┌─────────┬─────┬─────┬────┬────┬──────┬────┬────┬────┬──────┬──────┬────┐ │ Days of │Bread│Flour│Beef│Pork│ Peas │But-│Rice│Suet│ Rai- │Oat^l.│Sug-│ │the week.│lbs. │lbs. │lbs.│lbs.│pints.│ter │ozs.│lbs.│s^{ns}│pints.│ ar │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │lbs.│ │ │ lbs. │ │oz. │ ├───────┬─┼─────┼─────┼────┼────┼──────┼────┼────┼────┼──────┼──────┼────┤ │Sunday │1│ 4│ 4│ 8│ │ │ │ │ ½│ 1│ │ │ ├───────┼─┼─────┼─────┼────┼────┼──────┼────┼────┼────┼──────┼──────┼────┤ │Monday │2│ 4│ │ │ │ 3│ ½│ 4│ │ │ 2│ 2│ ├───────┼─┼─────┼─────┼────┼────┼──────┼────┼────┼────┼──────┼──────┼────┤ │Tuesday│3│ 4│ 4│ │ │ │ │ │ ½│ 1│ │ │ ├───────┼─┼─────┼─────┼────┼────┼──────┼────┼────┼────┼──────┼──────┼────┤ │Wednes-│4│ 4│ │ │ 6│ 3│ ½│ │ │ │ │ │ │day │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├───────┼─┼─────┼─────┼────┼────┼──────┼────┼────┼────┼──────┼──────┼────┤ │Thurs- │5│ 4│ 4│ │ │ │ │ │ ½│ 1│ 2│ │ │day │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├───────┼─┼─────┼─────┼────┼────┼──────┼────┼────┼────┼──────┼──────┼────┤ │Friday │6│ 4│ │ 8│ │ 3│ ½│ │ │ │ │ │ ├───────┼─┼─────┼─────┼────┼────┼──────┼────┼────┼────┼──────┼──────┼────┤ │Satur- │7│ 4│ │ │ │ 3│ │ 4│ │ │ 2│ 2│ │day │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├───────┴─┼─────┼─────┼────┼────┼──────┼────┼────┼────┼──────┼──────┼────┤ │ Total │ 28│ 12│ 16│ 6│ 12│ 1½│ 8│ 1½│ 3│ 6│ 4│ └─────────┴─────┴─────┴────┴────┴──────┴────┴────┴────┴──────┴──────┴────┘ Besides the above liberal allowance, there is a further issue, each week, of one quart of vinegar to each mess, and after the ship has been at sea three or four weeks, one ounce of lemon juice and an equal quantity of sugar is also to be issued to each convict daily. The period for which it has been usual to put the provisions on board the transport ships has been eight months; besides this, each convict is allowed one hundred and twenty gallons of water, and two gallons of wine, the latter to be distributed specially at the Surgeon’s discretion, and under his immediate superintendence. The women are allowed wine in the same proportion as the men convicts, and subject to the same restriction in its use: they have also a like proportion of provisions, with an addition of three pounds of muscovado sugar, and half a pound of black tea, per week, for each mess of six women.