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The quantities of provisions which each passenger, fourteen years of age and upwards, is entitled to receive on the voyage to America, including the time of detention, if any, at the port of embarkation, are according to

British Law.
3 quarts of water daily.		1½ lb sugar	weekly.
2½ lbs of bread or biscuit	weekly.	2 oz. tea, or 4 oz. coffee or
1 lb wheaten flour	"	cocoa	"
5 lb oatmeal	"	2 oz. salt	"
2 lb rice	"
American Law.
3 quarts of water daily.		½ lb sugar	weekly.
2½ lb navy bread	weekly.	2 oz. tea	"
1 lb wheaten flour	"	8 oz. of molasses and
6 lbs oatmeal	"	vinegar	"
1 lb of salt pork	"
(free from bone.)	"

According to an act of Parliament which came in force on 1st October, 1852, certain articles may be substituted for the oatmeal and rice at the option of the master of the ship.

In every Passenger ship issues of provisions shall be made daily before two o'clock in the afternoon, as near as may be in the proportion of one-seventh of the weekly allowance on each day. The first of such issues shall be made before two o'clock in the afternoon of the day of embarkation to such passengers as shall be then on board, and all articles that require to be cooked shall be issued in a cooked state. This excellent Parliamentary regulation is often evaded.—Each passenger is entitled to lodgings and provisions on board from the day appointed for sailing in his ticket, or else to 1s. per day, for every day of detention, and the same for forty-eight hours after arriving in America.