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114
REPORT OF THE INDIAN HEMP DRUGS COMMISSION, 1893-94.
[APP.
Statistics relating to hemp drugs in the Hyderabad
Year.
Total population.
CULTIVATION OF HEMP PLANT
FOR NARCOTICS.
AMOUNT OF IMPORTS FROM
OTHER PROVINCES OR STATES
IN MAUNDS AND SEERS.
AMOUNT OF EXPORTS TO OTHER
PROVINCES OF STATES IN
MAUNDS AND SEERS.
NUMBER OF
LICENSES FOR
WHOLESALE VEND.
NUMBER OF LICENSES
FOB RETAIL
VEND.
Year.
Total population.
Area under
cultivation.
Licenses for
cultivation.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of the
hemp plant.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of the
hemp plant.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of the
hemp plant.
Total.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of the
hemp plant.
Total.
Year.
Total population.
Ganja.
Charas.
Bhang.
Ganja.
Charas.
Bhang.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of the
hemp plant.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of the
hemp plant.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of the
hemp plant.
Total.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of the
hemp plant.
Total.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17 18 19
20
21 22 23 24
25
26
A. G.
M. s.
1873-74
5
1874-75
5
1875-76
2,206,398
5
22
22 511
5
1876-77
2,433,182
21
22
22 512
4
1877-78
2,227,654 85 18
25
514
4
1878-79
2,227,654 94 29
36
15
15 524
4
1879-80
2,227,654 241 26
88
12
12 532
4
1880-81
2,227,654 139 31
53
6
6 549
4
1881-82
2,451,196 143 25
6
6 550
4
1882-83
2,672,673 89 0
555
4
1883-84
2,672,673 87 26
579
4
1884-85
2,672,673 80 28
1,033 2
586
4
1885-86
2,672,673 106 0
1,587 32
585
4
1886-87
2,672,673 58 9
1,158 10
594
4
1887-88
2,672,673 38 34
32
1,624 13
601
4
1888-89
2,672,673 67 17
57
1,303 6
12
12 603
4
1889-90
2,672,673 60 36
52
1,862 3
10
10 604
4
1890-91
2,672,673 35 25
1,828 19
12
12 587
4
1891-92
2,672,673 46 35
30
2,229 15
12
12 585
4
1892-93
2,897,040 85 39
54
1,946 30
13
13 478
4
AJMERE-MERWARA MEMORANDUM.
117
(e) There are no wholesale vendors here, and the contractor is the only person per-
mitted to sell drugs by retail; he has his own shops in the district, which are
under the supervision of the preventive staff: all shopkeepers employed by the
contractor are supplied with 'nokarnamas' under the countersignature of the
Collector.
(f) The drugs contract is sold yearly to the highest bidder; no rates or other tax are
fixed. In case of failure on the part of the contractor to pay the contract
money, the contract is resold and the deficiency, if any, is recovered from the
original purchaser.
(g) As already stated the drug shops in the district belong to the contractor. Their
number and sites are fixed by the Collector on application of the contractor
with reference to the requirements of the people.
(h) The contractor supplies the drugs to his shops in the district. The average retail
prices (to consumers) are as follows:—
First quality
per rupee.
Second quality
per rupee.
Bhang
1 seer.
2 seers.
Ganja
16 tolas.
20 tolas.
Charas
4 "
5 "
Majum
32 "
40 "
The prices do not vary appreciably in the different parts of Ajmere-Merwara.
(i) The maximum amount of drugs for sale and possession is bhang or any preparation
or admixture thereof, one-quarter of a seer: ganja or charas or any preparation
or admixture thereof, 5 tolas.
(j) The average number of persons prosecuted during the past three years for smug-
gling drugs is nine. The preventive establishment patrol the district and check
smuggling on any extensive scale satisfactorily.
(k) No modifications of the present excise system in respect to hemp drugs are under
consideration.
(l) The required statement is annexed. Explanations in regard to it have been given
in paragraph 3 of this letter.
(m) The system in force in Ajmere-Merwara is shortly as follows. The contract for
drugs is put up every year to auction, and it is sold to the highest bidder,
provided that there is no objection to the man. The contractor maintains shops
for the retail sale of drugs at places fixed by the Collector with reference to the
requirements of the people. But very little hemp is cultivated in Ajmere-
Merwara, although, subject to certain rules, the cultivation is not prohibited
and but a small quantity grows wild. The hemp plants are sold to the contrac-
tor. Bhang and majum are the only preparations made locally, ganja and
charas being imported from other provinces, usually from the Punjab. The
retail shops are supervised by the preventive establishment, who also patrol the
district and successfully prevent smuggling on any large scale.
118
REPORT OF THE INDIAN HEMP DRUGS COMMISSION, 1893-94.
[APP.
Statistics relating to hemp drugs in the Ajmere
Year.
Total population.
CULTIVATION OF HEMP PLANT FOR
NARCOTICS.
AMOUNT OF IMPORTS
FROM OTHER PROVINCES
OR STATES IN MAUNDS
AND SEERS.
AMOUNT OF EXPORTS
TO OTHER PROVINCES OR
STATES IN MAUNDS AND
SEERS.
NUMBER OF LICENSES
FOR WHOLESALE VEND.
NUMBER OF LICENSES
FOR RETAIL VEND.
Year.
Total population.
Area under culti-
vation.
Licenses for culti-
vation.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of
the hemp plant.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of
the hemp plant.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of
the hemp plant.
Total.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of
the hemp plant.
Total.
Year.
Total population.
Ganja.
Charas.
Bhang.
Ganja.
Charas.
Bhang.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of
the hemp plant.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of
the hemp plant.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of
the hemp plant.
Total.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of
the hemp plant.
Total.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
M. s. M. s. M. s. M. s. M. s. M. s. M. s. M. s.
1873-74
1874-75
316,032
1875-76
1876-77
1877-78
1878-79
396,331
1879-80
1880-81
1
1881-82
1
1882-83
1
1883-84
1
1884-85
1
1885-86
460,722
1
1886-87
1
1887-88
2
1888-89
2
1889-90
.2
1890-91
.2
1891-92
542,351
.2
1892-93
.2
N. B.—Column 26 shows the number of drug shops belonging to the contractor.
Note.—The figures for shops and revenue in this return for the years marked with an asterisk will not coincide with those in the Annual Administration Reports, as
AJMERE-MERWARA MEMORANDUM.
119
Merwara District for the years 1873-74 to 1892-93.
AMOUNT OF LICENSE FEES.
AMOUNT OF FIXED DUTY.
TOTAL REVENUE.
QUANTITY SOLD (RETAIL).
Revenue
per head of population, column
41 ÷ column 2).
Population per retail license, column 2 ÷
column 26.
Remarks.
On ganja.
On charas.
On bhang.
On other preparations of
the hemp plant.
Total.
On ganja.
On charas.
On bhang.
On other preparations of
the hemp plant.
Total.
From ganja.
From charas.
From bhang.
From other preparations of
the hemp plant.
Total.
Of ganja
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of
the hemp plant.
Revenue
per head of population, column
41 ÷ column 2).
Population per retail license, column 2 ÷
column 26.
Remarks.
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
Rs. Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs,
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs. a. p. Mds. s. Mds. s. Mds. s Mds. s. Rs. a. p.
2,265 0 0
*007 0 0
2,691 0 0
*008 0 0
3,338 0 0
*010 0 0
3,501 0 0
*009 0 0
3,424 0 0
*008 0 0
3,200 0 0
*008 0 0
3,330 0 0
*008 0 0
3,675 0 0
*009 0 0 22,018
3,485 0 0
*007 0 0 35,440
4,816 0 0
*010 0 0 35,440
4,810 0 0
*010 0 0 35,440
5,931 0 0
*013 0 0 28,795
5,431 0 0
*011 0 0 28,795
5,430 0 0
*011 0 0 28,795
5,900 0 0
*012 0 0 20,031
5,375 0 0
*011 0 0 20,031
*4,935 0 0
*010 0 0 20,031
*6,335 0 0
*013 0 0 20,031
6,740 0 0
*012 0 0 23,580
7,270 0 0
*013 0 0 30,130
N.B.—Column 41 shows the contract money.
ter include opium shops and outstanding balances.
COORG MEMORANDUM.
121
Yes, a vendor must not sell to any individual in one day more than 1/4 seer 1/4 ganja and 5
tolas of majum except to the holder of a pass from a Magistrate.
No minimum price is fixed for the drug.
No smuggling from other provinces or from the Native State of Mysore has been brought
to notice. There have been 8 prosecutions in the last two years for illicit cultivation, but they
have been only small cases of a few plants found in compounds by the Excise officers. No
special measures have had to be taken to prevent it.
None.
Is practically nil.
(Extent of cultivation).
Confined to the Government farmer.
411/2 maunds in 1891-92.
Amount of probable consumption.
56 maundsin 1892-93.
Rupees 798 per annum-Revenue.
The Excise officers send in to the Commissioner a diary fortnightly as regards the ganja
shops.
The vice of ganja-smoking to excess is comparatively rare in the province. Kurumbaars,
the wild tribe most addicted to it, are a peculiarly inoffensive non-criminal tribe: the Yerwars
and Kapilas, who also smoke ganja, are more troublesome, though not by any means habitual
criminals.
122
REPORT OF THE INDIAN HEMP DRUGS COMMISSION,
1893-94.
[APP.
Statistics relating to hemp drugs in the Province
Year.
Total population.
CULTIVATION OF HEMP
PLANT FOR NARCOTICS.
AMOUNT OF IMPORTS FROM
OTHER PROVINCES OR
STATES IN MAUNDS AND
SEERS.
AMOUNT OF EXPORTS
TO OTHER PROVINCES OR
STATES IN MAUNDS
AND SEERS.
NUMBER OF LICENSES
FOR WHOLESALE VEND.
NUMBER OF LICENSES
FOR RET
Year.
Total population.
Area under
cultivation.
Licenses for
cultivation.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of the
hemp plant.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of the
hemp plant.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of the
hemp plant.
Total.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of the
hemp plant.
Total.
Year.
Total population.
Ganja.
Charas.
Bhang. Ganja.
Charas.
Bhang.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of the
hemp plant.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of the
hemp plant.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of the
hemp plant.
Total.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of the
hemp plant.
Total.
1
2
3
4
5 6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16.
17 18 19
20
21
22 23 24
25
26
M. s. M. s. M. . M. s. M. s. M. s. M. s. M. s.
1873-74
168,312
3
3 12
12
1874-75
163,312
3
3 12
12
1875-76
168,312
3
3 12
12
1876-77
168,312
3
3 12
12
1877-78
168,312
2
2
5
5
1878-79
168,312
2
2
5
5
1879-80
168,312
2
2
4
4
1880-81
168,312
2
2
4
4
1881-82
178,302
2
2
4
4
1882-83
178,302
3
3
4
4
1883-84
178,302
1
1
6
6
1884-85
178,302
1
1
6
6
1885-86
178,302
1
1
6
6
1886-87
178,302
1
1
6
6
1887-88
178,302
1
1
6
6
1888-89
178,302
1
1
6
6
1889-90
178,302
1
1
6
6
1890-91
178,302
1
1
6
6
1891-92
173,055
60 0
1
1
6
6
1892-93
173,055
98 0
1
1
6
6
N.B.—A small quantity of ganja sprung up spontaneously about Traserpett in ryots' field
COORG MEMORANDUM.
123
Coorg for the years 1873-74 to 1892-93.
AMOUNT OF LICENSE FEES.
AMOUNT OF FIXED DUTY.
TOTAL REVENUE.
QUANTITY SOLD
(RETAIL).
Revenue per head of population,
column 41 ÷ column 2.
Population per retail license, column 2
÷ column 26.
Remarks.
On ganja.
On charas.
On bhang.
On other preparations of
the hemp plant.
Total.
On ganja.
On charas.
On bhang.
On other preparations of
the hemp plant.
Total.
From ganja.
From charas.
From bhang.
From other preparations of
the hemp plant.
Total.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of the
hemp plant.
Revenue per head of population,
column 41 ÷ column 2.
Population per retail license, column 2
÷ column 26.
Remarks.
27 28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
Rs. a. p. Rs.
Rs.
Rs. R. a. p. Rs. Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs. R. a. p Rs.
Rs
Rs. R. a. p. M. s. M. s. M. s. M. s.
14,026
Columns—
3, 4, & 5 Bhang or ganja
is not cultivat-
ed in Coorg.
14,026
6 to 8
No licenses were
issued.
14,026
9 to 12 Accounts of im-
ports have not
been kept by
the former con-
tractors prior
to 1891-92.
14,026
33,662
13 to 16
No
exports
during the
years.
33,662
18,19,20
No separate
licenses have
23,24, & 25 been given.
42,078
18,19,20
No separate
licenses have
23,24, & 25 been given.
42,078
27 to 41 Information is
not available
from 1873-74 to
1882-83 owing
to the contract
amount and
license fees on
ganja having
been included
in the amount
of opium con-
tract.
Sepa-
rate duty was
not levied on
ganja
and
other drugs.
44,575
44,575
3 8 0
652 8 0
652 8 0
652 8 0
0.70 29,717
8 0 0
658 0 0
658 0 0
658 0 0
0 70 29,717
8 0 0
658 0 0
658 0 0
658 0 0
0.70 29,717
8 0 0
698 0 0
698 0 0
698 0 0
0.75 29,717
42 to 45 Accounts were
not kept by
the contractor
prior to 1891-
92.
42 to 45 Accounts were
not kept by
the contractor
prior to 1891-
92.
8 0 0
698 0 0
698 0 0
698 0 0 ...
0.75 29,717
8 0 0
698 0 0
698 0 0
698 0 0 ...
0 75 29,717
46
Vid explana-
tion for column
41, therefore
the
revenue
per head of
population is
shown blank
up to 1882-83.
8 0 0
798 00
798 0 0
798 0 0 ...
0.85 29,717
8 0 0
798 0 0
798 0 0
798 0 0
0.85 29,717
8 0 0
798 0 0
798 0 0
798 0 0 41 20
0.88 28,842
8 0 0
798 0 0
798 0 0
798 0 0 56 4
0.88 28,842
Some years, was sold to the Government contractor by the owners of the fields.
BALUCHISTAN (QUETTA-PISHIN) MEMORANDUM.
125
(c) Hemp is cultivated to a very small extent in one or two villages of the Quetta sub-
division. The produce is sold to the Government contractor. The hemp pro-
duced during the last year, 1892-93, did not amount to more than some twelve
seers.
(d) The contractors who obtain annually the right to sell the drugs by retail import
the drugs. Permits are issued to them to enable them to import drugs from
Sindh and the Punjab. No special measures are adopted to supervise the
storing and transport of these drugs.
(e) The system of licensing the retail vend is given in the rules referred to in the 6th
paragraph of this letter.
(f) The right to sell the drugs is sold annually by public auction. The amount thus
fixed is recovered by monthly instalments.
(g) There is no "local option." The number of shops is fixed by the Deputy Com-
missioner.
Shops are generally allowed in thickly populated parts of the
town.
(h) No rate is fixed at which the drugs must be sold. The contractor fixes his own
prices. The present retail prices of the drugs are the following:—
Bhang
Re. 1 per seer.
Charas
Rs. 20 per seer or 4 annas a tola.
Ganja
"
7.8 per seer or Re. 0-1.6 a tola.
(i) The maximum amount fixed for retail sale of each drug is the following:—
Bhang
1/4 seer.
Charas
5 tolas.
Ganja
5 "
(j) No cases of smuggling from other provinces or Native States have come to my
notice.
(k) No modifications of the present excise system in respect to hemp drugs are under
consideration.
126
REPORT OF THE INDIAN HEMP DRUGS COMMISSION, 1893-94.
[App.
Statistics relating to hemp drugs in the Province of Baluchistan
Total population.
CULTIVATION
OF
HEMP
PLANTS
FOR
NARCOTICS.
AMOUNT OF IMPOSTS
FROM OTHER PROVINCES
IN MAUNDS AND SEERS.
AMOUNT OF EXPORTS TO
OTHER PROVINCES IV
MAUNDS AND SEERS.
NUMBER OF LICENSES FOR
WHOLESALE VEND.
NUMBER OF LICENSES FOR
RETAIL VEND.
Total population.
Area under culti-
vation.
License for
cultivation.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of the
hemp plant.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of the
hemp plant.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of the
hemp plant.
Total.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of the
hemp plant.
Total.
Year.
Total population.
Ganja.
Charas.
Bhang.
Ganj a.
Char as. Bhang.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of the
hemp plant.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of the
hemp plant.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of the
hemp plant.
Total.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of the
hemp plant.
Total.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
(a)
Quetta.
1890-91
1 1
1
3
13
13
13
39
Quetta.
1891-92
1 1
1
3
13
13
13
39
Quetta.
1892-93
1 1
1
3
13
13
13
39
PISE IN.
1890-91
1 1
1
3
9
9
9
27
PISE IN.
1891-92
1 1
1
3
8
8
8
34
PISE IN.
1892-93
1 1
1
3
7
7
7
21
(a) Census of 1891.
(b) Charas, biang and ganja form one contract.
(c) Columns 9 to 16, information not available.
BALUCHISTAN (QUETTA-PISHIN) MEMORANDUM.
127
Quetta-Pishin District) for the years 1873-74 to 1892-93.
AMOUNT OF LICENSES FEES.
Amount OF FIXED DUTY.
TOTAL REVENUE.
QUANTITY SOLD (RETAIL).
Revenue per head of population, column
41 ¸ column 2.
Population per retail license, column 2¸
column 26.
Remarks.
On
ganja.
1
On charas.
On bhang;.
On other preparations of the.
hemp plant.
Total.
On ganja.
On charas.
On bhang.
On other her preparations of the
hemp plant.
Total.
From ganja.
From charas.
From bhang.
From other preparations of
the hemp plant.
Total.
Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparations of the
hemp plant.
Revenue per head of population, column
41 ¸ column 2.
Population per retail license, column 2¸
column 26.
Remarks.
28
29
90
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
(b)
Rs. A. P.
Rs. A. P.
Rs. A. P.
9,000 0 0
9,000 0 0
Not known.
0 5 01/3
734
9,300 0 0
9,300 0 0
0 5 21/3
734
10,125 0 0
10,125 0 0
0 5 7
734
5,050 0 0
5,050 0 0
0 1 8
1,737
2,700 0 0
2,700 0 0
0 0 11
1,954
4,250 0 0
4,250 0 0
0 1 5
2,233
(d) Columns 27 to 30, 37 to 40, one contract is given for intoxicating drugs. Details not available.
(c) Columns 32 to 36, no fixed duty is levied.
(f) Columns 42 to 45, statistics not available.
130
REPORT OF THE INDIAN HEMP DRUGS COMMISSION, 1893-94.
[APP.
the population of the province, which, according to the recent census, is 949, 041 souls, the
number of consumers of gard bhang is very email, and in case of entire prohibition, which
may give rise to discontent among the habitual consumers, it cannot amount at all to a poli-
tical danger in the Kashmir Province.
36. The area under the wild bhang being not measured and the lessees being not
required under the rules to keep up registers, I cannot furnish information by years as asked
for in the statement. I, however, give revenue on account of hemp drugs for the last twenty
years. I could not get any further information for compilation of the statement, and it is
impossible to prepare statement without such information as far as figures by years are con-
cerned.
Year.
Revenue.
Remarks.
R. A. P.
Sambat 1931
8,703 4 0
"
1932
8,371 11 0
"
1933
9,517 2 0
"
1934
9,967 11 0
"
1935
1,059 9 6
"
1936
1,053 6 0
"
1937
3,471 0 0
"
1938
3,200 0 0
"
1939
3,200 0 0
"
1940
3,239 0 0
"
1941
3,899 5 0
"
1942
4,250 0 0
"
1943
4,250 0 0
"
1944
4,250 0 0
"
1945
4,847 0 0
"
1946
4,750 0 0 Revenue is entered in "Chilki" rupees, one
"Chilki"'being equal to 10 annas Imperial.
"
1947
6,008 5 3
Revenue is entered in "Chilki" rupees, one
"Chilki"'being equal to 10 annas Imperial.
"
1948
8,320 0 0
"
1949
7,192 9 6
"
1950
5,184 0 0
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REPORT OF THE INDIAN HEMP DRUGS COMMISSION, 1893-94.
[APP.
The above statement is exclusive of the monopoly given by the Sarfkhas, Paigha, and
Jagirs, for which no statistics are available. The Government revenue from the custom duties
on the import and export of ganja and bhang for the last five years has been as follows:—
Name.
Year.
Import.
Export.
Rs. A. P.
Rs. A. P.
1297 F.
834 8 0
194 0 0
1298 F.
975 8 0
48 4 0
Ganja
1299 F.
701 8 0
22 0 0
1300 F.
704 12 0
2 3 0
1301 F.
753 8 0
189 8 0
TOTAL
3,969 12 0
455 15 0
1297 F.
45 5 0
1298 F
51 12 0
6 3 0
Bhang
1299 F.
58 10 0
1300 F.
55 15 0
1301 F.
55 11 0
TOTAL
267 5 0
6 3 0
The sale of the drugs in the towns visited by me for the purpose is ascertained thus:—
Ganja.
Bhang.
Hyderabad, per day
1½ maunds.
20 to 40 seers.
Raichur
1 to 2 seers. ½ a seer.
Gulbarga
10 to 15 seers.
Aurangabad
2 to 3
"
About 1 seer.
For further details vide my answer to the printed question forwarded on the 12th of
November 1893.
M. HOSSAIN,
Director of Agriculture and Commerce, Nizam's Dominions.
136
REPORT OF THE INDIAN HEMP DRUGS COMMISSION, 1893-94.
[APP.
Wholesale rates.
6. The prescribed wholesale prices at which the con-
tractor is bound to sell the drugs to licensed retail vendors
are—
As.
Ganja per seer of 24 tolas
10
Majum or any other preparation except halva per seer of 24 tolas
4
It will be seen from the above figures that the rates of gross profit allowed to the contractor by
the Darbar are 4 annas per seer of ganja and 2 annas per seer of majum. It has been ascer-
tained that the contractor's costs per seer of ganja are 8 annas and 11 pies, so that he gains
1 anna and 1 pie on every seer of ganja sold by him.
Minimum guaranteed amounts for
the current contract.
7. The minimum annual amounts guaranteed by the contractor for the current contract
of four years from 1st July 1893 to 30th June 1897 are as per
particulars below:—
Rs.
For 1893-94
12,500
" 1894-95
13,000
" 1895-96
13,500
" 1896-97
14,000
4) 53,000
13,250
Limit of wholesale vend.
average per annum.
The wholesale vendor shall not sell the drugs in any less
quantity than as specified below:—
GANJA.
Seers.
MAJUM.
Seers.
In Bangalore and Mysore towns
10
5
At all other places
5
2
Wholesale shops.
9. The wholesale shops licensed free by the Deputy Commissioners of districts for the
convenience of retail vendors number as follows:—
Districts.
No.
1. Bangalore
14
2. Kolar
9
3. Tumkur
5
4. Mysore
9
5. Hassan
5
6. Kadur
5
7. Shimoga
7
8. Chitaldrug
3
TOTAL
57
Retail shops.
10. The number of retail shops is limited to meet the wants of the consuming
public. The existing retail shops are as per particulars
below:—
No.
1. Bangalore city
3
Rest of the Bangalore district
21
2. Kolar
18
3. Tumkur
8
4. Mysore town
6
Rest of the Mysore district
14
5. Hassan
5
6. Kadur
9
7. Shimoga
22
8. Chitaldrug
3
TOTAL
109
Rates of retail shops to population.
11. In principal towns the rates of retail shops to population
are as follows:—
Bangalore city, 1 to 26,762 inhabitants.
Mysore town, 1 to 12,341 inhabitants.
In the mofussil, excluding the above towns 1 to 46,892 inhabitants.
MYSORE MEMORANDUM.
139
that year consisted of 15 months, during which period the revenue amounted to Rs. 15,517,
the average for 12 months being Rs. 12,414. As the ganja contract of the Civil and Military
Station of Bangalore has been given out separately by the Resident since the year 1886-87,
the ganja revenue thereof is not included in the abovementioned figures from 1886-87.
Consumption of ganja.
The total consumption of the drugs in 1892-93 was 41,326
seers.
Incidence of consumption per head of
population.
The incidence of consumption per head of population in
1892-93 was one-fifth of a tola.
Incidence of ganja revenue.
The incidence of ganja revenue per head of population in
1892-93 was ½ pie.
Comparison with arrack and toddy
revenue.
The arrack and toddy revenue for 1892-93 being Rs. 15,92,475-5-6 and Rs. 13,89,054-8-8,
respectively, the ganja revenue for the same year is incon-
siderable when compared with the arrack and toddy revenue
and also with the total population of the province, excluding the Civil and Military Station of
Bangalore, namely, 4,843,523 inhabitants.