List of Stores

Part II: Forage

Original item held at the State Library of Victoria, SLV MS13071, Box 2088B/2.
Financial Records of the Royal Society of Victoria's Exploration Committee,
Royal Society of Victoria Exploration Committee account book 1858-1873.
1 bound volume, manuscript, pages numbered 1 to 162.
pp. 1-13. List of articles and services...supplied…by [Richard Nash] the Government Storekeeper.

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II. Forage and Food for Camels and Horses.

Article	Quantity	Rate	Amount
Oatmeal (camels)	1,112 lb	0/4	£ 18	10/	8d
Potatoes (camels)	3 cwt	12/6 per cwt	£ 1	17/	6d
Flour (camels)	600 lb	21/6 per 100 lb	£ 6	9/	0d
Hay from Govt Stores	6,160 lb	--various--	£ 15	9/	5d
(camels and horses)
Oats --do--	1,424 lb	--various--	£ 6	0/	9d
Bran --do--	666 lb	--various--	£ 7	1/	10d
Straw --do--	2,128 lb	--various--	£ 4	12/	7d
Hay from Experimental Farm	12,320 lb	£5, 12/6 per ton	£ 30	18/	9d
(camels and horses)
Straw --do--	4,480 lb	£2, 15/0 per ton	£ 5	10/	0d
Mangold --do--	6,720 lb	£3 10/0 per ton	£ 10	10/	0d
Oats purchased from C Steedman on emergency	160 lb	5/3 per bushel	£ 1	1/	0d


Total for Forage &c-.			£108	1/	6d

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Part II: Forage

II. Forage and Food for Camels and Horses.