AnnualReport-1917

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Annexe C.

GOVERNMENT GUNPOWDER DEPOT.

During the year 1917 there has been stored in the Government Gunpowder Depôt, Green Island:-

No. of Cases. Approxi-mate Weight. Gunpowder, privately owned, 2,880 96,970 lb. Do., Government owned, 153 30,827 Cartridges, privately owned,.. 150 15,065 Do., Government owned, 430 56,625 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 1,723 99,850 Do., Government owned, 49 5,145 Non-explosives, privately owned, 204 43,745 Do., Government owned, 102 18,175 Total, 5,761 366,402

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

No. of Cases. Approxi-mate Weight. For Sale in the Colony: Gunpowder, privately owned, 53 1,335 lb. Cartridges, privately owned,... 9 850 Explosive Compounds, privately owned,.. 536 32,835 Non-explosives, privately owned, 20 5,175 For Export Gunpowder, privately owned, 1,773 17,750 Cartridges, privately owned, 83 7,255 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 255 15,725 Non-explosives, privately owned, 21 5,775 Government owned :- Gunpowder, 125 28,125 Cartridges, 181 37,800 Explosive Compounds, 47 2,595 Non-explosives, 27 7,300 Total, 3,130 192,520