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pint measure will contain, on an average, about five hundred 
cowries when compact and the top levelled, and that the cost to 
Government of five hundred, in relation to the whole supply taken 
on charge by the Pursers of the Expedition, has been, as nearly 
as can be calculated, about l\d, sterling ; it is my direction that 
cowries be issued and received at the rate of five hundred for 
or one hundred for l|^ef. sterling, and that when the imperial measure 
is used in payment, one pint to be considered equal to five hun- 
dred cowries, and also that in cases when the parties may agree 
to be paid in cowries according to weight, that four hundred be 
given and received as equal to a pound avoirdupois. 
And as much valuable time which would be occupied in the 
counting of cowries might be saved by the use of the pint mea- 
sure ; the commanders of the vessels of the Expedition are to 
encourage the natives to adopt the plan, and to cause a number 
of pint measures to be made forthwith from the empty preserved 
meat cases, and to give them occasionally as presents, until a 
desire be expressed for them in barter. 
In order to save the preserved carrots and other vegetables as 
much as possible, it is my direction, that whenever fruit or 
vegetables are on board, or can be procured at a moderate price 
for the ships’ companies, they be served on preserved meat days 
with the preserved meat, 
And as the total quantity of bread in the vessels of the Niger 
Expedition is not in proportion to the other species of provisions, 
it is my direction, that when yams, cocoas, plantains, rice, or any 
other wholesome vegetable can be procured cheaply, the crews be 
put on two- thirds allowance of bread. 
Henry Dundas Trotter, Captain. 
