{"id":"C1921A00012","name":"Loan Appropriation Act 1921","slug":"loan-appropriation-act-1921","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"12 of 1921","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":2944,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1921A00012-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Loan Appropriation Act 1921","content":"LOAN APPROPRIATION.\n\nNo. 12 of 1921.\n\nAn Act to authorize the Issue and Application of the sum of Eight million three hundred and seventy thousand four hundred and six pounds.\n\n\\[Assented to 7th December, 1921.\\]\n\nBE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Loan Appropriation Act 1921.\n\nIssue and application of £8,370,406.\n\n2. There may be issued and applied out of the proceeds of any loan raised under the authority of any Loan Act the sum of Eight million three hundred and seventy thousand four hundred and six pounds for the purposes set forth in the Schedule to this Act.\n\n \n\nSchedule.\n\n| — | Amount required In 1921–22. | Already available under Appropriations made by previous Acts. | Appropriated under this Act. |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- |\n| | First Column. | Second Column. | Third Column. |\n| Under Control of Prime Minister’s Department. | £ | £ | £ |\n| London Offices........................... | 34,000 | 8,273 | 25,727 |\n| Subscription to capital of Refinery Company in accordance with Oil Agreement Act 1920 | 100,000 | 75,000 | 25,000 |\n| Williamstown Shipbuilding Yard—Buildings, plant, and machinery | 3,000 | 313 | 2,687 |\n| Loan to Westralian Farmers’ Company Limited, for erection of wheat silos and other appliances | 20,000 | 20,000 | .. |\n| Cockatoo Island Dockyard—Machinery and plant, yard, and floating plant | 39,000 | 5,406 | 33,594 |\n| Immigration—Passage money of assisted immigrants.. | 162,000 | .. | 162,000 |\n| Total under Control of Prime Minister’s Department | 358,000 | 108,992 | 249,008 |\n| Under Control of Department of the Treasury. | | | |\n| Construction of Ships (to be paid to Trust Fund Commonwealth Government Ships Account) | 3,370,000 | 370 | 3,369,630 |\n| Under Control of Home and Territories Department. | | | |\n| Loan to Papua for Public Works................ | 16,000 | .. | 16,000 |\n| Purchase of Properties and Sites— | | | |\n| Land, Fairy Meadow, New South Wales......... | 2,000 | 2,000 | .. |\n| Land in Federal Capital Territory............. | 19,500 | 9,155 | 10,345 |\n| Land for Defence purposes generally........... | 38,000 | 11,286 | 26,714 |\n| Land for Naval Defence purposes, Cockburn Sound. | 300 | 300 | .. |\n| Land for Port Stephens Naval Base............ | 12,787 | 12,787 | .. |\n| Tresco Naval Establishment Sydney........... | 1,500 | 1,500 | .. |\n| Flinders—Naval Depôt.................... | 25 | .. | 25 |\n| Flinders—Naval Depôt—Purchase of cottage..... | 350 | .. | 350 |\n| Wungong Quarry Site, Western Australia........ | 38 | .. | 38 |\n| Land for Commonwealth Offices, Sydney....... | 25,000 | .. | 25,000 |\n| Land for Post and Telegraph purposes.......... | 25,000 | 25,000 | .. |\n| Land for Quarantine purposes............... | 100 | 100 | .. |\n| Total under Control of Home and Territories Department | 140,600 | 62,128 | 78,472 |\n| Under Control of Department of the Navy. | | | |\n| Flinders Naval Depôt—Machinery and plant........ | 9,500 | 116 | 9,384 |\n| Carried forward......... | 3,878,100 | 171,606 | 3,706,494 |\n\n \n\nSchedule—continued.\n\n```html\n

—

Amount required in 1921–22.

Already available under Appropriations made by previous Acts

Appropriated under this Act.

First Column.

Second Column.

Third Column.

£

£

£

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

3,878,100

171,606

3,706,494

Under Control of Department of Trade and Customs.

New Lighthouses (including upkeep of vessels for construction work) and optical and other apparatus for Lightships

11,900

1,496

10,404

Alterations to Lighthouse Services......................

3,000

3,000

..

Total under Control of Department of Trade and Customs

14,900

4,496

10,404

Under Control OF Department of Works and Railways.

Williamstown Shipbuilding Yard—Pumping plant............

3,000

672

2,328

Federal Capital at Canberra—Towards cost of establishment.....

272,476

72,476

200,000

Acetate of Lime Factory—Works and Buildings.............

766

180

586

Lithgow Housing Scheme—Erection of cottages—towards cost...

12,580

9,191

3,389

Lithgow—Building for machine-gun and pistol manufacture.....

10,000

..

10,000

Mobilization Stores—Erection of.......................

74,162

31,390

42,772

General Arsenal—Works and Buildings—towards cost.........

2,987

2,987

..

Small Arms Factory—Additional Buildings................

25

25

..

Research Laboratory, Maribyrnong—Works and Buildings......

41,540

31,539

10,001

Inspection Branch (Arms and Ammunition)—Works and Buildings at Footscray and Maribyrnong

5,140

5,140

..

Cordite Factory, Maribrynong—Building and Engineering Works.

13,063

13,063

..

Maribyrnong—High Explosives Factory..................

25,000

..

25,000

Maribyrnong—Buildings for Chemical Factories.............

5,686

..

5,686

Maribyrnong—Buildings for Engineering Factories...........

5,000

..

5,000

Footscray—Buildings for fuse and cartridge case manufacture....

5,000

..

5,000

Ordnance Stores—Erection of.........................

99,051

..

99,051

Naval Bases—Work and Establishment...................

179,500

..

179,500

Cockatoo Island Dockyard-Engineering and other work........

8,380

..

8,380

Commonwealth Offices, Sydney—towards cost

15,000

..

15,000

Expenditure under River Murray Waters Act 1915-1920........

335,000

75,807

259,193

Kalgoorlie—Port Augusta Railway......................

100,000

23,991

76,009

Northern Territory Railway—Capital Expenditure............

2,500

846

1,654

Port Augusta-Oodnadatta Railway......................

10,000

1,742

8,258

Serum and Health Laboratories........................

22,000

..

22,000

\"\"Carried forward

1,247,856

269,049

978,807

3,893,000

176,102

3,716,898

\n```\n\nSchedule—continued.\n\n```html\n

—

Amount required in 1921–22.

Already available under Appropriations made by previous Acts

Appropriated under this Act.

First Column.

Second Column.

Third Column.

£

£

£

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

3,893,000

176,102

3,716,898

Under Control of Department of Works and Railways—continued.

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

1,247,856

269,049

978,807

Post Office Buildings.

new south wales.

Sundry Offices....................................

1,950

..

1,950

Ballina Post Office.................................

342

..

342

Bingera—Additions to Post Office.......................

711

..

711

Bondi—Additions to Post Office........................

850

..

850

Bondi Beach—Erection of Post Office....................

100

..

100

Bowral Post Office.................................

1,075

..

1,075

Brushgrove Post Office..............................

700

..

700

Cessnock Post Office................................

130

..

130

Corowa—Additions to Post Office.......................

590

..

590

Cowra—Additions to Post Office........................

1,560

..

1,560

Dee Why Telephone Exchange.........................

750

..

750

Eastwood Post Office...............................

148

..

148

East Sydney—Automatic Telephone Exchange...............

100

..

100

Eugowra—Additions to Post Office......................

540

..

540

Gordon Post Office.................................

100

..

100

Goulburn—Additions to Post Office......................

461

..

461

Grafton Post Office.................................

775

..

775

Grenfell Post Office.................................

1,500

..

1,500

Hamilton Post Office................................

1,060

..

1,060

Holbrook Post Office................................

1,664

..

1,664

Inverell—Additions to Post Office.......................

510

..

510

Kogarah Post Office................................

92

..

92

Leeton Post Office and Residence.......................

3,950

..

3,950

Narrandera—Additions to Post Office.....................

380

..

80

Manly—Additions to Post Office........................

620

..

620

Rylstone—Additions to Post Office......................

780

..

780

South Woodburn Post Office...........................

750

..

750

Strathfield Pole Depôt...............................

3,500

..

3,500

Sydney—City North Telephone Exchange..................

525

..

525

Sydney Telephone Exchange...........................

73

..

73

Sydney General Post Office—Remodelling—towards cost.......

1,390

..

1,390

Sydney General Post Office—Box Accommodation...........

33

..

33

Tamworth Post Office...............................

430

..

430

Taralga—Additions to Post Office.......................

550

..

550

Tweed Heads Post Office.............................

552

..

552

Waverley Telephone Exchange.........................

250

..

250

Warren Post Office.................................

1,000

..

1,000

Wingham Post Office...............................

906

..

906

Woy Woy Post Office...............................

1,600

..

1,600

Yass—Additions to Post Office.........................

1,090

1,090

\"\"Carried forward

1,281,943

269,049

1,012,894

3,893,000

176,102

3,716,898

\n```\n\nSchedule—continued.\n\n```html\n

—

Amount required in 1921–22.

Already available under Appropriations made by previous Acts.

Appropriated under this Act.

First Column.

Second Column.

Third Column.

£

£

£

Brought forward........

3,893,000

176,102

3,716,898

Under Control of Department of Works and Railways—Continued.

Post Office Buildings—continued.

Brought forward........

1,281,943

269,049

1,012,894

victoria.

Sundry Offices....................................

2,122

..

2,122

Ascot Vale Automatic Telephone Exchange.................

2,000

..

2,000

Brighton Telephone Exchange—Additions—towards cost.......

5,000

..

5,000

Brunswick North Post Office...........................

1,000

..

1,000

Collingwood Automatic Telephone Exchange................

5,295

..

5,295

Dandenong Post Office..............................

1,140

..

1,140

Drouin—Additions to Post Office.......................

1,030

..

1,030

Elsternwick—Alterations Post Office.....................

850

..

850

Geelong Telephone Exchange—Heating of.................

1,192

..

1,192

Healesville Telephone Exchange........................

525

..

525

Heidelberg—Alterations Post Office......................

900

..

900

Irymple—New Post Office............................

2,600

..

2,600

Maffra Post Office—Additions.........................

524

..

524

Melbourne General Post Office—Thermostatic Fire Alarms......

700

..

700

Melbourne, Elizabeth-street—Extensions and Alterations........

710

..

710

Melbourne—Erecting New Building and Remodelling Old Parcels Post Building for Telegraph Operating Room

7,500

..

7,500

Merbein Post Office................................

2,267

..

2,267

North Melbourne Telephone Exchange....................

2,000

..

2,000

Ouyen Post Office..................................

2,600

..

2,600

Rochester—Alterations to Post Office.....................

1,200

..

1,200

Rushworth—Alterations to Post Office....................

300

..

300

Swan Hill Post Office...............................

1,275

..

1,275

Trafalgar Post Office................................

3,000

..

3,000

Warrnambool Post Office.............................

758

..

758

Flinders Island—Erection of Wireless Station................

17

..

17

queensland

Sundry Offices....................................

1,531

..

1,531

Albion Post Office and Automatic Telephone Exchange.........

4,000

..

4,000

Alpha Post Office..................................

980

..

980

Atherton—Alterations and Additions to Post Office............

1,920

..

1,920

Brisbane General Post Office—Alterations for Parcels Post.......

500

..

500

Brisbane General Post Office—For Switchboard Equipment......

750

..

750

Kingaroy—Alterations and Additions.....................

450

..

450

Mackay Telephone Exchange..........................

700

..

700

\"\"Carried forward

1,339,279

269,049

1,070,230

3,893,000

176,102

3,716,898

\n```\n\n \n\nSchedule—continued.\n\n| — | Amount required in 1921–22. | Already available under Appropriations made by previous Acts. | Appropriated under this Act. |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- |\n| | First Column. | Second Column. | Third Column. |\n| | £ | £ | £ |\n| Brought forward....... | £3,893,000 | £176,102 | £3,716,898 |\n| Under Control of Department of Works and Railways—continued. | | | |\n| Post Office Buildings—continued. | | | |\n| Brought forward....... | 1,339,279 | 269,049 | 1,070,230 |\n| queensland—continued. | | | |\n| Mitchell Post Office and Quarters............... | 1,991 | .. | 1,991 |\n| Newmarket Automatic Telephone Exchange ........ | 3,000 | .. | 3,000 |\n| Tolga Post Office.......................... | 291 | .. | 291 |\n| Redcliffe Post Office....................... | 28 | .. | 28 |\n| Port Moresby, Papua—Wireless Station........... | 4 | .. | 4 |\n| Townsville Wireless Station—Additions to Operating House | 112 | .. | 112 |\n| western australia. | | | |\n| Sundry Offices........................... | 933 | .. | 933 |\n| Bruce Rock Post Office...................... | 2,400 | .. | 2,400 |\n| Fremantle Lineyard Building.................. | 860 | .. | 860 |\n| Geraldton—Alterations to Post Office............ | 32 | .. | 32 |\n| Hamelin Pool Post Office Quarters.............. | 570 | .. | 570 |\n| Kalamunda Post Office...................... | 890 | .. | 890 |\n| Perth General Post Office—towards cost.......... | 45,000 | 28,356 | 16,644 |\n| Perth Postal Store—Extension................. | 128 | .. | 128 |\n| York—Alterations to Post Office............... | 512 | .. | 512 |\n| Broome Wireless Station—Erection Oil Store....... | 65 | .. | 65 |\n| Esperance Wireless Station—Additions Machine Room | 400 | .. | 400 |\n| Perth Wireless Station—Installation Electric Light.... | 155 | .. | 155 |\n| Total under Control of Department of Works and Railways | 1,396,650 | 297,405 | 1,099,245 |\n| Under Control of Postmaster-General’s Department. | | | |\n| Construction and extension of telegraphs and telephones, also construction of conduits and laying wires underground | 750,000 | 195,737 | 554,263 |\n| Redemption of Treasury Bills, raised out of Trust Fund, for Works | 3,000,000 | .. | 3,000,000 |\n| Total................. | 9,039,650 | 669,244 | 8,370,406 |","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":2306},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains precisely targeted at its stated purpose of appropriating loan funds for specific capital works and operational expenses, with no evidence of scope expansion beyond the original authorization intent."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive itemized schedule with over 100 specific line-item appropriations","Cross-references to previous Loan Acts and the River Murray Waters Act 1915-1920","Multi-departmental allocation requiring coordination across six government departments"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises the Australian Government to borrow £8,370,406 for 1921–22 and allocates that borrowed money to specific capital and operational projects rather than raising taxes. \n\nFunding is earmarked across departments for shipbuilding and dockyard upgrades, defence infrastructure (bases, factories, rail), construction in the Federal Capital at Canberra, postal and telegraph/telephone works, aided immigration costs, and loans to Papua—fixing precisely where new borrowed funds may be spent."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act’s scope is to authorise and appropriate a specified sum from loan proceeds for the listed purposes; the text contains no provision expanding or narrowing that basic purpose beyond the Schedule. 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