...........Nutri-
(Carboniferous.) (Nitrogenous) ment per cent.
of gross weight.
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Wheat Flour............. 71.25 .......... 16.25 ....... 87.5
Bread................... 51.5 .......... 10.5 ....... 62.0
Oatmeal................. 65.75 .......... 16.25 ........82.0
Pearl Barley............ 67.0 ........... 15.0 ........ 82.0
Peas.................... 55.5 ........... 24.5 ........ 80.0
Potatoes (preserved
potatoes are thor-
oughly dry)........ .. 24.5 ........... 2.5 ..........27.0
Carrots................ 8.5 ........... 1.5 ......... 10.0
Turnips.................. 5.7 ........... 0.3 ......... 6.0
Cabbage.................. 6.7 ........... 0.3 .......... 7.0
Lean of Beef and Mutton . - .......... 27.0 ......... 27.0
Fat of meat.............100.0 .......... - ....... 100.0
Average Beef and Mutton 15.0 ...........20.25 ........ 35.25
Bacon....................62.5 .......... 8.36 ........ 70.86
Skimmed-milk Cheese ..... 0.4 .......... 64.6 ......... 65.0
White Fish ............. - ........... 21.0 ......... 21.0
New Milk ............... 8.0 .......... 4.5 ......... 12.5
Skimmed Milk ........... 8.0 .......... 4.5 ......... 10.0
Butter-milk............. 1.0 .......... 6.0 ......... 7.0
Beef Tea, strong ........ - .......... 1.44 ......... 1.44
Beef Tea and Meat de-
coction of Broth ...... - .......... 0.72 ......... 0.72
Sugar...................100.0 ........... - ....... 100.0
Butter................. 100.0 ............ - ........ 100.0
Total (in Seden-
(tary life... 12.57 .......... 4.25 ........ 17 ounces.
Nutriment (in Active
(life......... 21.00 ......... 7.00 ........ 28 "
Required. (In Severe
(labour........22.50 ......... 7.50 ....... 30 "

As examples of the way in which the above Tables should be applied, I
will now give three dietaries, in which the quantity of real nutriment
has been calculated.

I. -- British Navy Allowances. (Admiralty Order, 1824.)

Gross weight Real Nutriment.
in ounces. C. N. Total.
Bread ............20.0 - 10.3 ...2.1 ....... 12.4
or Biscuit - 16.0 .. 11.4 .. 2.6 ....... 14.0
Oatmeal ........ 1.5 .. 1.5 .. 1.96 . 0.48 ...... 2.44
Cocoa ............ 1.0