Abstract
Chapter 8 relates the negotiations between the Government of Bombay Presidency and the secretary of state for India regarding what to do about the inculpated mamlatdars. Bombay suggested that the issues were very complicated and required time to determine who had paid voluntarily and who was virtually extorted into paying. The secretary of state for India seemed content with this procedure, which would lead to depriving the most corrupt of their magisterial powers, but leaving them in charge of land revenue issues (which was only a slight change from the Bombay Government’s promised indemnity). However, the secretary of state eventually caved in to the London pressure and insisted that those who had not paid under conditions of extortion must be fired. At this point, the negotiations between Bombay and the secretary of state expanded to include the Government of India (the viceroy and his legislative council).
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