Report of the number of number of rations on hand in Department of Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana, June 29, 1863 (exclusive of Port Hudson and Vicksburg).

Depot or post. Bacon. Lard. Pork. Beef. Flour.

Canton depot 1,000 --- 8,000 --- 31,875

Canton post 15,256 4,776 --- 4,256 1,957

Jackson post 2,000 --- --- --- ---

Jackson depot* 4,000 --- --- --- 42,000

Panola post 15,000 --- --- --- ---

Grenada depot 28,000 1,400 --- 267,500 4,500

Yazoo City post 5,600 1,300 --- --- ---

Mississippi 70,856 7,476 8,000 271,745 79,732

Central and

Jackson

Railroad.

Okolona depot 10,000 --- --- 100,000 ---

Meridian depot 30,000 --- --- --- 20,000

Columbus depot 106,000 15,000 --- --- 65,170

Macon post 137,000 --- --- --- ---

Enterprise post 3,900 2,800 --- 8,900 800

Lauderdale post 1,800 2,000 --- 8,000 5,000

West Point post 4,200 --- --- --- ---

Newton post 844 --- --- --- 784

Mobile and Ohio 293,744 19,800 --- 116,900 91,754

Railroad.

Total on hand 364,600 27,276 8,000 388,645 171,486

Depot or post. Meal. Corn. Rice. Peas.

Canton depot 38,222 --- --- ---

Canton post 2,733 --- --- ---

Jackson post --- --- 18,000 6,000

Jackson depot* 100,000 --- 1,250,000 ---

Panola post --- --- --- ---

Grenada depot 6,230 171,000 116,000 6,000

Yazoo City post 97,125 55,500 54,000 26,600

Mississippi 244,310 226,500 1,438,000 38,600

Central and

Jackson

Railroad.

Okolona depot 40,000 --- --- ---

Meridian depot 15,000 72,315 100,000 140,000

Columbus depot --- 967,500 1,300,000 ---

Macon post --- 634,050 --- ---

Enterprise post 8,000 --- 12,300 ---

Lauderdale post 7,000 --- 15,000 ---

West Point post --- 90,000 --- ---

Newton post 1,498 --- 7,000 4,000

Mobile and Ohio 71,498 1,763,865 1,434,300 144,000

Railroad.

Total on hand 315,808 1,990,365 2,872,300 182,600

Depot or Sugar. Molasses. Salt. Soap. Candles

post. .

Canton 717,400 79,000 173,866 8,575 7,500

depot

Canton 87,866 3,750 2,750 --- ---

post

Jackson 10,000 --- 10,000 5,000 ---

post

Jackson 2,214,000 --- 250,000 160,000 ---

depot*

Panola --- --- --- --- ---

post

Grenada 20,000 --- 11,000 3,400 ---

depot

Yazoo City --- --- 63,200 --- ---

post

Mississipp 3,049,266 82,750 510,816 176,975 7,500

i Central

and

Jackson

Railroad.

Okolona 25,000 --- --- --- ---

depot

Meridian --- --- 200,000 280,000 ---

depot

Columbus 100,000 18,000 32,000 75,000 66,667

depot

Macon post --- --- --- --- ---

44,400 36,400 151,300 --- ---

Enterprise

post

Lauderdale 2,000 15,000 --- 12,000 1,000

post

West point --- --- --- --- ---

post

Newton 5,833 7,000 207,870 3,375 1,200

post

Mobile and 177,233 76,400 591,170 370,375 68,867

Ohio

Railroad.

Total on 3,226,499 159,150 1,101,986 547,350 76,367

hand

Depot or Vinegar. Whisky. Mutton. Wheat.

post.

Canton --- --- --- Bush. --

depot -

Canton --- --- 8,120 ---

post

Jackson --- --- --- ---

post

Jackson --- 60,000 --- ---

depot*

Panola --- --- --- ---

post

Grenada --- --- --- ---

depot

Yazoo City --- --- --- ---

post

Mississipp --- 60,000 8,120 ---

i Central

and

Jackson

Railroad.

Okolona --- --- --- ---

depot

Meridian 75,000 --- --- ---

depot

Columbus --- --- --- 500

depot

Macon post --- --- --- 90

--- --- --- ---

Enterprise

post

Lauderdale 10,000 --- --- ---

post

West point --- --- --- 141

post

Newton --- --- --- ---

post

Mobile and 85,000 --- --- 731

Ohio

Railroad.

Total on 85,000 60,000 8,120 731

hand

Heat beef-cattle at Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,386

Head beef-cattle at Canton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,588

Heat beef-cattle at Columbus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Heat cattle en route from Natchez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436

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6,660

THEO. Johnston,

Major, &c.

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* 270 head of sheep.

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