a day of each, which, when divided among eighteen people, will make the daily ration 5 oz.

of meat and 5 oz.

of biscuit for each person.

Of water we have certainly not more than 200 gallons, but by reducing each person's allowance to a pint a day, we hope to eke out that, too, over the space of three months.
It is arranged that the food shall be distributed under the boatswain's superintendence every morning at ten o'clock.

Each person will then receive his allowance of meat and biscuit, which may be eaten when and how he pleases.