The Portuguese in the Sea of Oman

_ 482 _ C. 66 No lodgings allowance will be paid to any official of the treasury or the law. Item: In that fortress no lodgings allowance will be paid to any official, either of His Highness or of the law, and lodgings will not be paid by the royal treasury, as I direct that they should not. But when the chief treasury officer is there and occupies the factory buildings within the fortress and there is no lodging suitable for the factor, then the factor will be paid at the rate of eight xerafins per month for accommodation in which to live and carry out the work of the factory. C. 67 No official is to have more than one salary. Item: I consider it in the interest of my Lord the King that none of his officials, either of the treasury or of the law, should have more than a single salary for the office or offices he holds, and even if he holds more than one office he will not be paid for it or have it due to him, and it will not be credited to the factor who pays it. C. 68 There are not to be more offices than salaries in the fortress. Item: In that fortress there are not to be more offices or salaries than those laid down in these standing orders, and no other that is instituted will be effective as I consider that it is in His Highness’s service that there

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