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:—

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