Upon enlistment in the 1880s, Constable John G. Donkin recorded the scale of rations per man per diem as such:
1 ½ lbs beef or 1 lb bacon
1 ½ lbs bread or 1 ¼ lb flour, or 1 ¼ lb biscuit
½ oz tea
½ oz Coffee
½ oz salt
3 oz sugar
1 oz rice
1/36 oz pepper
1 lb potatoes, or 2 ozs dried apples; or 2 oz beans
