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 | Breakfast | Dinner | Supper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday | Bread...6 oz., Gruel, 1 pint | Bread, 6 oz., Potatoes, 10 oz., Meat, 4 oz. | Bread, 4 oz., Rice (Common), 8 oz. |
| Monday | Bread...6 oz., Cocoa, 1 pint | Soup, 1 pint, Bread, 4 oz. | Fish, 12 oz., Bread, 6 oz. |
| Tuesday | Bread...6 oz., Gruel, 1 pint | Bread, 6 oz., Potatoes, 10 oz., Meat, 4 oz. | Bread, 4 oz., Curry Stuff, 7½ drs., Bread, 6 oz., Gruel, 1 pint |
| Wednesday | Bread...6 oz., Cocoa, 1 pint | Soup, 1 pint, Bread, 4 oz. | Fish, 12 oz., Bread, 6 oz. |
| Thursday | Bread...6 oz., Gruel, 1 pint | Bread, 6 oz., Potatoes, 10 oz., Meat, 4 oz. | Bread, 4 oz., Curry Stuff, 7½ drs., Bread, 6 oz., Gruel, 1 pint |
| Friday | Bread...6 oz., Cocoa, 1 pint | Soup, 1 pint, Bread, 4 oz. | Fish, 12 oz., Bread, 6 oz. |
| Saturday | Bread...6 oz., Gruel, 1 pint | Bread, 6 oz., Potatoes, 10 oz., Meat, 4 oz. | Suet Pudding, 1 lb. |
These measures are for uncooked provisions, except in the case of made-up articles of diet; and meat means boneless meat.
Soup: Each pint to contain 4 oz. meat without bone, 1 oz. onions, 1 oz. barley, 4 oz. greens, yams, sweet potatoes or taro, with pepper and salt.
Gruel: Each pint to contain 2 oz. oatmeal, 1 oz. molasses, and sufficient salt.
Cocoa: Each pint to contain 4 oz. flake cocoa or nibs, 1 oz. molasses or sugar.
Suet Pudding: To every pound 1¼ oz. suet, 6¾ oz. flour, 8 oz. water.
Curry Stuff: Chillies 3 drs., pepper 1¼ drs., turmeric ¼ dr., coriander seed ¼ dr., cummin seed ¼ dr., and oil ¼ oz.
Tea: Each pint to contain ¼ oz. tea, ¼ oz. sugar.
| 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 | 8 oz. |
| Potatoes (3 days a week) | 8 oz. |
| Vegetables (3 days a week) | 2 oz. |
| White Rice (1 day) | ... |
| Suet Pudding (once a week) | 1 lb. |
| Oatmeal for Gruel (once a week) | 1 oz. |
| Tea | 2 oz. |
| Salt (fine) | ½ oz. |
| Sugar | 7 drs. |
| Curry Stuff (once a week) | 7 drs. |
Soup, suet pudding, and curry stuff to be made as in recipe for other prisoners, except that beef, 8 oz., is allowed in this class.
(IB)
Questions.
XXI. What are shortly the rules as to diet ?
Answers.
With the exception of debtors and first-class misde- menuants and prisoners on remand or committed for trial, all prisoners are placed ou penul 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 p:oishment for Prison offences, the diet of each prisoner is as follows :- DIETARY FOR EUROPEAN PRISONERS.
FULL DIET.
SUPPER.
DINNER
BREAKFAST.
Bread.......
.....6 oz. )
Gruel,
1 pint
Sunday, Tuesday, Thu .-
day, and Saturday.
Bread,
..6 oz.
Monday, Wednesday,
Сосон.
..1 pint
Brend..
Potatoes,
Ment,
4 oz. 10 oz. ........6 oz.
and Friday,
Monday, Wednesday,
Soup,
Bread,.
Soup,
Suet Pudding, ..........1 lb.
and Friday.
4 oz.
..1 pint
Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday.
Bread,.......
.4 07.
Rice, (Common),..8 oz.
Sunday.
Fish,
.12 oz.
..6 oz.
Daily.
Curry Stuff, ......73drs. Bread,...
Gruel,...............I pint
These measures are for mucooked provisions, except in the case of mado up articles of diet; and meat means bonel meat.
Sour.-Each pint to contain 4 oz. meat without bone, 1 oz. onious, 1 oz. barley, 4 oz, greens, yams, sweet potatoes or taro, with popper and salt. GRUEL-Each pint to contain 2 oz. outmeal, 1 oz.
molasses, and sufficient salt.
Cocoa. Each piut to contain 4 oz, flake cocoa or
nibs, 1 oz. molasses or sugar.
SUET PUDDING.-To every pound 14 oz. snet, 6§ oz.
flour, 8 oz. water.
CURRY STUFF.—Chillies 3 drz., pepper 14 drs., tur- meric † dr., coriander sced † dr., cummin seed 4 dr., and oil † oz.
TEA.-Each pint to contain oz. ten, ‡ oz, sugar.
DAILY RATION FOR EACII EUROPEAN DEBTOR AND FIRST-CLASS MISDEMEANANT.
Bread..
Boef, Mutton or Pork, without home (65 days }
n week),
Fresh Fish (once a week),
1 lb. t oz.
8 oz.
........14 oz.
8 oz.
8 Oz.
R 0%.
X
0%.
Beef for Soup,
Potatoes (3 days a week),................
Vegetables (8 days a week),
White Rico (1 day),
Suot Pudding (onco a week),
1 lb.
-
2 02.
Oatmeal for Gruel (once a week), T'en,......
Salt (fino),
Sugar,
Curry Stuff (oneo n week),
1 0%.
2
OZ.
ļ oz.
7drs.
Soup, snet pudding, and curry stuff to be made as
in recipo for uthor prisoners, except that beef, 8 oz.,
is allowed in this class.
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