Questions.
XXI. What are shortly the rules as to diet?
Answera,
With the exception of debtors and defendants on romand or committed for trial, all prisoners are fed on penal diet of bread (or rice) and water for ten days (ie., five days at a time) in each month for the first six months of their imprisonment.
At other times, except when under punishment for Prison offences, the diet of each prisoner is as follows:-
DIETARY FOR EUROPEAN PRISONERS.
FUPPER
DLITER
BREAKFAST.
Bread,.
Gruel,
.6 oz. ...1 pint
Brend,
..8
.6 oz.
Cocoa,
.....1 pint)
FULL DIRT.
Sunday, Tuesday, Thurs-
day, and Saturday.
Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday.
Bread,..
..4 07.
Potatos,
..10 oz.
Meat,
...0 oz.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Soup,.
Bread,.
...1 pint .4 oz.
Soup,..
Suet Pudding,...1 ib
Rice, (Common), 8 oz.
..1 pint
Bread,...... 4 08.
Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday,
Sunday,
Fish,
12 oz.
Curry Stuff,...73drs.)
Brend,.
....0 oz.
Daily.
Gruel,
..1 pint
It is understood these measures are for uncooked provisions, except in the case of made up articles of dict; and meat is understood to be without bone.
NOTE. Any prisoner sentenced to more than five day's Penal Diet, to have one pint of Gruel at Break- fast and Supper.
DAILY RATION FOR EACH EUROPEAN DEBTOR AND FIRST-CLASS MISDEMEANANT.
Bread,
Beef, Mutton, or Pork without bone, (6
days a week),.....
Fresh Fish, (once a week),
Beof for Soup,
Potatos, (3 days a week),
Vegetables, (3 days a week),.
White Rice, (one day),........
.1 B. 1 oz.
8 OE.
14 08.
8 OF.
8 os.
8 OE.
8 oz.
1
3 02.
ANOT
1 OZ.
2 oz.
OK.
7j drs,
Suet Pudding, (once a week),
Oatmeal for Gruel, (once a week), Tco.......
Sugar,..
Salt,
Curry Stuff, (once a week),
Soup, Suet Pudding, and Curry Stuff to be made as
in receipt for other Prisoners, except that Beef 8 oz.
is allowed in this class.