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GOVERNMENT GUNPOWDER DEPOT.
69. During the year 1896 there has been stored in the Government Magazine Stone Cutters'
Island :-
-
No. of CasES.
APPROXIMATE WEIGHT.
ibs.
Gunpowder, privately owned,
Do., Government owned,.
Cartridges, privately owned,....
Do., Government owned,
Explosive Compounds, privately owned,.
16,421 26
356,290
2,808
4,701
1,048,274
109
16,602
797
45,214
Do.,
Government owned,
25
1,353
TOTAL,.
22,079
1,470,541
On the 31st December, 1896, there remained as under:-
NO. OF CASES.
APPROXIMATE
'WEIGHT.
ibs.
Gunpowder, privately owned,
Do., Government owned,.
4,133
84,631
Cartridges, privately owned,
1,620
283,500
Do.,
Government owned,.
98
14,657
Explosive Compounds, privately owned,.
95
5,722
Do.,
Government owned,
21
1,226
TOTAL,
5,967
389,786
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS (OPIUM) OFFICE.
70. The Return shows that during the year the amount of Opium reported was as follows:—
Decrease.
1895.
1896.
chests.
chests.
chests.
Imported,
..36,609
34,208
2,401
Exported,
.36,241
33,38512
2,855
but not landed..
Through cargo reported 16,1905
14,8381
1,352
15,642 permits were issued from this office during the year, being a decrease of 1,392 as compared with 1895.
A daily memo. of Exports to Chinese ports was during the year supplied to the Commissioner of Imperial Maritime Customs at Kowloon.
Surprise visits were paid to 97 Godowns during the year.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
The Honourable J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary,
&c.,
fc.,
R. MURRAY RUMSEY, Retd. Comd., R.N., Harbour Master, &c.
&c.