_ 57 _ 9. Illegal trade in pepper carried out with the knowledge of the captains of the fortresses. 10. Correct procedure of the port Governor of Ormuz. 11. Trade with Sofala and Mozambique. 12. Irregular procedure of the captain of Bassein and others. 13. Excessive expenses by the friars. 14. Decrease and loss in certain rents. 15. Building a monastery. 16. Uselessness of the post of treasurer of Goa. 17. Pepper from Malabar. 18. Cargo of pepper. 19. Need to supply India with merchandise from the Realm. 20. General register of the rents and expenses of India. 21. Treasure and Christianity in Ceylon. Sale of jewelry. 22. Bassora. Good service rendered by D. Antão. 23. Behaviour of some officials. Sir, Following upon the letter I received this year from Your Highness allowing me to go this year, I asked permission from the viceroy in Goa to go as soon as the naos arrived but he would not grant more like a judgment of God than that the King can hope to capture, but they say that he ordered the people that were in the city to deliver the
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