{"id":"C1954A00035","name":"Appropriation (Works and Services) Act 1954-55","slug":"appropriation-works-and-services-act-1954-55","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"35 of 1954","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":24755,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1954A00035-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Appropriation (Works and Services) Act 1954-55","content":"THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.\n\n![](image.001.png)APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND SERVICES) 1954-55.\n\n![](image.002.png)No. 35 of 1954.\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-five, 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 21st October, 1954.\\]\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 1954-55.\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 £68,655,000.\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-five, the sum of Sixty-eight million six hundred and fifty-five thousand pounds.\n\n4\\. All\n\nF.4899.—Price 1s.\n\nAppropriation of supply £99,783,000.\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-five, amounting as appears by that Schedule in the aggregate to the sum of Ninety-nine million seven hundred and eighty-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-four, 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-five.\n\n![](image.003.png)![](image.003.png)THE SCHEDULES.\n\n![](image.004.png)Section 4. FIRST SCHEDULE.\n\n![](image.004.png)GRANTS OUT OF THE CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND.\n\n| | £ |\n| ------------------------------------------- | ---------- |\n| Act No. 23 of 1954......................... | 31,128,000 |\n| Under this Act............................. | 68,655,000 |\n| | 99,783,000 |\n\n \n\nSECOND SCHEDULE. Section 4.\n\n![](image.005.png)ABSTRACT.\n\n```html\n

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1954-55.

1953-54.

Vote.

Expenditure.

£

£

£

5

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

64,251,000

62,069,000

57,469,358

13

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

28,747,000

29,142,000

27,252,528

15

Part 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth

6,785,000

5,795,000

4,110,734

TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS AND OTHER SERVICES INVOLVING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE.

99,783,000

97,006,000

88,832,620

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

SUMMARY.

Division Number.

Departments and Services.

1954-55.

1953-54.

Vote.

Expenditure.

£

£

£

1

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

24,000

35,000

23,055

2-3

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

980,000

1,115,000

956,750

4-5

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

117,000

255,000

43,704

6-8

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

522,000

192,000

127,194

9-10

ATTORNEY-GENERAL..................

161,000

80,000

27,992

11-12

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

1,524,000

1,647,000

1,413,694

13-14

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

735,000

1,000,000

743,299

15-17

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

6,150,000

6,600,000

5,933,402

18-19

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

157,000

160,000

131,431

20-22

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

2,160,000

2,010,000

1,788,749

22k-24

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

444,000

350,000

226,750

25-26

COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE.........

416,000

365,000

585,844

27-29

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

30,166,000

28,046,000

26,890,306

30-32

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

5,114,000

5,029,000

4,335,603

33

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

5,000

15,000

8,105

34-36

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

475,000

693,000

557,828

37-38

LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE........

40,000

50,000

10,655

39-42

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

14,395,000

13,841,000

13,314,060

43-45

COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION

381,000

348,000

290,425

45k

AUSTRALIAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION

285,000

238,000

60,512

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

64,251,000

62,069,000

57,469,358

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

PARLIAMENT.

1954-55.

1953-54.

Under Control of Department of Works.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Division No. 1.

£

£

£

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

24,000

35,000

23,055

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

59,000

50,000

46,806

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

850,000

975,000

850,000

3. Official establishments—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture

13,000

(a)

(a)

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

922,000

1,025,000

896,806

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 2k.

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

..

10,000

9,345

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 3.

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

58,000

80,000

50,599

Total Prime Minister's Department.....

980,000

1,115,000

956,750

DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.

Under Control of Department of External Affairs.

Division No. 4.

1. Buildings, works, equipment and furniture, Tokyo........

23,000

\"\"

6,363

2. Buildings, works, equipment and furniture, New Delhi.....

23,500

9,030

3. Buildings, works, equipment and furniture, Noumea......

17,800

250,000

1,343

4. Buildings, works, equipment and furniture for other overseas establishments

45,700

23,943

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

110,000

250,000

40,679

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 5.

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

7,000

5,000

3,025

Total Department of External Affairs....

117,000

255,000

43,704

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.

1954-55.

1953-54.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of the Treasury.

Division No. 6.

£

£

£

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

1,000

23,000

19,805

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 7.

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

357,000

1,000

..

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 8.

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

14,000

18,000

13,392

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

150,000

150,000

93,997

Total Division No. 8...............

164,000

168,000

107,389

Total Department of the Treasury......

522,000

192,000

127,194

ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 9.

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

3,000

..

..

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 10.

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

158,000

80,000

27,992

Total Attorney-General's Department ....

161,000

80,000

27,992

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)267,000

300,000

255,027

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

20,000

14,000

12,501

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

90,000

48,000

76,818

Total Division No. 11..............

377,000

362,000

344,346

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 12.

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

993,000

1,115,000

940,359

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

154,000

150,000

113,707

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

(b)

20,000

15,282

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

1,147,000

1,285,000

1,069,348

Total Department of the Interior

1,524,000

1,647,000

1,413,694

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DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.

1954-55.

1953-54.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

£

£

£

Division No. 13.

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

106,000

120,000

35,467

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 14.

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

351,000

430,000

336,668

2. Expenditure under River Murray Waters Act 1915-1950.....

134,000

200,000

200,000

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

139,000

245,000

166,389

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

5,000

5,000

4,775

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

629,000

880,000

707,832

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

735,000

1,000,000

743,299

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

1,700,000

1,642,615

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

450,000

300,000

209,704

3. Qantas Empire Airways Limited—Provision of additional share capital

500,000

..

..

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

..

1,000,000

1,000,000

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

2,600,000

3,000,000

2,852,319

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 16.

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

550,000

600,000

500,156

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 17.

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

3,000,000

3,000,000

2,580,927

Total Department of Civil Aviation......

6,150,000

6,600,000

5,933,402

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 18.

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

2,000

25,000

23,364

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 19.

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

155,000

135,000

108,067

Total Department of Trade and Customs....

157,000

160,000

131,431

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

1954-55.

1953-54.

Under Control of Department of Health.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Division No. 20.

£

£

£

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

1,500,000

1,500,000

1,379,482

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

85,000

50,000

37,454

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

5,000

20,000

12,452

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

1,590,000

1,570,000

1,429,388

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 21.

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

20,000

15,000

94

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 22.

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

550,000

425,000

359,267

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

2,160,000

2,010,000

1,788,749

DEPARTMENT OF REPATRIATION.

Under Control of Department of Repatriation.

Division No. 22k.

1. Lemnos Mental Hospital, Western Australia—Contribution towards cost of extension

36,000

..

..

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 23.

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

22,000

30,000

1,315

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 24.

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

386,000

320,000

225,435

Total Department of Repatriation.......

444,000

350,000

226,750

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE.

Under Control of Department of Commerce and Agriculture.

Division No. 25.

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

2,661,000

2,500,000

2,437,777

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

(a)2,661,000

2,500,000

(a) 2,437,777

3. Max Production Committee—Capital expenditure.......

42,000

255,000

247,946

4. Special food investigations—Machinery and plant.......

31,000

45,000

26,792

5. Nitrogenous fertilizer—Purchase of stocks............

300,000

..

265,353

6. Buildings, works, equipment and furniture for overseas establishments

30,000

25,000

12,710

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

403,000

325,000

552,801

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 26.

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

13,000

40,000

33,043

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

416,000

365,000

585,844

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DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

1954-55.

1953-54.

Under Control of Department of Social Services.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Division No. 27.

£

£

£

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

1. Expenditure under War Service Homes Act 1918-1951....

30,000,000

28,000,000

26,846,392

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 28.

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

15,000

6,000

5,423

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 29.

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

151,000

40,000

38,491

Total Department of Social Services...

30,166,000

28,046,000

26,890,306

DEPARTMENT OF SHOPPING AND TRANSPORT.

Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.

Division No. 30.

1. Ship construction.............................

4,000,000

4,000,000

3,772,096

2. Less amount recoverable from sale of ships............

700,000

750,000

838,711

3,300,000

3,250,000

2,933,385

3. Lighthouse services—Purchase and installation of equipment

30,000

40,000

19,922

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

29,000

9,000

8,541

5. Purchase of ships overseas.......................

1,000,000

865,000

560,793

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

4,359,000

4,164,000

3,522,641

Division No. 30k.

1. Expenditure under Railway Standardization (South Australia) Agreement Act 1949

650,000

750,000

741,754

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 31.

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

5,000

15,000

11

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 32.

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

30,000

30,000

19,306

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

70,000

70,000

51,891

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

100,000

100,000

71,197

Total Department of Shipping and Transport

5,114,000

5,029,000

4,335,603

DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No.*33.

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

5,000

15,000

8,105

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DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION.

1954-55.

1953-54.

Under Control of Department of Immigration.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Division No. 34.

£

£

£

Conversion and refitting of ships for transport of British migrants

..

83,000

69,272

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 35.

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

25,000

90,000

94,923

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 36.

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

8,000

10,000

6,563

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

182,000

70,000

44,953

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

260,000

440,000

342,117

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

450,000

520,000

393,633

Total Department of Immigration.....

475,000

693,000

557,828

DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 37.

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

13,000

25,000

1,259

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 38.

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

27,000

25,000

9,396

Total Department of Labour and National Service

40,000

50,000

10,655

DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

Under Control of Department of National Development.

Division No. 39.

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

280,000

280,000

127,541

2. Less amount recoverable from Australian Atomic Energy Commission

155,000

113,000

29,500

Total Division No. 39

125,000

167,000

98,041

Division No. 40.

1. Expenditure under Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Power Act 1949–1952

(a) 14,200,000

13,600,000

13,170,000

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 41.

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

..

4,000

132

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 42.

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

70,000

70,000

45,887

Total Department of National Development

14,395,000

13,841,000

13,314,060

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COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION.

1954-55.

1953-54.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.

£

£

£

Division No. 43.

1. Buildings, works, plant and developmental expenditure....

178,000

3,000

1,963

2. Less amount recoverable from Wool Industry Fund and Specific Research Fund

168,000

..

..

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

10,000

3,000

1,963

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 44.

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

48,500

57,500

14,749

2. Less amount recoverable from Wool Industry Fund and Specific Research Fund

9,500

42,500

1,072

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

39,000

15,000

13,677

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 45.

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

547,000

513,060

416,173

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

215,000

183,000

141,388

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

332,000

330,000

274,785

Total Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization

381,000

348,000

290,425

AUSTRALIAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION.

Under Control of Department of the Treasury.

Division No. 45k.

(For payment to credit of Atomic Energy Trust Account.)

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

68,000

62,000

23,152

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

217,000

176,000

37,360

Total Australian Atomic Energy Commission

285,000

238,000

60,512

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

64,251,000

62,069,000

57,469,358

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Part 2.—Business Undertakings.

SUMMARY.

Division Number.

—

1954-55.

1953-54.

Vote.

Expenditure.

£

£

£

46

COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS..........

1,200,000

1,900,000

1,235,910

47-49

POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT..

27,215,000

26,911,000

25,735,744

50-52

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

332,000

331,000

280,874

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

28,747,000

29,142,000

27,252,528

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PART 2.—Business Undertakings.

COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS.

1954-55.

1953-54.

Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Division No. 46.

£

£

£

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

453,000

760,000

443,341

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

483,000

830,000

560,146

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

231,000

307,000

229,861

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

33,000

3,000

2,562

Total Commonwealth Railways......

1,200,000

1,900,000

1,235,910

POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

Under Control of Postmaster-General's Department.

Division No. 47.

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

17,725,000

15,975,000

16,397,819

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

5,290,000

6,550,000

6,246,959

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

835,000

1,075,000

792,346

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

1953-54

Expenditure.

£

17,559,035

Less unrequired balance of Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account

17,559,035

..

1,000

..

23,850,000

23,601,000

23,437,124

4. Less amount payable from Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account

1,500,000

1,500,000

1,500,000

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

22,350,000

22,101,000

21,937,124

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 48.

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

465,000

610,000

442,474

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 49.

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

4,400,000

4,200,000

3,356,146

Total Postmaster-General's Department of Works.

27,215,000

26,911,000

25,735,744

BROADCASTING SERVICES.

Under Control of Postmaster-General's Department.

Division No. 50.

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

200,000

200,000

195,673

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

25,000

35,000

15,124

225,000

235,000

210,797

3. Less amount provided from Australian Broadcasting Commission reserves

25,000

35,000

15,124

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

200,000

200,000

195,673

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 51.

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

18,000

20,000

11,595

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

..

4,000

..

18,000

24,000

11,595

Less amount provided from Australian Broadcasting Commission reserves

4,000

..

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

18,000

20,000

11,595

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 52.

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

113,000

110,000

73,134

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

64,000

66,000

13,549

177,000

176,000

86,683

3. Less amount provided from Australian Broadcasting Commission reserves

63,000

65,000

13,077

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

114,000

111,000

73,606

Total Broadcasting Services........

332,000

331,000

280,874

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

28,747,000

29,142,000

27,252,528

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PART 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth.

SUMMARY.

Division Number.

—

1954-55.

1953-54.

Vote.

Expenditure.

£

£

£

53-57

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

2,464,000

2,022,000

1,451,644

58-61

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY......

4,302,000

3,737,000

2,641,831

62-64

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

19,000

36,000

17,259

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

6,785,000

5,795,000

4,110,734

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PART 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth.

NORTHERN TERRITORY.

1954-55.

1953-54.

DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of Territories.

Division No. 53.

£

£

£

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

96,900

100,000

64,607

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

1,100

5,000

762

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

..

10,000

10,000

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

98,000

115,000

75,369

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 54.

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

3,000

20,000

13,904

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 55.

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

1,805,000

1,252,000

919,246

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

238,000

250,000

142,402

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

2,043,000

1,502,000

1,061,648

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

2,144,000

1,637,000

1,150,921

DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 56.

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

103,000

90,000

55,611

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

66,000

95,000

72,489

Total Department of Works

169,000

185,000

128,100

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 57.

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

151,000

200,000

172,623

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

2,464,000

2,022,000

1,451,644

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 58.

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

70,000

40,000

40,000

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

31,000

40,000

28,155

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

3,000

2,000

2,000

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

35,000

43,000

24,318

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

40,000

40,000

18,996

6. Electricity supply—Engineering works...............

370,000

216,000

102,075

Acquisition of land and compensation for improvements on resumed leases

..

4,000

1,367

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

..

20,000

20,000

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

549,000

405,000

236,911

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PART 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth.

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY—continued.

1954-55.

1953-54.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR—continued.

Vote.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of Works.

£

£

£

Division No. 59.

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

2,456,000

1,932,000

1,469,793

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

982,000

1,000,000

694,813

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

3,438,000

2,932,000

2,164,606

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

3,987,000

3,337,000

2,401,517

DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 60.

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

183,000

180,000

156,922

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

20,000

45,000

7,961

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

203,000

225,000

164,883

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 61.

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

112,000

175,000

75,431

Total Australian Capital Territory......

4,302,000

3,737,000

2,641,831

PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA.

Under Control of Department of Territories.

Division No. 62.

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

..

4,000

2,375

Coastal and Inter-island Shipping Service—Plant and equipment

..

6,000

1,575

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

..

10,000

3,950

Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.

Division No. 63.

1. Lighthouse services—Purchase and installation of equipment

5,000

15,000

11,894

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 64.

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

14,000

11,000

1,415

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

19,000

36,000

17,259

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

6,785,000

5,795,000

4,110,734

TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS AND OTHER SERVICES INVOLVING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE

99,783,000

97,006,000

88,832,620

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