AnnualReport-1915

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Annexe C.

GOVERNMENT GUNPOWDER DEPOT.

During the year 1915 there has been stored in the Government Gunpowder Depôt, Green Island :--

No. of Cases. Approxi-mate Weight. lbs. Gunpowder, privately owned, Do., Government owned, 2,113 44,515 Cartridges, privately owned,... 34 3,620 Do., Government owned, *537 97,805 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 118 9,250 Do., Government owned, 2,336 152,700 Non-explosives, privately owned,.. 55 2,575 Do., Government owned, 548 129,575 576 77,450 Total, 6,317 517,490

During the same period there has been delivered out of the Depôt :-

No. of Cases. Approxi-mate Weight. lbs. For Sale in the Colony :- Gunpowder, privately owned, 437 8,760 Cartridges, privately owned,.. 124 21,610 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 557 33,375 Non-explosives, privately owned, 64 15,225 For Export:- Gunpowder, privately owned, 1,010 22,100 Cartridges, privately owned, 240 54,075 Explosive Compounds, privately owned,, 1,167 77,250 Non-explosives, privately owned............... 275 64,800 Government owned :- Gunpowder, 13 1,310 Cartridges, 10 521 Explosive Compounds, Non-explosives, 306 19,950 Total, 4,203 319,276

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