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60.  If ganja is produced in your province, do
you think that the cultivation of the ganja-bear-
ing plant and the process of its preparation are
sufficiently controlled, or that the system requires
modification in any respect? If so, in what
respects and why?

61.  If charas is produced in your province, do
you think the cultivation of the hemp plant for
its production and the process of preparation are
sufficiently controlled, or that the system requires
modification in any respect. If so, in what re-
spects and why?

62.   Do you think that the cultivation of the
hemp plant for the production of bhang should be
in any way controlled? Would this be feasible?
If so, indicate the method by which such control
could be exercised.

63.   Have you any objection to the present
system of α wholesale/b retail. vend of 1 ganja/2 charas/3 bhang or preparations
of them? If you have any objections, state them
at length, and indicate the improvements you
suggest.

64.   Have you any objections to the existing
regulations governing the export and import of
these drugs or of their preparations from and into
your province, or their transport within the pro-
vince? Give reasons for your answer.

65.  In your opinion is the taxation of 1 ganja/2 charus/3 bhaug
reasonable with reference (a) to each other, (b) to
alcoholic or other intoxicants? Give reasons for
any alterations in the amount of taxation of any
of these articles which you may suggest.

66.  In your opinion is it necessary that there
should be different rates of taxation for different
kinds of ganja (such as the "flat," "round," and
"broken" ganja produced in Bengal), or for ganja
grown in different localities? If so, on what
principle?

67.   Having regard to the ultimate incidence of
the tax on the consumer, have you any objections
to the present method of taxing 1 ganja/2 charas/3 bhang

68.  Are there in your province houses or shops
licensed for the sale of these drugs or their prepar-
ations where they may be consumed on the premi-
ses? What is your view in respect to such houses
or shops?

69.  Are the wishes of the people consulted or
considered in any way before a shop is opened in
any locality? What measures are taken for this
purpose? Ought local public opinion to be thus
considered?

70.  Are there any facts regarding the importa-
tion or smuggling of hemp drugs from Native
States into your province to which you wish to
draw attention? Is duty really paid in respect
to the ganja and other hemp drugs used? Or is
there any general use of untaxed drugs, and by
whom?