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hence will require the same nutritive material. A child is- 

 reckoned, on the average, as consuming half the food required 

 for a man, 



F 



This being the case, the ration allowed per adult man or 

 woman per day is as follows : 



Rice ... 14 chitaks or 815 grammes, 



Dal .,,2 „ „ 115 „ 



oaitp ••■ ^ 15 91 ^^ ?» 



opices . . . yg ?? >» *-^ ?> 



Oil ^ 7^ 



Potatoes ..,2 „ ,,115 „ 



Onions , , . f „ „ 14| „ 



The elements of this diet, as used, need some description. 



E^ce, — The rice normally employed is that knovvn on the 

 Calcutta market as coolie rice of the quality ' Kazla No, 1.' 

 Occasionally, and on some gardens, the lower priced ' Kazla No. .2 ' 

 is employed, but this is not usual in Upper Assam. It is a brown 

 or red rice, containing a considerable proportion of the inner 

 coats of the husk attached to the grain, and is hence richer as a 

 nutritive material than if polished white* One occurrence which 

 has conae under my notice illustrates this. A tea company recently 

 obtained a higher type of rice, known on the Calcutta market 

 as ' Jhabra/ for their cooUes. This was white and polished, but 

 shortly afterward the coolies complained of it as not being as 

 satisfying as the commoner grade. A higher grade rice is employ- 

 ed in the hospitals kijown as * Kalchitu/ Analysis of samples 

 of Kazla No. 1 and Kalcliita 





Kazla No. 1. 



Kalchitu Uice 







7« 



7o 



Moisture 



« * • 



7-75 



5-75 



Oil 



• • • 



1-11 



1-53 



* Albuminoids 



*•• 



8-25 



10-06 



Carbohydrates, 



&c. 



81-22 



81-46 



Crude Fibre 



« « « 



•15 



•10 



tAsh 



• • • 



1-52 



1-10 



100 00 100 00 



*Contamiug Nitrogen 1.32 1.62 



fContainlng Sand -56 'll 



so 



above given 



J>aZ.— The DaL 



food 



of the people ot Eastern Bengal and Assam, in the present case 

 consisted of equal proportions of ArTiar (Cajanus indicaa) and 

 Masuri (Lens esenlenta). Bt)th of these are leguminous seeds 

 of very considerable nutritive value. Both are grown, in smalt 



