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consumers or any or these drugs commit graver
offences. They may, perhaps, commit petty thefts
with the intention of getting money for this pur-
pose, very rarely and in time of need.
52.I don't think that the excessive consumers
of any of these drugs will commit offences of a
graver nature.
53.It cannot be stated with certainty that the
excessive indulgence in any of these drugs incites
to unpremeditated crime. I have no knowledge of
any case of murder being committed by such men.
54, Reliable information on this head cannot be
supplied.
55.The criminals, in order to further their
designs, induce their victims to partake any of
these drugs and so stupefy them. Complete
stupefaction cannot be induced without admixture.
56.Tobacco is always mixed with ganja for the
moderate effects, and dhatura seeds for the ex-
cessive.
These seeds are only used by excessive habitual
consumers for their personal use.
57.It is said that there is a custom of mixing
ganja with other eatable things. I have no know-
ledge of this.
58.I consider that the present system of excise
administration in this province is working well, and
I do not think that any modifications are needed
therein.
59. As there is no necessity of any improvements
in the system of excise administration, the reasons
called for are not given.
60.There is no cultivation of ganja in this
taluk, and hence there is no management or control
over it.
61. Reliable information on this head cannot be
supplied.
62.There is no cultivation of ganja in this
taluk.
63.I have no objection to the present system of
wholesale and retail vend of any of these drugs.
64.I have no objection to the existing regula-
tions in force in this taluk for governing the export
and import of any of these drugs.
65.In my opinion the taxation on any of these
drugs, viz., ganja and charas, is reasonable and
requires no alteration. Ganja should be sold by
Government to the contractors by recovering tax
thereon instead of selling it by auction. The
ganja is sold by auction along with opium, and
hence the revenue of ganja alone cannot be
supplied; and I suggest that ganja should be sold
separately from opium.
66.Reliable information on this head cannot be
supplied.
67.I think, in my opinion, that the tax on
ganja is very little, and the method of taxing is
supplied in answer No. 65 above.
68.There are shops licensed for the sale of any
of these drugs in this taluk. It is sold there only
and not consumed on the premises.
69.When the shops were stationed first they
were stationed with the consultation of the
people, and as well as looking to their conveniences.
It is fair, I think, that the people should always
be consulted in opening these shops.
70.I have not heard of any case of smuggling
of any of these drugs from Native States in this
taluk. Ganja is always imported on pass after the
duty has been really paid. There is no use of
untaxed ganja in this taluk.
12. Evidence of VICKOOJI NARAIN, Tahsildar, Kathapur.
1.I am answering the questions regarding the
matters relative to hemp drugs from the informa-
tion obtained from contractors and others.
2.There is no cultivation of ganja in this taluk.
Charas is not known to the people of this taluk.
The dried flowering tops with tender branches of
the hemp plants are called ganja. The plants
being trodden under foot, the substance remaining
therefrom is called bhang. Ganja is imported in
this taluk from Central Provinces and Khandwa.
As there is no cultivation of ganja in this taluk,
the names given by Dr. Prain are not known to
the people.
3 and 4. The information on these heads can't be
supplied.
5.Nobody knows about raw ganja in this
taluk.
6.There is no growth of raw ganja in this
taluk.
7.There is no cultivation of the hemp plant in
this taluk.
S to 13. The information on this head cannot be
supplied.
14.Ganja is imported in this taluk from other
provinces, as there is no cultivation of it here.
15.The ganja which is imported in this taluk is
used for the following purposes :—
(1)For smoking,
(2)For eating.
(3)For drinking.
(1)The flowering tops are used for smoking. It
is first cleaned in water and after the water being
extracted therefrom, the substance remaining is
mixed with little quantity of tobacco and smoked
in chillums.
(2)The substance which remains from hemp
plants after being trodden under foot is used for
this purpose. It is first cleaned with water and
after the water being extracted therefrom, it is
fried, and mixing it with sugar and other per-
fumery articles, the same is made to powder, which
is used for eating purposes.
(3)The substance above described is used also
for this purpose. The ganja is first cleaned with
water and kept therein till it becomes tender. It
is then made to powder on a stone and mixing it
with water, sugar, and milk, etc., the whole sub-
stance is filtered and drunk.
16.The bhang is not prepared generally by the
middle class people in their houses. They do not
know how to prepare it. They have no knowledge
of the hemp plant. They never prepare charas.
17. The information on this head cannot. be sup-
plied.
18.Any of these drugs, i. e., ganja and bhang,
can keep its effect for about one year, after this
period it has no effect. Charas is not known in
this taluk.
19.Ganja and bhang are used for smoking, eating