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Commonwealth act
This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.
This Act authorises the Australian Government to spend £29,967,000 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund in 1947–48 on buildings, infrastructure and capital works.
It channels most funds to government departments (including housing for veterans, civil aviation and munitions), government business undertakings (post and rail capital works) and development in Papua, New Guinea and other territories, setting detailed allocations and comparing them with prior-year budgets and expenditures.
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND BUILDINGS). 1947–48.
No. 51 of 1947.
An Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, for the purposes of Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c., and to appropriate that sum.
[Assented to 28th October, 1947.]
BE 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 :—
Short title.
Commencement.
Issue and application of £29,967,000.
Appropriation.
THE
F.6896.—Price 1s.
Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.
THE SCHEDULE.
ABSTRACT.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:102.04%; margin-right:auto; margin-left:auto; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:26.25pt"><td rowspan="2" style="width:45.5pt; 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>Page Reference.</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:135.35pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>—</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:45.65pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">1947</span><span style="font-weight:bold">–48.</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:104pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>1946</span><span>–47.</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:53.5pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Increase on Expenditure, 1946</span><span>–47.</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:52.7pt; 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>Decrease on Expenditure, 1946</span><span>–47.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:45.5pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Vote.</span></p></td><td style="width:54.5pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Expenditure.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:45.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:135.35pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:45.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>£</span></p></td><td style="width:45.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>£</span></p></td><td style="width:54.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>£</span></p></td><td style="width:53.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>£</span></p></td><td style="width:52.7pt; 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 style="width:45.5pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:3.6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:135.35pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><div style="margin-top:6pt; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:7.2pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify"><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Part </span><span>I.</span><span>—</span><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Departments and Services</span><span>—OTHER THAN BUSINESS </span><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth</span><span style="font-variant:small-caps"></span></p></div></td><td style="width:45.65pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>19,297,000</span></p></td><td style="width:45.5pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>12,992,000</span></p></td><td style="width:54.5pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>6,436,844</span></p></td><td style="width:53.5pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>12,860,156</span></p></td><td style="width:52.7pt; 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 style="width:45.5pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:12pt; margin-right:3.6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>12</span></p></td><td style="width:135.35pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><div style="margin-top:12pt; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:7.2pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify"><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Part </span><span>II.</span><span>—</span><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Business Undertakings</span><span style="width:3.29pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"></span></p></div></td><td style="width:45.65pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>8,442,000</span></p></td><td style="width:45.5pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>6,632,000</span></p></td><td style="width:54.5pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>5,850,152</span></p></td><td style="width:53.5pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>2,591,848</span></p></td><td style="width:52.7pt; 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 style="width:45.5pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:12pt; margin-right:3.6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>14</span></p></td><td style="width:135.35pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:6pt; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:7.2pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify"><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Part </span><span>III.</span><span>—</span><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Territories of the Commonwealth</span><span style="width:4.77pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"></span></p></div></td><td style="width:45.65pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>2,228,000</span></p></td><td style="width:45.5pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>2,024,000</span></p></td><td style="width:54.5pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>839,316</span></p></td><td style="width:53.5pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>1,388,684</span></p></td><td style="width:52.7pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>..</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:45.5pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:135.35pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:6pt; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:7.2pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify"><span style="font-weight:bold">TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS, BUILDINGS, ETC.</span></p></div></td><td style="width:45.65pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>29,967,000</span></p></td><td style="width:45.5pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>21,648,000</span></p></td><td style="width:54.5pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>13,126,312</span></p></td><td style="width:53.5pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>16,840,688</span></p></td><td style="width:52.7pt; 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:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>..</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.
PART I.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth.
SUMMARY.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:106.76%; margin-right:auto; margin-left:auto; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:35.25pt"><td rowspan="2" style="width:38.9pt; 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; widows:2; orphans:2"><span>Division</span><span> </span><span>Number</span><span>.</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:168.95pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-col
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