also and intimate to this office. According to the calculation of this end, the cost of present morning meals i.e. grams and tea comes to Re. 0.75 per prisoner i.e. costing Rs. 5.25 a week while the new menu will cost Rs. 5.22 per week in addition to advantage of variety of food. Midday and evening meals: Rule473. (i) The following scale is prescribed for each of the midday and evening meals per prisoner for all labouring prisoners— Sr. No. Commodity Weight Weight for N.W.F.P. 1. Wheat flour .... 291 Grs. 300 Grs. 2. Dal .... 36 Grs. 500 Grs. 3. Vegetables .... 58 Grs. 75 Grs. 4. Salt .... 7 Grs. 15 Grs. 5. Vegetable ghee (Vanaspati) .... 9 Grs 9.60 Grs. 6. Chillies .... 1.1 Grs 1.20 Grs. 7. Turmeric .... 0.58 Grs. 0.60 Grs. 8. Garlic or onion ... 1.16 Grs. 1.20 Grs. Non-labouring prisoners shall also get the above scale except in the case of wheat flour which shall be 203 grams per prisoners per meal. Explanation.—In accounting for the issue of petty rations, such as vegetable .ghee, chillies, turmeric, etc. fractions upto one half should be disregarded and those in excess of one half should be shown as one chatak and entered accordingly in the diet register and stock book of rations, provided that the total issued does not exceed the scale fixed. (ii) Dal of the same kind should not be issued at two consecutive meals. Vegetable-shall be issued cut up and ready for the pot. (iii) Beef at the scale of 58 Grs. per head per meal shall be issued twice a week in place of dal. Beef and vegetables will be cooked as one dish. Beef without bones shall be issued. Note. -Potatoes instead of beef shall be issued to Hindu and Sikh prisoners. (iv) On the first Thursday of every month 233 Grs. rice per prisoner will be cooked either as pluao or sweet .rice. Beef allowed at (iii) above will be used for cooking pluao. No dal will be issued for the meal time when beef is cooked nor wheat flour when rice or 165