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69.No new shops having been opened for
years in my neighbourhood, I cannot say what is
usually done. Local opinion ought certainly to be
consulted.
70.A good deal of ganja smuggled from
Jaipur in Madras. I have had several cases to
try myself. There is no supervision there. I do
not, however, think that a great deal now
escapes taxation. Most of the consignments are
seized.
53. Evidence of HARI HAR SINGH, Zamindar and Honorary Magistrate,
Sambalpur District.
3. It grows in Orissa and Ranchi districts,
and chiefly in Ranchi district.
4. It is known by three names, viz., ganja,
charas, and pati.
5. No one grows wild hemp. It grows sponta
- n e o u s l y h e r e a n d t h e r e . N o c o n d i t i o n s o f s o i l
and climate are necessary. It grows anywhere.
6.
It is scattered at some places, and also dense
at some places.
7.
(a) No.
(b) No.
(c) No
.
(d) No.
9. There is no cultivation of this in our district
and I am therefore unable to give any particulars.
10. No, all classes of persons can cultivate
hemp.
11. These plants have a different kind of seed.
They are not raised from the seed of the wild
hemp.
12. So far as I know, no one cultivates wild
hemp. I cannot say anything about the male or
female plants of such hemp.
13. It is restricted in our district. Formerly
every one used to grow ganja here and there.
The leasing out of monopoly was then not in
force. Formerly the ganja monopoly was not
leased out in our district. The people of all
classes then used to grow it anywhere they
pleased, without reference to the conditions of
climate and soil, and consume it ; but since the
introduction of the system of leasing out of
monopoly by Government no one cultivates it.
Only water is to some extent necessary ; but of
this no limit is fixed in our district. Formerly
the public used to grow ganja in many places in
our district, for which only water was necessary
without reference to the soil and air. The mono
-poly of ganja having been leased out, all the
plants were cleared off by Government. The
ganja cultivation has since then ceased in this
district; nor does any one grow it. It can be
grown everywhere. I do not think that there is
any part where its cultivation would be impos
-sible.
14. Formerly ganja and pati only were pre
- p a r e d a n d u s e d i n o u r p a r t o f t h e c o u n t r y . A t
present they are not prepared here.
(a) Ganja is prepared from hemp plants for
smoking and drinking.
(b) It is not prepared or used in this part.
(c) Bhang (or pati) is prepared from hemp
plants. It is pounded and mixed with water and
used for drinking.
15. Formerly as ganja was cultivated in our
part of the country, the people prepare only ganja,
and from its leaves, pati or bhang; but wild
hemp plants are not produced anywhere in our
part of the country, nor are they even in use.
The cultivated ganja, too, is being supplied by
Government, and used since the leasing out of
monopoly has been brought into force.
16.The people pluck the leaves of the hemp
plant and use them in their respective houses for
drinking. The leaves and ganja of the hemp plant,
wherever grown, are used. Ganja and charas are
produced from the wild hemp.
17.All classes of people prepare ganja and pati,
but no one prepares charas in this country. There
is not even any particular class of people who
prepare it.
18. If these three drugs (ganja, charas, and
pati) are kept for a long time, first of all the
bhang or pati loses its effect, and if it is kept
with care for a long time, it can be of good effect
for one year. If ganja is similarly kept, it can
- n o t l o s e i t s e f f e c t f o r t w o y e a r s . A s c h a r a s i s n o t
in use in this country, I cannot say after what
length of time it loses its effect.
19.Ganja and charas both are used for smoking,
and, in cases of certain diseases, ganja is mixed with
other country medicines, and used as madak (or
medicine). Ganja is pounded and mixed with
water and used for drinking like pati. It is used
for drinking, more especially in the Orissa country
and for its medicinal quality, throughout India.
20.Ganja is used by almost all classes of people
for smoking. It is used mostly by jogis and
Vaishnavas. As charas is not obtainable in this
country, it appears to be used very seldom. The
ganja is used by the people of every class in
almost all districts in India.
21.As o n l y f l a t g a n j a i s s u p p l i e d t o t h i s d i s t r i c t
it is in use, but as round and chur ganja, are not
supplied, they are not in use. In what localities
these kinds of ganja (round and. chur) are in use
I do not know.
22.As charas, native or foregin, is not in use
in this country, I do not know whence it is
imported.
23.Bhang or pati is not used for smoking.
24.All classes of people in India sometimes
(a) eat, and sometimes (b) drink it.
25.Of ganja, charas, and bhang, the use of
ganja and bhang is increasing day by day. The
increase is owing to bad company, and to the
fact that they are obtained at a small value and
in large quantities, and produce intoxication in a
short time.
29. (a) Higher classes of people in India.
(b) Jogis, Vaishnavas, and lower order
people.
(c) People of higher and lower classes.
(d) When there is a party making an attack
or reading " Bhagwat" (a sacred book), or where
there assemble 10 or 15 ganja smokers, there will
be found the excessive use of this drug, and when
jogis and Vaishnavas assemble together at any,
shrine they use it in large quantities.