Scale according to which Provisions, Firewood, and Water, are to be issued to the Emigrants. -Half-issues are to be made to Children under ten years of age. Twenty-one weeks' supply is to be placed on board.
Rice
1 lb.
Salt Pork
Lard, Salted Fat, Fresh Fat or Oil
Per Week
Salt
1 oz.
Pepper
1
Vinegar
1 pint Week
Tea..
4 oz.
Pickled Vegetables
3 ** Diem
Tobacco......
1 Gallon
2 lbs.
Water.....
Firewood
Three Weeks' supply of Biscuit is to be placed on board, to be issued at the rate of 2lbs. a day only when the weather is too bad for cooking, or when required by the Surgeon.
Peas and Beans may be substituted for Rice, and Opium for Tobacco, to the extent and in the proportion to be fixed by the Emigration Agent.
The following Articles must also be placed on board to be issued on demand of the Surgeon :-
Lime Juice
36 Quart Bottles
Rum or Brandy
36
6
J per 100 persons
Port Wine
-Playing Card-
Soap
Sugar
-10-packs
1 lb.
1 lb. for each person
Proportion of Medicines necessary for a Ship carrying Emigrants to the West Indies.
For 100 PersonsFor 200 PersonsFor 300 Persons Calomel3 ozs.4 ozs.6 ozs. Assafoetida1 oz.2 ozs.3 ozs. Simple Ointment16 ozs.24 ozs.2 lbs. Blue Pill246 Camphor123 Rhubarb Powder.246 Camphorated Liniment162432 Ringworm Ointment...... Jeremie's Opiate1624 Ipecacuana Powder...2 oz. phial4 oz. phial4 oz. phial Compound Jalap Powder.121624 Catechu.....246 Aromatic Spirits of235 Prepared Chalk246 Hartshorn4 ozs.66 Opium246 Tincture of Opium81216 Cholera Pills in phial12 doz.12 doz.12 doz. Dover's Powder34 Turpentine....16242 pts. Cubebs Powder4 lbs.4 lbs. Magnesia246 Senna Leaves.....1624 ozs. Sweet Spirits of Nitre16 ozs.24 lbs. Epson Salts..6 lbs.12 lbs.18 lbs. Blistering Plaister.81216 Copaiba1623 Chlorite of Lime.204060 Sulphur sublimed162024 Tartar Emetic4 drs.8 drs.12 drs. Sulphur Ointment..1216.24 Quinine.......2 ozs.3 ozs.4 ozs. Antimonial Powder..1 Extract of Colocynth Linseed Flour4 lbs.8 lbs.12 lbs. Castor Oil24 ozs.34 Lunar Caustic+1 Country Soap.... Sulphate of Copper2 ozs. Sulphate of Zinc2073.1 Prepared Lint1 4 drs.6 drs. 4 ozs.6 ozs.8 6 bott.12 bott.16 bott. Cloths for Bandages Compound123 Oil of Peppermint..2 ozs.4 ozs.4 ozs. Sago2 pieces4 pieces 10 lbs.20 lbs.30 lbs. Carbonate of Ammonia4 pieces Adhesive Plaister, spread2 yds.4 yds.4 yds. Arrow Root102030INSTRUMENTS, &c.
1 Set of Common Splints.
1 Set of Amputating and other Surgical Instruments.
1 One-ounce Glass Measure.
1 Minim Glass Measure.
1 Pestle and Mortar (Wedgwood).
1 Set of Weights and Scales (grains in box).
Set of Bleeding Lancets.
1 Silver Catheter.
1 Spatula.
1 Dressing Scissors.
1 Infusion Box.
1 Quire of Country Paper.
1 Penknife.
2 Metal Bed Pans.
English Labels to be affixed, and the Medical Comforts packed in-Tim
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