HC Deb 07 October 1909 vol 11 c2340W
Sir HENRY COTTON

asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if he can state the total number of cases in which whipping has been inflicted as a gaol punishment in each province in India during the years 1906, 1907, and 1908?

The MASTER of ELIBANK

The figures are as follows:—

1906 1907 1908
Madras 19 40 52
Bombay 100 108 108
Bengal 113 83 116
Eastern Bengal and Assam 58 52 45
United Provinces 91 97 77
Punjab 65 63 70
Central Provinces 86 86 100
Burma 129 121 124
North-West Frontier Province 7 2 2
668 652 694