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REPORT OF THE INDIAN HEMP DRUGS COMMISSION, 1893-94.
[APP.
MYSORE
Statistics relating to hemp drugs
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 of district.
Area under culti-
vation.
Licenses for
cultivation.
Of ganja. Of charas.
Of Bhang. Of other preparation of the
hemp plant. Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparation of he
hemp plant.
Of ganja. Of charas. Of bhang.
Of other preparation of the
hemp plant.
Total. Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other pre
the hemp pl
Total.
Year.
Total population of district.
Ganja.
Charas. Bhang.
Charas. Bhang. Of ganja. Of charas.
Of Bhang. Of other preparation of the
hemp plant. Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other preparation of he
hemp plant.
Of ganja. Of charas. Of bhang.
Of other preparation of the
hemp plant.
Total. Of ganja.
Of charas.
Of bhang.
Of other pre
the hemp pl
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
4,843,523
100,081
C. & M. Station C. and M. Station
4,092,648
93,540
4,973,602
81,810
C. and M. Station
1875-76
4,843,523
100,081
C. & M. Station C. and M. Station
4,092,648
93,540
4,973,602
81,810
C. and M. Station
1876-77
4,843,523
100,081
C. & M. Station C. and M. Station
4,092,648
93,540
4,973,602
81,810
C. and M. Station
1877-78
4,843,523
100,081
C. & M. Station C. and M. Station
4,092,648
93,540
4,973,602
81,810
C. and M. Station
1878-79
4,843,523
100,081
C. & M. Station C. and M. Station
4,092,648
93,540
4,973,602
81,810
C. and M. Station
1879-80
4,843,523
100,081
C. & M. Station C. and M. Station
4,092,648
93,540
4,973,602
81,810
C. and M. Station
Details not available.
1880-81
4,843,523
100,081
C. & M. Station C. and M. Station
4,092,648
93,540
4,973,602
81,810
C. and M. Station
1881-82
1882-83
1883-84
1884-85
1885-86
1886-87
544 19
43
5 48 96
14 110
1887-88
899 8
43
5 48 96
14 110
1888-89
549 26
49
6 55 94
15 109
1889-90
537 26
52
6 58 89
15 104
1890-91
2,608 35
55
6 61 107
15 122
1891-92
957 12
57
7 64 109
16 125
1892-93
1,829 3
57
7 64 109
16 125
18th September 1893.
MYSORE MEMORANDUM.
141
STATE.
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 SB 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.
M. s. M. s. M. s. M. s. Rs. a. p.
10,206
Included in column
32.
10,296
10,296
included in column 37.
10,296
0 0 4
9,989
Included in column
32.
9,989
9,989
included in column 37.
9,989
0 0 4
11,342
Included in column
32.
11,342
11,342
included in column 37.
11,342
0 0 4
11,240
Included in column
32.
11,240
11,240
included in column 37.
11,240
0 0 4
11,026
Included in column
32.
11,026
11,026
included in column 37.
11,026
0 0 4
10,224
Included in column
32.
10,224
10,224
included in column 37.
10,224
0 0 4
6,130
Included in column
32.
6,130
6,130
included in column 37.
6,130
Details not available.
0 0 2
4,036
Included in column
32.
4,036
4,036
included in column 37.
4,036
0 0 2
6,033
Included in column
32.
6,033
6,033
included in column 37.
6,033
0 0 3
Included in the Total Ganja
Revenue.
6,127
Included in column
32.
6,127
6,127
included in column 37.
6,127
0 0 3
Included in the Total Ganja
Revenue.
7,528
Included in column
32.
7,528
7,528
included in column 37.
7,528
0 0 3
8,061
Included in column
32.
8,061
8,061
included in column 37.
8,081
0 0 4
8,556
Included in column
32.
8,556
8,556
included in column 37.
8,556
0 0 4
6,943
Included in column
32.
6,943
6,943
included in column 37.
6,943
438 29
30 4
0 0 3 44,032
6,872
Included in column
32.
6,872
6,872
included in column 37.
6,872
512 17
27 29
0 0 3 44,032
7,557
Included in column
32.
7,557
7,557
included in column 37.
7,557
434 32
40 30
0 0 3 44,344
9,400
Included in column
32.
9,400
9,400
included in column 37.
9,400
642 14
29 0 0 0 4 46,572
11,501
Included in column
32.
11,501
11,501
included in column 37.
11,501 794 39
24 25 0 0 5 39,701
15,570
Included in column
32.
15,570
15,570
included in column 37.
15,570 1,078 16
31 36 0 0 6 38,748
14,197
Included in column
32.
14,197
14,197
included in column 37.
14,197 1,005 12
27 33
0 0 5 38,748
L. RICKETTS,
Excise Commissioner.
MYSORE MEMORANUM.
149
year. This additional precaution was adopted from the 1st April 1889 with advantage to
Government:—
Years.
GANJA AND MAJUM.
Total.
Years.
Station.
Province.
Total.
Remarks.
Seers. Tolas.
Seers. Tolas.
Sects. Tolas.
Table I.—Consumption.
1886-87
7,801
18,753
13 26,554
13
Table I.—Consumption.
1887-88
7,768
21,606
20 29,374
20
Table I.—Consumption.
1888-89
8,254
12 19,023
9 27,277
21
Table I.—Consumption.
1889-90
8,499
26,854
14 35,353
14
Table I.—Consumption.
1890-91
8,890
32,784
41,674
Table I.—Consumption.
1891-92
8,175
35,498
15 43,673
15
Table I.—Consumption.
1892-93
6,740
50,239
11 56,979
11
TOTAL
56,127
12 204,760
10 260,887
22
Years.
Minimum sum
guaranteed.
Station net
Revenue.
Provincial
Revenue.
Total.
Remarks.
Table II.—Government Revenue.
Rs. A. P.
Rs. A. P.
Us. A. P.
Be. A. P.
Table II.—Government Revenue.
1888-87
5,312 0 0 2,395 0 0 6,528 0 0 8,923 0 0
Table II.—Government Revenue.
1887-88
7,000 0 0 2,459 0 0 7,715 0 0 10,204 0 0
Table II.—Government Revenue.
1888-89
7,000 0 0 2,441 0 0 7,461 0 0 9,905 0 0
Table II.—Government Revenue.
1889-90
7,000 0 0 2,961 0 0 9,780 0 0 12,741 0 0
Table II.—Government Revenue.
1890-91
7,000 0 0 3,099 0 0 12,047 0 0 15,146 0 0
Table II.—Government Revenue.
1891-92
8,000 0 0 2,813 0 0 13,043 0 0 15,856 0 0
Table II.—Government Revenue.
1892-93
8,000 0 0 2,322 0 0 18,511 0 0 20,833 0 0
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BANGALORE MEMORANDUM.
151
general public and other objections to the opening of the shop in a particular
locality; the Collector's sanction will be based on the result of such inquiry.
They are not auctioned. No upset prices are fixed. The number is determined with re-
ference to the area and population. The present number in the Civil and Military Station
is 6. Nothing in the nature of "local option."
(h) The rates at which ganja is sold in Civil and Military Station to retail vendors by
the Government contractor (wholesale vendor) are—
As.
Ganja
10 per seer of 24 tolas.
Majum
4
The rates at which the vendors sell to consumers are—
As.
Ganja
13 per seer of 24 tolas.
Majum
6
per seer of 24 tolas.
(i) The maximum amount sold to a consumer is limited to 5 tolas in one day; any
quantity over this required for special purposes must be purchased under the
Magistrate's pass. The prices are those fixed by Government (vide h). Sales
over and below the fixed price are made punishable.
(i) The careful check placed by the officers of the Excise, Police, and Municipality
prevents illicit cultivation, smuggling, and illicit sale. Such instances are rare
in Civil and Military Station.
(k) No modification of the present system is under consideration.
(l) The following table shows the quantity of imports of drugs from the Madras districts,
the sales, and the amount of revenue from 1886-87 (the year from which contract was separated
from that of the Darbar) to 1892-93:—
Import.
Sales.
Government
Mds- of
Seers of
Mds.
Seers.
revenue.
40 seers.
24
tolas.
RS.
1886-87
200
8
*2,200
1887-88
194
28
2,200
1888-89
206
14
2,200
1889-90
189
35
2,800
1890-91
198
30
2,800
1891-92
192
8
2,800
1892-93
168
35
3,000
* To these must be added the amount of revenue on excess sales up to 1801-02.
21st September 1893.
INDORE STATE MEMORANDUM. 165
rupee in the mofussil, bhang at four seers a rupee throughout the State, and charas at five
tolas a rupee throughout.
The probable yearly consumption of these drugs in the State may be about 200 maunds
of ganja and an equal quantity of bhang, leaving charas quite out of account as being inappre-
ciable. These figures are the result of a very rough calculation, and not based upon reliable sta-
tistics. Having regard, however, to the probable number of consumers and the quantity con-
sumed by an average consumer, they appear to be approximately correct.
Duties.
Besides the amount realised from the ijara or monopoly of retail sale, which is Rs. 5,140
yearly on an average as stated before, there are two duties
levied on these drugs known as "katati" or inward, and
"bharati" or "nikasu" or outward. These terms include the import and the export duty pro-
per, that is, the duty levied on goods brought into the State from, or sent out of the State to,
foreign territory as well as the duty levied on goods transmitted from one mahal to another
within the State itself at each mahal.
The "katati" and "bharati" are levied at the same rate at the place itself. But the rate
varies in different districts, being maximum Rs. 3-12-0 per rás of 3 maunds or 120 seers and
minimum annas 12 for ganja; maximum annas 15 for one rás and minimum annas 8 for bhang;
and maximum Rs. 7-11-0 and minimum Rs. 5-8 per rás for charas.
The duties are levied at the Sayar nakas by which every merchandize must pass. Evasion
to pay the duty is punishable with confiscation of the goods smuggled and a fine up to Rs. 50
by the customs officer, or to an unlimited amount by the Darbar. The temptation to smug-
gle is greatly checked by the smallness of the duty and by the comparatively heavy liability
to punishment. An enormously excessive tax like that of Rs. 335 per maund levied in Ben-
gal (see page 324, volume V of Dr. Watt's Dictionary) would, in the very nature of things,
invite smuggling, whereas the small rates levied by Indore cannot be expected to operate in
that direction.
There is still a reason to believe that these drugs are smuggled into the State from Ujjain;
and from Sanowad they are possibly smuggled into the adjoining British territory or other
Native States. Excepting at these two points, smuggling is seldom heard of.
Administration.
The central administrative power rests with the Darbar. The executive head of customs
and excise for the Indore city and Indore zillah is the
Muntazim Sayar and for the other zillahs the Subha of
each zillah. The present excise system in respect to hemp drugs in the State, so far as it may
be so called, is based upon a few standing circular orders promulgated by the Darbar in the
State Gazette from time to time. Some of these have already been noticed in their proper
places in this memorandum. The system is on the whole working fairly relatively to the im-
portance of the interests involved and no modification of it is contemplated.
42
JEYPORE STATE MEMORANDUM.
167
The cultivation, possession, or sale of these drugs, however, is not in any way restricted
by the Raj.
(k)No excise system in respect to hemp drugs exists in the Jeypore territory.
(l) It has been already stated that the hemp plant is grown here only for use as bhang;
and as it is not cultivated here as a separate crop, but grown along with other
crops, the extent of its cultivation cannot therefore be ascertained.
About 27 maunds of bhang is exported from the Jeypore territory and about 50 maunds
of bhang is carried from one district to another within the Jeypore territory, and about 300
maunds are imported into the city from the districts and about 64 maunds are imported from
abroad. Thus about 364 maunds of bhang is consumed in the city. The amount of con-
sumption in the districts and the holdings of jagirdars and others cannot be ascertained.
About 54 maunds of ganja and about 129 maunds of charas are imported into this place;
but as no further duty is levied on any of these drugs, if they are taken from one district to
another, it cannot be said how much of the quantity imported is consumed in the city and
how much of it is taken into the districts. Besides the Customs duty, no land revenue is
derived by the Raj from the cultivation of the hemp (bhang) plant.
(m) There are no other points to be added to make the system complete and intelligible.
JODHPUR STATE MEMORANDUM.
169
of Marwar, probably on account of there being a greater population, a contract for the sale of
bhang, ganja, and charas has since 1880 been given, which has brought an income of
Rs. 14,047 to the Darbar. A parwana instead of a license is issued by the city Kotwal in
Jodhpur and by the Hakim in Pali by auction to the highest bidder. It covers a period of
nearly one year. Both the aforesaid authorities supervise and control the sale and punish the
infringers of the contract.
In places other than Jodhpur and Pali, where there is a less demand and supply of these
drugs, their possession and sale are not controlled, and no necessity has ever been felt for
such control.
There are no retail vendors in Pali, but there are fourteen in Jodhpur, all of whom are under
the control of the contractor, who himself has two shops within the town. The retail sellers
are ordinary shopkeepers vending these drugs along with other articles. With reference to
area and population, when and where they see any necessity for the same, they sell these drugs
purchasing at a lump sum from the contractor.
The rates at which the drug is supplied by the contractor to the retail vendors and ordi-
nary consumers are the following:—
Marwari—
Supplied to
retail vendors.
Supplied to ordinary
consumers.
Bhang
4 seers per rupee.
3 seers per rupee.
Ganja
31/4 rupees per seer.
31/2 rupees per seer.
Charas
7 rupees per seer.
8 rupees per seer.
No tax is imposed in this country except the duties alluded to above.
The average retail price to the consumers of bhang varies from two pies to nine pies, to those
of ganja from one anna to three annas, and to those of charas from one anna to two annas.
It does not differ much in the different parganas.
There is no maximum amount fixed for retail sales to, or possession by the ordinary con-
sumers; but as the consumers are not, generally speaking, well-to-do persons they do not keep
more than two or three doses. There is no minimum price, the current rates having already
been quoted.
No complaint of smuggling or of an illicit sale of these drugs has yet been brought to the
notice of the Darbar. The kotwal of this city in Jodhpur and the hakim in Pali are, however,
empowered to punish the smugglers and unauthorized vendors of the drugs.
Bhang, ganja, and charas are not under the control of the local Excise Department, and
there are no modifications under the consideration of the ijlas.
As has already been stated, the appended statement gives the required statistics about
these drugs, as far as the figures could be available from the records of the Darbar. The
explanation of variations from year to year seems to be that these drugs are generally imported
when either the stock is exhausted or when their rates are cheaper in the countries from where
the contractors import them.
BIKANIR STATE MEMORANDUM.
173
through the Revenue Department, and the form of statement may be filled up there also.
It has been ascertained that some bhang is grown at the village of Chani in the Bahaderan
tahsil by canal irrigatwn, and the Revenue Department can supply information regarding its
cultivation and supervision.
Translated.
CHAS. S. BAYLEY,
Political Agent, Bikanir.
Statement showing the quantity of charas, ganja, and bhang imported into the State and the
amount of duty realized from Sambat 1942 to 1949.
STATEMENT
NO. 1.
STATAEMENT NO. 2.
Sambat.
Charas
and Sulfa.
Ganja.
Charas and
Ganja
together.
Total.
Total amount
of duty
realized.
Bhang.
Total amount
of
duty
realized.
REMARKS.
M. S. Ch. M. S. Ch. M. S. Ch. M. S. Ch. Rs. A. P. M. S. Ch. Rs. A. P.
1942
43 25 81/4
52 29 2
1943
15 27 0
0 0 3
1 19 71/4 17 6 101/4
185 37 10
1944
19 14 0
0 1 10
6 10 0 25 25 10
126 8 10
1945
6 5 51/2 0 7 15
2 33 3
9 6 71/2
145 5 5
1946
24 29 71/2 4 28 9
2 30 4 32 8 41/4
135 27 0
1947
5 0 71/2 2 0 2
1 0 121/2 8 1 6
140 14 0
1948
13 2 9 11 8 10
0 3 4 24 14 7
124 24 14
1949
19 24 11
5 5 11
1 0 7 23 30 13
116 32 10
TOTAL
103 23 81/2 23 12 12 35 17 53/4 183 39 21/2 3,679 9 3 1,027 19 3 5,137 7 9
CHAS. S. BAYLEY,
Political Agent, Bilcanir.
44
ALWAR STATE MEMORANDUM.
175
(i) There is no maximum amount fixed for retail sales to, or possession by the ordinary
consumer, who can buy and possess drugs sufficient for one month's consump-
tion from a licensed vendor. He cannot, however, import them, nor can he buy
them from any other but the licensed vendor. There is no minimum price fixed
for the drugs.
(j) No estimate can be made of the extent smuggling from other provinces or other
Native States prevails here. It is the business of the contractor to check
smuggling, and when any cases are reported, the smugglers are arrested and,
if found guilty, are punished and the illicit drug is confiscated. Bhang cul-
tivated or grown in fields is either sold to the contractor, or the proprietor obtains
a license from the former for its sale.
(k) No modifications of the present excise system in respect to hemp drugs are under
consideration.
(l) The appended statement * will show as far as possible the extent of cultivation and
trade, the sources of retail supply, the amount of consumption and the revenue of
this State in respect to the hemp drugs.
MANGAL SINGH,
RAO GOPAL SINGH,
M. WAJID ALI,
BALMOKAND DAS,
Members of Council.
* Not printed.
176
REPORT OF THE INDIAN HEMP DRUGS COMMISSION, 1893-94.
[APP.
St
ati
stics
relating to hemp drug* for the years
Total population of district.
CULTIVATION OF HEMP
PLANT FOR NARCOTICS.
AMOUNT OF IMPORTS FROM
OTHER PROVINCES OR STATES
IN MAUNDS AND BEERS.
AMOUNT OF EXPORTS TO OTHER
PROVINCES OF STATES
IN MAUNDS AND SEERS.
NUMBER
OF
LICENSES
FOR WHOSALE
VEND.
NUMBER
OF
LICENSES FOR RETAIL
VEND.
Year.
Total population of district.
Area under
cultiva-
tion.
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
h
emp 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.
Total population of district.
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
h
emp 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
6
6
7
8
9
10
1
1
12
13
14,
15
16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26
M. s. M. s.
c.
M. s.
c. M. S. M. s. M. s. c. M. s. c. M. s.
1873-74
639,825
64 2
0
8 26
0 19 27
0
1874-75
599 30
0
3 24
0 28 38
0
1875-76
1,381 10
0
1 26
8 69 32
8
1878-77
1.773 38
8
6 19
4 153 318 0
1877-78
0 5
363 0
0
5 37
0 0 29
0
1878-79
21 0
0
6 0
0
2 3
0 6 22
0
1879-80
4 25
0 15 16
0
1880-81
2 2 0
6 0
0
1881-83
4 14
4
5 4
0 8 6
0
1882-83
6 27 12
51 0
0
3 2
0 14 15 0
1883-84
64 20 0
1884-35
2 8
0 185 4
0
1 10
0 12 0
0
1885-86
42 1
5 299 24 0
2 0
0
1886-87
60 33
6 365 23 14
4 35
0
1887-88
45 7 14
96 7
6
6 26
4 2 0
0
1888-89
67 0
8 379 29 0
10 25 8 0 1 1 2
1889-90
31 36
6 247 1
0
2 39 12 0 34 1 2
1890-91
38 36
1 450 35 0
5 36 8 5 23 1 2
1891-92
60 18
7 502 39 1
2 26 4
1892-93
91 10
0 168 7
9
4 20 10 7 9
4
TOTAL
0 5 460 27 15 3,939 11 6
84 2 29 2 115 13 0
JHALLAWAR STATE MEMORANDUM.
179
JHALLAWAR STATE MEMORANDUM.
(1) There is no control over the growth of the hemp plant, or (2) over the manufacture,
importation and sale of any of its products. (3) There is an import duty of 8 annas per
maund of 35 seers on all sorts of ganja and bhang and of one anna per ditto on charas. There
are also local dues of 2 annas per maund on bhang and ganja, while 1 per cent is levied on
all sales of either drug, weighment dues also being levied when they are sold by weight.
There is no system in this State whatever for the control of hemp drugs. Wild hemp is
found in very small quantities; a few stalks here and there probably spring from cultivated
seed accidentally deposited. Anybody can import any hemp drug, except into the cantonment,
where there is a licensed farmer; once the latter has paid for his license he is free from all con-
trol. The extent of cultivation is about 30 acres and the produce about 165 maunds of ganja
and 30 of bhang. The trade returns of the last four years do not distinguish between ganja
and bhang; they show an average import of 105 maunds of both drugs and an average export
of 120 maunds, while 10 maunds 25 seers paid local internal dues. The average receipts have
been Rs. 65-8-6 per annum.
JHALRAPATAN;
G. R. IRWIN,
The 2nd January
1894.
Political Agent.
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REPORT OF THE INDIAN HEMP DRUGS COMMISSION, 1893-94.
[APP.
TONK STATE MEMORANDUM.
The hemp plant is not grown anywhere in the State, hence no supervision exists as to
its cultivation.
Bhang is manufactured by drying the leaves of the hemp plant. It is imported
together with ganja and charas by foreign traders and sold by them to the shopkeepers of the
State by whom the drugs are disposed of in small quantities.
The duties imposed on the drugs are as follows:—
GANJA, CHARAS, BHANG.
Per cent of
value.
Per maund.
Rs.
Rs.
Tonk and Aligarh
20
Nimbahera
Pirawa
Chabra
6
Sironj
5
As the hemp plant is not largely used in the State, no system of control is in force
beyond that necessary for the levying of customs duties.
Wild hemp is not found anywhere in the State. Bhang is cultivated on lands irrigated
by wells, and its leaves are used when dry. There is no system for controlling the possession
and sale of the drug.
No prohibition exists as to the cultivation of the hemp plants, nor is it regularly grown
in the State. A few bhang plants are grown in vegetable fields irrigated by wells. Ganja
and charas are not grown in the State.
Ganja and bhang are imported by "mahajans" and "tambolis" and charas by the
Villayatis. None of these hold license, nor is there any arrangement for supervising or
controlling the transport of the drugs.
Neither the wholesale nor the retail vendors are licensed. They purchase and sell the
drugs as they like without restriction of any kind.
Duties are levied from the importers at the time of their entry in towns or villages,
and in order to guard against evasion the same precautions are taken as exist for other
dutiable articles, viz., the inspection of persons at the customs post.
Regular retail shops do not exist anywhere in the State. The importers sell the drugs
wherever they like.
No rate is fixed at which the drugs must be supplied by wholesale to retail vendors.
The price to consumers as obtaining in the Tonk city is as follows:-
Charas
at Rs. 3-12-0 per seer.
Ganja
" "
0-10-0
"
Bhang
" "
0-2-0
"
As the system of granting licenses or giving the drugs on contract is not in force, the
consumers buy up to any quantity they like, paying as much as the traders demand of
them.
There being no prohibition of any kind, smuggling and illicit cultivation are not
resorted to.
A proposal to draw up a set of rules is under consideration.
TONK STATE MEMORANDUM.
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The extent of cultivation is already given in replies to questions (1) and (c). The
average annual trade is as follows:-
Ganja.
Charas.
Bhang.
M. S. C. M. S. C. M. S. C.
Tonk
4 9 0 0 31 2 5 24 1
Aligarh.
0 2 9
0 3 7
Nimbahera
Pirawa
Chabra
1 30
Sironj
5
15
5
Ganja and bhang are imported into Tonk and Aligarh from Jeypur and into the other
parganas from important neighbouring villages, whilst charas comes from Kabul. The
extent of trade represents the average annual consumption. In Pirawa and Nimbahera the
drugs are not taxed, hence the extent of trade in them has not been given.
A. P. THORNTON, Lieut.-Col.,
Political Agent.