_ 479 _ sign these payments, made in your presence, following the same procedure. C. 63 It is ordered that captains of Ormuz are not to send ships to India for any reason except with the agreement of the chief treasury officer, the factor and other persons. Item: I am informed that every year the captains of the fortress of Ormuz send a foist and two others belonging to my Lord the King, armed and repaired and fitted out at the expense of the royal treasury, with the excuse that they are bringing messages necessary to His Highness’s service to the Viceroy of India, whereas their purpose is to do business on the captains’ behalf. These foists involve great expense to His Highness both coming and going, and I am also told that when they return these ships carry cargoes of prohibited goods on which the captains and other persons who bring them make profit for themselves, because in that fortress, as ships belonging to His Highness carrying messages, they are never searched. This is very detrimental to the King’s interest and the good of his treasury, so I forbid it and order that such ships are not to be prepared in this fortress nor sent to India even if it is said to be very necessary. When something happens
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