Complex sentence: He bypassed his direct chief and overlooked the size of abuse of the regent, of local nobility but paid the colonial government, who being of poor estate tried to keep up with demands of patronage to his large family according to the adat, the traditional law.
Split into simpler sentences: He bypassed his direct chief and overlooked the size of abuse by the regent. The regent being of local nobility but paid the colonial government was regularly in poor circumstances having to keep up with demands of patronage for his large family, according to the adat, the traditional law.