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302 REPORT OF THE INDIAN HEMP DRUGS COMMISSION, 1893-94. [CH. XV.
(2) Permit
fees at Re. 1 per maund payable by all purchasers of
ganja,
other than Government
licensed vendors, on account of all ganja
for which permission to purchase is granted.
(3)
Registration fees at Re. 1 per maund payable by all
purchasers of
ganja, other than Central
Provinces licensed vendors, on account
of all ganja of which the transfer by sale is
registered.
Wholesale vend.
619. The sole monopoly of
wholesale vend in the province is granted by
licenses to wholesale
vendors approved by the Excise
Commissioner. The licenses are given either for a
district or for each tahsil. Tenders are invited annually for the
licenses for whole-
sale vend, and the tenders must state what fee per sér, in addition
to a direct duty
of Rs. 2 per sér (except in Sambalpur and the south-east part of
the Raipur dis-
trict, where it is Re. 1 per sér), the applicants are prepared to
pay for the privilege.
The wholesale vendor is required to supply the retail vendors with
ganja at Rs. 3
per sér (Rs. 2 in Sambalpur and the south-east part of the Raipur
district). The
ganja purchased by the wholesale vendor is conveyed under a
transport pass or
import license to a storehouse belonging to the licensee at the
district or tahsil
head-quarters, one key of which is kept by the Tahsildar, by whom
it is issued
according to the requirements of the wholesale vendor. Duty is only
charged on
cleaned ganja, the refuse being destroyed both at the Government
storehouse at
Khandwa and at the district or tahsil storehouse.
Retail vend.
620. The monopoly of
retail vend is usually auctioned separately for each
shop, except in large towns,
where the shops are
generally sold to one person. The localities of all
shops are fixed by the Deputy Commissioner subject to the control
of the
Excise Commissioner. All retail vendors are entitled to be supplied
with ganja
by the wholesale vendor at Rs. 3 per sér, and may charge their own
retail
price to consumers. The number of shops is regulated by the demand
for the
drug. In those districts which are specially exposed to smuggling
from
foreign States, shops are licensed more freely.
Every wholesale vendor of
ganja is given a license for the retail vend of bhang
free of charge. Licenses for retail vend of bhang are not granted
to other persons,
and no wholesale vendor may import without a written permit from
the Deputy
Commissioner. A duty of Rs. 2 per sér is levied on all foreign
bhang sold, and
the rate of sale to the public must not exceed Rs. 3 per sér.
Stocks of bhang
are kept under control in the same way as ganja.
Consumption on the
premises is prohibited by a clause in the retail licenses.
There is no restriction as to the persons to whom ganja or bhang
may be sold.
Local opinion as to the opening of shops is not ordinarily taken,
but objections,
if raised, are considered.
Statistics.
621. The average area of
ganja cultivation at Khandwa during the past five
years has been 785 acres;
the average outturn
about 8,000 maunds, of which about 5,000 have
been exported and 1,000 consumed in the province, the remainder
having
been destroyed as unfit for sale. The revenue derived from this
source has
been Rs. 2,18,000, of which Rs. 1,36,500 has been from license
fees, and
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