AnnualReport-1930

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17. Government Gunpowder Depôt.

During the year 1930 there has been stored in Government Gunpowder Depôt, Green Island:-

No. of Cases Approximate Weight (lb.) Gunpowder, privately owned, 1,904 28,047 Do., Government owned, 28 802 Cartridges, privately owned, 6,219 87,882 Do., Government owned, 2,327 613,534 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 11,751 399,154 Do., Government owned, 46 1,580 Non-explosives, privately owned, 355 91,168 Do., Government owned, 34 1,370 Total, 15,745 1,368,686

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, 35 1,120 Cartridges, privately owned, 39 3,302 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 2,912 216,990 Non-explosives, privately owned, 4 540 For Export- Gunpowder, privately owned, 594 28,138 Cartridges, 6,100 603,032 Explosive Compounds, privately owned, 3,214 270,784 Non-explosives, privately owned, 231 57,028 Government owned:- Gunpowder, 1 54 Cartridges, 11 3,087 Explosive Compounds, 5 34 Delivered to be destroyed Cartridges, Explosive Compounds, Gunpowder, Non-explosives, Total, 13,146 1,184,109