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known uo Salaf.ln tho prosohoe of tho oommittoe. The neoeooary en
would bn rnado in tho account of oaoh dlvor in tho registers &
attoatod byf tho oommittoe. They would olmilarly attest payraonto
at tho oloao of tho ooanon. Tho aooounto antall only about throo
.itrieo a yoar in oaoh man’s aooount A art extremely oimplt.
A foo would ha doduotod from tho oaoh paid in tho prouonot of the
Court at a oartain fixod umall percentage,which tht diver might

reasonably bo oallod upon to pay for having hia interests guarded
effootlvely. Also oaoh llukhuda would bo oallod upon to pay a email
annual tax for oaoh divor omployod by him. Tho Revenue accruing
from tho above would of oouroo bo oollodto 1 by ho oommittoo on
behalf of tho Ruler & out of it ha would pay tho olork A the taiti
Preoidont A mombora. In rotum ho would bo providing machinery’
to ourtail abueoB A protoot tho divora. There are a good many
dotallo whioh I najrd not mention here#but would inoludo in the
report. Tho divora being wholly illiterate oannot oho ole the
ontrioa made in thoir aooounto by tho Bakhadao A ao both sides
invariably lie froely only Bdme Buoh eyaytom as the above by whioh
payments are made in the preeonoe of A aooountod for by an Offioia]

tribunal oould over bo relied on A put a atop tp abufloa. The taxes
derived would bo not inconoidorablo A might have tho effeot of
gaining the sympathy of thn Rulero for tto reform.
You will remember that when you doliverod the Qovt. of
India warning to tho Shaik A Abdulla,you charged the latter to
assist in reforming theoo abuses. I would propose that Shaik
Abdulla should be asked to become President of tie oommittee#It
*ould be a sop to the Shalks ,as thoy would be outwardly running

their own » show1,A receipts would bo sufficient to allow of a
handsome remuneration to Abdulla for hlu services,whioh would bo
alluring to him. It should bo understood that an Agency Represents
»ould attend the meetings ex-Offioio A the proceedings should be
oonduoted in publlo like the Joint Court A kajlls A1 Urfi.The
P*A, would sometimes attend as a spectator whioh would keop thing*
an to the mark. Politically It would bo advantageous to have AVAoll
Abdulla employed,A if he were President there would not be **£**■»
4l*fiottlty in getting members A getting them to aooept salaries.