AnnualReport-1937

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Table XXXI.

During the year 1937, there has been stored in the Government Gunpowder Depôt, Green Island:-

No. Approximate Cases. Weight. lbs. Gunpowder, privately owned 674 32,339 Government owned 49 2,437 Cartridges, privately owned 14,722 1,685,159 Explosives, privately owned 22,126 2,344,684 Government owned 505 30,775 Non-explosives, privately owned 385 104,235

During the same period there has been delivered out of the Depôt.

No. of Cases. Approximate Weight. lbs. For Sale in the Colony:- Gunpowder 31 775 Cartridges 1,678 572,635 Explosive Compounds 7,470 743,194 Non-explosives 6 3,126 For Export:- Gunpowder 264 15,864 Cartridges 11,942 1,043,098 Explosive Compounds 11,279 1,457,213 Non-explosives 369 100,359 Government owned: Gunpowder 14 737 Explosive Compounds 296 20,061

On 31st December, 1937, there remains as follows:-

No. of Cases. Approximate Weight. lbs. Gunpowder, privately owned 369 15,700 Government owned 35 1,700 Cartridges, privately owned. 1,102 69,426 Explosives, privately owned 3,377 244,227 Government owned 209 ... Non-explosives, privately owned 10 10,714

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