§ SIR H. COTTONTo ask the Secretary of State for India if he will state the rate
| Rate of Mortality per mille of Average Strength. | Total Number of Corporal Punishments in Gaols. | |
| 1895 | 26.59 | 1,580 |
| 1896 | 27.79 | 1,753 |
| 1897 | 39.64 | 1,634 |
| 1898 | 25.3 | 1,691 |
| 1899 | 21.86 | 1,686 |
| 1900 | 33.46 | 1,511 |
| 1901 | 25.28 | 1,364 |
| 1902 | 22.46 | 1,315 |
| 1903 | 19.52 | 1,100 |
| 1904 | 17.75 | 1,076 |