{"id":"C1917A00010","name":"Supply Act (Works and Buildings) (No. 5) 1916-17","slug":"supply-act-works-and-buildings-no-5-1916-17","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"10 of 1917","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":19063,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1917A00010-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Supply Act (Works and Buildings) (No. 5) 1916-17","content":"THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nSUPPLY (WORKS AND BUILDINGS)\n\n(No. 5) 1916-17.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nNo. 10 of 1917.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply a sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June One thousand nine hundred and seventeen for the purposes of Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.\n\n\\[Assented to 15th June, 1917.\\]\n\nPreamble.\n\nBe it enacted by the King'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 Supply Act (Works and Buildings) (No. 5) 1916-17.\n\nIssue and application of £244,594.\n\n2. (1.) There shall and may be issued and applied, for or towards making good the supply hereby granted to His Majesty, for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June One thousand nine hundred and seventeen the sum of Two hundred and forty-four thousand five hundred and ninety-four pounds out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.\n\nAmendment of Acts in the First Schedule.\n\n(2.) The Supply Acts mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act are hereby amended so that the sums granted by the said Acts and the sum granted by this Act, amounting, as appears in the Second Schedule to this Act in the aggregate to the sum of Five millions five hundred and fifteen thousand six hundred and eighty-four pounds, are issuable and applicable by the Treasurer, and shall be deemed to have been issuable and applicable by the Treasurer as from the date of the passing of the Act No. 19 of 1916 for the purposes and services expressed in the Second Schedule to this Act, in lieu of the purposes and services expressed in the Schedules to the said Acts.\n\nF.7695.\n\n \n\nSum available for the purposes set forth in the Second Schedule.\n\n3. The said sum shall be available to satisfy the warrants under the hand of the Governor-General in respect of any purposes and services set forth in the Second Schedule to this Act.\n\nLimit of period of expenditure.\n\n4. No moneys shall be expended under the authority of this Act after the thirtieth day of June One thousand nine hundred and seventeen.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nFIRST SCHEDULE.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nGRANTS OUT OF THE CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND.\n\n| | £ |\n| ---------------------------------- | ---------- |\n| Under Act No. 19 of 1916.......... | 662,085 |\n| Under Act No. 30 of 1916.......... | 918,000 |\n| Under Act No. 35 of 1916.......... | 2,702,760 |\n| Under Act No. 3 of 1917........... | 988,245 |\n| | £5,271,090 |\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\n \n\nSECOND SCHEDULE.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nABSTRACT.\n\n| _____ | Total. |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- |\n| | £ |\n| UNDER CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WORKSAND RAILWAYS................................. | 2,308,860 |\n| UNDER CONTROL OF THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL'SDEPARTMENT.................................. | 646,854 |\n| UNDER CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THETREASURY..................................... | 2,500 |\n| UNDER CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE—MILITARY..................................... | 376,525 |\n| UNDER CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY....... | 1,415,000 |\n| UNDER CONTROL OF HOME AND TERRITORIES DEPART-MENT | 522,945 |\n| UNDER CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADEAND CUSTOMS.................................. | 70,000 |\n| UNDER CONTROL OF PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT........ | 173,000 |\n| | 5,515,684 |\n| DEDUCT AMOUNT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED OUT OF THE CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND, AS SET OUT IN THE FIRST SCHEDULE | 5,271,090 |\n| Total.................. | 244,594 |\n\n \n\nSecond Schedule—continued.\n\n```html\n

Division No.

Subdivision No.

UNDER CONTROL OF DEPARTMENT
OF WORKS AND RAILWAYS.

£

£

1

…

Works and Railways.

1

New South Wales...........................

670

2

Victoria.................................

5,425

3

Western Australia...........................

3,000

4

Federal Capital at Canberra towards cost of establishment

150,000

Total Division No. 1..................

...

159,095

2

...

Quarantine...............................

...

106,000

3

...

Lighthouses..............................

...

6,500

4

...

Trade and Customs.

1

New South Wales...........................

33,064

2

Victoria.................................

...

3

Queensland...............................

...

4

South Australia............................

60

5

Western Australia...........................

...

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

...

33,124

5

...

Defence.

Naval.

1

New South Wales...........................

2,538

2

Victoria.................................

1,067

3

Queensland...............................

831

4

South Australia..............................

1,724

5

Western Australia...........................

2,975

6

Tasmania................................

825

7

Various States.............................

100,570

Total Naval........................

110,530

Military.

8

New South Wales...........................

18,083

9

Victoria.................................

52,420

10

Queensland...............................

2,367

11

South Australia............................

312

12

Western Australia...........................

176

13

Tasmania................................

...

14

Various States and Federal Territory..............

191,567

Total Military.......................

264,925

Total Division No. 5..................

...

375,455

Carried forward...............

...

680,174

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Division No.

Subdivision No.

Under Control of Department of Works and Railways—continued.

£

£

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

...

680,174

6

...

Post Office Buildings.

1

New South Wales...........................

37,338

2

Victoria.................................

81,969

3

Queensland...............................

1,954

4

South Australia............................

8,604

5

Western Australia...........................

48,915

6

Tasmania................................

563

7

Northern Territory..........................

1,819

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

...

181,162

7

...

Commonwealth Railways.....................

...

1,346,469

8

...

Port Augusta Railway........................

...

6,255

9

1

Northern Territory..........................

...

92,100

10

...

Papua...................................

...

2,700

Total under control of Department of
Works and Railways ................

...

2,308,860

___________

UNDER CONTROL OF POSTMASTER-
GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

11

1

Telegraphs and Telephones....................

...

646,854

Total under control of Postmaster-
General's Department..................

...

646,854

___________

UNDER CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.

12

...

Government Printing Office....................

2,000

13

...

Stamp Printing.............................

500

2,500

Total under control of the Department of
the Treasury........................

...

2,500

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Division No.

Subdivision No.

UNDER CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENCE—MILITARY.

£

£

14

...

Rifle Clubs and Ranges.......................

...

20,200

15

...

Military Stores.............................

...

356,325

Total under control of the Department of Defence—Military

...

376,525

___________

UNDER CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY.

16

...

Naval Works..............................

...

915,000

17

...

Construction of Fleet.........................

...

400,000

18

...

Construction of Vessels for other Departments........

...

100,000

Total under control of the Department of
the Navy................................................................

...

1,415,000

___________

UNDER CONTROL OF HOME AND TERRITORIES DEPARTMENT.

19

...

Purchase of Sites...........................

....

522,745

20

...

Norfolk Island.............................

...

200

Total under control of the Home and Territories Department

...

522,945

___________

UNDER CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS.

21

...

Lighthouses..............................

...

70,000

Total under control of the Department of Trade and Customs

...

70,000

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Division No.

Subdivision No.

UNDER CONTROL OF PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT.

£

£

22

...

Erection of Buildings in London.................

...

173,000

Total under control of Prime Minister's Department

...

173,000

Total Additions, New Works, etc., all Departments

...

5,515,684

Deduct amounts previously granted out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund as set out in the First Schedule

...

5,271,090

Total.....................

...

244,594

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