§ Sir J. HEWETTasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he can state the number of dakoities in Bengal, the United Provinces, and the Punjab, respectively, in 1913, and in each of the last five years?
§ Earl WINTERTONThe number of cases of dakoities reported in the three provinces in each year from 1913 to 1921 is as follows:
In 1922 there were 370 dakoities reported in the Punjab; the numbers in the other two provinces are not yet known in this country.
— Bengal. United Provinces. Punjab. 1913 … 310 641 136 1914 … 356 821 128 1915 … 757 882 272 1916 … 592 923 110 1917 … 525 808 47 1918 … 690 2,017 65 1919 … 748 1,549 153 1920 … 611 759 143 1921 … 789 1,330 227