Of Food. 4 1 7 



Potatoes, per bushel weighing 58^ lbs. at 2s. 6d., which 

 gives nearly one halfpenny for each pound. 



And I find that a quartern loaf of wheaten bread 

 weighing 4 lbs. 5 oz. costs now in London is. o\d. 

 This bread must therefore be reckoned at i iff farthings 

 per pound. 



Salt costs \\d. per pound; and vinegar (which is 

 probably six times as strong as that stuff called vinegar 

 which is used in the kitchen of the House of Industry 

 at Munich) costs is. Zd. per gallon. 



This being premised, the computations may be made 

 as follows : — 



Expense of preparing in London, in the month of November, I79S> 

 1200 portions of the Soup No. I. 



lbs. oz. s. d. £, s. d. 



141 2 pearl barley, at o 2 per lb i 12 6 



131 4 peas, at .... o i^ „ o 16 4 



69 10 wheaten bread, at o iiff ., o 16 6 



19 13 salt, at .... o i^ „ o 25^ 



Vinegar, one gallon, at . i 8 „ o 18 



Expenses {or fuel, servants, kitchen furniture, etc., reckoning 

 three times as much as those articles of expense amount to 

 daily at Munich o 10 4|- 



Total 3 9 9| 



Which sum (3/. (^s. <^\d) divided by 1 200, the number 

 of portions of soup, gives 2 i^aVo farthings, or nearly 

 2f farthings for each portion. 

 For the soup No. II. it will be : — 



lbs. oz. s. d. £ s. d. 



70 9 pearl barley, at o 2 per lb o 1 1 9 



65 10 peas, at . . . o i^ „ 082 



230 4 potatoes, at .00^ „ > . o 13 9 



69 10 bread, at. . . o lif^ „ 16 6 



19 13 salt, at . . . o i-J^ „ o 25^ 



Vinegar, one gallon o 18 



Expenses for fuel, servants, etc o 10 4^ 



Total 3 4 7| 



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