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(b) — The daily diet scale for Native Convicts is as follows 



Labouring prisoners. 



Grain- 



r.f'^} I sifted flour or without 



Cholum^ husk 24 



Cumbu J 



Dholl 2 



Butter-milk, tyre ... ... 10 Three days a 



week, not mut- 



ton days. 



Ghee or oil ... ... ... i 



Tamarind ... ... ... i 



Salt f 



Curry-powder ... .. ... ^ 



Vegetables ... ... ... 4 



Onions ... ... ... ... ^ 



Garlic ... ... ... ... 30 grains on mutton 



days. 



Mutton or fish ... ... ... 5 oz. without bone 



or 2^ oz. of 

 salt fish three 

 days in the 

 week. 



Firewood H lb. 



BemarTis. — Females and non-labouring male prisoners get 20 oz. of 

 grain instead of 24 oz. and 4 oz. of mutton instead of 5 oz. Any of 

 the three grains may be used. 25 oz. of cumbu is to be considered as 

 equivalent to 24 oz. of ragi or cholum. Labouring prisoners are to 

 have two substantial meals, before going to work, and on returning 

 from it, with a third light meal at midday. No rice less than six 

 months' old is to be issued to prisoners. Dholl must be carefully 

 husked. The allowance of fresh vegetables may be increased on the 

 recommendation of the medical officer to any reasonable extent that 

 can be supplied by the Jail garden. The weight of vegetables must 

 be calculated after the stalks, skins and refuse have been separated, 

 and only good succulent vegetables are to be used. The allowance of 

 salt may, in times of epidemic cholera, be increased by order of the 

 medical officer. The allowance of meat must be estimated without 

 bone. Good ordinary grass-fed mutton or goats' flesh should be sup- 

 plied. When dried or salt-fish is used, 2^ oz. will be considered=5 

 oz. of fresh fish. Brahmins and other non meat-eating castes may be 

 allowed 1 oz. of ghee or oil or 2 oz. of dholl with 10 oz. of butter- 

 milk on meat days in lieu of mutton. In districts where cocoanuts 

 are plentiful, 2 oz. of copra may be given in lieu of | oz. of oil or 

 ghee. Mango pickles may be substituted for tamarind when procura- 

 ble- All kinds of grain used must be good, of thin kind and nutri- 

 tious, not too new nor too old, and the quantity should be a fair 

 average of the produce of the local markets. All unripe, mildewed or 

 weevil eaten grain must be rejected and the grain should be free from 

 9/11 external impurities, 



