The Queens order for chocolate for the troops has been divided among the firms, Cadbury, Fry and Rowndtree. The chocolate, which will be suitable for either as a beverage or a sweetmeat, will be contained in tin boxes ea ch containing half a pound, a quantity sufficient to make 12 to 16 cups. The tines will be oblong in shape, printed in decorative devices in colours, the groundwork being read with border of red and silver. Upon the centre of the lid will be an embossed medallion of Her Majesty. On one side of that decoration will be “VR1” and upon the other side the words “South Africa, 1900.” As 100,000 of these gifts will be required, there are many difficulties to be surmounted before the arrangements can be completed, the time remaining for the manufacture of the tins being so short, but everything has now been settled. The contract for the tins has been divided among three English firms, one of which is Messrs. Hudson and Scott and sons (Limited), of Carlise, whose share of the work will be the manufacture and printing of 30,000 tins.  Daily Express 21^st November 1889: