_ 292 _ the poor. This comes to an anuual sum of six hundred and eighty thousand reals. ………………………………………………………………….180,000 reals Fol.83 Item: For the expenses of the hospital of this city, two thousand three hundred pardaus in candils, in which are included the salaries of the physician, surgeon, barber as well as the expenses of the pharmacy and all other necessary expenses that are agreed. This amounts to two thousand one hundred and thirty-nine xerafins eleven and a half candils, which are worth six hundred and forty-one thousand eight hundred and sixty reals. …………………………………………………………………..641,860 reals Item: On returning to this fortress in the year 1550, I found that this allocation had not been sufficient for the previous year, because of the arrival of more people than usual, many of them sick. Nor does it seem likely that it will be enough for this year, because of the influx of a lot more people than in the past to stay here. This is necessary because of the presence of the Turks in Basra. Consequently, the factor will give the superintendent and the brotherhood of the Holy House of
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