_ 154 _ opportunities from which he could derive a much larger sum of money. The Alcaide Mor of this fortress is an office of little interest, to which the Viceroys for the duration of their office appoint noblemen to whom they have obligations. He has a salary of one hundred thousand reis according to the regulations of India, with the reservation that this office is not filled when there is a vedor da fazenda [exchequer officer] in Ormuz. The Ouvidor [crown judge] of Ormuz has one hundred thousand reis salary and in three years it amounts to one thousand five hundred cruzados net. The factorship of this fortress is the best and most profitable in India, and it is usually given to men who are nobles and servants of the king of high service and deserts. In three years it brings twelve thousand cruzados net to a factor who serves with a clear conscience, more rather than less. If he wants to stretch out his hand he can draw from it as much money as he likes, because there are many opportunities for this. He has one hundred thousand reis salary per year. In the factory there are two clerks who receive fifty thousand reis per year each, and it will bring each of them about three thousand cruzados net over three years. The Meirinho [bailiff] of this fortress has twenty-four thousand reis a year and is appointed from among poor
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