457
GOVERNMENT GUNPOWDER DEPOT.
23. During the year 1904 there has been stored in the Government Gun- powder Depôt, Stonecutters' Island :-
No.
of Cases.
Approximate Weight.
lbs.
Gunpowder, privately owned,
6,630
149,915
Do., Government owned,
5,050
305,085
Cartridges, privately owned,
3,079
612,600
Do.. Government owned,
49
4,900
Explosive Compounds, privately owned,
5,295
273,878
Do.,
Government owned, Non-explosives, privately owned,
Do.,
Government owned,
1,886
125,056
53
6,425
Total,.
22,042 | 1,477,859
During the same period there has been delivered out of the Depôt :-
No.
of Cases.
Approximate Weight.
lbs.
For Sale in the Colony :
Gunpowder, privately owned,
928
24.870
Cartridges, privately owned,....
62
16,125
Explosive Compounds, privately owned,.....
214
18,875
Non-explosives, privately owned,
For Export:-
Gunpowder, privately owned,
5,481
113,180
Cartridges, privately owned,
1,027
199,875
Explosive Compounds, privately owned.......... Non-explosives, privately owned,
4,350
220,600
31
3,975
Total,..
12,093
592,500
On the 31st December, 1904, there remained as follows:-
No.
of Cases.
Approximate Weight.
lbs.
Gunpowder, privately owned,
221
11,865
Do., Government owned,
Cartridges, privately owned,
Do., Government owned,
Explosive Compounds, privately owned,
Do..
Non-explosives, privately owned,
976
77,608
1,990
396.660
20
2,000
731
39,403
Government owned,
1,529
75,058
22
2,450
Do.,
Government owned,
Total,...
5,489
604,984
+
NEW TERRITORY.
(Sixth Year of the British Administration).
24. The Station at the Island of Cheung Chau was opened in September, the one at Tai O in the Island of Lantau, in October of 1899, that at Tai Po in Mirs Bay, on board the Police Steam Launch in November, 1901, and that at Sai Kung in April, 1902.
From 1st January to 31st December, 1904, 9,350 Licences, Clearances, Per- mits, &c., were issued at Cheung Chau, 4,518 at Tai 0, 4,400 at Tai Po, 4,775 at Deep Bay and 3,185 at Sai Kung.