{"id":"C1952A00060","name":"Appropriation (Works and Services) Act 1952-53","slug":"appropriation-works-and-services-act-1952-53","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"60 of 1952","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4577,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1952A00060-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Appropriation (Works and Services) Act 1952-53","content":"THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.\n\n![](image.001.png)APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND SERVICES) 1952‑53.\n\n![](image.002.png)No. 60 of 1952.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty‑three, for the purposes of Additions, New Works and other Services involving Capital Expenditure and to appropriate the Supplies granted by the Parliament for that year.\n\n\\[Assented to 10th October, 1952.\\]\n\nBE 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:—\n\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Appropriation (Works and Services) Act 1952‑53.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nIssue and application of £63,499,000.\n\n3. 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‑three, the sum of Sixty‑three million four hundred and ninety‑nine thousand pounds.\n\n4\\. All\n\nF.4386— Price 1s.\n\nAppropriation of supply £100,003,000.\n\n4. All sums granted by this Act and by the other Act mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund towards making good the supply granted to Her Majesty for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty‑three, amounting as appears by that Schedule in the aggregate to the sum of One hundred million and 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 fifty‑two, 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‑three.\n\nTHE SCHEDULES.\n\n![](image.003.png)Section 4. FIRST SCHEDULE.\n\n![](image.003.png)GRANTS OUT OF THE CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND.\n\n| | £ |\n| ------------------------------------------------------ | ----------- |\n| Act No. 33 of 1952.................................... | 36,504,000 |\n| Under this Act....................................... | 63,499,000 |\n| | 100,003,000 |\n\n \n\nSECOND SCHEDULE. Section 4.\n\n![](image.004.png)ABSTRACT.\n\n```html\n

Page Reference.

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1952‑53.

1951‑52.

Vote.

Expenditure.

£

£

£

5

Part 1.—Departments and Services— other than business undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth

63,274,000

76,123,000

72,867,967

14

Part 2.—Business Undertakings.........

31,217,000

33,998,000

31,157,802

16

Part 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth..

5,512,000

5,287,000

5,153,188

TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS AND OTHER SERVICES INVOLVING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE

100,003,000

115,408,000

109,178,957

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Division Number.

Departments and Services.

1952‑53

1951‑52

Vote.

Expenditure.

£

£

£

1

PARLIAMENT......................

50,000

50,000

22,604

2‑3

PRIME MINISTER...................

1,152,000

1,102,000

1,051,780

4‑5

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.................

256,000

306,000

294,144

6‑8

TREASURY........................

180,000

65,000

342,248

9‑10

ATTORNEY‑GENERAL.........

65,000

28,000

33,677

11‑12

INTERIOR.........................

2,254,000

1,163,000

833,995

13‑14

WORKS...........................

1,005,000

2,143,000

2,021,810

14a‑14c

SUPPLY...........................

..

206,000

1,343,973

15‑17

CIVIL AVIATION....................

6,700,000

7,165,000

6,424,194

18‑19

TRADE AND CUSTOMS...............

128,000

95,000

68,257

20‑22

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

1,562,000

1,180,000

1,223,522

23‑24

REPATRIATION.....................

415,000

310,000

270,540

25‑26

COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE.......

184,000

4,270,000

4,822,673

27‑29

SOCIAL SERVICES...................

28,072,000

28,137,000

27,648,314

30‑32

SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT...........

2,909,000

5,850,000

3,706,735

33

TERRITORIES......................

20,000

25,000

34,344

34‑36

IMMIGRATION.....................

2,770,000

8,580,000

7,242,921

37‑38

LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE......

24,000

24,000

7,943

39‑42

NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT............

15,180,000

15,227,000

15,214,005

43‑45

COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION

348,000

197,000

260,288

TOTAL PART 1..................

63,274,000

76,123,000

72,867,967

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PARLIAMENT.

1952‑53.

1951‑52

Under Control of Department of Works.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Division No. 1.

£

£

£

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

50,000

50,000

22,604

PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT.

Under Control of Prime Minister's Department.

Division No. 2.

1. Australian High Commissioner in United Kingdom—Buildings, equipment and furniture for Australia House and official residences

100,000

80,000

98,166

2. Australian National University—Permanent buildings, acquisition and erection of dwellings, equipment and works

977,000

984,000

930,000

Total Division No. 2................

1,077,000

1,064,000

1,028,166

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 3.

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

75,000

38,000

23,614

Total Prime Minister's Department......

1,152,000

1,102,000

1,051,780

DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.

Under Control of Department of External Affairs.

Division No. 4.

1. Buildings, equipment and furniture for overseas establishments

250,000

300,000

289,096

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 5.

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

6,000

6,000

5,048

Total Department of External Affairs.....

256,000

306,000

294,144

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

30,000

5,000

1,851

2. Commonwealth Engineering Company Limited—Additional share capital

49,000

..

..

Working advance (for payment to the credit of the Commonwealth Stores Suspense Trust Account)

..

..

246,000

Working advance (for payment to the credit of the Government Printer Trust Account)

..

..

9,000

Total Division No. 6................

79,000

5,000

256,851

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 7.

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

1,000

..

35,059

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 8.

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

100,000

60,000

50,338

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

180,000

65,000

342,248

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ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

1952‑53.

1951‑62.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

£

£

£

Division No. 9.

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

30,000

3,000

2,435

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 10.

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

35,000

25,000

31,242

Total Attorney‑General's Department . .

65,000

28,000

33,677

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

(a) 539,000

400,000

168,659

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

18,500

15,000

7,915

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

6,500

7,500

951

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

90,000

120,500

50,748

Total Division No. 11 ..

654,000

543,000

228,273

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 12.

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

1,200,000

499,000

513,516

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

354,000

87,000

71,163

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

6,000

6,000

3,541

4. War workers' housing—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture

40,000

28,000

17,502

Total Division No. 12 ..

1,600,000

| 620,000

605,722 '

Total Department of the Interior

2,254,000

1,163,000

833,995

DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 13.

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

50,000

30,000

14,831

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 14.

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

439,000

496,000

410,833

2. Expenditure under River Murray Waters Act 1915‑1948

120,000

140,000

85,000

3. Plant and equipment...........................

385,000

619,000

651,598

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

11,000

8,000

433

Working advance (for payment to credit of Works Suspense Trust Account)

..

850,000

859,115

Total Division No. 14...............

955,000

2,113,000

2,006,979

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

1,005,000

2,143,000

2,021,810

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1952‑53.

1951‑52.

DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of Supply.

£

£

£

Division No.14a.

New Guinea Resources Prospecting Co. Ltd.—Contribution to share capital

(a)

12,750

12,750

Transport and storage services—Motor vehicles, equipment for garages and stores

..

155,250

155,250

Aluminium Production Commission—Additional advance.

..

..

1,147,400

Total Division No.14a..............

..

168,000

1,315,400

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 14b.

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

(a)

8,000

8,709

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 14c.

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

(a)

30,000

19,864

Total Department of Supply...........

..

206,000

1,343,973

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION.

Under Control of Department of Civil Aviation.

Division No. 15.

1. Airway services, including power and lighting plant and equipment

1,650,000

2,136,000

1,714,784

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

450,000

627,000

542,341

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

2,100,000

2,763,000

2,257,125

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 16.

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

700,000

650,000

709,164

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 17.

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

3,900,000

3,752,000

3,457,905

Total Department of Civil Aviation......

6.700,000

7,165,000

6,424,194

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DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS.

1952‑53.

1951‑52.

Under Control op Department of the Interior.

Vote

Expenditure.

Division No. 18.

£

£

£

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

3,000

5,000

1,422

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 19.

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

125,000

90,000

66,835

Total Department of Trade and Customs

128,000

95,000

68,257

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

Under Control of Department of Health.

Division No. 20.

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

1,100,000

750,000

734,227

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

50,000

25,000

23,854

3. Blood fractionation—Installation of plant.............

50,000

50,000

6,399

Working advance (for payment to credit of Serum Laboratories Trust Account)

..

100,000

228,975

Total Division No. 20...............

1,200,000

925,000

993,455

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 21.

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

12,000

10,000

772

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 22.

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

350,000

245,000

229,295

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

1,562,000

1,180,000

1,223,522

DEPARTMENT OF REPATRIATION.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 23.

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

15,000

10,000

3,606

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 24.

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

400,000

300,000

266,934

Total Department of Repatriation.......

415,000 |

310,000

270,540

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE.

1952‑53.

1951‑52.

Under Control of Department of Commerce and Agriculture.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Division No. 25.

£

£

£

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

5,250,000

13,200,000

8,901,431

Less amount recoverable from sales................

5,250,000

9,000,000

4,129,615

..

4,200,000

4,771,816

2. Flax Production Commission—Capital expenditure......

140,000

..

..

3. Buildings, equipment and furniture for overseas establishments..

19,000

800

21,217

Flax production—Machinery and plant

..

17,200

7,660

Total Division No. 25...............

159,000

4,218,000

4,800,693

Under Control or Department of the Interior.

Division No. 25a.

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

..

2,000

3,697

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 26.

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

25,000

50,000

18,283

Total Department of Commerce and Agriculture

184,000

4,270,000

4,822,673

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

Under Control of Department of Social Services.

Division No. 27.

(for payment to credit of War Service Homes Trust Account)

1. Expenditure under War Service Homes Act 1918‑1951

28,000,000

28,000,000

27,589,916

Additional assistance to ex‑servicemen in special circumstances

..

75,000

..

Total Division No. 27...............

28,000,000

28,075,000

27,589,916

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 28.

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

2,000

2,000

16,940

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 29.

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

70,000

60,000

41,458

Total Department of Social Services ..

28,072,000

28,137,000

27,648,314

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DEPARTMENT OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT.

1952‑53.

1951‑52.

Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Division No. 30.

£

£

£

1. Ship—Construction...........................

4,000,000

3,295,000

2,179,200

Less amount recoverable from sale of ships ..

3,000,000

1,770,000

885,849

1,000,000

1,525,000

1,293,351

2. Lighthouse services—Installation of equipment.........

58,000

85,000

32,134

3. Lighthouse steamers—Purchase and installation of equipment

12,000

15,000

4,266

4. Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pool—Plant.......

50,000

100,000

90,554

5. Standardization of railway gauges..................

500,000

2,025,000

1,073,784

6. Purchase of ships overseas.......................

1,000,000

2,000,000

1,120,305

7. Marine Salvage Service—Plant and equipment.........

100,000

..

..

Total Division No. 30...............

2,720,000

5,750,000

3,614,394

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 31.

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

15,000

20,000

154

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 32.

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

85,000

30,000

47,480

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

89,000

50,000

44,707

Total Division No. 32...............

174,000

80,000

92,187

Total Department of Shipping and Transport.....

2,909,000

5,850,000

3,706,735

DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 33.

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

20,000

25,000

34,344

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1952‑53.

1951‑52.

Vote.

Expenditure.

DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION.

£

£

£

Under Control of Department of Immigration.

Division No. 34.

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

100,000

190,000

67,943

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 35.

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

170,000

215,000

154,444

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 36.

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

15,000

25,000

10,951

2. Reception, training and holding centres for accommodation of migrants

285,000

1,150,000

759,180

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

2,200,000

7,000,000

6,250,403

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

2,500,000

8,175,000

7,020,534

Total Department of Immigration.....

2,770,000

8,580,000

7,242,921

DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 37.

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

4,000

4,000

1

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 38.

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

20,000

20,000

7,942

Total Department of Labour and National Service ..

24,000

24,000

7,943

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DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

1952‑53.

1951‑52.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of National Development.

£

£

£

Division No. 39.

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

250,000

400,000

330,399

2. Expenditure tinder the Coal Industry Act 1946‑1951

1,250,000

4,300,000

4,100,000

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

..

250,000

350,201

Total Division No. 39...............

1,500,000

4,950,000

4,780,600

Division No. 40.

1. Expenditure under Snowy Mountains Hydro‑Electric Power Act 1949‑1952

13,600,000

10,250,000

10,393,000

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 41.

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

5,000

2,000

1,169

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 42.

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

75,000

25,000

39,236

Total Department of National Development ..

15,180,000

15,227,000

15,214,005

COMMONWEALTH SCD3NTD7IC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION.

Under Control of Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.

Division No. 43.

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

3,000

4,000

2,744

2. Purchase of fisheries research vessel................

15,000

25,000

..

Total Division No. 43...............

18,000

29,000

2,744

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 44.

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

52,250

64,000

25,798

Less amount recoverable from Wool Industry Fund.......

42,250

56,000

14,754

Total Division No. 44...............

10,000

8,000

11,044

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 45.

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

620,000

385,000

430,644

Less amount recoverable from Wool Industry Fund.......

300,000

225,000

184,144

Total Division No. 45...............

320,000

160,000

246,500

Total Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization

348,000

197,000

260,288

TOTAL PART 1.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth

63,274,000

76,123,000

72,867,967

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Division Number.

—

1952‑53.

1951‑52.

Vote.

Expenditure.

£

£

£

46

COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS.........

3,000,000

3,430,000

2,088,389

47‑49

POSTMASTER‑GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT

27,966,000

30,300,000

28,818,642

50‑52

BROADCASTING SERVICES............

251,000

268,000

250,771

TOTAL PART 2................

31,217,000

33,998,000

31,157,802

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COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS.

1952‑53.

1951‑52.

Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Division No. 46.

£

£

£

1. Trans‑Australia Railway.................

1,479,000

2,394,000

1,622,861

2. Central Australia Railway......................

1,257,000

552,000

133,699

3. North Australia Railway.......................

260,000

231,000

20,209

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

4,000

3,000

7,620

Working advance (for payment to credit of Railway Plant and Stores Suspense Trust Account)

..

250,000

250,000

Expenses of transporting migrant workers to Australia for employment with Commonwealth Railways (for payment to credit of Railway Provision Stores Trust Account)

..

..

54,000

Total Commonwealth Railways

3,000,000

3,430,000

2,088,389

POSTMASTER‑GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

Under Control of Postmaster‑General's Department.

Division No. 47.

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

17,900,000

20,100,000

20,576,026

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

5,000,000

5,150,000

4,337,195

3. Telegraph and miscellaneous services...............

925,000

1,050,000

882,317

Total Division No. 47..............

23,825,000

26,300,000

25,795,538

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 48.

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

741,000

800,000

597,461

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 49.

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

3,400,000

3,200,000

2,425,643

Total Postmaster‑General's Department

27,966,000

30,300,000

28,818,642

BROADCASTING SERVICES.

Under Control of Postmaster‑General's Department.

Division No. 50.

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

175,000

200,000

194,992

2. Sites, buildings, works, fittings and furniture for studio and other purposes (other than provided under Divisions Nos. 51 and 52)

102,000

80,000

7,809

277,000

280,000

202,801

Less amount provided from Australian Broadcasting Commission reserves

102,000

80,000

7,809

Total Division No. 50..............

175,000

200,000

194,992

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 51.

1. Acquisition of sites and buildings for technical purposes..

16,000

25,000

19,134

2. Acquisition of sites and buildings for studio purposes....

12,000

7,000

..

28,000

32,000

19,134

Less amount provided from Australian Broadcasting Commission reserves

12,000

25,000

..

Total Division No. 51..............

16,000

7,000

19,134

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 52.

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

59,000

60,000

35,285

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

20,000

15,000

5,092

Less amount provided from Australian Broadcasting Commission reserves

79,000

75,000

40,377

19,000

14,000

3,732

Total Division No. 52..............

60,000

61,000

36,645

Total Broadcasting Services..........

251,000

268,000

250,771

TOTAL PART 2.—Business Undertakings...........

31,217,000

33,998,000

31,157,802

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Division Number.

—

1952‑53.

1951‑52.

Vote.

Expenditure.

£

£

£

53‑57

NORTHERN TERRITORY..............

1,722,000

1,434,000

1,281,075

58‑61

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.....

3,752,000

3,811,000

3,851,535

62‑64

PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA............

38,000

42,000

20,578

TOTAL PART 3..................

5,512,000

5,287,000

5,153,188

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NORTHERN TERRITORY.

1952‑53.

1951‑52.

DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department op Territories.

Division No. 53.

£

£

£

1. Plant and equipment (for payment to credit of Northern Territory Services Trust Account)

70,000

44,000

8,398

2. Compensation for improvements on resumed leases......

2,000

..

..

Total Division No. 53...............

72,000

44,000

8,398

Under Control or Department of the Interior.

Division No. 54.

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

25,000

25,000

10,210

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 55.

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

780,000

760,000

707,043

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

400,000

250,000

215,366

Total Division No. 55...............

1,180,000

1,010,000

922,409

Total Department of Territories........

1,277,000

1,079,000

941,017

DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 56.

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

130,000

112,000

108,989

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

65,000

73,000

83,253

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

195,000

185,000

192,242

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 57.

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

250,000

170,000

147,816

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

1,722,000

1,434,000

1,281,075

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 58.

1. Forestry—(for payment to the credit of the Interior Services Trust Account)

26,000

55,000

70,000

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

29,800

35,000

20,884

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

500

500

500

4. Plant and equipment...........................

43,000

35,000

36,372

5. Plant and equipment (for payment to credit of Australian Capital Territory Transport Trust Account)

50,500

58,500

46,844

6. Acquisition of land............................

2,200

..

..

Loans for Housing............................

..

..

21,791

Total Division No. 58...............

152,000

184,000

196,391

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AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY—continued.

1952‑53.

1951‑52.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR–continued

Vote.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of Works.

£

£

£

Division No. 59.

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

2,300,000

2,500,000

2,607,168

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

700,000

720,000

748,025

Total Division No. 59............

3,000,000

3,220,000

3,355,193

Total Department of the Interior......

3,152,000

3,404,000

3,551,584

DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 60.

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

300,000

274,000

243,353

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

50,000

48,000

6,286

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

350,000

322,000

249,639

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 61.

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

250,000

85,000

50,312

Total Australian Capital Territory.....

3,752,000

3,811,000

3,851,535

PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA.

Under Control of Department of Territories.

Division No. 62.

1. Coastal and Inter‑island Shipping Service—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture

2,300

..

..

2. Coastal and Inter‑island Shipping Service—Plant and equipment

700

..

..

Total Division No. 62............

3,000

..

..

Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.

Division No. 63.

1. Lighthouse services—Purchase and installation of equipment

19,000

20,000

5,387

2. Lighthouse vessel—Purchase and installation of equipment

1,000

2,000

..

Total Division No. 63............

20,000

22,000

5,387

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 64.

1. Lighthouse services—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture

15,000

20,000

15,191

Total Papua and New Guinea.......

38,000

42,000

20,578

TOTAL PART 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth......

5,512,000

5,287,000

5,153,188

TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS AND OTHER SERVICES INVOLVING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE

100,003,000

115,408,000

109,178,957

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