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Questions.

XXI. What are, shortly, the rules as to diet?

BREAKFAST.

Answers.

With tho exception of debtors and first-class misde- mennants and 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 imprison-

ment.

At other times, except when under punishment for Prison offences, the diet of each prisoner is as follows:- DIETARY FOR EUROPEAN PRISONERS.

FULL DIET.

.6 oz. | Sunday, Tuesday, ThurS- ..I pint 1

day, and Saturday.

Bread,.

Gruel,.. Bread,....

....6

.6 oz.

Cocon Bread,.

Potatoes,

.1 pint ..40%.

10 oz.

Monday, Wednesday,

and Friday.

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

DISSER

Meat, Soup,

...6 oz.

...1 pint

Brend,...

.4 oz.

Soup,

I pint

Tuesday, Thursday, and

Saturday.

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

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

Rice, (common),...8 oz.

Sunday.

Fish,

12.02.

Carry Stuff,......74 drs. Brend,..

..6 oz.

Daily,

SUPPER.

Grue], ...........................................1 pint

These incusures are for uncooked provisions, except in the ease of made up articles of diet; and ment means boned meat.

* Soer.-Each pint to contain 4 oz. meat without bone, 1 oz. onions, 1 oz, barley, 1 oz. greens, yams, sweet potatoes or taro, with pepper and salt. GREEL-Each pint to contain 2 oz. oatmeal, 1 oz.

molasses, and sufficient salt.

Coco. Each pint to contain 4 oz. Anke cocon or

nibs, 1 oz, molasses or sugar.

SUET PUDDING.-To every pound 14 oz. suet, 6} 0%.

flour, 8 oz. water.

Cunny Stuff-Chillios'3† dra., pepper 14 drs., tur- merie 4 dr., coriander seed ₫ dr., emmmin seedl † dr., and oil † oz.

TEA.—Each pint to contain § oz, tea, † oz, sugar,

DAILY RATION FOR EACH EUROPEAN DEBTOR AND FIRST-CLASS MISDEMEANANTS.

Brend,.......

1 lb. 4

Oz.

Beef, Mutton or Pork, without bone (6 days) 8 OZ.

a week),

Fresh Fish (once a week),

..14 oz.

Beef for Soup, -

8

Oz.

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

8

Oz.

Vegetables (3 days a week),

8

07.

White Rice (1 day),

8

Oz.

Suct Pudding (once a week),

]

lb.

Oatmeal for Gruel (ouco a week),

2 oz.

0%,

Tea,.

2

Oz.

Sugar,

Salt (fine),

Curry Stuff (once a week),

Soup, suet pulding, and curry stuff to be made as

in recipe for other prisoners, except that beef, 8 oz.,

02.

7drs.

is allowed in this class,

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