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Questions,

XXI. What are shortly the rules us to diet?

Answers.

With the exception of debtors and first class misde- meanauts and prisoners on remand or committed for trial, all prisoners are placed on penal diet of bread (01 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.

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DISSER.

FULL DIET.

..6 oz.

1 Sunday, Tuesday, Thurs- .1 pint

day, and Saturday. .6 .......) Monday, Wednesday,

1 pint i and Friday.

Bread... Gruel, Bread, Cocoa...

Bread,.... Potatoes.

....4 oz.

10 oz.

Meat,

...li oz.

Soup.

.1 piur

Bread...

Soup.

Monday, Wednesday,

and Friday.

42 | Tuesday, Thursday, and

Saturday.

.1 pint

Suet Pudding, ..... ib. |

Bread,......

Rice, (Common),....8 oz.

Fish.

Curry Stuff,

Sonday,

.12 oz.

...Thurs.

Bread......

!

Daily.

Gruel.

It is mader-toot these measures are for uncooked provisions, except in the case of made up articles of diet: and meat is understrual to be without bone.

Nore-Any prisoner senteured to more than five day- Penal Diet, to have que pint of Gruel at Broak- fast and Supper.

DAILY RATION FOR EACH EUROPEAN DEBTOR AND FIRST-CLASS MISDEMEANANT,

1 th. 4

NZ.

५ Oz.

Bread,..

Beef, Mutton or Pork, without bone (6 days }

a week),

Frosh Fish (onec a werk).

.14 02.

8 (Z..

Beef for Solph,

Potatoes (3 days a work)...

H 0%,

Vegetables (3 days a week).

H

OZ.

X

az.

White Rire (1 day),

Suet Pudding fonce a week),

1

th.

Oatmeal for Gruel (once a week),

•

OZ.

0

02.

Sogar.

Á oz.

Salt.

Curry Stuff (once a week),

AN

Soup. Sue: Pudding, and Carry Stuff to be made us in receipt for other Prisoners, exer pt that Becf, 8 oz. is allowed in this class.