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Commonwealth act
This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.
This supplementary appropriation authorizes the Treasurer to withdraw £57,204,000 for the 1958–59 year to finance additional government spending beyond the main budget. Most goes to Defence, with further sums for miscellaneous services, refunds, postal services and public works—affecting taxpayers, public servants and veterans through funded salaries, programs and benefits. It matters because such supply legislation legally enables departments to meet unforeseen costs and continue operations.
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
APPROPRIATION (No. 2) 1958-59.
No. 34 of 1959.
An Act to grant and apply an additional sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the service of the year ending on the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine, and to appropriate that sum.
[Assented to 15th May, 1959.]
BE 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:—
Short title.
Commencement.
Issue and application of £57,204,000.
Appropriation.
and
F.3965/59.—Price 1s. 6d.
and services set forth in the Schedule to this Act in relation to the financial year ending on the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine.
Section 4. THE SCHEDULE.
ABSTRACT.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; margin-right:auto; margin-left:auto; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:32.1pt"><td colspan="3" style="width:383pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">—</span></p></td><td style="width:60.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Total.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="3" style="width:383pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><div style="margin-top:6pt; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:21.6pt; text-indent:-21.6pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">PART</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">1.</span><span style="font-weight:bold">—DEPARTMENTS</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">AND</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">SERVICES—OTHER</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">THAN BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH—</span></p></div></td><td style="width:60.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>£</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="3" style="width:383pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:28.8pt; text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Parliament</span><span style="width:305.88pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; font-variant:small-caps; display:inline-block">..................................................</span></p></td><td style="width:60.45pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>23,100</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="3" style="width:383pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:28.8pt; text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Prime Minister's Department</span><span style="width:233.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; font-variant:small-caps; display:inline-block">......................................</span></p></td><td style="width:60.45pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>95,100</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="3" style="width:383pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:28.8pt; text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Department of External Affairs</span><span style="width:223.98pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; font-variant:small-caps; display:inline-block">.....................................</span></p></td><td style="width:60.45pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>80,500</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="3" style="width:383pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:28.8pt; text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Department of the Treasury</span><span style="width:238.41pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; font-variant:small-caps; display:inline-block">.......................................</span></p></td><td style="width:60.45pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>356,300</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="3" style="width:383pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:28.8pt; text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Attorney-General's Department</span><span style="width:223.28pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; font-variant:small-caps; display:inline-block">.....................................</span></p></td><td style="width:60.45pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>51,100</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="3" style="width:383pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:28.8pt; text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Department of the Interior</span><span style="width:243.97pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; font-variant:small-caps; display:inline-block">........................................</span></p></td><td style="width:60.45pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>122,100</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="3" style="width:383pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:28.8pt; text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Department of Works</span><span style="width:262.01pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; font-variant:small-caps; display:inline-block">...........................................</span></p></td><td style="width:60.45pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>233,000</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="3" style="width:383pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:28.8pt; text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Department of Civil Aviation</span><span style="width:231.17pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; font-variant:small-caps; display:inline-block">......................................</span></p></td><td style="width:60.45pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>254,500</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="3" style="width:383pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:28.8pt; text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Department of Customs and Excise</span><span style="width:207.56pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; font-variant:small-caps; display:inline-block">..................................</span></p></td><td style="width:60.45pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>77,000</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="3" style="width:383pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:28.8pt; text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Department of Health</span><span style="width:262.01pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; font-variant:small-caps; display:inline-block">...........................................</span></p></td><td style="width:60.45pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>37,100</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="3" style="width:383pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:28.8pt; text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Department of Trade</span><span style="width:265.35pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; font-variant:small-caps; display:inline-block">............................................</span></p></td><td style="width:60.45pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>112,700</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="3" style="width:383pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:28.8pt; text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Department of Primary Industry</span><span style="width:220.62pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; font-variant:small-caps; display:inline-block">....................................</span></p></td><td style="width:60.45pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>95,000</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="3" style="width:383pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:28.8pt; text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Department of Social Services</span><span style="width:227.3pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; font-variant:small-caps; display:inline-block">.....................................</span></p></td><td style="width:60.45pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>48,000</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="3" style="width:383pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:28.8pt; text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Department of Shipping and Transport</span><span style="width:194.23pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; font-variant:small-caps; display:inline-block">................................</span></p></td><td style="width:60.45pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>13,100</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="3" style="width:383pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:28.8pt; text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Department of Territories</span><span style="width:246.47pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; font-variant:small-caps; display:inline-block">........................................</span></p></td><td style="width:60.45pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>6,400</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="3" style="width:383pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:28.8pt; text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Department of Immigration</span><span style="width:238.68pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; font-variant:small-caps; display:inline-block">.......................................</span></p></td><td style="width:60.45pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>41,200</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="3" style="width:383pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:28.8pt; text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Department of </span><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Labour</span><span style="font-var
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