AnnualReport-1920

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Annexe C.

GOVERNMENT GUNPOWDER DEPOT.

During the year 1920 there has been stored in the Government Gunpowder Depôt, Green Island :-

No. of Cases. Approxi-mate Weight. lb. Cartridges, privately owned, 1,544 32,660 Gunpowder, privately owned, 185 10,303 Government owned, 114 12,810 Do., Government owned, 42 4,847 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 7,008 372,775 Government owned, 93 4,934 Do., Government owned, 165 30,998 Non-explosives, privately owned, 152 7,244 Total, 9,303 476,571

During 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, 152 3,660 Cartridges, privately owned, 31 4,075 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 822 49,050 Non-explosives, privately owned, 16 2,120 For Export :- Gunpowder, privately owned, 59 1,475 Cartridges, privately owned, 10 675 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 5,497 282,525 Non-explosives, privately owned, 16 1,953 Delivered to be destroyed:- Cartridges, 15 750 Government owned :- Gunpowder, 139 5,960 Explosive Compounds, 9 1,597 Non-explosives, 31 1,992 Total, 6,862 358,396