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XXI. What are shortly the rules as to diet?

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With the exception of debtors and first-class misdemeanants and all 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:

DIETARY FOR EUROPEAN PRISONERS

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.

DAILY RATION FOR EACH EUROPEAN DEBTOR AND FIRST-CLASS MISDEMEANANT

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.

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Questions.

XXI. What are shortly the rules as to diet?

Answers.

With the exeption of debtors and first class misde- menants atel prisoners on remaid or committed for trial, all prisoners are placed on penal diet of bread for rice) and water on two days of ench week (Saturday and Sunday) for the first six months of their imprison-

inent.

At other times, except when under punishment for Prison offences, the diet of eneh prisoner is as follows:---

DIETARY FOR EUROPEAN PRISONERS.

SUPPER.

BREAKFAST.

..1 pint S

Bread................

Bread... Cocoa......

FCLL DIET.

..6 oz.) Sunday, Tuesday, Thurs- ...1 pint day, and Saturday.

.6 oz. Monday, Wednesday,

and Friday.

Bread,... Potatoes.

......j oz.

10 oz.

Monday, Wednesday,

Meat,

..6 oz.

and Friday.

Soup,

....! pint

Bread,..

.4 oz.

Soup,

.1 pint

Suet Pudding, ........1 lb.

Tuesday, Thursday, und

Saturday,

Brend.........................................4 OZ.

DINNER,

Sunday.

12 oz.

Rice, (Common),..8 oz. Fish. Curry Stuff, ..............74 drs.

Bread................6 OZ.

Daily,

..I pint

Gruel,.......

It is understood these measures are fur uncooked provisions, execpt in the case of male up articles of diet; and meat is understund to be without hone.

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 work).

Fresh Fish (once a week).

Beef for Soup,

Potatoes (3 days a week).........

Vegetables (days a week),

White Rice (1 day),

Sue Pudding (unco a week),

Oatmeal for Gruel (once a week),

Tel.......

Sugar.

Salt,

Curry Stuff (once a week),

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7 drs.

Soup, Suet Pabling, and Cury Stuff to be made as

in receipt for other Prisoners, except that Beef, 8 oz.

is allowed in this class.