AnnualReport-1928

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17.—Government Gunpowder Depôt.

During the year 1928 there were stored in the Government Gunpowder Depôt, Green Island :-

No. of Cases. Approximate Weight. lb. Gunpowder, privately owned, 714 24,000 Do. Government owned, 26 2,110 Cartridges, privately owned,.. 189 14,040 Do., Government owned,. 19 1,833 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 5,393 342,482 Do., Government owned, 89 2,586 Non-explosives, privately owned, 126 23,555 Do., Government owned, 34 1,370 Total, 6,590 411,976

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, 76 1,420 Cartridges, privately owned,.. 37 2,190 Explosive Compounds, privately owned,. 1,928 117,004 Non-explosives, privately owned, 5 545 For Export :- Gunpowder, privately owned, 430 14,630 Cartridges, ... 91 6,969 Explosive Compounds, privately owned,. 2,433 139,117 Non-explosives privately owned, 1 375 Government owned :- Gunpowder, 1,170 Cartridges, Explosive Compounds, 43 1,146 Delivered to be destroyed :- Explosive Compounds, 14 420 Total,. 5,069 301,986