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55. No, unless any other stupefying drug be
mixed with it.
58. We have nothing to say against the present
system of excise administration in respect of ganja,
except that the dearer the drug is made the less
will be the consumption.
60. Ganja is not produced here.
61. Charas is not produced here.
62. Ganja is not produced here; bhang is
indigenous and cannot be controlled.
63. None.
64. None.
65. We say again the dearer the drug is, the
lower its consumption will fall.
66 and 67. We have no opinion.
68. There are ganja warehouses and ganja and
bhang shops and we have no opinion.
69. Wishes of the people are not consulted.
70. Ganja or bhang is not imported or smuggled
from Native State into this sub-division. Gangetic
Pandas, who come from places near the source of
the Ganges, generally bring small quantity of
charas to be given as presents to their jajmans in
this part of the country.
187. Evidence of BABU GOPAL SINGH, Zamindar, Kumarsar, Bhagalpur.
1. I have seen people using bhang and ganja,
and also seen bhang plants.
2. Bhang and ganja are used here and are
known by these names.
3. Hemp plant grows wild in all districts.
4. Bhang known here as bhang or sabzi, and
ganja is known as ganja.
5. Ganja is not grown here, but bhang grows
in bhit lands.
7. No.
12. No.
13. Ganja is not cultivated here.
14. Bhang is cut and gathered and kept for
use.
15. Ganja is smoked. There is no cultivation
of bhang.
16. Bhang is prepared by the people in their
own houses.
17. Bhang is prepared generally by all the
castes.
18. Bhang loses its effects when it becomes
old.
20. Ganja is used by the lower class of
people.
23. Bhang is sometimes used for smoking by
the lower classes.
25. The use of bhang is decreasing daily
owing to the fear.
27. Bhang is taken by all the classes of
people.
28. Mathura Chaubes spend more in taking
bhang.
29. Black pepper and rose are ordinarily mixed
with bhang.
30. Bhang is only used by the male.
33. The consumption of these drugs is blame-
able. There is no custom of worshipping the
bhang and ganja plants.
34. Mathura Chaubes and bairagis would suffer
by giving up bhang.
39. I have not seen any people suffering
from the injurious effects of bhang-drinking.
41. The bhang consists of digestive power.
42. The use of bhang is not beneficial.
50. Excessive use of bhang produces impotency.
51. Ganja is used by the people of bad charac-
ters.
60 and 61. Ganja is not produced here.
62. Bhang is always grown here wild and not
to be controlled.
68. There are many shops for selling ganja here.
69. No.
188. Evidence of BABU AMAR PRASAD SINGHA, Rajput, Zamindar, District
Bhagalpur.
The replies given by this witness are exactly the same as those given by Babu Kali Prasad Singh
(No. 186) and are not reprinted.
189. Evidence of MR. L. H. MYLNE, Zamindar and Indigo-planter, Justice of the
Peace, President of Independent Bench of Honorary Magistrates, Chair-
man of Jugdispur Municipality, District Shahabad.
1. I have no special knowledge of the subject,
nor special facilities for securing it, except such
as my position as a landholder affords.
2. Bhang is applied to the dry leaves of the
male hemp plant whether cultivated or not.
Charas is applied to the resinous essence of
ganja tips mixed with jaggery and other ingre-
dients.
Ganja is the dried flowering tips and adjacent
leaves of cultivated female hemp plants.
Flat ganja is prepared by stacking these tips
or tops in a stack 10 or 12 feet high. As each
layer is laid it is pressed under foot.
Chur or broken ganja is made from flowers,
leaves, etc., which have become detached in the
process of stacking and unstacking.
Round
ganja is rolled by hand, not trodden under foot.
Yes; flat ganja is known as "chapta ganja"
and round as "gol ganja;" the third as
"chur."
7, Not in this district of Shahabad.