§ Mr. RENTONasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether Chinese pork is supplied to His Majesty's prisons?
§ Mr. GLADSTONEThe pork used in convict prisons is obtained from the Admiralty and the Parkhurst Prison Farm. The Admiralty get no Chinese pork. A very small quantity of pork is used in a
1716Wfew local prisons, and is purchased from the local meat contractors. The Commissioners are unable to say whether the pork obtained from the local contractors is Chinese or not.