plant and equipment—for payment to credit of Interior Services Trust Account

53,000

20,000

23,822

6. Plant and equipment—for payment to credit of Australian Capital Territory Transport Trust Account

108,000

100,000

188,271

Total Division No. 77............

223,100

191,000

257,852

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 78.

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

1,187,900

1,430,000

1,011,471

2. Engineering works............................

237,000

400,000

279,221

Total Division No. 78............

1,424,900

1,830,000

1,290,692

Total Department of the Interior.....

1,648,000

2,021,000

1,548,544

DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND HOUSING.

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 79.

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

250,000

150,000

258,141

2. Plant and equipment—for payment to credit of Works and Housing Suspense Trust Account

100,000

50,000

33,064

Total Department of Works and Housing.....

350,000

200,000

291,205

\n```\n\n \n\n

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY—continued.

1949-50.

1948-49.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 80.

£

£

£

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

25,000

40,000

9,925

Total Australian Capital Territory

2,023,000

(a) 2,261,000

a1, 849,674

PAPUA-NEW GUINEA.

Under the Control of the Department of External Territories.

Division No. 81.

1. Coastal and Inter-Island Shipping Services—Purchase of new vessels

2,500

100,000

161,076

Under Control of Department of Shipping and Fuel.

Division No. 82.

1. Lighthouse Services—Purchase of vessel and installation of equipment

26,000

..

..

Under Control of Department of Works and Housing.

Division No. 83.

2. Lighthouse Services—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture

2,500

..

845

Total Papua-New Guinea.........

31,000

100,000

161,921

2,899,000

3,018,000

2,542,628

Division No. 83a.—Less amount provided for surplus buildings, sites and equipment taken over from the Disposals Commission

..

25,000

33,511

TOTAL PART III—Territories of the Commonwealth..

2,899,000

2,993,000

2,509,117

TOTAL ADDITIONS. NEW WORKS AND OTHER SERVICES INVOLVING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE

68,293,000

47,371,000

42,394,703

\n```\n\n(a) Includes amounts for surplus buildings and sites taken over from Disposals Commission as follows:—1948-49 Vote, £5,000, Actual £16,865.\n\n![](image.009.png)By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.","sortOrder":6}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":1224},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"rejection_reason":"","scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains focused on its original purpose of appropriating funds for capital works and services for the 1949-50 financial year. The detailed schedules reflect standard public works budgeting of the era without expansion beyond the stated scope."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive tabular schedules with 60+ departmental divisions and line-item appropriations","Cross-referencing between amounts appropriated under this Act and prior Acts (First Schedule)","Detailed comparison columns showing previous year (1948-49) voted amounts versus actual expenditure","Multiple administrative arrangements with funds controlled by different departments for shared projects"],"plain_english_summary":"The 1949–50 Capital Works Budget authorises the Treasurer to spend £54.6 million from the Consolidated Revenue Fund on buildings, infrastructure, equipment and major projects, bringing total capital appropriations for the year to £68.3 million. It funds housing for returned servicemen, the start of the Snowy Mountains scheme, migrant reception and transport infrastructure, defence facilities and civil aviation — underpinning Australia’s post‑war reconstruction, immigration effort and nation‑building priorities."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/appropriation-works-and-services-act-1949-50","history":"/api/acts/appropriation-works-and-services-act-1949-50/history","analysis":"/api/acts/appropriation-works-and-services-act-1949-50/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/appropriation-works-and-services-act-1949-50/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/appropriation-works-and-services-act-1949-50/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/appropriation-works-and-services-act-1949-50/documents"}}