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Commonwealth act
This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.
This 1918 Act retrospectively authorises an extra £672,088 the Australian Government spent in 1916–17, treating those sums as if originally appropriated. Most went to War Services to support Australia’s World War I effort, with smaller amounts covering departmental running costs. It legalises overspending and preserves Parliament’s constitutional control over public funds.
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
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SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION 1916-17.
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No. 11 of 1918.
An Act to appropriate a further sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the service of the year ended the thirtieth day of June One thousand nine hundred and seventeen.
[Assented to 11th June, 1918.]
Preamble.
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.
Appropriation of £672,088.
SCHEDULE.
[1s].—F.9162.
SCHEDULE.
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ABSTRACT.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:29.35pt"><td colspan="3" style="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="margin-left:202.5pt; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>_______</span></p></td><td style="width:12.62%; 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; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">Total.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:22.85pt"><td colspan="2" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:80.72%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:12.62%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>£</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.15pt"><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>I.</span></p></td><td style="width:80.72%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>THE PARLIAMENT</span><span style="width:264.98pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.......................................</span></p></td><td style="width:12.62%; 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; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>155</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:21.25pt"><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>II.</span></p></td><td style="width:80.72%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT</span><span style="width:186.9pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............................</span></p></td><td style="width:12.62%; 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; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>13,128</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:19.25pt"><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>III.</span></p></td><td style="width:80.72%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY</span><span style="width:160.17pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">........................</span></p></td><td style="width:12.62%; 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; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>51,584</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:20.9pt"><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>IV.</span></p></td><td style="width:80.72%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT</span><span style="width:136.81pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">....................</span></p></td><td style="width:12.62%; 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; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>2,053</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:19.25pt"><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>V.</span></p></td><td style="width:80.72%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>THE HOME AND TERRITORIES DEPARTMENT</span><span style="width:127.18pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">...................</span></p></td><td style="width:12.62%; 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; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>58</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:19.25pt"><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>VI.</span></p></td><td style="width:80.72%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>THE DEPARTMENT OF </span><span>DEFENCE</span><span>—MILITARY</span><span style="width:128.09pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">...................</span></p></td><td style="width:12.62%; 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; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>3,148</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:21.25pt"><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>VII.</span></p></td><td style="width:80.72%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY</span><span style="width:186.45pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............................</span></p></td><td style="width:12.62%; 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; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>5,346</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:18.7pt"><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>VIII.</span></p></td><td style="width:80.72%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS</span><span style="width:124.41pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..................</span></p></td><td style="width:12.62%; 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; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>7,237</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:20.7pt"><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>IX.</span></p></td><td style="width:80.72%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>THE DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND RAILWAYS</span><span style="width:115.26pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.................</span></p></td><td style="width:12.62%; 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; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>20,208</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:18.9pt"><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>X.</span></p></td><td style="width:80.72%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT</span><span style="width:124.57pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..................</span></p></td><td style="width:12.62%; 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; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>11,240</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:22.5pt"><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>XI.</span></p></td><td style="width:80.72%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>WAR SERVICES</span><span style="width:279.63pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..........................................</span></p></td><td style="width:12.62%; 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-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>557,931</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:39.75pt"><td style="width:6.58%; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="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="margin-right:9.4pt; margin-left:60pt; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>TOTAL</span><span style="width:263.95pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.......................................</span></p></td><td style="width:12.62%; 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="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>672,088</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="width:29.95pt"></td><td style="width:0.35pt"></td><td style="width:367.65pt"></td><td style="width:57.5pt"></td></tr></tbody></table>
| I.—THE PARLIAMENT. | £ |
|---|---|
| SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. | |
| Division No. 3. | |
| Parliamentary Reporting Staff. | |
| Subdivision No. 3.—Miscellaneous. | |
| No. 1. Compassionate allowance to widow of D. Speight ................... | 100 |
| ________ | |
| Division No. 12. | |
| MISCELLANEOUS. | |
| Subdivision No. 2.—Contingencies. | |
| No. 1. Telephone services ....................................... | 55 |
| Total Parliament .................................... | 155 |
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