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66. No; the tax should be the same.
67. No.
68. No; the purchaser must take the drug to
his own house or some other place to consume it.
69. No; the Collector may authorize a shop to
be opened in any part of his Collectorate.
70. Yes; there have been 27 persons prosecuted
for importing illicit ganja, bhang, and charas, and
majum during the past three years.
2. Evidence of MR. G. W. GAYER, District Superintendent of Police, Ajmere.
1. Practically none. I have questioned native
experts on the subject.
2. The definitions may be accepted for Ajmere.
Flat ganja is called pathar, round ganja is called
baluchar, broken ganja is called makoria. The
other products go by the names mentioned in the
introductory.
3. I hear it grows spontaneously in Malwa, parts
of the Deccan, and along the North-Western fron
-tier from Saharanpur westwards, under the Hima-
layas.
4. Bhang, subji, and buti. Yes.
5. Not qualified to say. It grows well, however,
along the Nerbudda river, where the rainfall is
plentiful.
6. It is said to be dense.
7. I believe that in all about 40 maunds are
cultivated in the Ajmere district by individuals for
their own profit.
8. I am told that for the last few years, owing
to the scanty rainfall, the amount cultivated has
been reduced to the above 40 maunds. When the
rainfall is plentiful, probably three times the
amount is cultivated.
9. The soil is not carefully prepared, and after
sowing, the plant is left to itself.
10. Cultivators of every class cultivate hemp.
11.
I believe not.
12. Unable to say.
13. No.
14. Yes; bhang to small extent in one licensed
shop situated in Ajmere.
15. B h a n g i n A j me r e i s o n l y p r e p a r e d . f r o m
cultivated plant, and for drinking purposes it is
mixed with almonds, black pepper, dried rose petals,
cucumber seeds and other articles according to
fancy.
16. (a), (b) and (c) Yes.
17. By all classes.
18. Yes; all three, it is said, quite lose their
effect after two years in spite of all care. I do not
know the cause of deterioration, nor do I know
what special measures should be taken to prevent
deterioration.
19. Only for smoking.
20. Most, if not all, classes of natives smoke
both.
21. The round is considered best.
22. Foreign Yarkandi charas is mostly used.
23. I believe not.
24. All classes drink bhang, but it is said Brah-
mins are most addicted to it. When it is not ob-
tainable in the liquid form, it is eaten in the so
l i d f o r m .
29.
Ganja.
Charas.
Bhang.
(a) Tobacco. Tobacco. Almonds and black
pepper. Copper is.
often inserted to in-
crease the intoxi-
cating property of
the liquid.
Dhatura is also mix-
ed with bhang.
(b) None that I know of.
30. Males mostly take the drugs; women and
children seldom.
31. The habit of consuming these drugs is formed
in much the same way as that of tobacco smok-
ing and is as easy (or difficult, as the case may be)
to break off.
32. The Holi is a festival during which nearly
every person takes bhang. It is not regarded as
essential. It is generally temperate. No.
33. When the drug is ready, a little is usually
offered to Mahadeo, but otherwise I do not think
it comes into the Hindu religion.
34. It would probably be the most serious pri-
vation to the gosains and bairagis, as they use the
hemp to sustain and nerve them for their arduous
duties.
35. No. Yes; by force of arms. Most serious
discontent. Yes; very probably.
36. I can't say.
37. Charas is a much more powerful intoxicant
than ganja.
38. Only in degree: the round is the most power-
ful, the flat comes next.
39. The drinking is less injurious, as the pre-
paration in consequence of being mixed with non-
intoxicating articles is weaker.
40. Bhang is prescribed for weakness, guinea-
worms, piles, etc, Yes; bhang is often prescribed for
diseases of cattle.
41.
G a n j a .
Charas.
Bhang.
(a) Yes.
(b) Yes.
(c) Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
(d) Don't know any other way.
All classes. I don't know proportion. Both.
42. Ganja, if smoked in moderation, is, I believe,
as harmless to most people as tobacco smoking.
There are of course constitutions that it affects in–
juriously.
43. As much so as tobacco smoker's or peg
drinkers.
44. Refreshing and exhilarating or intoxicating according to constitution. It does not allay hun-
ger; it creates appetite. Four hours. Yes; slack-
ness. Yes; more or less longing and uneasiness.
45. As far as I can find out, the moderate use of
any of these drugs is practically harmless. In.
28.
Ganja.
Charas.
Bhang.
(a) 1 pice worth.
(b) 4 annas worth.
1 pice worth.
4 annas worth.
1 p i e w o r t h .
2 annas.