The purser on each ship was in charge of supplying the food and consumables; like candles, coal, clothes (or slops as they were known) and tobacco.
Unondyebo kwinqanawa nganye wayelawula ukunikezelwa kokutya kunye nezinye izinto ezisebenzisekayo ezifana namakhandlela, amalahle, impahla (impahla etshiphu njengoko yasaziwa) kunye necuba.