CO129-567-5 Traffic of arms to China and Japanese air-raids on Kowloon-Canton railway 11-4-1938 - 19-1-1939 — Page 166

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Materials

Ürigin of materials

British

Carried by British ships

Carried by Foreign ships

Total materials

Foreign

British waterials

Foreign materials

British materials

Foreign materials

Aeroplanes (ios.)

20

23

3

20

20

43 machines

Percentage in British

vessels

7€

(Canada)

Aeroplane parts &

6

277

6

accessories(cases)

27

250

283 cases

11.7

F

Aeroplane engines

(cases)

8

(Canada)

34

8

5

29

42 cases

28. 5.

Speed boats ("os.)

2

2

2 Nos.

100

Mines (Nos.)

240

240

24. Nos.

Nil

Nine accessories

(cases)

269

269

269 cases

Nil

Bombs (Nos.)

17,400

17,400

17,400 Nos.

Hil

kortars, rench(Nos.

96

96

96 hos.

Fil

Guns, 2 pounder

6

6

40 min. (Nos.)

6 Nos.

100

Machine guns (Nos.)

1,608

6

1,602

1,608 Ncs.

.4

Rifles (Nos.)

20,740

20,740

20,740 os.

#11

Pistols & revolvers

(Nos.)

62

62

62 Fos.

Nil

Shells, (rounds)

8,000

48,000

8,000

36,000

12,000

56,000 rounds

78.6

Cartridges (achine

gun & rifle) (rounds;

2,833,000

63,851,500 2,833,000

108,000

63,743,500

66,684, 500

rounds

Cartridges (pistol & revolver(rounds)

Stereotelencters (Nos.)

50,000

50,000

50,000 rounds

Fil

2

2

2 Nos.

Nil

T. N. T. (tons)

77.5

77.5

77.5 tons

#11

Tetryl (tons)

bh. tons

Nil

Smokeless powder (tons)

79.2

79.2

79.2 tons

Nil

Fuse (cases)

20

20

20 cases

Nil

(a) British ships carrying jar materials

(b) Foreign ships carrying ar materials

Som 11

Silverteak

Teiresias

Glenaffric

Chitford Point

Foylebank

Balayen Fringe Renreoch Bencdhui

Assuan

eerkerk

Alster

Kulaerl: nd

Commendant Dorise Sawokla

Titon

Afrika

Coburg

Greystoke Castle Ursula Rickmers Tai Yang

ordark

Average percentage by ships: 41%

(82)

A.L. Hopkins. Inspector.

27. 7. 38.

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