Secret Correspondence of the Court of the Peshxva. 145 



Gangadhar Yeswant, Holkar's ex-minister, had by his conduct forfeited 

 the protection secured to him and others by the treaty of Anandivalh, 

 concluded with Ragoba the year before ; and we therefore find the 

 following bond in the hand- writing of Gangadhar Yeswant, dated the 13th 

 of July I7G8. 



" I agree to pay, througli the agency of Gopal Rao Govind, the sum 

 " of twenty-nine lacs and fifty thousand rupees (£295,000), as a fine to the 

 " government. Meanwhile, till the full payment is completed, I am not to 

 " be liable for any pecuniary negociations which I may be obliged to enter 

 " into in order to realize this amount. 



" After paying the whole sum, if a balance of a lac or a lac anda-half of 

 " rupees (£10,000 or £15,000) sJiould remain in my hands or in those of 

 " my son, the government is to allow us to retain it for tlie support of 

 " our family. In case, however, any larger sum should subsequently be 

 " discovered, either in our hands or in those of any banker or other person 

 " whatsoever between Rameswur and Benares, or between Ahmedabad and 

 " Attock, belonging to me, the government is at liberty freely to seize it." 



On the arrival of the Peshwa and his uncle at Poona, the following 

 arrangements appear to have been made, according to a memorandum 

 existing in Madhu Rao's hand-writing. 



" 26th of June I768. 



" I. The forts and estates lately in possession of my uncle Ragoba, are to 

 " be managed in future by officers of our own government and of our own 

 " nomination. Out of consideration to my uncle, however, orders shall 

 " be sent in his name, and the reports shall be addressed to him. 



" II. The expenditure of the ten lacs of revenue for my uncle's use are to 

 " be submitted to us, but all balances in his favour are to be credited to 

 " my uncle, whose expenditure must not exceed that sum. 



" III. My uncle is to remain in Poona, and not to quit it without our 

 " knowledge. If he wishes to visit the temples on the banks of the several 

 " sacred rivers, he shall be allowed to do so while we remain in Poona, and 

 " a proper escort will attend him, but in our absence he must not quit the 

 " capital. 



" IV. The persons at present in my uncle's service are not to be molested ; 

 «' but no one can be permitted to remain in it without our sanction." 



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