§ Mr. BYLESasked the Under-Secretary of State for India what was the average daily number of prisoners in Bengal and in Eastern Bengal and Assam during the years 1904 to 1909, and the gaol mortality per thousand, and number of gaol floggings in each Province during the same period?
§ Mr. MONTAGUThe statistics are as follows:—
Gaol statistics, Bengal and Eastern Bengal and Assam. Year. Daily Average. Death-rate per 1,000. Gaol Floggings. Bengal. Eastern Bengal and Assam. Bengal. Eastern Bengal and Assam. Bengal. Eastern Bengal and Assam. 1904 14,797.02 6,895 19.5 21.90 182 82 1905 14,934.39 7,139 25.3 31.09 145 66 1906 15,774.39 7,727 23.7 27.95 113 58 1907 15,274.83 8,099 17.5 28.40 83 52 1908 16,852.84 7,766 31.1 31.29 116 45 1909 17,108.20 7,893 24.5 28.63 122 43