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13. Evidence of VINAYAK APPAJI KAUR, Brahmin, Officiating Tahsildar,
Darwa, Wnn District.
1. I am answering the questions regarding
the matters connected with hemp drugs from
information obtained from the contractors and
the consumers of the same.
2. The definitions given in this question of the
several forms of hemp drugs are very minute, but
as there is no ganja cultivation in this taluk, the
people have no knowledge of these definitions.
This product is locally known by the following
names :—(1) Ganja, (2) bhang, (3) charas.
(1) Ganja consists of the dried flowering tops
and tender branches of the hemp plants.
(2) Bhang consists of the smallest parts which
remain after the hemp plant being trodden under
foot.
(3) Charas is not imported in this taluk.
3. The people of this taluk have no knowledge
as to where the hemp plant grows spontaneously.
Some say that these plants grow in the countries
adjoining the Himalaya mountains ; but this
information is not reliable. Ran ganja is some-
times found in the jungles, but nobody says as
to whether this is the same plant of which the
information is required. No one can say as to
whether this plant brings on intoxication. This
plant is scarcely found in the jungles.
4. This plant is known by the name of ran
ganja, and it has been already mentioned that
this plant is different from the one under dis-
cussion.
5. No reliable information can be given on
this head.
6. This plant is never found in the jungles, and
hence the information as to its growth cannot
be supplied.
7. There is no cultivation of the hemp plant
in this taluk for any of the drugs named.
8. As there is no plantation .of the hemp plant
in this taluk, this question need not be solved.
9. No particulars can be given regarding the
method of cultivation of this plant.
10 to 13. Thelinformation on these heads cannot
be supplied, as there is no cultivation of this plant.
14. There is no plantation of the hemp plant
in this taluk, and. hence the ganja and bhang are
not prepared from this plant. These are always
imported from Malwa vid Khandwa. The flower-
ing tops and tender branches of the hemp plant
are called ganja, while the remaining substance
is called bhang. Charas is not known in. this
15. Ran ganja is not found in this taluk. The
following articles are prepared from the hemp
drugs plants :—
(A) Ganja for smoking ;
(B) Majum, yakuti, for eating ;
(C) Ghota for drinking.
(A) The ganja should be cleaned and then
washed seven times in water, and after the water
has been extracted therefrom the ganja is mixed
with an equal quantity of tobacco and smoked in
(B) The ganja is boiled along with water in a
pot, and after it is dried it is mixed with an equal
vol. vii.
quantity of ghi and then boiled and put into a
small gunny bag, and the bag with its con-
tents being twisted with the assistance of ropes,
the substance extracted. therefrom is kept in
a " parat," and. after it has been mixed with
sugar, small pieces are made of it, which is called
majum.
The essence of the pure ganja should. be extract-
ed and mixed with a little quantity of the juice of
jowri roots, dhatura seeds, kuchala, and aconite,
and. the whole being mixed with sugar, saffron, and
other perfuming substances, it is called. yakuti.
(C) The bhang being cleaned and made into
powder and mixed with poppy heads, pepper, rose
buds, etc., the mixture is called ghota. Some
people add. milk to this.
16. Ghota is prepared by the people in their
houses. It can be prepared. from the hemp plant
wherever it grows. Ran ganja is not cultivated. in
this taluk, and. hence the other substances, charas
and. bhang, cannot be prepared.
17. Ganja is prepared and. smoked by fakirs,
gosais, etc. This ganja is not prepared. for sale.
Halwais and. other shopkeepers prepare majum and
yakuti for sale in the fairs.
18. Yes ; it does lose its effect by keeping for a
long time. It can be kept with ordinary care for
two years. It deteriorates by dampness. It must
be kept in Sindhi mats, etc., and care should be
taken against damp air to prevent deterioration.
19. Charas is not prepared in this taluk. Ganja
is used for smoking.
20. This information is given in answer No. 17
above. The accurate percentage cannot be given ;
but from the records it seems that 19,640 people
were the usual consumers during the last seven
months, and the average for twelve months will
be 33,668 in a population of 156,580 of the taluk.
21. Flowering ganja is prepared. by the people ;
but the Patti ganja is imported in this taluk and.
used.
22. Charas is not used in this taluk, and hence
it is never imported.
23. Bhang is also used for smoking; but it is
only the usual consumers of ganja who '-' do so. The
percentage and. the classes of the people are given
respectively in answers Nos. 17 and 20 above.
24. This has been solved in answers Nos. 17 and
20 above.
25. The increase and decrease in any of these
drugs cannot be correctly given ; but there seems
to be a decrease. The quantity used during the
Year.
M.
S.
1887-88
.
.
.
.
39
7
1888-89
.
.
.
.
21
14
1885490
.
.
.
.
65
7
1890-91
.
.
.
.
41
9
1891-92
.
.
.
.
26
26
26 and 27. Reliable information on these heads
cannot be given.
28. The average allowance per diem to habitual
I moderate consumers is 3 pies and to habitual exees-
I
consumers I arena.
last five years is as follows :—