§ MR. GRAYasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the cat-o'-nine-tails is now in use in the Egyptian prisons; and, if so, by whom it was introduced?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICENo, Sir; it is not. The instrument of punishment is the ordinary Egyptian whip found as part of the prison properties. Its use has, however, been restricted to cases of violence and mutinous crime within the prisons, and the maximum number of strokes has been reduced from 300 to 24.