CHINESE PASSENGERS ACT,
DIETARY SCALE.
(Proclamation No. 7 of 1st November, 1872.)
Rice,
Salt Beef,...
Salt Pork,
Salt Fish,
Fresh Beef or Mutton, in tins,..
1½ lbs. per diem.
on alternate days,
Salted Vegetables,
Pickles,
Fresh Vegetables, as Yams, Pumpkins, &c.,..
Water,
........Imperial
19 qts. 3 a day.
Firewood,.
Tea,
Lime or Lemon Juice, and Sugar,.
2 lbs.
2 oz.
2 a week.
NOTE. Fresh Vegetables to be issued during the first month of the voyage only, unless the Master shall obtain a fresh supply en route, when these articles may be again supplied in the above proportion.
(5) That Medicines and Medical Comforts have been placed on board according to the following scale :-
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