{"id":"C1959A00068","name":"Appropriation (Works and Services) Act 1959-60","slug":"appropriation-works-and-services-act-1959-60","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"68 of 1959","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":15018,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1959A00068-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-31","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Appropriation (Works and Services) Act 1959-60","content":"![Straight connector](image.001.png)THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.\n\nAPPROPRIATION (WORKS AND SERVICES) 1959-60.\n\n![Straight connector](image.002.png)No. 68 of 1959.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for the service of the year ending on the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty, 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 16th November, 1959.\\]\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 1959-60.\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 £86,173.000.\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 on the\n\nthirtieth\n\nF.9945/59.—PRICE 1S.\n\nthirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty, the sum of Eighty-six million one hundred and seventy-three thousand pounds.\n\nAppropriation of supply £141,896,000.\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 on the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty, amounting as appears by that Schedule in the aggregate to the sum of One hundred and forty-one million eight hundred and ninety-six 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-nine, for the purposes and services expressed in the Second Schedule to this Act in relation to the financial year ending on the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty.\n\n![Straight connector](image.003.png)THE SCHEDULES.\n\nSection 4. FIRST SCHEDULE.\n\n![Straight connector](image.004.png)GRANTS OUT OF THE CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND.\n\n| | £ |\n| ------------------------------------------ | ----------- |\n| Act No. 37 of 1959........................ | 55,723,000 |\n| Under this Act........................... | 86,173,000 |\n| | 141,896,000 |\n\n \n\nTHE SECOND SCHEDULE. Section 4.\n\n![Straight connector](image.005.png)ABSTRACT.\n\n| Page Reference. | — | 1959-60. |\n| --------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |\n| | | £ |\n| 5 | Part 1.—Departments and Services—Other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth | 80,209,000 |\n| 13 | Part 2.—Business Undertakings................................ | 44,306,000 |\n| 17 | Part 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth......................... | 17,381,000 |\n| | TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS AND OTHER SERVICES INVOLVING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE | 141,896,000 |\n\nPART 1.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth.\n\n```html\n

SUMMARY.

Division Number.

Departments and Services.

1959-60.

1958-59.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

£

£

£

835

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

21,000

34,000

30,193

836-840

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

880,250

737,300

724,906

841-845

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

205,000

253,250

166,010

846-850

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

134,000

184,300

171,352

855

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

179,000

285,000

244,323

856-860

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

1,152,000

1,542,463

1,211,642

861-865

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

525,500

639,000

600,909

866-874

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

6,102,000

10,682,000

10,438,100

878-880

CUSTOMS AND EXCISE...........

273,000

154,400

81,432

881-885

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

857,000

740,520

678,398

886-890

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

342,000

333,000

307,676

891-895

TRADE........................

78,000

81,800

62,357

898-900

PRIMARY INDUSTRY.............

7,000

9,110

5,385

901-905

SOCIAL SERVICES

214,000

201,200

174,513

906-914

SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT........

5,223,000

2,362,500

1,999,451

916-920

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

170,250

391,000

236,130

921-925

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

366,000

313,010

270,239

928-930

LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE..

57,000

45,400

42,360

931-939

NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT........

60,912,000

59,426,170

59,325,879

941-945

COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION

1,007,000

640,166

466,480

946

AUSTRALIAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION

1,504,000

1,315,000

1,162,810

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

80,209,000

80,370,589

78,400,545

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PARLIAMENT.

1959-60.

1958-59.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of Works.

£

£

£

Division No. 835.

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

21,000

34,000

30,193

PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT.

Division No. 836.

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

38,250

58,300

52,195

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

745,000

613,000

613,000

Official establishments—Buildings and works.........

..

13,000

9,828

Total Division No. 836..................

783,250

684,300

675,023

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 838.

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

30,000

..

..

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 840.

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

67,000

53,000

49,883

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

880,250

737,300

724,906

DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.

Division No. 841.

Buildings, works, equipment and furniture—

01. Japan.................................

17,000

67,600

54,084

02. India.................................

29,600

38,200

6,571

03. Vietnam...............................

11,700

18,700

7,915

04. Burma................................

6,600

10,600

5,445

05. Malaya...............................

6,700

10,100

5,975

06. Indonesia..............................

12,200

9,300

6,937

07. Germany..............................

5,400

..

..

08. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.............

27,100

..

..

09. France................................

7,500

..

..

10. Israel.................................

23,000

..

..

11. Other overseas establishments................

44,200

57,000

45,475

Philippines.............................

..

5,800

4,373

Pakistan...............................

..

7,450

7,276

Total Division No. 841..................

191,000

224,750

144,051

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 845.

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

14,000

28,500

21,959

Total Department of External Affairs........

205,000

253,250

166,010

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1959-60.

1958-59.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.

Under Control of Department of the Treasury.

£

£

£

Division No. 846.

01. Government Printing Office—Purchase of machinery and equipment

48,000

99,000

94,150

Total Division No. 846....................

48,000

99,000

94,150

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 850.

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

31,000

24,000

20,765

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

55,000

61,300

56,437

Total Division No. 850....................

86,000

85,300

77,202

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

134,000

184,300

171,352

ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 855.

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

179,000

285,000

244,323

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

Division No. 856.

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

59,000

129,000

84,944

02. Plant and equipment.......................

50,000

40,000

25,078

News and Information Bureau, Karachi—Furniture and equipment

..

463

463

Total Division No. 856....................

109,000

169,463

110,485

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 860.

01. Commonwealth offices and other buildings outside the Australian Capital Territory—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture

921,000

1,304,000

1,039,751

02. Meteorological buildings, works, fittings and furniture

122,000

69,000

61,406

Total Division No. 860....................

1,043,000

1,373,000

1,101,157

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

1,152,000

1,542,463

1,211,642

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DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.

1959-60.

1958-59.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

Division No. 861.

£

£

£

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

345,000

241,000

229,983

02. Plant and equipment...................

160,500

237,000

211,404

03. Experimental Building Station—Plant and material

12,000

23,000

22,854

Losses on disposals of post-war stocks and material stockpiled for the National Service and Immigration programmes (for payment to the credit of the Works Suspense Trust Account)

..

125,000

125,000

Total Division No. 861.............

517,500

626,000

589,241

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 864.

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

8,000

2,000

668

Under Control of Department of Territories.

Division No. 865.

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

..

11,000

11,000

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

525,500

639,000

600,909

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION.

Under Control of Department of Civil Aviation.

Division No. 866.

01. Air routes and airway facilities, including power and lighting plant and equipment

900,000

930,000

916,696

02. Aircraft, launches, vehicles, engines and equipment

1,000,000

870,000

829,844

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

800,000

3,750,000

3,750,000

04. Australian National Airlines Commission—Additional capital

500,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

Total Division No. 866.............

3,200,000

6,550,000

6,496,540

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 870.

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

275,000

500,000

373,014

Under Control of Department of Territories.

Division No. 871.

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

27,000

7,000

5,992

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 874.

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

2,600,000

3,625,000

3,562,554

Total Department of Civil Aviation.....

6,102,000

10,682,000

10,438,100

DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 878.

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

130,000

7,400

2,754

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 880.

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

143,000

147,000

78,678

Total Department of Customs and Excise.

273,000

154,400

81,432

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

1959-60.

1958-59.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

Division No. 881.

£

£

£

01. Purchase of laboratory equipment...............

83,000

250,000

234,738

02. Commonwealth Serum Laboratories—Purchase and installation of equipment

257,000

..

..

Total Division No. 881.................

340,000

250,000

234,738

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 883.

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

26,000

10,520

5,025

Under Control of Department of Territories.

Division No. 884.

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

2,000

..

..

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 885.

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

489,000

480,000

438,635

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

857,000

740,520

678,398

DEPARTMENT OF REPATRIATION.

Division No. 886.

01. Lemnos Mental Hospital, Western Australia—Contribution towards cost of extension, alterations and replacement of equipment

9,000

13,000

9,479

02. Wacol Mental Hospital, Queensland—Alterations and extensions to Repatriation Block

7,000

3,000

2,200

Total Division No. 886.................

16,000

16,000

11,679

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 890.

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

326,000

317,000

295,997

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

342,000

333,000

307,676

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE.

Division No. 891.

Buildings, works, equipment and furniture—

01. India.................................

9,200

5,700

1,556

02. Hong Kong............................

8,200

9,650

4,332

03. New Zealand...........................

16;800

..

..

04. Canada...............................

5,600

..

..

05. Sweden...............................

6900

24,500

19,096

06. New offices—Nairobi, Accra and Chicago........

6,500

..

..

07. Other overseas establishments................

7,800

14,950

13,527

Total Division No. 891.................

61,000

54,800

38,511

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 895.

01. Buildings, works, fitting and furniture............

17,000

27,000

23,846

Total Department of Trade...............

78,000

81,800

62,357

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DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRY.

1959-60.

1958-59.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 898.

£

£

£

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

..

110

108

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 900.

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

7,000

9,000

5,277

Total Department of Primary Industry......

7,000

9,110

5,385

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

Division No. 901.

01. Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service—Plant and equipment

5,000

5,200

4,455

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 905.

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

209,000

196,000

170,058

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

214,000

201,200

174,513

DEPARTMENT OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT.

Division No. 906.

01. Ship construction..........................

6,070,000

7,093,576

7,093,576

02. Less amount recoverable from sales of ships........

6,070,000

7,093,576

7,093,576

..

..

..

03. Lighthouse services—Purchase and installation of equipment

45,000

40,000

37,916

04. Lighthouse supply vessels—Replacement..........

100,000

..

..

Total Division No. 906.................

145,000

40,000

37,916

Division No. 909.

01. For expenditure under Railway Standardization (South Australia) Agreement Act

58,000

500,000

241,303

02. For expenditure under Railway Standardization (New South Wales and Victoria) Agreement Act

4,900,000

1,700,000

1,627,103

Railway Standardization (Albury-Melbourne)—Contribution towards initial survey

..

14,015

14,014

Total Division No. 909.................

4,958,000

2,214,015

1,882,420

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 912.

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

1,000

1,735

1,219

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 914.

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

2,000

2,750

2,458

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

117,000

104,000

75,438

Total Division No. 914.................

119,000

106,750

77,896

Total Department of Shipping and Transport...

5,223,000

2,362,500

1,999,451

DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.

Division No. 916.

01. Christmas Island Agreement—Joint advance with New Zealand Government to Christmas Island Phosphate Commission

166,250

384,000

230,000

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 920.

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

4,000

7,000

6,130

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

170,250

391,000

236,130

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DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION.

1959-60.

1958-59.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

Division No. 921.

01. Overseas establishments—Equipment, furniture and motor vehicles

£

£

£

10,000

10,000

5,218

02. Commonwealth Hostels Limited—Equipment, minor works, furniture and fittings

150,000

80,000

80,000

Total Division No. 921...............

160,000

90,000

85,218

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 923.

01. Hostels for accommodation of migrants—Acquisition of sites and buildings

1,000

1,010

823

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 925.

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

17,000

21,000

18,719

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

176,000

126,000

98,023

03. Hostels for migrant workers.................

12,000

75,000

67,456

Total Division No. 925...............

205,000

222,000

184,198

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

366,000

313,010

270,239

DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 928.

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

11,000

5,900

5,874

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 930.

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

46,000

39,500

36,486

Total Department of Labour and National Service

57,000

45,400

42,360

DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

Division No. 931.

01. Bureau of Mineral Resources—Plant and equipment

80,000

71,170

71,170

02. Less amount recoverable from Australian Atomic Energy Commission

16,000

23,000

23,000

64,000

48,170

48,170

03. Division of National Mapping—Plant and equipment

16,000

11,000

9,312

Working advance (for payment to the credit of the Dorset Tin Dredge Trust Account)

..

10,000

10,000

Total Division No. 931...............

80,000

69,170

67,482

Division No. 934.

01. For expenditure under the War Service Homes Act (for payment to the credit of the War Service Homes Trust Account)

35,000,000

35,000,000

35,000,000

Division No. 935.

01. For expenditure under the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Power Act

(a)25,600,000

24,000,000

24,000,000

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 937.

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

1,000

..

..

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 939.

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

61,000

82,000

74,427

02. For expenditure under the River Murray Waters Act.

170,000

275,000

183,970

Total Division No. 939...............

231,000

357,000

258,397

Total Department of National Development..

60,912,000

59,426,170

59,325,879

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COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION.

1959-60.

1958-59.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

Division No. 941.

£

£

£

01. Buildings, works, plant and developmental expenditure.

285,000

181,500

148,010

02. Giant radio telescope.......................

130,000

84,000

34,247

03. Development of phytotron....................

90,000

52,000

47,508

505,000

317,500

229,765

06. Less amounts recoverable by way of grants from outside sources.

315,000

154,077

154,078

Total Division No. 941.................

190,000

163,423

75,687

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 943.

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

150,000

54,000

45,197

Less amounts recoverable by way of grants from outside sources

..

8

8

Total Division, No. 943.................

150,000,

53,992

45,189

Under Control of Department of Territories:

Division No. 944.

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

..

6,000

..

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 945.

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

772,000

557,000

485,854

03. Less amount recoverable from the Wool Research Trust Fund trust account

105,000

140,249

140,250

Total Division No. 945.................

667,000

416,751

345,604

Total Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization

1,007,00

640,166

466,480

AUSTRALIAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION.

Under Control of Department of National Development.

Division No. 946.

01. For expenditure under the Atomic Energy Act.......

1,504,000

1,315,000

1,162,810

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

80,209,000

80,370,589

78,400,545

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SUMMARY.

Division Number.

—

1959-60.

1958-59.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

£

£

£

950

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

1,222,000

1,300,000

1,206,052

955-960

POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT..

39,406,000

36,714,427

36,353,125

963-970

BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION SERVICES

3,678,000

1,968,000

1,407,751

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

44,306,000

39,982,427

38,966,928

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COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS.

1959-60.

1958-59.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

£

£

£

Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.

Division No. 950.

01. Trans-Australian Railway....................

1,022,000

1,032,000

967,720

02. Central Australia Railway....................

168,000

195,000

190,662

03. North Australia Railway.....................

29,000

70,000

44,712

04. Seat of Government Railway..................

3,000

3,000

2,958

Total Commonwealth Railways............

1,222,000

1,300,000

1,206,052

POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

Division No. 955.

01. Telephone exchange services..................

25,000,000

23,815,000

23,814,785

02. Trunk line services.........................

8,000,000

6,430,000

6,429,363

03. Telegraph equipment.......................

550,000

1,965,000

1,964,760

04. Miscellaneous plant and equipment..............

1,450,000

(a)

(a)

Total Division No. 955..................

35,000,000

32,210,000

32,208,908

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 958.

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

606,000

504,427

504,426

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 960.

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

3,800,000

4,000,000

3,639,791

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

39,406,000

36,714,427

36,353,125

BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION SERVICES.

Under Control of Postmaster-General's Department.

Division No. 963.

01. Engineering equipment and services—Sound broadcasting

480,000

450,000

438,508

02. Television transmitting equipment...............

750,000

200,000

188,200

03. Television studio equipment...................

(c)

130,000

128,965

Total Division No. 963..................

1,230,000

780,000

755,673

Division No. 964.—AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION.

01. For expenditure under the Broadcasting and Television Act

926,000

(b)

(b)

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BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION SERVICES—continued.

1959-60.

1958-59.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

£

£

£

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 966.

01. Acquisition of sites and buildings for sound broadcasting studios

38,000

60,000

20,000

Acquisition of sites and buildings for sound broadcasting transmission

..

14,000

10,331

Acquisition of sites and buildings for television studios

..

7,000

2,716

Total Division No. 966..................

38,000

81,000

33,047

Under Control of Department of Territories.

Division No. 968.

01. Acquisition of sites and buildings for sound broadcasting transmission

12,000

..

..

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 970.

01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for sound broadcasting transmission

181,000

126,000

49,339

02. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for sound broadcasting studios and other purposes

620,000

217,000

141,902

03. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for sound broadcasting—Australian Broadcasting Control Board

2,000

..

..

04. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for television transmission

185,000

244,000

171,203

05. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for television studios

484,000

520,000

256,587

Total Division No. 970..................

1,472,000

1,107,000

619,031

Total Broadcasting and Television Services....

3,678,000

1,968,000

1,407,751

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44,306,000

39,982,427

38,966,928

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SUMMARY.

Division Number.

—

1959-60.

1958-59.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

£

£

£

971-978

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

4,551,000

4,054,615

3,677,782

981-989

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY....

12,381,000

11,353,900

11,098,153

991-994

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

439,000

292,686

87,396

995-996

COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS..........

10,000

45,000

42,670

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

17,381,000

15,746,201

14,906,001

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NORTHERN TERRITORY.

DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.

Division No. 971.

1959-60.

1958-59.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

£

£

£

01. Plant and equipment.....................

250,000

200,000

171,869

02. Compensation for improvements on resumed leases.

13,000

30,000

11,324

03. Loans for private dwelling construction or purchase (for payment to the credit of the Northern Territory Housing Loans Trust Account)

120,000

166,000

166,000

04. Stock routes and reserves—Reimbursement of half the cost of fences, grids and gates

12,000

10,000

4,750

05. Provision of furniture—Government-owned residences

78,000

50,000

36,941

06. Loans for encouragement of primary production...

76,000

76,000

71,244

07. Loans to church organizations for erection of residential accommodation

170,000

100,000

3,860

08. Construction of roads, footpaths and drainage works—Payment to Darwin Municipal Council

65,000

65,000

65,000

09. Reconstruction of Government batteries........

1,500

..

..

10. Northern Territory Housing Commission—Advance

250,000

..

..

11. Alice Springs Recreation Reserve—Payment to Board of Trustees

40,000

..

..

12. Transfer of power lines from Department of Civil Aviation to Northern Territory Administration

19,000

..

..

13. Reimbursement of cost of construction of schools on pastoral properties

3,000

9,500

1,316

14. Construction of stock yards for pleuro-pneumonia control

13,500

52,500

38,630

Commonwealth Hostels Limited—Purchase of new equipment

..

19,820

19,820

Commonwealth Hostels Limited—Working advance

..

10,000

5,000

Total Division No. 971...............

1,111,000

788,820

595,754

Division No. 974.

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

22,000

34,000

17,700

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 975.

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

2,500,000

2,374,000

2,243,366

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

500,000

495,645

495,645

Total Division No. 975...............

3,000,000

2,869,645

2,739,011

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

4,133,000

3,692,465

3,352,465

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

Under Control of Department of Territories.

Division No. 976.

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

1,000

1,150

810

DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.

Division No. 977.

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

87,000

117,000

109,112

02. Plant and equipment.....................

81,000

43,000

40,295

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

168,000

160,000

149,407

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 978.

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

249,000

201,000

175,100

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

4,551,000

4,054,615

3,677,782

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AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.

1959-60.

1958-59.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

Division No. 981.

£

£

£

01. Forestry, (for payment to the credit of the Australian Capital Territory Forestry Trust Account)

70,000

70,000

70,000

02. Sundry works and services.................

55,000

53,500

44,145

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

500

2,500

2,500

04. Plant and equipment.....................

60,000

46,500

34,128

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

70,000

63,500

61,818

06. Electricity supply—Engineering works.........

490,000

413,000.

347,153

07. Provision of home electrical appliances.........

20,000

20,000

14,803

08. Purchase of improvements on resumed leases.....

30,000

10,000

249

09. Loans for housing.......................

200,000

170,000

170,000

Total Division No. 981...............

995,500,

849,000

744,796

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 982.

01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture—Jervis Bay

14,000

13,900

12,692

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

1,009,500

862,900

757,488

Division No. 985.—NATIONAL CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.

01. For expenditure under the National Capital Development Commission Act

11,000,000

10,000,000

10,000,000

DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.

Division No. 986

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

242,000

186,000

121,829

02: Plant and equipment.....................

8,500

70,000

57,534

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

250,500

256,000

179,363

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 988.

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

99,000

165,000

91,302

DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE.

Division No. 989.

01. Commonwealth Hostels Limited—Equipment, minor works, fittings and furniture

22,000

50,000

50,000

Commonwealth Hostels Limited—Working capital advance for operation of hostels transferred from Department of the Interior

..

20,000

20,000

Total Department of Labour and National Service

22,000

70,000

70,000

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

12,381,000

11,353,900

11,098,153

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PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA.

1959-60.

1958-59.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of Territories.

£

£

£

Division No. 991.

01. Advance to Administration for loans to ex-servicemen in agricultural enterprises

400,000

250,000

62,000

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 993.

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

35,000

39,500

22,210

Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.

Division No. 994.

01. Lighthouse services—Purchase and installation of equipment

4,000

3,186

3,186

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

439,000

292,686

87,396

COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS.

Under Control of Department of Territories.

Division No. 995.

01. Plant and equipment.....................

3,000

1,000

477

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 996.

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

7,000

44,000

42,193

Total Cocos (Keeling) Islands..........

10,000

45,000

42,670

TOTAL PART 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth

17,381,000

15,746,201

14,906,001

TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS AND OTHER SERVICES INVOLVING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE

141,896,000

136,099,217

132,273,474

\n```\n\n![Straight connector](image.008.png)By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":2628},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard annual appropriation Act limited to capital works and services for the 1959-60 financial year. The scope remains strictly confined to the original purpose of authorizing specific capital expenditures."},"complexity_factors":["Straightforward appropriation with no conditional provisions or exceptions","Minimal operative text (4 sections) followed by schedules of expenditures","No defined terms or interpretive provisions","Simple mathematical structure: aggregate sum equals sum of listed appropriations","No cross-references except routine reference to related Appropriation Act No. 37 of 1959"],"plain_english_summary":"This 1959–60 Works and Services Appropriation Act authorises about £142 million in capital spending on buildings, equipment and infrastructure for Commonwealth departments, government business enterprises (like telecommunications and rail/broadcasting) and Australia’s territories. It lets the Treasurer draw funds from the Consolidated Revenue Fund, supplemented by an earlier appropriation, to finance these long‑lived assets for the year to 30 June 1960. It’s the legal basis for capital—not recurrent—expenditure."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/appropriation-works-and-services-act-1959-60","history":"/api/acts/appropriation-works-and-services-act-1959-60/history","analysis":"/api/acts/appropriation-works-and-services-act-1959-60/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/appropriation-works-and-services-act-1959-60/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/appropriation-works-and-services-act-1959-60/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/appropriation-works-and-services-act-1959-60/documents"}}