of shin of beef, a knuckle of veal weighing 5 lbs., a few pieces or trimmings, 2 slices of nicely-flavoured lean, ham; 1/4 lb. of butter, 2 onions, 2 carrots, 1 turnip, nearly a head of celery, 1 blade of mace, 6 cloves, a hunch of savoury herb with endive, seasoning of salt and pepper to taste, 3 lumps of sugar, 5 quarts of boiling soft water.

Take the fleshy part of veal, scrape it with a knife, till all the meat is separated from the sinews, and allow about 1/2 lb. for an entrée.

10 unbroken eggs weigh about 1 lb. 1 oz. butter = 1 tablespoon heaped as much above the spoon as the spoon rounds underneath.

INGREDIENTS.To every lb. of suet allow 2 lbs.

The boiling point of water, being 212 degrees, is 180 degrees above the freezing point of waterthe freezing point being 32 degrees; so that it requires 1180 times as much heat to raise 1 lb. of water into steam, as to raise 1180 lbs.

WEIGHT OF THE MACKEREL.The greatest weight of this fish seldom exceeds 2 lbs., whilst their ordinary length runs between 14 and 20 inches.

and upwards in weight, but not exceeding 45 lb.

800,000 5,600,000 Live Cod, averaging 10 lbs.

In "Beeton's Dictionary" we find that the four largest of the Banda Islands produce 150,000 lbs.

The tree is not fit for felling until it has attained a growth of seven years, when a single trunk will yield 600 lbs. weight; and, as an acre of ground will grow 430 of these trees, a large return of flour is the result.

Every pound of coal requires about 2.66 lbs.

Supplied only in sealed linen bags containing 3-lbs.

Put the butter into a large stewpan, and when it is melted, add 2 lbs.

for a pot capable of holding 1 lb. Sufficient.

bruised beans, in the morning and noon, giving them at night 25 lbs.

each 2,470,000 4,940,000 Plaice, averaging 1 lb.

Boil the hops and water for 20 minutes; strain, and mix with the liquid 1/2 lb. of flour and not quite 1/2 pint of yeast.

She says, "Just try and boil down a lb. of beef into beef tea; evaporate your beef tea, and see what is left of your beef: you will find that there is barely a teaspoonful of solid nourishment to 1/4 pint of water in beef tea.

The boiling point of water, being 212 degrees, is 180 degrees above the freezing point of waterthe freezing point being 32 degrees; so that it requires 1180 times as much heat to raise 1 lb. of water into steam, as to raise 1180 lbs.

The rate of supply of sets of the smoke apparatus to ships is shown by the following figures: April 1, 1917 - 1,372 sets July 3, 1917 - 2,563 sets October 5, 1917 - 3,445 sets November 26, 1917 - 3,976 sets DEPTH CHARGES Depth charges, as supplied to ships in 1917, were of two patterns: one, Type D, contained a charge of 300 lb. of T.N.T., and the other, Type D*, carried 120 lb. of T.N.T.

He scales only 5-1/2 lb., and is therefore, as to size and weight as well as shape, style, and smartness of action, a good type of a toy Pomeranian.

As to the weight, bitches scale about 30 lbs., but dogs are heavier.

Weight of dogs about 55 lb. to 65 lb.; bitches about 45 lb. to 55 lb.

It requires just the same expenditure of mechanical power to lift 1 lb. through 100 ft., as to lift 100 lbs.

Irish Stew. Pare and slice 2 lbs.