AnnualReport-1927

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17.—Government Gunpowder Depôt.

During the year 1927 there were stored in the Government Gunpowder Depôt, Green Island :—

No. of Cases Approximate Weight. lb. Gunpowder, privately owned, 805 23,861 Do., Government owned, 29 4,100 Cartridges, privately owned, 82 7,587 Do., Government owned, 86 8,300 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 6,243 355,516 Do., Government owned, 150 5,530 Non-explosives, privately owned, 120 22,908 Do., Government owned, 34 1,370 Total, 7,549 429,175

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, 252 6,344 Cartridges, privately owned, 19 3,025 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 2,148 143,146 Non-explosives, privately owned, 2 353 For Export :— Gunpowder, privately owned, 159 5,400 Cartridges, 26 2,990 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 2,659 133,112 Government owned :— Gunpowder, 12 103 Cartridges, ... 3,160 Explosive Compounds, 3 676 Delivered to be destroyed :— Cartridges, Government owned, 583 67 Explosive Compounds, Government owned, 29 1,450 Total, 5,476 309,123