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CHINESE PASSENGERS' ACT,

DIETARY SCALE.

For Voyages of not more than 30 days' duration.

For every Passenger per diem :-

Rice or Bread Stuffs..

Dried or Salt Fish..

Chinese Condiments and Curry Stuff...

Fresh Vegetables which will keep for short voyages, such as Sweet Potatoes, Turnips, Carrots, and Pumpkins.. Firewood......

Water (to be carried in tanks or sweet casks).

b. 1.

b. 01.

oz. 1.

Ib. 13.

Ib. 2. gallon 1.

For Voyages over 30 days' duration.

Rice

b 11 per diem.

Salt Beef..

Salt Pork..

Salt Fish....

Ibon alternate

days.

Fresh Beef, or Mutton in tins..

Salted Vegetables...

Pickles...

Fresh Vegetables, as Yams, Pumpkins, &c..

bon alternate

days.

Water...

Imperial qts. 3 a day.

Firewood

ibs. 2 a day.

Tea......

oz. a day.

Lime or Lemon Juice and Sugar....

245

oz. 2 a week.

NOTE.-Fresh Vegetables to be issued during the first month of the voyage only, unless the Master shall obtain a fresh supply en route, when these articles may be again supplied in the above proportion.

H. G. THOMSETT, R.N.,

Emigration Officer, &c.