LV. That, for the direction of the Resident in the exercise of so critical a trust, wherein all
the true and substantial powers of government were in an inverted relation and proportion
to the official and ostensible authorities, and in which the said Hastings did suppose the
necessity constantly existing for exercising an influence, and frequently for substituting
entirely the British authority "in the place of the avowed and constitutional government,"
he, the said Hastings, did properly leave to the Resident a discretionary power for his
deviation from any part of his instructions,—interposing a caution for his security and
direction, that, as much as he could, he would leave the subject free for his, the said
Hastings's, correction of it, and would instantly inform him or the board, according to the
degree of its importance, with his reasons for it.
LVI. That, besides the institution of the courts of justice, as before recited, four other
principal objects in the reformation of the affairs of Oude were expressly recommended to
the Residents Middleton and Bristow, and must be understood to be the conditions upon
which the said Hastings must have meant to have it understood that the acting minister of
Oude was to hold his employment: namely, the limitation of the Nabob's personal expenses;
the reduction of the Nabob's troops in number, and the change in arrangement; the
appointment of proper collectors for the revenues; and the appointment of proper officers
for all parts of the executive administration.
LVII. That the first object, namely, that of the limitation of the Nabob's personal expenses,
and separating them from the public establishments, he, the said Hastings, did state as the
first and fundamental part of his regulation, and that upon which all the others would
depend,—and did declare, "that, in order to prevent the Vizier's alliance from being a clog
instead of an aid to the Company, the most essential part is to limit and separate his
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