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The Subscriber hereby proposes furnishing the Refugee Negroes of Melville Island with the undermentioned Provision and [illegible] agreeable to a Scheme laid down by the Collector of H.I. Postons [illegible] for 4 Days in the Week
Half Pound of Beef
One Pound of Bread
Half Pound of Indian meal
One Pound of Potatoes
One gill of Molasses
One Quart of Spruce Beer
One third of [illegible] of Salt

for 3 Days in the Week
Half Pound of Pork
One Pound of Indian meal
Half Pound of Potatoes
One [illegible] of Ground Coffee
Half Pint of Molasses
One Quart of Spruce Beer
One third [illegible] of Salt

For the Sum of Ninepence half Penny Stirling Per Head