With the exception of debtors and first-class misdemeanants and prisoners on remand or committed for trial, all prisoners are placed on penal diet of bread (or rice) and water on two days of each week (Saturday and Sunday) 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:-
| Day | Bread | Gruel | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday | 6 oz. | 1 pint | |
| Monday, Wednesday, and Friday | 6 oz. | 1 pint | |
| Monday, Wednesday, and Friday | 4 oz. | Potatoes, 10 oz.; Meat, 6 oz.; Soup, 1 pint | |
| Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday | 4 oz. | Soup, 1 pint; Suet Pudding, 1 lb. | |
| Sunday | 4 oz. (Bread); 8 oz. (Rice, Common); 12 oz. (Fish); 7¼ drs. (Curry Stuff) | 1 pint (Gruel) | |
| Daily | 6 oz. (Bread) | 1 pint (Gruel) |
It is understood these measures are for uncooked provisions, except in the case of made-up articles of diet; and meat is understood to be without bone.
NOTE. Any prisoner sentenced to more than five days Penal Diet, to have one pint of Gruel at Breakfast and Supper.
| Item | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Bread | 1 lb. 4 oz. |
| Beef, Mutton or Pork, without bone (6 days a week) | 8 oz. |
| Fresh Fish (once a week) | 14 oz. |
| Beef for Soup | 3 oz. |
| Potatoes (3 days a week) | 8 oz. |
| Vegetables (3 days a week) | 8 oz. |
| White Rice (1 day) | 8 oz. |
| Suet Pudding (once a week) | 1 lb. |
| Oatmeal for Gruel (once a week) | 2 oz. |
| Tea | 1 oz. |
| Sugar | 2 oz. |
| Salt | 7¼ drs. |
| 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.
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Questions
XXI. What are shortly the rules as to diet?
Answers.
With the exception of debtors and first class misde- meananta and prisoners on remand or committed for trial, all prisoners are placed on penal diet of bread (or rice) and water on two days of each week (Saturday and Sunday) for the first six months of their imprison-
ment.
At other times, except when under punishment for Prison offences, the diet of each prisoner is as follows:-
DIETARY FOR EUROPEAN PRISONERS.
FULL DIET.
“Bread,...........................................6 02.
Gruel,.........................................1 pint
..6 oz. .......1 pint
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Sunday, Tuesday, Thurs-
day, and Saturday. Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday.
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Bread,.
Cocon,.
Bread,...........................
.....4 oz.
Potatoes,
Meat,
Soup,......
.......................10 oz.
6 ΟΣ 1 pint
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
.4 oz.
Soup,
Tuosday, Thursday, and
Saturday.
...........................................1 pint Suot Pudding,..........1 lb.
Broad,.
.4 oz.
Rice, (Common),..8 oz. Fish, ...............12 oz. Curry Stuff,...... 74drs.
Sunday.
Bread,.............6 oz.
Daily.
Grael, ........................................1 pint
It is understood these moasures are for uncooked provisions, except in the case of made up articles of diot; and meat is understood to be without bone.
NOTE. Any prisoner sentenced to more than five days Penal Diet, to have one pint of Gruel at Break- fast and Supper.
DAILY RATION FOR EACH EUROPEA N DEBTOR AND FIRST-CLASS MISDEMEANANT.
Bread,
Beef, Mutton or Pork, without bone (6 days}
a week),
Fresh Fish (once a week),
.1 lb. 4 oz.
8 oz.
.........14 oz.
3 oz.
Beef for Soup,
Potatoes (3 days a week),
8 oz.
Vegetables (3 days a week),.
8 oz.
White Rice (1 day),
8 oz.
Suet Pudding (once a week),
1
Ib.
Oatmeal for Gruel (once a week), Tea.........
2 oz.
1 oz.
2 oz.
Sugar,
oz.
Salt,
7+ drs.
Curry Stuff (once a week),
Soup, Suet Pudding, and Curry Stuff to be made as
in receipt for other Prisoners, except thut Beef, 8 oz. is allowed in this class.
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