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MINUTES OF PEOCEEDINGS OF 
3 
& 
6 
Nature of Stores. 
Load of mule No. 39 . 
The packing is the same as with mules Nos. 8, 6, 7, 8. 
The spare handspike is carried between the cheeks of 
the gun-carriage. 
2 days’ forage as on mule No. 35. 
1 gun pack-saddle, with head gear, horse-cloth, and saddle, 
with surcingle .. 
4 sheet-iron cooking utensils with stew-pan .. 
Weight. 
lbs. 
282-7 
60-7 
13-6 
40 
29 
1 small horse picket..... 1-0 
8 feeds of oats at 6*9 lbs. each.. 55-6 
2 corn sacks, 1 peck ... 1*9 
4 feeds of hay at 12*3 lbs. each . 49'4 
4 12-feet forage cords. 2‘5 
coupling rope, divided between the 2 mules 0-4 
Total 110-7 
Load of mule No. 40 ... 185*0 
1 gun-carriage pack-saddle, with head gear, horse-cloth, 
and 1 wheel-bearer . 6 2-3 
4 sheet-iron cooking utensils, with stew-pan ... 13*6 
40 
Sur-load t 1 tair ba S> filled ( TT ) . 7 ' 1 * * 4 
c (in other respects as with mule No, 40 . 110*7 
80 
Load of mule No. 41 . 
Both mules, Nos. 40 and 41, carry two days’ forage for 
themselves, for mules Nos. 42, 43, and 44, and for three 
riding horses. 
1 ammunition and baggage pack-saddle, with head gear, 
horse-cloth, 4 pack girths and lines, 4 packing splints, 
4 pack rings, and 2 packing bags . 
80 rations, 2*5 lbs. each (bread, tobacco^ and salt) for 
80 men for one day. 
4 sheet-iron cooking pots, with stew-pan . 
1 coffee-ration beaker . 
1 billhook ..... 
Total 
C 1 small horse picket. 
Sur-load < 1 hair bag, filled (tt) on mule No. 43 . 
(1 coupling-rope divided between the 2 mules 
193-9 
66*4 
197-5 
13-6 
0-3 
3-7 
281-6 
1-0 
7*4 
0-4 
Load of mule No. 42 .. 283-0 
Load of mule No. 43 . 290*4 
