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Egg-cup. I Butter-pot. 



Small forks, 3. Sugar-bo.x. 



Table-spoons, 2 j Salt-box. 



Dessert-spoons, 2 Pepper-box. 



Tea-spoons, 2. All except the knives to be alu- 



Sniall knives, 2 ' minium. 



6. Stores. 



.A.11 stores should be packed in hinged wooden boxes, if for mules not 

 to exceed 24^ inches long by 14 inches deep by 14 inches wide, outside 

 measure, and 75 lbs. in weight. 



For camels they should be 27 inches long by 13^; inches deep by 

 iS^ inches wide, and not weigh over 1 12 lbs. each. 



If each box is numbered on all sides with some distinctive mark, 

 such as a circle or triangle, much trouble will be saved in disturbing loads, 

 for a native will recognise a mark while he cannot a numeral. 



Distribute each sort of store over as many boxes as possible, so that, 

 in case of loss, it will be less felt. 



Exact lists kept up to date will save much useless trouble and loss of 

 temper to all concerned : my store list is set out like this ; — 



Weights. 



Peaches . . 1 2 lb. T \ 



Pears ..32 lb. T. \ I I 



Pepper . . I i lb. P. ... I 



Potatoes . . 4 1 lb. T. i ... I ... 1 I 



When an article is moved to the dispense-box it is crossed out, and if 

 the last of its kind, in the total column as well. If store-boxes are 

 entrusted to the care of natives, endless breakage, loss, and theft must be 

 expected, besides never knowing where anything is, or how much of it is 

 left. 



I generally keep two bo.xes for dispense stores and miscellaneous small 

 articles in daily use. 



Have a tight-fitting lid made for each sort of tin, such as jam: milk, 

 and oatmeal ; this saves much trouble and waste from opened tins 

 upsetting ; pack all bottles in corrugated paper covers. Remember to 

 keep the two boxes of a load as nearly equal as possible, and ahvays as 

 much out of the sun as may be. 



Personally I have found the A. & N. Stores most satisfactory in fitting 

 out my various trips — they enter into the carrying out of one's ideas, and 

 the manager of the Export Department takes great personal interest in 

 everything proving a 



