AnnualReport-1929

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17.—Government Gunpowder Depôt.

During the year 1929 there has been stored in Government Gunpowder Depôt, Green Island :—

No. of Cases. Approximate Weight. lb. Gunpowder, privately owned, 1,132 40,362 Do., Government owned, 17 940 Cartridges, privately owned, 89 8,324 Do., Government owned, 19 1,833 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 8,063 488,888 Do., Government owned, 44 1,440 Non-explosives, privately owned, 122 22,724 Do., Government owned, 34 1,370 Total, 9,520 565,881

During the same period there has been delivered out of the Depôt :—

No. of Cases. Approximate Weight. lb. For Sale in the Colony :— Gunpowder, privately owned, 52 1,750 Cartridges, privately owned, 32 2,820 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 1,208 70,352 Non-explosives, privately owned, 6 587 For Export :— Gunpowder, privately owned, 510 15,250 Cartridges, 6 1,337 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, ... 243,642 Non-explosives, privately owned, 230 2 Government owned :— Gunpowder, ... 300 Cartridges, 2 ... Explosive Compounds, 15 2,089 Delivered to be destroyed :— Cartridges, ... ... Explosive Compounds, ... ... Gunpowder, ... ... Non-explosives, ... ... Total, 7,361 338,357