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60. If ganja is produced in your province, do
you think that the cultivation of the ganja-bear-
ing plant and the process of its preparation are
sufficiently controlled, or that the system requires
modification in any respect?
If so, in what
respects and why?
61. If charas is produced in your province, do
you think the cultivation of the hemp plant for
its production and the process of preparation are
sufficiently controlled, or that the system requires
modification in any respect. If so, in what res-
pects and why?
62. Do you think that the cultivation of the
hemp plant for the production of bhang should be
in any way controlled? Would this be feasible?
If so, indicate the method by which such control
could be exercised.
63. Have you any objection to the present
system of a whol esal e/b retail vend of 1 ganja/2 charas/3 bhang or preparations
of them? If you have any objections, state them
at length, and indicate the improvements you
suggest.
64. Have you any objections to the existing
regulations governing the export and import of
these drugs or of their preparations from and into
your province, or their transport within the pro-
vince? Give reasons for your answer.
65. In your opinion is the taxation of 1 ganja/2 charas/3 bhang
reasonable with reference (a) to each other, (b) to
alcoholic or other intoxicants? Give reasons for
any alterations in the amount of taxation of any
of these articles which you may suggest.
66. In your opinion is it necessary that there
should be different rates of taxation for different
kinds of ganja (such as the "flat," "round," and
"broken" ganja produced in Bengal), or for ganja
grown in different localities? If so, on what
principle?
67. Having regard to the ultimate incidence of
the tax on the consumer, have you any objections
to the present method of taxing 1ganja/2 charas/3 bhang?
68. Are there in your province houses or shops
licensed for the sale of these drugs or their prepar-
ations where they may be consumed on the premi-
ses? What is your view in respect to such houses
or shops?
69. Are the wishes of the people consulted or
considered in any way before a shop is opened in
any locality? What measures are taken for this
purpose? Ought local public opinion to be thus
considered?
70. Are there any facts regarding the importa-
tion or smuggling of hemp drugs from Native
States into your province to which you wish to
draw attention? Is duty really paid in respect
to the ganja and other hemp drugs used? Or is
there any general use of untaxed drugs, and by
whom?
INDEX
TO
BENGAL AND ASSAM WITNESSES.
No.
Name.
Designation.
Page.
BENGAL.
1 Hon'ble D. R. Lyall, C.S.I. *
Member, Board of Revenue
1
2 E. V. Westmacott*
Commissioner
6
3 W. H. Grimley*
Ditto
10
4 G.
Toynbee†
Ditto
14
5 A. W. B. Power
Ditto
15
6 H. Luttman-Johnson †
Ditto
16
7 P. Nolan*
Ditto
17
8 H. G. Cooke*
Officiating Commissioner
18
9 J. C. Price*
Magistrate and Collector
22
10 F. H. Barrow
Ditto
28
11 F. H. B. Skrine *
Ditto
31
12 A. C. Tute
Ditto
34
13 H. C. Williams
†
Ditto
36
14 G. Stevenson †
Ditto
37
15 Hon'ble F. R. S. Collier*
Ditto
38
16 C. R. Marindin*
Ditto
40
17 K. G. Gupta*
Excise Commissioner
44
18 L. Hare
Magistrate and Collector
49
19 G. E. Manisty
Ditto
52
20 J. Kennedy *
Ditto
54
21 T. L. Jenkins*
Ditto
56
22 R.T.Greer
Ditto
60
23 H. F. T. Maguire
Ditto
ib.
24 W. R. Bright
Deputy Commissioner
62
25 Nandakrishna Bose
Officiating Magistrate and Collector
64
26 L. P. Shirres
Ditto
66
27 E. H. C. Walsh ‡
Ditto
68
28 H. R. H. Coxe
†
Ditto
70
29 J. H. Bernard
Ditto
71
30 A. E. Harward
Ditto
73
31 Colonel C.H. Garbett
Deputy Commissioner
77
32 C. A. S. Bedford
‡
Ditto
79
33 R. H. Renny
Ditto
81
34 Rai Nandkishore Das Bahadur ‡
District Officer
82
* Examined orally.
†
Examined orally only.
‡ Summoned to attend at a meeting of the Commission for oral examination, but was unable to appear.
C
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No.
Name.
Designation.
Page.
BENGAL—contd.
35 W. Maxwell
Assistant Magistrate and Collector
84
36 W.C.Taylor*
Special Deputy Collector
85
37 Chunder Narayan Singh
Deputy Collector; Personal Assistant to
Commissioner, Bhagalpur Division
88
38 Ram Charan Bose
Deputy Magistrate and Deputy Collector
90
39 Nobin Chunder Sen
Ditto
93
40 E. McL. Smith*
Ditto
94
41 Gopal Chandra Mookerjee
Ditto
97
42 Navin Krishna Banerji
Ditto
98
43 Pran Kumar Das
Deputy Magistrate and Deputy Collector;
Personal Assistant to the Commissioner
of
Burdwan.
100
44 Gobind Chandra Basak
Deputy Magistrate and Deputy Collector.
103
45 Dina Nath
Dé
Ditto
106
46 Ganendra Nath Pal *
Ditto
107
47 Sarat Chandra Dass †
Ditto
112
48 Ganga Nath Roy
Ditto
ib.
49 Bhairab Nath Palit
Ditto
116
50 Jogendra Nath Bandyopadhya
Ditto
118
51 Jaga Mohan Bhattacharjya
Deputy Magistrate and Deputy Collector;
Personal Assistant to the Commissioner,
Chittagong Division
119
52 Monmohan Chakravarti *
Deputy Magistrate and Deputy Collector.
121
53 Nava Kumar Chakravarti *
Ditto
125
54 Hira Lall Banerjee
Ditto
130
55 Abdus Samad *
Ditto
131
56 Khirod Chandra
Sen
Ditto
133
57 Gangadhar Ghose
Ditto
135
58 Prokash Chander Roy
Ditto
137
59 Prakash Chandra Singha
Ditto
141
60 Surendra Nath Mazumdar
Ditto
ib.
61 A. K. Ray *
Ditto
145
62 Kanti Bhushan Sen *
Ditto
150
63 Abhilas Chandra Mukerjee
Ditto
157
64 Gobind Chandra Das *
Ditto
175
65 Braja Durlab Hajra
Ditto
188
66 Nobin Chandra Kar *
Ditto
189
67 Rajani Prasad Neogy
Ditto
192
68 Ghulam Lillahi
Ditto
196
69 Suresh Chandra Bal
Ditto
197
70 Brajendra Nath Ray †
Ditto
200
71 Rai Brahma Dutt
Ditto
201
* Examined
orally.
†
Examined orally only.
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No.
Name.
Designation.
Page.
BENGAL—contd.
72 Banku Behari Dutt
Deputy Magistrate and Deputy Collector
208
73 Narayan Chandra Naik †
Ditto
209
74 Wooma Charan Bose
Deputy Magistrate and Deputy Collector
(Manager, Raj Banaili)
210
75 Rasik Lal Ghose
Manager, Court of Wards
212
76 Raja Tenduk
Manager, Government Estate
214
77 Gour Das Bysack
Retired Deputy Collector
ib.
78 W. Sarson
Retired Deputy Magistrate and Deputy
Collector
217
79 W. M. Smith
Ditto
ib.
80 Hem Chander Kerr
Ditto
218
81 Kali Das Mukerji
Sub-Deputy Collector
221
82 Jogendra Nath Mozumdar *
Deputy Inspector of Excise
223
83 Dijendro Nath Pal*
Ditto
226
84 Sib Chandra Soor
First Assistant Supervisor of Ganja cul-
tivation
230
85 E. R. Henry*
Inspector-General of Police
235
86 W. D. Pratt
District Superintendent of Police
236
87 W. C. Fasson
Ditto
237
88 F. H. Tucker
Ditto
239
89 R. L. Ward *
Ditto
241
90 Mathura Mohan Sirkar
Inspector of Police
246
91 H. P. Wylly ‡
Government Agent at Keonjhar
247
92 W. R. Ricketts ‡
Manager, Nilgiri State, Tributary Ma-
hals
249
93 Mahamahopadhya Mahesh Chandra Nyayaratna,
C.I.E.*
Principal, Government Sanskrit College.
251
94 Jadub Chandra Chuckerbutty
Civil and Sessions Judge, Kuch Behar
253
95 Girindra Mohan Chuckerbutty
Munsif
254
96 Sreenath Chatterjee
Cashier, Public Works Department
255
97 Hara Gopal Dutta
Retired Excise Darogha
256
98 Pratapachandra Ghose
Registrar of Calcutta
257
99 Rai Kamalapati Ghosal Bahadur
Pensioner, Sub-Registrar, and Zamindar
261
100 Surgeon-Colonel R. Harvey *
Officiating Inspector-General, Civil Hos-
pitals
262
101 Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel C. J. W. Meadows †
Civil Surgeon
263
102 Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel W. Flood Murray *
Ditto
264
103 Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel J. F. P. McConnell*
Professor of Materia Medica, etc., Medi-
cal College, Calcutta
266
104 Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel A. Crombie *
Surgeon and Superintendent, General
Hospital, Calcutta
267
105 Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel E. G. Russell *
Civil Surgeon
274
106 Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. Zorab †
Ditto
280
107 Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel Russick Lall Dutt ‡
Offg. ditto
281
* Examined orally.
†
Examined orally only.
‡ Summoned to attend at a meeting of the Commission for oral examination, but was unable to appear.
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No.
Name.
Designation.
Page.
BENGAL—contd.
108 Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel G. Price
Civil Surgeon
282
109 Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel E. Bovill *
Ditto
283
110 Surgeon-Major R. Cobb *
Ditto
288
111 Surgeon-Major J. B. Gibbons †
Police Surgeon
293
112 Surgeon-Captain J. H. T. Walsh *
Superintendent, Dallunda Lunatic Asylum
294
113 Surgeon-Captain D. Prain *
Curator of the Herbarium and Librarian,
Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta
303
114 S. J. Manook
Civil Medical Officer
307
115 Dr. C. Banks
†
Ditto
308
116
Rai Tara Prosanna Rai Bahadur
Chemical Examiner to the Government
of Bengal
ib.
117 Rai Bahadur Kanny Loll Dey, C.I.E. *
Late Chemical Examiner to the Govern-
ment of Bengal
310
118 Upendra Nath Sen
Officiating Civil Medical Officer
312
119 Basanta Kumar Sen *
Assistant Surgeon in Civil Medical
Charge
313
120 Norendra Nath Gupta
Ditto
314
121 Chuni Lall Dass
Teacher of Medical Jurisprudence and
Therapeutics, Dacca Medical School
316
122 Preonath Bose
Teacher of Materia Medica and Practical
Pharmacy, Dacca
317
123 Devendra Nath Roy *
Teacher of Medical Jurisprudence, Camp-
bell Medical School, Calcutta
318
124 Akbar Khan
Assistant Surgeon and Teacher, Temple
Medical School, Patna
322
125 Soorja Narain Singh *
Assistant Surgeon
323
126 Nemai Charan Chatterjee
Ditto
327
127 Behari Lal Pal
Ditto
328
128 Hari Mohan Sen *
Ditto
ib.
129 Trailokya Nath Banerji
Civil Hospital Assistant
331
130 Meer Koomar Ally
Ditto
ib.
131 Rames Chandra Sib
† Overseer, Lunatic Asylum
332
132 Durga Dass Lahiri
Medical Practitioner
333
133 Rev. D. Morison
Medical Missionary
334
134 Piyari Sankar Dass Gupta *
Medical Practitioner; Secretary, Bogra
Medical Society
338
135 Kailas Chundra Bose
* Medical Practitioner
341
136 Mohim Chunder Roy
Ditto
344
137 Kedareswar Acharjya
Ditto
345
138 Mahes Chunder Ghose
Ditto
347
139 Dr. Mohammad Sadrul Haq
Ditto
349
140 Trailokya Nath Majumdar ‡
Ditto
ib.
141 Prasad Das Mallik
Ditto
350
* Examined orally.
†
Examined orally only.
‡ Invited to attend at a meeting of the Commission for oral examination, but failed to appear.
259
25. If by the increase of the use of the drugs
is meant an increase of their consumption, I think
I may safely say that the use of these drugs is on
the increase. The drugs are resorted to by two
sets of people. With one it is an adjunct to plea-
sure, and with the other it is a stimulating neces-
sary, which increases staying-power under severe
exertion and exposure, which the nature of his vo-
cation demands. Those who resort to those articles
simply for pleasure may change their taste and
take to alcoholic drinks. But the cheapness of
the products of Cannabis indica is an inducement
which people of the other class cannot withstand.
No other stimulant is quite so cheap, and there-
fore so accessible, to those of limited means than
ganja and its congeners; besides, ganja is so im-
mediate in its effects.
With the development of
trade and increase of the earnings of the labourer
the use is increasing, for the number of labourers
is increasing with the increase of trade. I have
already stated that with certain classes ganja and
its congeners are articles more of necessity than of
luxury. Add to this the religious scruples against
the use of alcoholic drinks, which go a great way.
A mendicant who does not belong to the Aghori
sect or to the Tantrik liturgy would not touch
wine, and with him, therefore, the only cheap in-
toxicating principle is ganja.
Charas is more expensive than ganja, and there-
fore is not quite so commonly used. Bhang is the
cheapest of all, and, being mixed with some other
condiments, is fancied to be a cooling draught,
and has not therefore that ignominy attached to
it which ganja and charas have.
26. Bhang, Out of 1,000 consumers.
Habitual.
200
Occasional.
800
Moderate.
175
Excessive.
25
Moderate.
775
Excessive.
25
Ganja and
Charas.
Habitual.
95
Out of 100 consumers.
Occasional.
5
Moderate.
70
Excessive.
25
Moderate.
2
Excessive.
3
27. Bhang.
Habitual.
200
Occasional.
800
Moderate.
175
Excessive.
25
Moderate.
Excessive.
775
25
I. Hindustanis and Marwaris (150)
I. Mendicants (20).
Almost all Hindus.
Pleasure-seekers.
1. Shopkeepers.
II. Pleasure-seekers (5).
2. Traders.
3. Brokers.
4. Darwans.
5. Sepahis.
6. Palwans (athletes).
7. Priests.
8. Bankers.
II. Uriyas (15).
III. Bengalis (10).
Ganja.
Habitual.
Occasional.
Moderate.
Excessive.
Moderate.
Excessive.
I. Labourers.
I. Mendicants.
I. Labourers.
I. Mendicants.
1. Cart and hackney carriage
II. Perverted bhadralok.
II. Pleasure-seekers. II. Perverted persons.
drivers and syces.
2. Boatmen and fishermen.
3. Coolies, carriers, and bearers.
4. Hindustani, etc., traders, shopkeepers, and brokers.
5. Darwans.
6. Factory workmen.
7. Carpenters and smiths.
8. Masons.
9. Stone-workers.
II. Mendicants.
III. Perverted bhadralok (i.e., people of the gentleman class).
Charas.
Habitual.
Occasional.
Moderate.
Excessive.
Moderate.
Excessive.
I. Mendicants.
Pleasure-seekers.
Labourers.
Pleasure-seekers.
II. Pleasure-seekers.
2 N 2
527
51 to 55. Vide memorandum by District Su-
perintendent of Police, to Inspector-General of
Police, Bengal.
56. The effects of all these drugs are modified
by the admixtures noted in previous answers.
Dhatura is not used in this district.
57. Ganja is sometimes eaten by sanyasis to
produce greater intoxication.
251. Evidence of the DISTRICT BOARD, Arrah.
1. Enquiries from the vendors and consumers
of the drugs.
2. Yes. Bhang, bang, subji and siddhi.
3. Monghyr and Bahraich (Oudh).
4. (Vide reply to A. 2.) All refer to the same
plant.
5. Damp climate, moist soil and rainfall.
7. No.
10. The vendors of narcotic drugs are Sunris.
14. No.
18. All. They lose their effects in time, and
keep good with ordinary care for a year only.
19. Yes.
20.. All classes of Hindus, specially the vil-
lagers; nearly one-third of the population smoke
ganja. Charas not used in this district.
21. Flat.
22. Charas not used in this district.
23. Never in this province.
24. All classes of Hindus; about one-fourth of
the population consume bhang.
25. On the increase.
26. (a) One-half.
(b) One-fourth.
(c) One-fourth.
(d) One-twentieth.
27. (a) and (c) from all classes of Hindus, and
(b) and (d)
from
orders of
mendicants
(sadhus, jogis). No particular habit of life or
circumstance leads to the practice.
28. Ganja—
Bhang—
(a) Half an anna.
(a) One pice.
(b) Four annas.
(b) Half an anna.
29. Ganja used in smoking with tobacco.
Bhang.—(a) Ordinarily, by the poor—pepper
and occasionally molasses.
(b) Exceptionally by the rich-
Bhang sherbet, ingredients—Sugar, milk,
rosewater, almonds, cucumber seeds, cori-
ander, cardamom and pepper.
Massala or majun ingredients—Ghi, milk,
sugar, almond, pistachio.
30. Generally in company, confined to the male
sex, but not to any time of life. None consumed
by children.
31. No.
32. None in this province. Consumed exces-
sively by all classes of Hindus on the occasion of
the Holi festival.
34. Only to the mendicants, the sadhus and
the jogis.
35. No. But the discontent will not amount
to a political danger as the drugs produce a seda-
tive effect on the consumers who are generally a
quiet sort of people.
Not necessarily, as the comsumers of the drugs
are those who abstain from alcoholic drinks and
fermented liquors.
37. Charas not used in this district.
38. The flat is the most efficacious.
40. Bhang used by the baids or the native
physicians.
41. The moderate use is said to be beneficial.
42. Yes.
43. The consumers of the hemp, moderate or
excessive, are always inoffensive to their neigh-
bours.
44. Stimulant. It is refreshing and produces
intoxication.
Ganja allays hunger, but bhang creates appetite.
The effect of bhang lasts four, and that of ganja
five hours.
The after-effects are giddiness, dimness of sight
and laziness.
45. The habitual moderate use of bhang is in-
nocent, but the habitual moderate use of ganja
and the excessive use of bhang is injurious physi-
cally, mentally and morally. The use of ganja
engenders asthma and bronchitis.
47. No.
48. See reply to question 45.
49. They are sometimes used as aphrodisiac,
51, 53, and 54. No.
55. Yes.
57. Neither eaten nor drunk in this district.
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No.
Name.
Designation.
Page.
BENGAL—contd.
142 Nimai Charan Das †
Medical Practitioner
352
143 Tara Nath Bal
Ditto
353
144 Nocoor Chander Banerji
Ditto
355
145 Lukhmy Narain Naik *
Ditto
356
146 Basanta Kumar Roy
Ditto
and Zamindar
358
147 Guru Charan Ghose *
Medical Practitioner
ib.
148 Annada Prasanna Ghata
Ditto
359
149 Rakhal Das Ghose *
Ditto
ib.
150 Durga Nath Chakravarti *
Ditto
361
151 Bijoya Ratna Sen
†
Ditto
363
152 Ganga Persad Sen, Kaviratna
Ditto
365
153 Goopee Mohun Roy
Ditto
ib.
154 Piyari Mohan Kaviraj
Ditto
366
155 Binod Lal Sen
†
Ditto
367
156 Ram Chander Gupta
Ditto
369
157 Brahmo Deo Narain Misra *
Ditto
371
158 Madhab K. Das *
Ditto
373
159 Hon'ble the Maharaja of Gidhour
Zamindar
375
160 Raja Piari Mohan Mukerji, C.S.I.
Ditto
ib.
161 Maharaja Girijanath Roy Bahadur
Ditto
377
162 Raja Mahima Ranjan Roy Chowdhry
Ditto
379
163 Maharaja Bahadur Sir Jotindra Mohun Tagore,
K.C.S.I.
Ditto
380
164 Raja Surja Kanta Acharjya Bahadur
Ditto
ib.
165 Raja Ranajit Singh
Ditto
382
166 Rai Radha Govinda Rai Sahib Bahadur
Ditto
ib.
167 Rai Bahadur Radha Ballav Chowdhuri*
Ditto
384
168 Rai Tara Persad Mukerjee Bahadur
Ditto
386
169 Hari Krishna Mazumdar
Ditto
ib.
170
Fazl Rabi
Ditto and Dewan to the Nawab of
Murshidabad
388
171 Raghunandan Prasad Sinha
Zamindar
ib.
172 Surendra Nath Pal Chaudhuri†
Ditto
390
173 Girjapat Sahai
Ditto
393
174 Radhika Charan Sen
Ditto
394
175 Raghu Nandan Prasad*
Ditto
395
176 Nanda Lal Gossain
Ditto
398
177 Gossain Mohendragir
Ditto
400
178 Kalikisto Sarkar
Ditto
ib.
179 Jagat Kishor Acharjea Chaudhuri
Ditto
402
* Examined orally.
Invited to attend at a meeting of the Commission for oral examination, but failed to appear.
X
No.
Name.
Designation.
Page.
BENGAL—contd.
180 Kamaleswari Persad
Zamindar
404
181 Krishna Chandra Rai
Ditto; Government Pensioner
405
182 Bepin Behari Bose
Zamindar
407
183 M. Kazi Rayaz-ud-din Muhammad
Ditto
409
184 Syed Abdul Jabbar
Ditto
411
185 Jogendra Kishore Rai Chaudhuri
Ditto
413
186 Kali Persad
Singh.
Ditto
415
187 Gopal Singh
Ditto
416
188 Amar Prasad Singha
Ditto
ib.
189 L. H. Mylno
Ditto and Indigo Planter
ib.
190 F. G. Gibson
Indigo Planter
418
191 J. D. Gwilt
Tea Planter
ib.
192 Jno. Rudd Rainoy
Proprietor of Khulna Estate
419
193 A. G. M. Wodschow
Assistant Manager, Indigo and Zamin-
dari, Doomur Factory, Purnea
420
194 H. L. Weatherall †
Zamindari Manager
421
195 Gauri Shankar
Manager, Bachour
ib.
196 Sasi Bhusan Roy
Manager, Dubalbati Raj Estate
422
197 H. M. Weatherall
Manager, Nawab's Estate
428
198 Nitya Nanda Dass
† Assistant Temple Manager
429
199 Sashi Bhusan Roy
Chairman, Satkhira Municipality
431
200 Aghore Nath Banerji
‡ Vice-Chairman, Serampur Municipality
ib.
201 Khettra Mohan Basu
† Municipal Vice-Chairman, Puri
433
202 Revd. Prem Chand *
Missionary, B. M. S.
434
203 Revd. W. B. Phillips *
Missionary, London Missionary Society
437
204
Revd. G. C. Dutt*
Missionary
442
205 Rev. J. G. Kerry
†
Ditto
445
206 J. Monro, C.B.
‡
Ditto
ib.
207 Purnendu Narayan
Sinha Pleader and Zamindar
446
208 Mahendra Chandra
Mitra Pleader and Municipal Chairman
447
209 Ram Dhari Lall
Assistant Government Pleader
450
210 Madhava Chandra Chatterjee
Pleader
451
211 Syed Ryaz-ud-din Kazi
Ditto
453
212 Parameswar Dan
Pleader and Vice-Chairman, District
Board
455
213 Uma Kanta Ghatak
Government Pleader
456
214 Pundit Rakhal Chunder Tewari
Pleader and Honorary Magistrate
ib.
215 Sasadhar Roy
Ditto
458
216 Jadunath Kanjilal
Pleader
459
217 Beprodas Banerjee ‡
Pleader, Newspaper Editor, and Muni-
cipal Chairman
463
† Examined orally.
†
Examined orally only.
* Invited to attend at a meeting of the Commission for oral examination, but failed to appear.
xi
No.
Name.
Designation.
Page.
BENGAL — concld.
218 Nabo Gopal Bose Rai Chowdhuri
Pleader and Talukdar; late Munsif of
Nator.
467
219 Abinas Chandra Dass*
Pleader
470
220 Anango Mohan Naha
Ditto
473
221 Kailas Chandra Dutta
Ditto
ib.
222 Mohini Mohan Bardhan
Government Pleader
474
223 Tara Nath Chuckerbutty
Ditto
476
224 Amvika Charan Mazumdar
‡ Pleader and
Zamindar
477
225 Bhuvan Mohan Sanyal
Government Pleader
480
226 Amrita Lal Raha
Pleader and Talukdar
483
227 Pares Nath Chatterjee
Pleader
484
228 Jadubans Sahai *
Pleader and Municipal Vice-Chairman
485
229 Gauri Sankar Roy
‡ Secretary, Cuttack Printing Company
487
230 Guru Dayal Sinha
‡ Honorary Magistrate, Municipal Com¬
missioner, and Secretary, Total Absti¬
nence Society, Tippera
488
231 Rai Bahadur Rajkumar Sarvadhikari
Secretary, British Indian Association
ib.
232 Umagati Ray
Secretary, Jalpaiguri Branch, Indian
Association. Pleader
490
233 Akshay Kumar Maitra
‡ Secretary, Rajshahi Association; Mem¬
ber, Rajshahi District Board. Pleader.
492
234 A. F. M. Abdur Rahman *
Honorary Secretary Muhammadan Liter¬
ary Society
500
235 Kamala Kanta Sen
President, Chittagong
Association,
Zamindar, and Pleader
ib.
236 Purna Chunder Maitra *
Secretary, Faridpur Band of Hope
501
237 Girish Chandra De †
Representative of the Total Abstinence
Society of Bhawanipur
503
238 Indian Relief Society, Calcutta*
504
239 Maharaja Doorga Charan Law, C.I.E.
Merchant
509
240 Nitya Nanda Roy
Merchant and Zamindar
ib.
241 Nobin Chandra Sarkar
Wholesale and Retail Vendor of Ganja
and Bhang
512
242 Doorga Das Chandra and Annada Prasad Rai
† Bhang Contractor's Gomastas
514
243 Dhani Ram Saha
Excise Vendor
ib.
244 Ram Nidhi Shaha
Ditto
515
245 Prosad Dass Dutt
Zamindar
517
246 Mahendra Nath Roy
Resident of Jessore
518
247 District Board, 24-Parganas (Sub-Committee)
519
248 District Board, Patna
521
249 District Board, Mymensingh (Sub-Committee)
524
250 District Board, Monghyr (Sub-Committee)
525
251 District Board, Arrah
527
* Examined orally.
†
Examined orally only.
‡ Invited to attend at a meeting of the Commission for oral examination, but failed to appear.
xii
No.
Name.
Designation.
Page.
ASSAM.
1 S. Godfrey *
Commissioner
529
2 J. J. S. Driberg *
Commissioner of Excise
530
3 Major M. A. Gray
Deputy Commissioner
535
4 J. D. Anderson*
Ditto; Offg. Excise Com-
missioner
ib.
5 R. B. McCabe †
Deputy Commissioner
538
6 R. S. Greenshields ‡
Ditto
540
7 P. H. O'Brien
Ditto
ib.
8 J. L. Herald
Ditto
ib.
9 E. A. Gait *
Director of Land Records and Agricul-
ture
541
10 G. Gordon*
Deputy Commissioner
543
11 Captain A. E. Woods
Ditto
544
12 C. W. E. Pittar
Offg. ditto
ib.
13 Ishan Chandra Patranavish
Extra Assistant Commissioner
545
14 I. H. W. Dalrymple-Clark *
District Superitendent of police
546
15 J. T. Rivett-Carnac
Ditto
548
16 E. Muspratt
Ditto
ib.
17 W. D. Abererombie
Ditto
ib.
18 E. C. S. Baker
Ditto
ib.
19 Surgeon-Major J. Mullane*
Civil Surgeon
549
20 Surgeon-Major J. W. U. Macnamara*
Ditto
551
21 Surgeon-Major H. C. Banerji *
Ditto
556
22 Dr. T. D'O. Partridge *
Ditto
559
23 Dr. H. A. Macleod
Civil Medical Officer
560
24 James McNaught
Ditto
ib.
25 Atul Chandra Roy *
Assistant Surgeon, Emigration Depart-
ment
561
26 Baikanta Kumar Nandi
Assistant Surgeon
562
27 Azher Hossein *
Hospital Assistant
563
23 Lachman Pershad
Ditto
564
29 Betha Ram Surma *
Overseer, Lunatic Asylum
565
30 Prasanno Kumar Das
Medical Practitioner
566
31 Krishna Chandra
Ditto
568
32 Maulavi Abdul K
Zamindar and Honorary Magistrate
569
33 F. C. Moran
Tea Planter
570
34 A. Spicer §
Ditto
571
35 John Phillips
Ditto
572
3C i W. Skinner
Ditto
573
37 G. A. Dolby
Ditto
574
38 Masder Ali
Pleader
ib.
* Examined orally.
†
Examined orally only.
‡ Summoned to attend at a meeting of the Commission for oral examination, but was unable to appear.
§ Invited to attend at a meeting of the Commission for oral examination, but failed to appear.
xiii
No.
Name.
Designation.
Page.
ASSAM—concld.
39 Abantinath Datta
Pleader
575
40 Bishun Chandra Chattopadhya *
Ditto
577
41 Kamini Kumar Chandra
Ditto
578
42 Gangadhar Sormah
Ditto
580
43 Revd. J. P. Jones †
Missionary
582
44 Haribilash Agarwala
Merchant
583
45 Devi Charan Barua
† Pleader, and Secretary, Jorhat Sarbajanik
Sabha
585
46 Lakshmikanta Barkagati *
Secretary, Tezpur Raiyats' Association .
ib.
47 Radhanath Changakoti *
Secretary, Upper Assam Association,
Municipal Commissioner and Member,
Local Board, and Printing Press Pro¬
prietor
586
48 Jaduram Baruah *
Pensioned Public Works Department
Overseer; Local Board Member
588
* Examined orally.
† Invited to attend at a meeting of the Commission for oral examination, but failed to appear.