New Zealand Gazette – 1883 – No. 30

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✨ Steam Service Tender Schedules



APRIL 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 457

SCHEDULE A.

Item Beef (a). OZ. Pork (a). OZ. Preserved Meat (b). OZ. Suet. OZ. Butter (c). OZ. Biscuit (d). OZ. Flour (e). Raw. OZ. Flour (e). To be issued to baker for bread (ee). OZ. Rice or Oatmeal (f). OZ. Peas. pint Potatoes. Fresh or lb. Potatoes. Preserved. lb. Carrots. OZ. Onions (g) OZ. Raisins. OZ. Tea. oz. Coffee, roasted. oz. Sugar, raw. oz. Molasses (West India). oz. Jam or Marmalade. OZ. Water. qts.
Sunday ... ... 6 3 2 2 11 10 4 1/4 ... ... ... 4 1/2 1/2 4 ... 2 3
Monday ... 8 ... ... 3 2 ... 10 4 1/4 1 ... 4 ... ... ... 4 ... ... 3
Tuesday ... 8 ... ... 3 2 ... 10 4 1/4 ... ... 4 ... ... ... 4 ... ... 3
Wednesday ... 8 ... ... 3 2 ... 10 4 1/4 ... ... 4 3 ... ... 4 ... ... 3
Thursday ... 8 ... ... 3 2 11 10 4 1/4 1 1/4 ... 4 ... 1/2 1/2 4 ... 2 3
Friday ... 8 ... ... 3 2 ... 10 4 1/4 ... ... ... ... ... 1/2 ... 4 ... ... 3
Saturday ... 8 ... ... 3 2 ... 10 4 1/4 ... ... ... ... ... 1/2 ... 4 ... ... 3
Weekly totals 16 16 22 6 9 14 22 70 28 1 3/4 3 3/4 8 3 8 1 1/2 2 16 8 4 21

Mixed pickles ... 1/2 pint.
Mustard ... 1/2 oz.
Limejuice while in tropics ... 6 oz.
Salt ... 2 oz.
Pepper ... 1/4 oz.

(a) These articles to be of prime and approved quality
and description.
(b) No part of this supply to consist of soup and bouilli.
(c) Only 3 oz. of butter per week to be issued to each
child.
(d) The biscuit to be extra navy biscuit, and equal to
sample furnished. The whole supply for the voyage shall be
put on board the ship either in tanks or sound air-tight casks.
(e) The flour to be kiln-dried, and the whole supply for
the voyage to be put on board in air-tight casks.
(ee) To be issued to the baker, to be made by him into
bread.
(f) Equal weights of rice and oatmeal to be shipped, and
the distribution to be made, as far as may be practicable,
according to the preference of the passengers respectively.
(g) No onions to be issued to the children.

To provide for the above rations at sea, the following quantities at least of provisions and water
are to be shipped for every 100 statute adults, and in the same proportion for any number less than
100 statute adults:---

2,144 lb. beef.
2,144 lb. pork.
2,680 lb. preserved meat.
806 lb. suet.
1,206 lb. butter.
1,875 lb. biscuit.
12,348 lb. flour.
1,885 lb. rice.
1,885 lb. oatmeal.
1,072 pints peas.
1,608 lb. preserved potatoes.
1,072 lb. preserved carrots.
403 lb. preserved onions.
1,072 lb. raisins.
201 lb. tea.
268 lb. coffee, roasted.
2,144 lb. sugar, raw.
1,072 lb. molasses.
536 pints mixed pickles.
67 lb. mustard.
268 lb. salt.
34 lb. pepper.
300 lb. limejuice.
30 lb. condensed egg, in 1/4-lb. tins.
13,000 gallons water.

N.B. The quantities of salt beef and salt pork will have to be reduced and the quantity of
preserved meat increased in equal proportion, according to the number of children in each ship.

lb. less butter and 4 lb. less onions to be shipped for each child included in the number of statute
adults.

SCHEDULE B.

Children between one and twelve years of age are to receive preserved meat instead of salt meat
every day; and, in addition to the articles to which they are entitled by the above-written scale, 1 pint
of preserved milk and 3 pints of water daily; and 8 oz. of oatmeal, 4 oz. preserved soup, 8 oz. flour,
4 oz. rice, and 10 oz. sugar weekly.

Children above four months and under one year old, 3 pints of water, 1 pint of preserved milk,
and 4 oz. preserved soup daily; and 12 oz. white biscuit, 8 oz. oatmeal, 4 oz. sago or arrowroot, 8 oz.
flour, 4 oz. rice, and 10 oz. sugar weekly. To infants under four months old such nutriment is to be
issued as the surgeon may consider necessary. An additional quart of water is to be issued daily for the
use of each person sick in the hospital if the surgeon shall so order.

To provide for the above rations at sea the following net quantities at least are to be shipped for
each child:---

30 lb. condensed milk.
38 lb. oatmeal.
5 lb. preserved soup.

10 lb. flour.
5 lb. rice.
13 lb. sugar.

And for each infant,

30 lb. condensed milk.
18 lb. preserved soup.
1 1/2 lb. extract of meat.
11 lb. oatmeal.
3 lb. sago.

2 lb. arrowroot.
11 lb. flour.
5 lb. rice.
13 lb. sugar.
16 lb. biscuit, white.



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🚂 Detailed conditions for tender for Direct Steam Service, covering mail, cargo, and general contract terms (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
6 April 1883
Rations schedule, Sea voyage provisions, Adult diet, Child diet, Water requirements, Contract specifications, Schedule A, Schedule B