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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) nnd water for ten days (ie., five days at a time) in each month for the first six months of their imprisonment.

At other times, execpt when under punishment for Prison offences, the diet of each prisoner is as follows:—

DIETARY FOR EUROPEAN PRISONERS.

DINNER.

BREAKFAST.

́Brend, Gruel,.

1 pint J

Brend,.........................

Cocon,

........! pint

FULL Diet.

..........6 oz. 】 Sunday, Tuesday, Thurs-

day, and Saturday,

.....6 oz. Į Monday, Wodnesday.

and Friday.

Bread...

Potatoes, .........10 oz.

Ment,

Soup,

G oz. 1 pint

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Soup,

piut

Bread,...........................................4 oz. Brend,.....

.......! pine's

Suct Pudding,.... th.

Bread............................................1. 02. Rico (Common),....8 oz. Fish, .........................................12 oz. Curry Stuff,..... 74drs.

Brend..............6 0%,

Gruol,...............? pint S

Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday,

Sunday.

Daily.

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.

E.CPPER,

NOTE. Any prisoner sentenced to more than five daya Penal Dict, to have one pint of Gruel at Bronk- fast and Supper.

DAILY RATION FOR EACHI EUROPEAN DEBTOR AND FIRST-CLASS MISDEMEANANT.

Bread,

Beef, Mutton, or Pork without bone, (6 days a week),........................................................................... Fresh Fish, (once a week),.......................... Beal for Soup.

Potatoes. (3 days a week), -

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8

OZ.

14

8 OL.

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8

OL.

Bb.

Vegetables, (3 days a week), White Rice. (one day),

Suet Pudding, (once a week),

Ostroval for Gruel, (once a week),...........................

Ten...

Sugar,

VALIDADE SUDOSÉ------------ba

Curry Stuff, (roco a week),

Soup, Spet Pudding, and Carry Stuff to be made

in receipt for other Prisoners, except that Beef R is allowed in this clam.