AnnualReport-1925

Annexe C.

# GOVERNMENT GUNPOWDER DEPOT

During the year 1925 there were stored in the Government Gunpowder Depôt, Green Island :-

No. of Cases Approximate Weight (lb.) Gunpowder, privately owned, 671 16,600 Do., Government owned, 35 4,300 Cartridges, privately owned, 75 6,963 Do., Government owned, 269 32,030 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 5,773 344,750 Do., Government owned, 106 3,012 Non-explosives, privately owned, 132 24,055 Do., Government owned, 71 6,770 Total, 7,132 440,480

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, 300 7,885 Cartridges, privately owned, 27 2,525 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 3,006 174,925 Non-explosives, privately owned, 9 $15 For Export : Gunpowder, privately owned, 161 3,365 Cartridges, privately owned, Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 723 46,375 Non-explosives, privately owned, Government owned : Gunpowder, 6 200 Cartridges, 143 19,870 Explosive Compounds, 51 2,507 Non-explosives, 37 5,400 Total, 4,463 263,867