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79. Evidence of COLONEL II. S. ELTON, Commandant, 16th _Regiment, Madras
Infantry, Bellary.
1. The information has been gathered from
amongst the different ranks of the regiment. As
a rule, ganja, etc., is not much used in Southern
India. I have very little personal knowledge of
the subject.
2. Yes.
3. Bundlekhand. Reported in abundance.
4. Ganja, bhang and eharas. All refer to the
same plant.
5. Rain necessary, also level ground.
6. Scattered.
8. Not known.
10. No. Same classes as other agricultural culti-
vators,
15. (a) Smoking Ganja
. Charas.
(b) Eating
Bhang
(c) Drinking
17. All classes.
18. Keeps good for about one year, after which
it is liable to deterioration.
19 Yes.
20. All classes.
21. Round ganja.
23. No.
24. All classes.
25.On the decrease in the regiment.
26. All habitual moderate consumers in the
regiment.
27.
27. All classes.
28. (a) In weight about four minas, in price
about three pies.
29. (a) With ganja-tobacco.
With bhang, saut, black pepper, poppy seed, milk,
sugar, water, Yes, dhatura is used for greater
effect.
30. Generally in company, occasionally alone.
Man and women (in Jabalpur many women
take it). From manhood to death. Children never
take them.
31. Gradually formed and can be broken off.
No great tendency for the moderate habit to deve-
lop into the excessive.
35. If prohibited, some other stimulant would
probably be used.
40. Yes.
41. (a) to (d) No.
All classes. Moderate habitual users.
42. Not harmless. Men who consume it get
thin, weak, and useless.
43. Yes.
44. Not refreshing. Yes ; produces intoxication.
45 Physical, yes ; mental, occasionally; Moral,
no. Impairs the constitution. Causes dysentery
and asthma. Does not impair the moral sense
or induce laziness, etc.
80. Evidence of CAPTAIN F. L. JONES, Commandant, 3rd Madras Lancers, Bellary.
10. The Reddi caste are the usual hemp culti-
vators.
16. No. It cannot be prepared easily wherever
the plant grows.
18. These drugs don't deteriorate as a rule by
keeping. But after many years they deteriorate.
They are generally kept inside damp and moist
cloth.
19. No. Ganja is often saturated with milk
and used as a drink,
20. Sanyasis (hermits) and travellers smoke
ganja, also low caste people and Bengalis.
21. Fakirs smoke the fiat kind of ganja.
22. Native charas mainly.
23. Yes, sometimes, and by the same class as
before mentioned.
26 Ganja, the one most commonly used. But
bhang is used on special occasions, such as
festivals or dinner occasions.
28. (a) One anna per diem (about).
29. Ordinarily jaggery and ground poppy seeds
are mixed with bhang. Dhatura occasionally,
the object being to let the drug take greater
effect.
3 0 . C h i l d r e n d o n o t c o n s u m e t h e d r u g .
31. It is about on a par with alcohol, but the
habit is not difficult to break off.
34. Not so serious as opium.
35. Yes, in Madras. The prohibition would
not occasion serious results in Madi as.
43. No. Most natives object somewhat to
ganja smokers as neighbours.
53. Yes.
69. The wishes of the people are not usually
consulted.
81. Evidence of CAPTAIN C. M. KENNEDY, Commandant, 1st Pioneers, Trichinopoly.
1. Personal observation of the habits, conduct,
etc., of men addicted to them. Careful enquiries
made from trustworthy native officers who are well
acquainted with the effects of these drugs on those
who use them.
42. The moderate use of bhang apparently does
little harm for some time, but invariably in the
long run it impairs the intelligence of those who
indulge in it. A consumer cannot do without it,
and it is a craving which must be satisfied.
43. As a rule. Charas intoxicates very rapidly.
44. Charas excites and intoxicates very easily
and rapidly. Ganja does not excite appetite or
allay hunger, nor does charas. Bhing may be said
to do so slightly, The want of subsequent grati-
fication is severely felt by habitues, and they
become useless and incapable of any work.