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Serial number.

Name, race, occupa-
tion, and age.

Special enquiry is now requested to be
made in each case as to whether
the alleged cause of insanity
was really due to hemp
drugs as reported.

Remarks.—Under this heading please
state the authority for the original
statement that indulgence in hemp
drugs (ganja or bhang) was the
cause of the insanity in each
case, e.g., was the inform-
ation derived from the
police or from the
lunatic's friends
after due inquiry
or any other
manner.

Report by the Superintendent of Asylum
after careful enquiry into the previous
history, aided by the results of
local enquiries received from
Magistrates.

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Kanai Lall Dubé;
Brahman; Beg-
gar; Burdwan;
32 years.

The lunatic is an up-country man.
He came to this district shortly
before his arrest in an insane
state. It cannot therefore be
ascertained whether his insa-
nity was really due to hemp
drugs. His antecedents can-
not be ascertained from any of
the local people.

W. H. VINCENT,

Officiating Magistrate.

The Civil Surgeon reported
ganja is the cause of the insa-
nity (vide Descriptive Roll
sent).

I am of opinion that this was a
case of toxic insanity due to
ganja-smoking.

[NOTE.—The medical certificate contains
no reference to ganja. The descriptive
roll, signed by Civil Surgeon, does not
say ganja is the cause, but that it Is
assigned as the cause of the insanity.]

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Ramnarain;
Hindu; Shop-
keeper; Nud-
dea; 24 years.

Beyond giving his name and
that of his father very indis-
tinctly, the lunatic could give
no information whatever regard-
ing himself. He is a waif and
was picked up in the Bangal-
jhi market, Thana Chapra,
this district. No other inform-
ation from the police or the
shopkeepers or anybody could
be obtained. It is therefore
impossible to fill up columns 7
and 8 as requested.

E. W. COLLEN,

Magistrate.

Local inquiry produced no fur-
ther information in this case.
From the previous history I
think it is not improbable that
the cause of insanity was ganja,
and the type toxic insanity at
first of a maniacal form run-
ning on to dementia. The man
still states that he was in the
habit of smoking ganja daily.

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Hari Das Kur-
mi; Hindu;
none; Gya; 45
years.

From inquiry made from the
lunatic's son, Ram Charn Kur-
mi, and his relative, Jitun Kur-
mi, it appears that the real
name of the lunatic was Dum-
ree Kurmi, not Hari Das
as stated. They say that the
lunatic was addicted to the use
of ganja for a long time; one
pice to two pice worth of ganja
the lunatic was in the habit of
smoking every day. Most pro-
bably the smoking ganja was
the cause of his insanity.

JAGENDRA,

Sub-Inspector, Police.

The informations were given by
the lunatic's son, Ram Charn
Kurmi, aged 19 years.

I am of opinion that this was a
case of mania due to ganja-
smoking.

[NOTE.—A farther report from the Sub-
Divisional Magistrate of Nawadah is
appended.]

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Kanta Dubé;
Hindu; Dur-
wan; Mirza-
pur; 32 years.

I have made enquiries both in
this district and Dinajpur and
can get no information as to
whether Kanta Dube was a
ganja-smoker or not.

E. B. HARRIS,

Magistrate.

This information was given by
police.

Cause of insanity doubtful; but
very possibly ganja; type of
insanity mania.