The Portuguese in the Sea of Oman

_ 165 _ brings from one thousand five hundred to two thousand cruzados net. The Alcaide and guard of the said fortress has a salary of twenty-nine thousand reis but receives nothing more except the normal maintenance. It could be given to a poor soldier for life. The Offices of Mozambique Thy factor and Alcaide Môr of Mozambique is a far b’èr office than that of the factor of Sofala, and it is given to noblemen and royal servants of long standing; the salary is one hundred thousand reis a year, and it brings in seven or eight thousand cruzados net in three years. The clerk of this factory is a good office to which soldiers who have seen service are appointed; the salary is fifty thousand reis a year and in three years it brings in from about two thousand five hundred to three thousand cruzados net. The Alcaide do mar and Meirinho of the fortress has a salary of twenty-nine thousand reis a year. It can be given to a serving soldier, but it brings little more than normal adequate maintenance. Voyages from Mozambique In order to supply these fortresses of Mozambique and

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