AnnualReport-1916

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Annexe C.

GOVERNMENT GUNPOWDER DEPOT.

During the year 1916 there have been stored in the Government

Gunpowder Depôt, Green Island :—

No. Approximate Weight. lb. Gunpowder, privately owned, 1,836 73,415 Do., Government owned, 53 5,290 Cartridges, privately owned, 208 25,395 Do., Government owned, 106 7,964 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 1,249 83,000 Do., Government owned, 75 4,367 Non-explosives, privately owned, 217 50,595 Do., Government owned, 290 58,850 Total, 4,034 308,876

During the same period there have been delivered out of the

Depôt :

No. Approximate Weight. lb. For Sale in the Colony : Gunpowder, privately owned, 95 2,055 Cartridges, privately owned, 18 2,250 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 338 22,000 Non-explosives, privately owned, 16 3,600 For Export :- Gunpowder, privately owned, 557 12,160 Cartridges, privately owned, 92 12,855 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 332 21,500 Non-explosives, privately owned, 28 6,725 Government owned :- Gunpowder, 25 2,588 Cartridges, 20 1,514 Explosive Compounds, 38 2,037 Non-explosives, 230 54,825 Total, 1,789 144,109