CH. I.] REPORT OF THE INDIAN HEMP DRUGS COMMISSION, 1893-94. 9
various members of the
Commission, and one member proceeded to Naini Tal to
consult with His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor on behalf of the
Commission.
The Central Provinces
were visited from 2nd to 11th September, the Com-
mission's head-quarters being at Jubbulpore. The asylums at
Jubbulpore and
Nagpur were inspected, and some of the members met the Chief
Commissioner at
Pachmarhi. Some of the members also proceeded to Indore to consult
the
Agent to the Governor-General, and the Commission as a body had
an
opportunity of making themselves acquainted with the system of
cultivation
of the hemp plant for ganja which is centralized at Khandwa. From
the Central
Provinces the Commission travelled to Poona, where they remained
from 12th
to 18th September in communication with the Government, and where
there
was an important asylum to inspect. On the way from Poona to Madras
the
Resident of Mysore was visited at Bangalore, and inquiries were
held at the
Dharwar Asylum. At Madras the Commission were occupied from the
22nd to
25th September, after which they broke up into two parties-one
proceeding to
consult with His Excellency the Governor at Ootacamund, and the
other to
Hyderabad, where important arrangements had to be made for
collecting inform-
ation from that State. Inquiries were also held at the Madras and
Hyderabad
Asylums.
The two parties rejoined
at Bombay on the 30th September, and then
proceeded to Simla, where the head-quarters of the Punjab
Government were
located. On the journey one part of the Commission stopped at
Baroda and
Mount Abu to arrange for the collection of information in Baroda
and the Raj-
putana States, while another party held inquiries at the asylums at
Colaba,
Ahmedabad, and Delhi. At Simla the Commission had their
head-quarters from
7th to 24th October, during which interval two members paid flying
visits to
Lahore, Hyderabad (Sind), and Karachi to inspect the asylums at the
two
former places and to complete the arrangements made in Sind for the
proper
selection of witnesses.
The second tour, which
was mainly devoted to the examination of witnesses,
lasted from 25th October to 25th April. The various provinces were
visited
in the following order, and witnesses were examined at the centres
named on the
dates mentioned against each:—
Province. |
Centre. |
Dates on which witnesses were examined. |
Central Provinces |
Khandwa |
27th October. |
Nagpur |
30th and 31st October and
2nd Nov- |
|
Raipur |
4th and 6th November. |
|
Jubbulpore |
9th, 10th, 11th, and 13th November. |
|
North-Western
Provinces |
Meerut |
16th, 17th, 20th, and 21st November. |
Agra |
22nd, 23rd, and 25th November. |
|
Lucknow |
27th, 28th, 29th, and
30th November |
|
Allahabad |
4th, 5th, and 6th December. |
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