The European rations now under issue in Kabul are as per margin, and with reference to them I would make the following remarks: The increase of 1/4 lb.

in bread and meat is, in my opinion, very desirable, for not only is the meat, as a rule, on service inferior to that served in cantonments, but the extras which can be procured from the coffee-shop are not here forthcoming.

When the vegetable ration consists of potatoes, 1 lb.

is sufficient, but when it is made of mixed vegetables 1-1/4 lb.

is necessary.