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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 4, 1906.

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

www.

Approxi-

No. of cases.

mate

weight.

Ibs.

For Sale in the Colony :-

Gunpowder, privately owned,

953

20,330

Cartridges, privately owned,

87

29,200

Explosive Compounds, privately owned,

360

19,750

Non-explosives, privately owned,

For Export :-

-

Gunpowder, privately owned,

1,781

36,525

Cartridges, privately owned,..

563

89,900

Explosive Compounds, privately owned, Non-explosives, privately owned,

277

15,050

26

2,875

Total,

4,047 213,630

On the 31st December, 1905, there remained as follows:-

Approxi-

No. of cases

mate

weight.

lbs.

Gunpowder, privately owned,

Do. Government owned,

Cartridges, privately owned,

Do. Government owned,

3,009

66,460

330

20,662

1,530

314,475

47

4,550

Explosive Compounds, privately owned,..

223

13,528

Do.

Government owned,

970

47,856

Nou-explosives, privately owned,

3

625

Do.

Government owned,

706

70,300

Total.

6,818

538,096

APPENDIX E.

LIGHTHOUSES.

5. The amount of Light Dues collected was as follows :

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Class of Vessels,

| Rate. No. of per ton. Ships.

Tonnage.

Total Fees collected.

Ocean Vessels,

1 cent

Steam Launches,

4,006 | 6,741,155 288 10.774

('.

67.411.55

107.74

River Steamers, (Night Boats),

2,591

2,004,987

6,685,06

River Launches, (Night Boats),

156

River Steamers, (Day Boats)..

1,638

8,727 1,101,738

29.10

River Launches, (Dày Boats), Free.

456

16.223

Total.

9.135 9.683,604

74,233.45

Gap Rock.

Owing to exceptional weather conditions at this station the telegraph cable was broken close to the Rock on the 26th of July. Temporary repairs were effected by the 8th August, and the line was in good working order. A Telegraph Cable Ship then became available, and her services were engaged to make permament repairs, which were completed on the 24th August. Unfortunately, the shore end of the cable was not properly secured on the Rock, with the result that the cable again parted during the typhoon of the 30th August. The N.E. Monsoon setting in shortly after this rendered the work of repairing extremely difficult, and communication was not restored until the 14th December, since which date the line has worked without a hitch, though the cementing in of the shore end has not been completed on account of the heavy sea.

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