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APPENDIX. 



B. 



General Report on the Provisions, Preserved Meats, Comforts, Clotkiny, 

 etc., constituting the Sea Stock of H.M.S. Assistance, for Arctic 

 Service, upon her departure from England on the Zlsl April, 1852; 

 with remarks as to their qtiality and fitness or otherwise for such 

 service, etc. 



Species. 



Of the Sea 

 Stock. 



Quantity. 



By whom 

 supplied. 



Remarks. 



Biscuit 



Ibs. 35,509 



Deptford 



Victualling 

 Establishment 



Flour . 



Ibs. 78,000 



Concentrated 



Bum 

 Wines 



Brandy . . 

 Corned Beef . 



Corned Pork 



gals. 2,276j 

 gals. 216 



gals. 110 

 Ibs. 37,808 



Ibs. 9,370 



Good : as all biscuit made in the 

 Government Yards is, and I 

 am not aware of any peculiarity 

 in that supplied to this Expe- 

 dition. The cases, as far as we 

 could preserve them from in- 

 jury, were of great value, keep- 

 ing the bread dry and prevent- 

 ing increase of weight and mois- 

 ture, by which it became mani- 

 festly less palatable. The fifty- 

 six-pound cases answered well ; 

 but the wood was inconvenient. 

 Vide special letter on bread. 



Good : but not sufficiently good 

 to make good bread. The rea- 

 son I must leave to the cooks 

 and bakers : our private store 

 of flour, probably at some cost, 

 was better. 



Very good. 



Good : were selected without re- 

 gard to slight increase of price, 

 as they were intended for the 

 sick and those who disliked 

 rum. 



Good, very good, extra quality. 



Very good : but as my wishes on 

 this matter had to give way to 

 certain pressure from without, 

 vide special letter. 



That corned in the usual manner 

 eery salt, owing to the want of 

 fatty mixture in the animal, and 

 no fat introduced into the casks 

 to remedy this deficiency. 



