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14
Anod
No. 257.
My Lord,
RECEIVED 29 MAY MAN
0.0.2
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG.
20th May, 1940.
I have the honour to request,in accordance with
Colonial Regulation No.345, Your Lordship's authority to write
off the sum of 448 which is the stock book value of 3,200
detonators which were stolen from a Fire Brigade magazine near
the Public Works Department quarry at Tsat Tze Mui district on
the Island of Hong Kong between 3.30 p.m. on 16th January and
3.30 p.m. on 17th January, 1940.
2.
This Fire Brigade magazine was erected at the end of
1939 for the storage of explosives intended for use in
demolition operations in connection with Air Raid Precautions
in the event of an emergency. Another smaller magazine
already existed at the quarry for the storage of explosives
used in quarrying and a site near the quarry was chosen for
the Fire Brigade magazine with the idea that the watchmen at
the quarry could supervize this magazine in addition to their
other duties. The new magazine was first brought into use
on 12th January, 1940, when eight fifty-pound boxes of dynamite,
3,200 coils of fuse and 3,200 detonators were transferred to it
from the Government Gunpowder Magazine on Green Island. The
transfer was authorized by a requisition signed by the Chief
Officer of the Fire Brigade and countersigned by the Director
of Air Raid Precautions and delivery was effected by the
Controller of Stores through the Government transport
contractor, who was given a delivery order and issue voucher.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LORD LLOYD OF DOLOBRAN,
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