XXI. What are shortly the rules as to diet?
With the exception of debtors and defendants on remand or committed for trial, all prisoners are fed on penal diet of bread (or rice) and water for ten days (i.e., 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:
| Meal | Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday | Monday, Wednesday, Friday | Sunday (Special) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast | Bread 6 oz, Gruel 1 pint | Bread 6 oz, Cocoa 1 pint | Bread 6 oz, Gruel 1 pint |
| Dinner | Potatoes 4 oz, Meat 10 oz, Soup 1 pint, Bread 4 oz | Suet Pudding 1 lb, Bread 4 oz, Rice (Common) 8 oz | Fish 12 oz, Curry Stuff ½ drs, Bread 6 oz |
| Supper | Bread 6 oz, Cocoa 1 pint | Bread 6 oz, Gruel 1 pint | Bread 6 oz, Gruel 1 pint |
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.
| Article | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Bread | 1 lb |
| Beef, Mutton, or Pork without bone (6 days a week) | 14 oz |
| Fresh Fish (once a week) | 8 oz |
| Beef for Soup | 8 oz |
| Potatoes (3 days a week) | 8 oz |
| Vegetables (3 days a week) | 8 oz |
| White Rice (one 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 | ½ drs |
| Curry Stuff (once a week) | ½ drs |
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 defendants on remand 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.
SUPPI
DINNER.
BREAKFAST.
FULL DIET.
..6 oz. | Sunday, Tuesday, Thurs- 1 pint day, and Saturday.
Bread,..
Gruel,
Bread,
.6 oz.
CocoB,
..1 pint
Bread,.
Potatoes,
4 oz. .10 oz.
Meat,
Soup,
Bread,
Soup,
Ú oz 1 piat)
4 oz.
1 pint
Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
Suet Pudding,... 1 ib.
Bread,
4 oz.
Rice (Common), 8 oz.
Fish,
Sunday.
.12 oz.
Curry Stuff,..... 73drs.)
Bread................6 oz.
Daily.
Gruel.....1 pint)
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 Break- fast and Supper.
DAILY RATION FOR EACH EUROPEAN DEBTOR AND FIRST-CLASS. MISDEMEANANT.
Brend...
Beef, Mutton, or Pork without bone, (6
days, a week),...............
Fresh Fish, (once a week),.
Beef for Soup,......................
.1
fb. 4
8 Oz.
14
OZ.
8
oz.
Potatoes, (3 days a week),
8 OZ.
Vegetables, (3 days a week),
8
07.
White Rice, (one day),.....
8
Oz.
Suet Pudding, (once a week),...
1
Ib.
Oatmeal for Gruel, (once a week), Tea
2 oz.
1
OZ.
2
Sugar,
UZ.
Salt,
oz.
73drs.
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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