The Board have the honor to transmit Congress sundry enumerations of articles of which a ration may be composed and the value of each. Out of these, Congress will be pleased to elect which they think proper. If the ration is altered it will be proper to resolve.

That the ration to be delivered the Troops of the United States consist of the following articles where the same can be obtained.

That the Commander in Chief or the Commanding General of a seperate Army be and they are hereby authorised with the consent of the Contractor or Contractors to alter the ration as to the articles of which it is composed according to circumstances so as not to exceed the value of that hereby established.

Sundry Estimates of the Component parts of a ration

N. 1

	1 lb. Beef		per day		6
	1 lb. Bread		do		2
	1 pint of milk		do		2
	3 pints of pease or Beans per week is per day				16/32
	1 do		Indian meal per do do		4/32
	9 gallons of Molasses		per 700 Rations do		20/32
	3 lb. Candles 8 lb. Soap
	per 700 Rations is per ration				8/32
					11d. 16/32

N. 2

	1/4 lb. Beef		per day		7 16/32
	1 lb. Bread		do		2
	1 gill of pease or Beans		per day		9/32
	1 gill of vinegar		do		16/32
	1/2 pint of molasses & 1 pint of Indian meal per week is		per ration		17/32
					10d. 26/32

N. 3

	1 lb. Bread				2
	1 lb. Beef				6
	1 gill of rum or other proof Spirits				2 16/32
	3 lb. Candles 8 lb. Soap
	per 100 Men per week is per ration				8/32
					10d. 24/32

N. 4

	1 lb. Beef				6
	1 lb. Bread				2
	1 gill of Apple or Rye whiskey Rum proof or
	1/2 gill of Rum		per day		1 16/32
	3 pints of pease or Beans or 1 pint of Indian meal
	per man per week is		per ration		24/32
	3 lb. Candles 8 lb. Soap
	per 100 men per week is per ration				8/32
					10d. 16/32

We beg leave to lay before Congress a copy of a letter received from his Excellency the Commander in Chief respecting the proposed contracts for supplying the army with provisions which completes all we can offer for the consideration of Congress on that subject. We agree with the Genl on the propriety of adding vinegar to the ration and in his Ideas as to the proportion and quality of the several species of rum or spirits. We have doubled the number of rations mentioned in the Generals Estimate for the post at Philadelphia on account of the numbers of prisoners constantly stationed there.

We partake in the Generals anxiety respecting the supplies for the opperation against New York and the means of transporting them and entreat the attention of Congress to that pressing and important subject. We have the honor to be &c.