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GRAMS
Total Weight
Coconut Meat (Coconut}/Fresh
{Pandanus
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|Pan|''Paste'(Partial
root) |Bread
Sample
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12
0.0075
584
159
8
0.0073
427
1
0.0071
544
5
0.0055
91
No.
Sample
jas Received
(sprouting )
danus
jlyDried)
129
61
53
132
102
85
misc.
93
98
0.0049
546
283
6
0.0044
984
88
14
0.0037
919
238
10
0.0025
210
13
0.0023
159
16
9
0.0019
342
124
158
os
0.0015
314
202
68
Li
0.0015
208
124
26
4
0.0009
165
95
Averagel0. 0039
361
119
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>
cf
d
(agy
74s
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{Misc.
aa 48
ice-Pandanus
ixture 88
40
222
91
7
a
Fruit
108
79
50
(dry)
19
101
238
395
43
159
41
71
Fish 7
14
(cooked)
17
44
Fish 7
71
60
44
58
30
33
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27
5
66
11
Each sample number represents one daily ration for one adult male in August 1958. -No imported foods
are included with the exception of the rice in sample number 8.
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*estimate that about 1/3 of rice-pandanus mixture with total weight of 88 gms
consisted of Pandanus.