CH. XV.] REPORT OF THE INDIAN HEMP DRUGS COMMISSION, 1893-94. 303

the rest from fixed duty. There is no revenue from charas, and from bhang only
about Rs. 1,000.

Madras.
Law in force.

622. The Madras Abkari Act (1 of 1886) contains extensive provisions for
the control of the cultivation of hemp, and the
manufacture, sale, and possession of hemp drugs.
But as it has only been brought into force in the Presidency in so far as it
relates to the sale of intoxicating drugs, there is no need in describing the
system at present in force to refer to any of the other provisions.

The principal provisions in force are as follows:—

No intoxicating drug may be sold without a license from the Collector,
provided that a cultivator or owner of any plant from which an intoxicating drug
is produced may sell without a license those portions of the plant from which
the intoxicating drug is manufactured or produced to any person licensed under
the Act to sell, manufacture, or export intoxicating drugs (section 15).

The Governor in Council may grant to any person or persons on such con-
ditions and for such period as may seem fit the exclusive or other privilege—

(1)   of manufacturing by wholesale, or
(2)   of selling by retail, or
(3)   of manufacturing or supplying by wholesale and selling by retail,

any intoxicating drugs within any local area. A license from the Collector
is necessary for the exercise of such privilege (section 16). It may be noted
here that there is no definition in the Act of wholesale and retail, and that no
such definition exists in any notification under the Act.

A duty shall, if the Governor in Council so direct, be levied on all intoxicat-
ing drugs sold in any part of the Presidency of such amount as the Governor in
Council may from time to time prescribe (section 17).

Such duty may be levied by fees on licenses for manufacture or sale
(section 18).

Every license or permit granted under the Act shall be granted—

(a)   on payment of such fees, if any,
(b)   for such period,
(c) subject to such restrictions and on such condition, and
(d) shall be in such form and contain such particulars,

as the Governor in Council may direct either generally or in any particular
instance in this behalf (section 24).

The Governor in Council may from time to time frame rules for the ware-
housing of intoxicating drugs, and for the removal of the same from any ware-
house in which they are deposited for deposit in any other warehouse or for
local consumption or export; and for placing the storage of intoxicating drugs
under such supervision and control as may be deemed necessary for the purposes