§ Captain BOURNEasked the Home Secretary whether stone-pounding is or ever has been a prison task or punishment; if it has been and has been discontinued, when and why was it discontinued; and, if ever used as a prison task or punishment, what was the amount and kind of stone used and the size to which it was to be pounded?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSStone-pounding was formerly used to a small extent as a prison task, but was discontinued before the. War in favour of better kinds of employment.