{"id":"C1962A00065","name":"Appropriation (Works and Services) Act 1962-63","slug":"appropriation-works-and-services-act-1962-63","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"65 of 1962","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":5039,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1962A00065-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Appropriation (Works and Services) Act 1962-63","content":"THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.\n\n![](image.001.png)APPROPRIATION \n(WORKS AND SERVICES) 1962-63.\n\n![](image.002.png)No. 65 of 1962.\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-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 19th November, 1962.\\]\n\nB\n\nE 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 1962-63.\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 £103,323,000.\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.10652/62—Price 1s.\n\nthirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-three, the sum of One hundred and three million three hundred and twenty-three thousand pounds.\n\nAppropriation of supply £167,877,000.\n\n4. All sums granted by the Supply (Works and Services) Act 1962-63 and by 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-three, amounting, as appears by the First Schedule to this Act, in the aggregate to the sum of One hundred and sixty-seven million eight hundred and seventy-seven thousand pounds, are appropriated, and shall be deemed to have been appropriated as from the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-two, for the purposes and services expressed in the Second Schedule to this Act in respect of the financial year ending on the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-three.\n\n![](image.004.png)![](image.003.png)THE SCHEDULES.\n\n![](image.005.png)Section 4. FIRST SCHEDULE.\n\nGRANTS OUT OF THE CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND.\n\n| | £ |\n| ------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |\n| Under the Supply (Works and Services) Act 1962-63 | 64,554,000 |\n| Under this Act........................ | 103,323,000 |\n| | 167,877,000 |\n\nSECOND\n\n \nSECOND SCHEDULE. Section 4\n\n![](image.006.png)ABSTRACT.\n\n| Page Reference. | — | 1962-63. |\n| --------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |\n| | | £ |\n| 5 | Part 1.—Departments and Services—Other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth | 71,161,000 |\n| 13 | Part 2.—Business Undertakings........................ | 72,618,000 |\n| 17 | Part 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth................. | 24,098,000 |\n| | TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS AND OTHER SERVICES INVOLVING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE | 167,877,000 |\n\nF.10652/62.—2\n\nPART 1.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth.\n\n```html\n

SUMMARY.

Division Number.

—

1962-63.

1961-62.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

£

£

£

835

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

35,000

30,000

24,643

836-840

PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT...

2,229,000

2,306,900

2,261,947

841-843

DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

357,000

2,161,100

2,109,247

846-850

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY..

2,235,000

1,858,950

1,855,374

854-855

ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT

175,000

256,000

243,851

856-860

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...

2,289,000

3,388,100

3,315,594

861-865

DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.........

1,235,000

1,432,950

1,370,274

866-874

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION..

5,242,000

6,443,150

6,214,142

876-880

DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE

171,000

146,000

82,748

881-885

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH........

817,000

644,000

1,033,728

886-890

REPATRIATION DEPARTMENT.....

502,000

519,250

460,579

891-895

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE.........

86,000

148,450

124,861

900

DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRY

8,000

7,000

4,354

901-905

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

117,000

240,100

237,136

906-914

DEPARTMENT OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT

6,857,000

5,329,000

5,181,375

920

DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES....

17,000

6,000

6,842

921-925

DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION...

451,000

502,000

459,735

928-930

DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE

97,000

102,000

73,851

931-939

DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

47,230,000

52,989,000

52,258,518

941-945

COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION

1,011,000

1,044,150

1,026,616

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

71,161,000

79,554,100

78,345,414

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1962-63.

1961-62.

PARLIAMENT.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of Works.

£

£

£

Division No. 835.

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

35,000

30,000

24,643

PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT.

Division No. 836.

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

52,800

109,900

137,766

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

1,941,000

2,085,000

2,020,000

03. Official establishments—Buildings and works.

66,200

16,000

18,928

04. For expenditure under the National Library Act

21,000

20,000

20,000

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

2,081,000

2,230,900

2,196,694

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 838.

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

..

5,000

4,693

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 840.

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

148,000

71,000

60,559

Total Prime Minister's Department

2,229,000

2,306,900

2,261,947

DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.

Division No. 841.

Buildings, works, equipment and furniture—

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

25,100

46,100

36,653

02. Indonesia.........................

47,800

71,700

49,659

03. Israel............................

18,000

38,700

18,313

04. Japan............................

108,100

14,200

13,820

05. Korea............................

11,500

..

..

06. Malaya...........................

13,400

16,500

14,070

07. Pakistan..........................

15,100

..

..

08. Tanganyika........................

12,500

..

..

09. United States of America...............

13,500

29,600

28,856

10. Other overseas establishments............

86,000

158,300

159,583

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

351,000

375,100

320,953

Division No. 842.

Subscription to issue of United Nations Bonds..

..

1,782,000

1,785,441

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 845.

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

6,000

4,000

2,852

Total Department of External Affairs

357,000

2,161,100

2,109,247

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1962-63.

1961-62.

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

Division No. 846.

£

£

£

01. Government, Printing Office—Purchase of machinery and equipment

180,000

53,700

51,249

02. Government Printer Trust Account—Working Advance

30,000

..

..

03. National Mint—Plant and equipment.......

600,000

..

..

810,000

53,700

51,249

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 849.

Taxation Branch—Acquisition of sites and building

..

86,250

86,250

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 850.

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

1,360,000

1,620,000

1,618,879

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

65,000

99,000

98,996

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

1,425,000

1,719,000

1,717,875

Total Department of the Treasury

2,235,000

1,858,950

1,855,374

ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 854.

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

..

200,000

200,008

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 855.

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

175,000

56,000

43,843

Total Attorney-General's Department

175,000

256,000

243,851

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

Division No. 856.

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

249,000

628,100

667,018

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

85,000

116,000

89,231

03. Bureau of Meteorology—Plant and equipment

345,000

310,000

222,422

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

679,000

1,054,100

978,670

Under Control of Department of Territories.

Division No. 857.

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

..

7,000

6,112

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

1,450,000

2,196,000

2,211,466

02. Bureau of Meteorology—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture

160,000

131,000

119,346

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

1,610,000

2,327,000

2,330,812

Total Department of the Interior.

2,289,000

3,388,100

3,315,594

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1962-63.

1961-62.

DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

Division No. 861.

£

£

£

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

320,000

452,000

443,842

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

894,000

938,000

884,595

03. Experimental Building Station—Plant and material

20,000

21,000

19,865

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

1,234,000

1,411,000

1,348,301

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 864.

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

1,000

17,350

17,588

Under Control of Department of Territories.

Division No. 865.

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

..

4,600

4,385

Total Department of Works....

1,235,000

1,432,950

1,370,274

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION.

Division No. 866.

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

1,550,000

1,230,000

1,229,307

02. Aircraft, launches, vehicles, engines and equipment

700,000

650,000

572,927

Qantas Empire Airways Limited—Provision of additional share capital

..

1,650,000

1,650,000

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

2,250,000

3,530,000

3,452,233

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 870.

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

633,000

539,000

429,637

Under Control of Department of Territories.

Division No. 871.

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

6,000

23,150

21,160

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 874.

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

2,353,000

2,351,000

2,311,111

Total Department of Civil Aviation

5,242,000

6,443,150

6,214,142

DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE.

Division No. 876.

01. Purchase of launches..................

52,000

66,000

13,936

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 878.

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

3,000

10,000

8,394

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 880.

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

116,000

70,000

60,418

Total Department of Customs and Excise

171,000

146,000

82,748

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1962-63.

1961-62.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

Division No. 881.

£

£

£

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

125,000

97,000

85,817

02. Commonwealth Serum Laboratories Commission—Additional capital

500,000

..

500,000

Commonwealth Serum Laboratories—Purchase and installation of equipment

..

100,000

45,155

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

625,000

197,000

630,972

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 883.

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

..

37,000

764

Under Control of Department of Territories.

Division No. 884.

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

..

1,000

600

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 885.

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

192,000

409,000

401,393

Total Department of Health....

817,000

644,000

1,033,728

REPATRIATION DEPARTMENT.

Division No. 886.

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

3,500

17,250

15,405

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

2,500

10,000

9,050

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

6,000

27,250

24,455

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 890.

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

496,000

492,000

436,124

Total Repatriation Department

502,000

519,250

460,579

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE.

Division No. 891.

Buildings, works, equipment and furniture—

01. Hong Kong........................

7,750

..

..

02. Indonesia.........................

4,450

6,300

3,921

03. Venezuela.........................

7,350

6,250

1,361

04. Other overseas establishments............

39,450

104,900

92,517

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

59,000

117,450

97,799

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 895.

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

27,000

31,000

27,062

Total Department of Trade....

86,000

148,450

124,861

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1962-63.

1961-62.

DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRY.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of Works.

£

£

£

Division No. 900.

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

8,000

7,000

4,354

Total Department of Primary Industry

8,000

7,000

4,354

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

Division No. 901.

01. Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service—Plant and equipment

5,000

5,000

4,535

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 903.

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

..

100

79

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 905.

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

112,000

235,000

232,522

Total Department of Social Services

117,000

240,100

237,136

DEPARTMENT OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT.

Division No. 906.

01. Lighthouse services—Purchase and installation of equipment

62,000

30,000

29,979

02. Lighthouse supply vessels—Replacement....

1,100,000

1,035,000

1,035,000

Ship construction, less amount recoverable from sale of ships

..

..

Cr. 453

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

1,162,000

1,065,000

1,064,526

Division No. 909.

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

1,300,000

..

..

02. For expenditure under the Railway Agreement (Western Australia) Act

4,300,000

..

..

Kalgoorlie—Kwinana railway—Survey.....

..

150,000

..

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

..

4,000,000

4,000,000

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

5,600,000

4,150,000

4,000,000

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 912.

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

1,000

1,000

564

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 914.

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

7,000

7,000

4,567

02. Marine Services Division—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture

87,000

106,000

111,717

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

94,000

113,000

116,284

Total Department of Shipping and Transport

6,857,000

5,329,000

5,181,375

DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 920.

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

17,000

6,000

6,842

Total Department of Territories.

17,000

6,000

6,842

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1962-63.

1961-62.

DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

Division No. 921.

01. Overseas establishments—Equipment, furniture and motor vehicles

£

£

£

15,000

11,000

10,665

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

250,000

240,000

240,000

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

265,000

251,000

250,665

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 923.

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

36,000

96,000

78,448

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 925.

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

23,000

13,000

10,925

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

127,000

142,000

119,698

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

150,000

155,000

130,623

Total Department of Immigration

451,000

502,000

459,735

DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 928.

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

30,000

22,000

13,252

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 930.

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

67,000

80,000

60,599

Total Department of Labour and National Service

97,000

102,000

73,851

DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

Division No. 931.

01. Bureau of Mineral Resources—Plant and equipment

213,000

120,000

99,056

02. Division of National Mapping—Plant and equipment

57,000

46,000

45,117

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

270,000

166,000

144,173

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)11,050,000

16,560,000

(a)16,010,000

Division No. 936.

01. For expenditure under the Atomic Energy Act.

783,000

1,096,000

969,275

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 937.

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

..

15,000

14,679

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 939.

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

67,000

44,000

40,391

02. For expenditure under the River Murray Waters Act

60,000

108,000

80,000

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

127,000

152,000

120,391

Total Department of National Development

47,230,000

52,989,000

52,258,518

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1962-63.

1961-62.

COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

£

£

£

Division No. 941.

01. Buildings, works, plant and developmental expenditure

553,700

495,000

424,937

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

70,000

267,000

277,642

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

102,000

343,000

337,582

04. Townsville pasture research laboratory......

11,000

..

..

736,700

1,105,000

1,040,161

06. Less amounts recoverable from outside sources

351,700

490,000

431,078

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

385,000

615,000

609,083

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 943.

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

131,000

36,150

26,482

03. Less amounts recoverable from outside sources

80,000

7,000

..

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

51,000

29,150

26,482

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 945.

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

713,000

497,000

469,626

03. Less amount recoverable from the Wool Research Trust Fund Trust Account

138,000

97,000

78,576

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

575,000

400,000

391,050

Total Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization

1,011,000

1,044,150

1,026,616

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

71,161,000

79,554,100

78,345,414

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SUMMARY.

Division Number.

—

1962-63.

1961-62.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

£

£

£

950

COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS.......

2,300,000

1,670,000

1,662,002

955-960

POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT

62,643,000

46,993,000

46,939,204

962

OVERSEAS TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (AUSTRALIA)

3,500,000

800,000

200,000

963-970

BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION SERVICES

4,175,000

3,079,000

2,847,067

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

72,618,000

52,542,000

51,648,273

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1962-63.

1961-62.

COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.

£

£

£

Division No. 950.

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

1,822,000

1,256,000

1,253,076

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

241,000

198,000

195,013

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

35,000

13,000

12,973

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

2,000

3,000

940

05. Working Advance (for payment to the credit of the Plant and Stores Suspense Account)

200,000

200,000

200,000

Total Commonwealth Railways

2,300,000

1,670,000

1,662,002

POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

Division No. 955.

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

39,285,000

30,652,000

30,650,844

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

9,984,000

8,000,000

7,998,832

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

690,000

495,000

494,860

04. Postal plant and equipment..............

676,000

..

..

05. Motor vehicles and accessories...........

1,967,000

..

..

06. Other plant and equipment..............

2,398,000

1,367,000

1,366,715

07. Working Advance (for payment to the credit of the Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account)

353,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

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

(a) 55,353,000

41,514,000

41,511,250

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 958.

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

540,000

679,000

551,905

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 960.

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

6,750,000

4,800,000

4,876,050

Total Postmaster-General's Department

62,643,000

46,993,000

46,939,204

OVERSEAS TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (AUSTRALIA).

Division No. 962.

01. For expenditure under the Overseas Telecommunications Act

3,500,000

800,000

200,000

BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION SERVICES.

Under Control of Postmaster-General's Department.

Division No. 963.

01. Engineering equipment and services—Sound broadcasting

568,000

490,000

474,444

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

1,460,000

628,000

487,044

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

2,028,000

1,118,000

961,488

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1962-63.

1961-62.

BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION SERVICES—continued.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

£

£

£

Division No. 964.—AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION.

01. For expenditure under the Broadcasting and Television Act

670,000

550,000

550,000

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 966.

01. Acquisition of sites and buildings for sound broadcasting transmission

9,000

1,000

630

02. Acquisition of sites and buildings for television transmission

23,000

7,000

2,490

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

32,000

8,000

3,120

Under Control of Department of Territories.

Division No. 968.

01. Acquisition of sites and buildings for sound broadcasting studios

19,000

13,000

12,450

Acquisition of sites and buildings for sound broadcasting transmission

13,000

11,819

Total Division No. 968.......

19,000

26,000

24,269

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 970.

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

120,000

201,000

162,030

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

165,000

115,000

76,854

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

3,000

5,000

3,933

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

1,000,000

900,000

910,690

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

138,000

156,000

154,683

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

1,426,000

1,377,000

1,308,190

Total Broadcasting and Television Services

4,175,000

3,079,000

2,847,067

TOTAL PART 2.—Business Undertakings

72,618,000

52,542,000

51,648,273

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SUMMARY.

Division Number.

—

1962-63.

1961-62.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

£

£

£

971-978

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

7,452,000

6,909,500

6,380,278

980-988

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY....

16,236,000

13,958,400

13,811,453

991-994

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

405,000

618,000

568,823

995-996

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

5,000

8,000

3,564

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

24,098,000

21,493,900

20,764,118

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NORTHERN TERRITORY.

1962-63.

1961-62.

DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

Division No. 971.

£

£

£

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

522,000

596,000

339,580

02. Compensation for improvements on resumed leases

20,000

6,000

250

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

125,000

130,000

130,000

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

10,000

8,000

740

05. Provision of furniture—Government-owned residences

104,000

87,000

82,181

06. Loans for encouragement of primary production

20,000

30,000

23,863

07. Loans to church organizations for erection of residential accommodation

150,000

60,000

47,798

08. Construction of roads, footpaths and drainage works—Payment to The Corporation of the City of Darwin

75,000

65,000

..

09. Northern Territory Housing Commission—Advance

530,000

455,000

398,000

10. Development of water resources on Government projects

55,000

30,000

7,192

11. Loans to primary producers for water development

96,000

125,000

28,440

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

500

2,000

656

13. Stuart Highway/Orlando Gold Mine road—Contribution towards cost

60,000

..

..

Alice Springs Recreation Reserve—Payment to Board of Trustees

..

13,500

12,466

Construction of Government batteries....

..

41,000

44,009

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

1,767,500

1,648,500

1,115,175

Division No. 974.

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

18,000

31,000

30,309

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 975.

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

3,260,000

3,445,000

3,529,800

02. Construction of roads for transport of beef cattle

1,000,000

350,000

365,806

03. Construction of other roads, stock routes and water supplies

350,000

418,000

349,402

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

4,610,000

4,213,000

4,245,008

Total Department of Territories.

6,395,500

5,892,500

5,390,492

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

Division No. 976.

01. Forestry and Timber Bureau—Plant and equipment

14,500

34,000

32,302

DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.

Division No. 977.

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

99,000

85,000

61,740

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

583,000

620,000

641,382

Total Department of Works....

682,000

705,000

703,122

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 978.

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

360,000

278,000

254,362

Total Northern Territory......

7,452,000

6,909,500

6,380,278

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AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.

1962-63.

1961-62.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

£

£

£

Division No. 980.

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

96,000

84,000

84,000

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

74,000

65,000

49,902

03. Plant and equipment..................

150,000

160,900

136,290

04. Plant and equipment—Transport..........

197,000

245,000

243,717

05. Electricity supply—Engineering works......

525,000

525,000

461,729

06. Provision of home electrical appliances.....

23,000

20,000

19,993

07. Purchase of improvements on resumed leases.

25,000

40,000

28,475

08. Loans for housing....................

600,000

200,000

275,000

09. Loans to co-operative building societies.....

1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

10. Commonwealth Brickworks (Canberra) Ltd.—Additional capital

250,000

..

..

Total Division No. 980.......

2,940,000

2,339,900

2,299,107

Division No. 981.—NATIONAL CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.

01. For expenditure under the National Capital Development Commission Act

12,150,000

11,000,000

11,000,000

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 982.

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

5,000

7,500

7,342

02. Hydrological investigations.............

9,000

4,000

3,985

Total Division No. 982.......

14,000

11,500

11,327

Total Department of the Interior.

15,104,000

13,351,400

13,310,434

DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.

Division No. 986.

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

77,000

51,000

49,939

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

193,000

142,000

134,585

Total Department of Works....

270,000

193,000

184,524

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 988.

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

816,000

414,000

316,495

DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE.

Division No. 989..........................

01. Commonwealth Hostels Ltd.—Equipment, fittings and furniture

46,000

..

..

Total Australian Capital Territory

16,236,000

13,958,400

13,811,453

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1962-63.

1961-62.

PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA.

Appropriation.

Expenditure.

DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.

£

£

£

Division No. 991.

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

367,000

587,000

551,000

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 993.

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

25,000

18,000

4,876

Total Department of Territories.

392,000

605,000

555,876

DEPARTMENT OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT.

Division No. 994.

01. Lighthouse services—Purchase and installation of equipment

13,000

13,000

12,947

Total Papua and New Guinea...

405,000

618,000

568,823

COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS.

DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.

Division No. 995.

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

..

4,000

2,957

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 996.

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

5,000

4,000

607

Total Cocos (Keeling) Islands.....

5,000

8,000

3,564

TOTAL PART 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth (Annual Appropriations)

24,098,000

21,493,900

20,764,118

TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS AND OTHER SERVICES INVOLVING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE

167,877,000

153,590,000

150,757,805

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