GENERAL LOAN ACCOUNT APPROPRIATION
ACT.
Act No. 32, 1950.
An Act to provide for the appropriation of a
certain sum out of the General Loan
Account and for the application of that
sum for certain Public Works and Services;
and for purposes connected therewith.
[Assented to, 27th October, 1950.]
H E R E A S the Australian Loan Council at its
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sixty-fourth meeting held on the seventh day of
September, one thousand nine hundred and fifty,
decided in pursuance of Clause 3 (9) of P a r t I of the
Agreement set out in the schedule to the Financial
Agreement Act, 1944, t h a t the amount to be borrowed
for the loan programmes of the Commonwealth and
t h e States for the financial year ending on the thirtieth
d a y of June, one thousand nine hundred and fifty one,
shall
shall be one hundred and seventy-five million four
hundred and nine thousand pounds, and by unanimous
decision allocated an amount of forty-two million five
hundred and seventy-four thousand pounds to the
State of New South Wales, BE it enacted therefore by
the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the
advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parlia­
ment assembled, and by the authority of the same
as follows :—
1 . This Act may be cited as the " General Loans
Account Appropriation Act, 1950."
2 . The sum of forty-five million six hundred and
forty thousand pounds is hereby appropriated from
the General Loan Account for the Public works and
services hereunder set out, and shall, as required be
applied as follows :—
C H I E F SECRETARY—
Aborigines Welfare Board—
1. New Buildings, Improvements and Additions—further
sum
Tourist Activities—
2. Government Tourist Bureau and Tourist Resorts—
Additions and Improvements, including the
Acquisition of Plant—further sum
£
s. d.
150,000 0 0
55,000 0
0
MINISTER FOR H E A L T H —
Subsidised Hospitals—
3. New Buildings, Improvements, Additions—New
Equipment and Furnishings—further sum
...
Baby Health Centres—
4. Financial Assistance towards the cost of establish­
ment and equipment of centres—further sum ...
Mental Hospitals—
5. Cost of introduction of mechanised food transport
system—further sum
...
...
...
...
Miscellaneous—
G. Plant and equipment required for Institutions
and Activities of the Public Health Depart­
ment—further sum
Carried over
3,500,000 0 0
50,000 0 0
1,200
0 0
20,000 0 0
£3,776,200 0
0
Brought over
£3,776,200 0 0
COLONIAL TREASURER—
Treasury Head Office—
7. Capital Grants to assist Councils in respect of Water
Supply and Sewerage Projects in outlying centres
of the Hunter District and Metropolitan Water
Board Areas—further sum
8. Miscellaneous Works and Services—further sum
...
Rural Bank of New South Wales—
Government Agency Department—
9. Advances to Settlers in Irrigation Areas and Districts
—further sum
Government Printing Office—
10. Purchase of new machinery—further sum ...
...
Government Clothing Factory—
11. New Building, Construction, etc.—further sum
...
100,000 0 0
50,000 0 0
210,000 0 0
60,000 0 0
21,000 0 0
MARITIME SERVICES BOARD OF N E W SOUTH W A L E S —
12. Sydney Harbour Section—Towards construction of
Works Generally and for the Improvement of the
Port—further sum
400,000 0 0
DEPARTMENT OF RAILWAYS—
Railways—
13. Rolling Stock—To meet additional Traffic require­
ments, including Equipment of New Lines;
Additions to Railway Lines, Stations, and Build­
ings, and for other purposes; and towards Equip­
ment of Refreshment Rooms—further sum
...
14. Duplication of Railway Lines—further sum
...
15. Lake Macquarie Power Station—further sum
...
16. Purchase of Railway Stores and Materials—further
sum
Railway Construction—
17. Eastern Suburbs and Southern Suburbs Electric
Railway—further sum
18. City Electric Railway (Circular Quay Loop)—further
sum
19. Glen Innes to Inverell Railway
10,000.000 0 0
1,700,000 0 0
800,000 0 0
1,600,000 0 0
700,000 0 0
300,000 0 0
100,000 0 0
DEPARTMENT OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND TRAMWAYS—
Tramway Services—
20. Buildings, Equipment, Rolling Stock, Additions to
Tramway Lines, etc.—further sum
Motor Omnibus Services—
21. Purchase of Omnibus Equipment, Buildings, etc.—
further sum
Carried over
1,030,000 0 0
1,160,000 0 0
£22,007,200 0 0
Brought over
£22,007,200 0 0
SECRETARY FOR L A N D S —
22. Acquisition, Development and Improvement of Land
for Settlement including Advances to Settlers,
and Contingent Expenses—further sum
...
23. Advances to Settlers for the purpose of providing
working capital, and paying for and effecting
improvements and acquiring stock, plant and
equipment—further sum
3,000,000 0 0
2,250,000 0 0
SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC W O R K S —
Harbours and Rivers—
24. Port Kembla Harbour Improvements—further sum ...
25. Coff's Harbour Improvements, Jetty Extension, etc.—
further sum
26. Cook's River Improvements—further sum ...
...
27. River and Foreshore Improvements—further sum ...
28. Moruya River Improvements—further sum ...
...
29. Clarence Harbour Works
30. New Dredging Plant—further sum
31. Harbours and Rivers Generally—Miscellaneous—
further sum
Water Supplies and Sewerage Construction—
32. Country Towns Water Supplies—further sum
...
33. Construction of Water Supplies and Sewerages in
Shires and Municipalities—Capital Grants—
further sum
Public Buildings—
34. Mental Hospitals—New Buildings, Improvements,
and Additions—further sum
35. State Hospitals and Asylums, including Coast (Prince
Henry) Hospital—New Buildings, Improvements,
and Additions—further sum
36. Public Buildings Generally—Construction, Additions,
Improvements, and Acquisition of Sites—further
sum
37. Child Welfare—Purchase and Erection of Buildings,
and Additions to Buildings and for Acquisition
of Sites—further sum
Electrical—
38. Hydro-Electric Schemes—further sum
39. Port Kembla Power Station and Transmission System
Augmentation—further sum
40. Sydney-Port Kembla Electrical Interconnection—
further sum
Carried over
65,000 0 0
30,000
60,000
60,000
55,000
250,000
170,000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
20,000 0 0
110,000 0 0
145,000 0 0
385,000 0 0
100,000 0 0
220,000 0 0
50,000 0 0
600,000 0 0
3,430,000 0 0
50,000 0 0
£33,057,200 0 0
Brought over
£33,057,200 0 0
SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC WORKS—continued.
Miscellaneous—
41. Construction of Miscellaneous Works in Shires and
Municipalities—further sum
42. Construction of Stormwater Drainage Works in Shires
and Municipalities—further sum
...
...
43. Public Works Department Plant Control Account—
Augmentation—further sum
...
...
...
44. River Murray Commission—Part Cost of Works to
be carried out under the Act and Hydro-Electric
Development—further sum
45. Leichhardt Depot Extensions—further sum
...
46. Government Motor Garage—Additional Accommoda­
tion—further sum
47. Newcastle Government Engineering and Shipbuilding
Yards—Facilities for Ship Construction—further
sum
48. Floating Dock Shore Generating Plant—further sum
49. Terra-cotta Tile Works—Establishment—further sum
50. Cement Tile Works—Establishment—further sum ...
51. Grain Elevators—Construction—further sum
...
200,000 0 0
5,000 0 0
400,000 0 0
35,000 0 0
70,000 0 0
15,000 0 0
250,000
5,000
80,000
6,000
400,000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MINISTER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT—
52. To provide for the Construction of Drainage Works
and Stormwater Channels in Shires and Muni­
cipalities—further sum ...
...
...
...
53. To provide for the Construction of Water and Sewerage
Works in Shires and Municipalities—further sum
1,000 0 0
15,000 0 0
MINISTER FOR HOUSING—
Ministry of Housing—
54. Advances to the Housing Account for the purposes
of the Housing Acts, 1912 and 1941—further
sum
Housing Commission—
55. Construction of Shops—further sum
56. Acquisition and Conversion of Military Hutments—
further sum
57. Advance to provide Working Capital—further sum ...
305,000 0 0
20,000 0 0
129,000 0 0
1,140,000 0 0
MINISTER FOR EDUCATION—
Department of Education—
58. School Buildings, Teachers' Residences, and other
Buildings, Additions to Existing Buildings,
School and Residence Sites, Purchase and
Erection of Plant and Equipment—further
sum
Carried over
2,500,000 0 0
£38,633,200 0 0
Brought over
£38,633,200 0 0
MINISTER FOR EDUCATION—continued.
Department of Technical Education—
59. Technical Colleges; Buildings, Plant, Equipment,
Additions, Sewerage, Sites; University of
Technology, etc.—further sun
1,100,000 0 0
MINISTER FOR MINES AND MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION—
Mines—
60. State Coal Mine, Lithgow—Erection of Buildings, Pur­
chase of Machinery, Alterations and Additions to
Equipment, etc.—further sum ...
...
...
61. Awaba Coal Mine—Opening and Equipment, etc.—
further sum
62. Burragorang Coal Mine—Building of Road, Primary
Development, etc.—further sum ...
...
...
63. Explosives Department—Purchase of two Lighters—
further sum
Immigration—
64. Kensington Reception Depot—Construction, Improve­
ments, Additions, including Equipment, etc.—
further sum
32,000 0 0
260,000 0 0
88,000 0 0
5,000 0 0
2,000 0 0
MINISTER FOR CONSERVATION—
Head Office—
65. Fire Protection Works in the Snowy Mountains Catch­
ment Area
Soil Conservation Service—
66. Catchment Area Works—Protection of Foreshores
in Catchment Areas to reduce Siltatien, etc., at
Dams and Proposed Dams—further sum
...
67. Catchment Area Works—Erosion Control Measures to
reduce Siltation, etc.—further sum
...
...
68. Catchment Area Works—Resumption of Lands for
Erosion Control purposes—further sum
...
69. Research Stations and Areas—Purchase of Land,
Erection of Buildings, Fencing, Improvements
and other works—further sum ...
...
...
70. Erosion Works on lands to be acquired for Soldier
Settlers—further sum
71. Purchase of Major Plant for Soil Conservation Works—
further sum
72. Erosion Prevention, including demonstrations in
Districts other than Catchment Areas—further
sum
73. Hunter River Valley Stabilization Works—further sum
Carried
over
40,000 0 0
72,000 0 0
94,000 0 0
5,000 0 0
21,000 0 0
1,000 0 0
49,000 0 0
2,000 0 0
170,000 0 0
£40,574,200 0 0
Brought over
£40,574,200
0
0
300,000
0
0
700,000
0
0
MINISTER OF CONSERVATION—continued.
Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission—
74. Burrinjuck Dam—To provide for Reconstruction,
Alterations, etc.—further sum
75. Construction of a Storage Reservoir on the Namoi
River, at Keepit, and for Works incidental
thereto—further sum
76. Construction of a Conserving Storage on the Lachlan
River at Lake Ballyrogan, and for Works
incidental thereto—further sum ...
...
...
77. Construction of Glenbawn Dam on the Hunter River
above Aberdeen—further sum
78. Construction of Burrendong Dam on the Macquarie
River above Wellington—further sum
...
79. Construction of a series of Weirs on the Barwon and
Darling Rivers between Mungindi on the Queens­
land Border and the Murray River and for works
incidental thereto—further sum ...
...
...
80. Construction of Menindee Lakes Storage and Works
incidental thereto
8 1 . Construction of Blowering Dam on the Tumut River
above Tumut
82. Construction of Warkworth Dam on Wollombi Brook
above Singleton
83. Acquisition of Land within Irrigation Areas for Settle­
ment of Ex-servicemen—further sum ...
...
84. Shallow Boring—To provide Water Supplies for
Settlers—further sum
85. Works of River and Foreshore Improvements—further
sum
45,000
0 0
600,000
0
0
500,000
0
0
25,000
0
0
200,000
0
0
25,000
0
0
200,000
0
0
40,000
0
0
60,000
0
0
30,000
0
0
500,000
0
0
100,000
0
0
15,000
0
0
200,000
0
0
350,000
0
0
10,000
0
0
100,000
0
0
£44 574,200
0
0
86. Works under the Water Act, No. 44, 1912—further
sum
Water Conservation Works generally—further sum ...
88. Wentworth Irrigation Area—Extension including
additional Pumping Plant—further sum...
...
89. Coomealla Irrigation Area—Additional Works—
87.
further sum
90. Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas—Developmental and
Subsidiary Works, Plant, etc
9 1 . Hay Irrigation Area—Construction of Works
...
92. Kooba Irrigation Area—Construction of Works
...
Carried over
Brought over
£44,574,200 0 0
MINISTER FOR CONSERVATION—continued.
Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission—continued.
93. Contributions under New South Wales-Queensland
Border Rivers Act, 1947—further sum
94. Establishment of Hydrographic Offices—further sum
95. Central Plant Depot and Store—Acquisition of Land,
Erection of Building, etc
96. Snowy Mountains-Murrumbidgee Valley Investigation
—Establishment of Accommodation, etc.
...
Forestry Commission—
97. Reafforestation—Indigenous Forests, Plantations
(Exotic and Hoop Pine)—further sum
98. Forest Organisation—Assessment and Road Location
Surveys, Construction of Roads required for
Supply and Forest Protection, erection of Build­
ings, Fencing, Maintenance of Forest Improve­
ments, Purchase and Maintenance of Tools and
Equipment, Research and Experiments, etc.—
further sum
99. Purchase of Major Plant—Purchase of Tractors and
Heavy Plant for Road Construction and Logging
—further sum
40,000 0 0
15,000 0 0
50,000 0 0
50,000 0 0
203,000 0 0
414,000 0 0
70,000 0 0
MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE—
Miscellaneous—
100. Glenfield Veterinary Research Station—Buildings and
Improvements, etc.—further sum
101. Public Watering Places—Western Division—Con­
struction and Improvement;—further sum
...
102. Rabbit Destruction Authority—Advances
TOTAL
22,000 0 0
1,800 0 0
200,000 0 0
£45,640,000 0 0
CONSTITUTION