HC Deb 22 March 1911 vol 23 c569W
Mr. WEDGWOOD

asked the Under-Secretary of State for India what was the number of cases in which a capital sentence was carried out in each province in India during the last two years for which figures are available?

Mr. MONTAGU

The statistics are as follows:—

Province or Administration. 1908. 1909.
Bengal 20 … 13
Madras 53 … 35
Bombay 59 … 79
United Provinces:
North-Western Provinces 91 … 82
Oudh 70 … 42
Punjab 59 … 103
Central Provinces 39 … 33
Burma 82 … 80
Eastern Bengal and Assam 11 … 15
North-Western Frontier Province 10 … 26
Coorg 0 … 0
The Andamans 5 … 7