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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.

SUPPER

BREAKFAST,

Bread........

Grucl,.. Brond...

........6 oz.

Cocon,

..1 pint

FULL DIET.

..6 oz. ] Sunday, Tuesday, Thurs- .1 piut f day, and Saturday.

Monday, Wednesday,

and Friday.

Potatoes,

.....10 oz.

Ment,

Soup,

6 oz. 1 pint

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

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

Soup,

..1 pint

Suct Pudding,.....1 lb.

Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

Brend,..............4 oz. Rice (Common),..8 oz. Fish,......

..12 oz.

Sunday.

DINNER.

Curry Stuff,...... 74drs.

Bread,.........................................G oz.

Daily.

Gruol...............................................I pint

It is understood theso 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 sontenced 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.

Bread,

Oz.

Boof, Mutton, or Pork without bono,

8 OZ.

(6 days a week),

Frosh Fish, (once a wook),

14 OZ.

Boof for Soup,

8 02.

Potatoes, (3 days a week),

8 OZ.

Vegetables, (8 days a week)................................................... White Rice, (one day),

8 ΟΣ

8 OF.

Suet Pudding, (once a week),

1 b.

Oatmeal for Gruel, (once a wook),

2 0%.

Tea,

1

O2,

Sagar,

2

OE.

Balt,

OB.

Curry Stuff, (once a wook),

MOTORER-------

7 dre.

Soup, Suet Pudding, and Curry Stuff to be made as

in receipt for other Prisoners, except that Roof 8 oz. is allowed in this class,