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The Calcutta Review an Illustrated Monthly (Third Series) May 1947

1947

For instance in the Excise Report of the United Provinces for 1926-27 it is stated in one place.tha" the dOwnward tendencin the sale of charms has now been arrested." Elsewhere in the same report it is said tha" A proposal for the experimental cultivation of the hemp plant for the production of ganja in this province is at present under the consideration of the Government." The onl [...] But when in still another part of the same report we -find the declaration apparently made in all seriousness tha" The Benaxes division seems to be the most depraved in respect of the use of intoxicants although it is the very centre of the sacred soil of the Hindus." We do not know which to admire most the high moral tone assumed by the official responsible for the report or hi:s stupidi [...] The move made at the League of Nations towards the end of June 1921 'to-limit the production of opium to the medicinal and scientific needs of the world and the subeequent appointment of a board 'of enquiry for ascertaining alworld needs of the drug for the above purposes only matters dealt with in some detail below had compelled it to envisage the prospect. [...] The settlement of the details of the peace terms with the English and the negotiation of an honourable treaty between the English and Tippn were to exercise the diplomatic abilities of Bussy even more :rigorously than the conduct of the war had done. [...] The nature of the questions the precautions taken and the principles that had been followed in the framing of the questionnaires had been dicussed in all details in the following contributions* of mine.
history
Pages
49
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120137
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-ii unknown view
Opium Policy Under Dyarchy
71-82 H.C. Mookerjee view
Secondary Education in Bengal: its Past Present and Future
83-90 K.K. Mookherjee view
Bussy’s Relations with Tippu Sultan
91-97 R.C. Mitra view
Temperament and Vocational Guidancf
98-102 S.N. Roy view
Round the World
103-109 unknown view
Reviews and Notices of Books
110-113 unknown view
Ourselves
114-115 unknown view
Official Notifications University of Calcutta Orders by the Vice-Chancellor and Syndicate of the University of Calcutta
116-117 unknown view

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