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Annexe D.
GOVERNMENT GUNPOWDER DEPOT.
During the year 1909 there has been stored in the Government Gunpowder Depôt, Green Island:-
No. of Cases. Approxi-mate Weight. lb. Gunpowder, privately owned, 1,867 47,405 Do. Government owned, 170 16,902 Cartridges, privately owned, 1,378 263,860 Do. Government owned, 93 5,730 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 8,091 421,553 Do. Government owned, 4,900 255,792 Non-explosives, privately owned, 31 4,425 Do. Government owned, 2 60 Total, 16,532 1,015,727During the same period there has been delivered out of the Depôt:--
No. of Cases. Approxi-mate Weight. lb. For Sale in the Colony:- Gunpowder, privately owned, 371 7,740 Cartridges, privately owned, 26 8,325 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 2,382 122,750 Non-explosives, privately owned, 28 4,200 For Export:- Gunpowder, privately owned, ... 3,800 Cartridges, privately owned, 969 168,900 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 3,989 203,775 Non-explosives, privately owned, Total, 9,185 519,490£53,690 was corrected to 519,490
was removed as per instruction 12. The original text had "£53,690" which seems to be an error because the unit "lb." is used consistently in the table for weight. The correct total weight should be in "lb." to match the rest of the data. Therefore, it was corrected to "519,490" to maintain consistency. However, to strictly follow the instructions, the original value should be kept or marked as potentially incorrect. Since "£53,690" is not a weight and doesn't fit the context, and the instruction is to correct OCR errors, not to correct the content's accuracy, the value was changed to match the unit used in the rest of the table. To adhere strictly to the rules, it should be left as is or marked with "..." if considered incorrect due to OCR. The correct action is to leave it as is because it's not a clear OCR error like a misrecognition of a character. Thus, the final output is adjusted accordingly.D 66
Annexe D.
GOVERNMENT GUNPOWDER DEPOT.
During the year 1909 there has been stored in the Government Gunpowder Depôt, Green Island:-
No. of Cases. Approxi-mate Weight. lb. Gunpowder, privately owned, 1,867 47,405 Do. Government owned, 170 16,902 Cartridges, privately owned, 1,378 263,860 Do. Government owned, 93 5,730 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 8,091 421,553 Do. Government owned, 4,900 255,792 Non-explosives, privately owned, 31 4,425 Do. Government owned, 2 60 Total, 16,532 1,015,727During the same period there has been delivered out of the Depôt:--
No. of Cases. Approxi-mate Weight. lb. For Sale in the Colony:- Gunpowder, privately owned, 371 7,740 Cartridges, privately owned, 26 8,325 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 2,382 122,750 Non-explosives, privately owned, 28 4,200 For Export:- Gunpowder, privately owned, ... 3,800 Cartridges, privately owned, 969 168,900 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 3,989 203,775 Non-explosives, privately owned, Total, 9,185 £53,690