_ 181 _ nothing but ask them to send me a transcript of your instructions and also the prices of the merchandise you buy and sell. They have never done this. I am in the dark. If I do anything against your will, it is done unwittingly and you cannot put any blame on me. The expenses of this city up until now have been very great. The Captain General has now greatly reduced them both in terms of salaries and of provisions. Your Highness cannot complain about Goa. In cash, I have spent more than 30,000 cruzados on salaries and 20,000 on provisions besides money on various works. You have an island which is six leagues round with four fortresses better than anything you will find in Spain with a lot of artillery, 3,000 quintals of gunpowder and saltpetre and provisions for six months. May the all-powerful God give Your Highness.
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