Note 5 — Chapter XXXVI · THE PENAL COLONY OF KARA.

It appeared that, when a man was working in the mines, he received daily 4 lbs. (Russian) of bread, 1 lb. of meat, ¼ lb. of buckwheat, and a small piece of brick-tea (kirpichny chai; kirpich meaning a brick), amounting to a quarter of a brick per month. In winter they are given cabbage and potatoes. When a man was not working, he received 3 lbs. of bread, ½ lb. of meat, and 1/12 lb. of buckwheat. No kvas was provided at Kara except in the hospital. These allowances are given to the prisoners at Kara in kind, and not, as at Irkutsk, their value in money, which would not be so suitable, as I saw no shops at Kara, nor did I hear of any local committee to-eke out the prisoners’ money.