AnnualReport-1924

Annexe C.

GOVERNMENT GUNPOWDER DEPOT.

During the year 1924 there were stored in the Government Gunpowder Depôt, Green Island :--

No. of Cases. Approximate Weight. lb. Gunpowder, privately owned, 734 15,700 Do., Government owned, .. 40 4,650 Cartridges, privately owned, ................ 225 10,888 Do., Government owned, . 251 24,910 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 4,364 261,475 Do., Government owned, 95 4,204 Non-explosives, privately owned, ................ 199 29,785 Do., Government owned, 263 10,990 Total, 6,171 362,602

During the same period there were delivered out of the Depôt :-

No. of Cases. Approximate Weight. lb. For Sale in the Colony Gunpowder, privately owned, 271 5,940 Cartridges, privately owned, ....... 41 4,625 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 2,895 174,425 Non-explosives, privately owned, 16 1,800 For Export- Gunpowder, privately owned, 204 4,080 Cartridges, privately owned, .... 142 2,750 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, . 617 37,225 Non-explosives, privately owned, .. 60 4,795 Government owned :- Gunpowder, 5 350 Cartridges, 140 14,000 Explosive Compounds, 39 1,692 Non-explosives, 192 4,220 Total, ..... 4,622 255,902