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A little table of exact cost and quantities might not be uninteresting:—

Quantity of Food Cost Carbon- aceous Nitro- genous Breakfast—Oatmeal Porridge. s. d. oz. oz. 1¼ lb. Oatmeal 2½ 14 3 1½ pint Tinned Milk 1½ 2¼ 1 ½ lb. Treacle 1½ 7 — Dinner—Irish Stew. 1¼ lb. Meat 8 3½ 3½ 4 lb. Potatoes 2½ 14 2 1¼ lb. Onions 1 5½ 1¼ A few Carrots 1 ¼ — ½ lb. Rice 1 7 ½ 1½ lb. Bread 2¼ 13½ 2¼ Tea—Bread and Coffee. 2½ lb. Bread 3¾ 22½ 3¾ 2½ oz. Coffee 2½ ¼ ¼ 1½ pint Tinned Milk 1½ 2¼ 1 Total 2 5 92 18½

But note that the requisite quantities for the whole family are 92oz. of carbonaceous and 23oz. of nitrogenous substances.

Another day we might provide them with cocoa and bread for breakfast; lentil soup and toasted cheese for dinner; and rice pudding and bread for tea; but this fare presupposes a certain knowledge of cooking, which but few of the poor possess, as well as an acquaintance with the dietetic properties of food, which, at present, is far removed from even the most intelligent. This day’s fare compares favourably with yesterday’s meals in the matter of cost, being 2½d. cheaper, but it does not provide enough carbonaceous food, though it does not fall far short of the necessary 23oz. of nitrogenous substances.