AnnualReport-1918

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Annexe C.

GOVERNMENT GUNPOWDER DEPOT.

During the year 1918 there has been stored in the Government Gunpowder Depôt, Green Island :--

No. of Cases. Approxi-mate Weight. lb. Gunpowder, privately owned, 2,452 80,073 Do., Government owned,. 28 2,702 Cartridges, privately owned,... 636 119,785 Do., Government owned,. 269 18,825 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 8,074 441,950 Do., Government owned, 58 2,772 Non-explosives, privately owned,.. 172 36,075 Do., Government owned, 83 11,275 Total, 11,772 713,459

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

No. of Cases. Approxi-mate Weight. lb. For Sale in the Colony : Gunpowder, privately owned, 71 1,800 Cartridges, privately owned,... 11 1,500 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 873 53,475 Non-explosives, privately owned, 9 2,500 For Export: Gunpowder, privately owned, 181 4,550 Cartridges, privately owned, 564 111,500 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 5,057 264,375 Non-explosives, privately owned,. 34 5,475 Government owned :- Gunpowder, ..... 223 14,275 Cartridges, 8 276 Explosive Compounds, 1 100 Non-explosives, Total,. 7,032 459,826