AnnualReport-1926

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GOVERNMENT. GUNPOWDER Depot.

During the year 1926 there were stored in the Government Gunpowder Depôt, Green Island :-

No. of Cases. Approximate Weight. Gunpowder, privately owned, 425 11,991 Do., Government owned,.. 29 4,100 Do.. Government owned, 54 4,988 Cartridges, privately owned,.. 126 12,160 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 3,849 225,028 Do., Government owned, 82 3,855 Non-explosives, privately owned,.. 124 23,440 Do., Government owned, 34 1,370 Total, 4,723 286,932

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

No. of Cases. Approximate Weight. For Sale in the Colony : lb. Gunpowder, privately owned, 149 5,027 Cartridges, privately owned,.. 19 1,748 Explosive Compounds, privately owned,. 3,051 170,775 Non-explosives, privately owned, 5 694 For Export :- Gunpowder, privately owned, 134 3,350 Explosive Compounds, privately owned,. 384 20,151 For Destruction :- Explosive Compounds, privately owned,..... 66 3,420 Do., Government owned, 23 905 Government owned :- Cartridges, 40 3,860 Explosive Compounds, 37 1,870 Total,... 3,908 211,800