THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC 



2240 lb. of wholemeal biscuits with 25 per cent, of Plasmon added. 



12 doz. tins beef Plasmon. 



6 doz. tins Plasmon powder. 



6 doz. tins Plasmon cocoa. 



448 lb. wholemeal biscuits. 



448 lb. Garibaldi biscuits. 



224 lb. ginger nuts. 



150 lb. whole-egg powder. 



20 lb. albumen. 



200 lb. of Oxo, Lemco and other brands of meat extract. 



The following firms presented us with food-stuffs, 

 all of which proved entirely satisfactory: 



Messrs. J. and J. Colman, Ltd., of Norwich. 



9 tons wheat flour. 



Y2 ton self-raising flour. 



1/2 ton wheat meal. 



1 cwt. cornflour. 



84 lb. best mustard. 



1 % gross mixed mustard. 

 Messrs. Rowntree and Co., Ltd., York. 



1700 lb. elect cocoa (28 per cent, of fat). 



200 lb. Queen's chocolate. 

 Messrs. Alfred Bird and Sons, Ltd., Birmingham. 



120 doz. custard, baking, egg, crystal jelly, and blanc-mange 



powders. 



Liebig's Extract of Meat Co., Ltd., London. 



" Oxo," " Service oxo emergency food," " Lemco," and Fray 



Bentos ox tongues. 

 Evans, Sons, Lescher and Webb, Ltd., London. 



27 cases Montserrat lime-juice. 

 Messrs. Lipton, Ltd. 



350 lb. Ceylon tea. 



Some additions were made to our food-supplies 

 after the arrival of the Nimrod in New Zealand. Messrs. 

 Nathan and Company, of Wellington, presented the 

 expedition with sixty-eight cases of " Glaxo " dried 

 milk, and this preparation, which consists of the solid 



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