_ 187 _ to Mir Ahmad Shah, who is in Mughistan, and 500 to the interpreter, and 200 to the xabandar and the sacadors and 4,000 to the customs house officials, which in all comes to nineteen thousand two hundred pardaus. So as you can see, Sir, Very little is saved. In truth, the information written by the factor was such that the payment to the factory should come here again, so as to gain something from it by giving goods as payment at higher prices than they are worth in the town, which is what the ambassadors are always complaining about besides the labour and annoyance they cause the captain, and they never leave the fortress to ask for tribute. I, Sir, am happy to pay them, and so will Rais Sharafa, with the twenty thousand xerafins of the first writ since, as you see, in this latest one the total amounts to nineteen thousand two hundred. It is usual for the guazils to have disputes with the factor, which I have always endured as best I could, although with displeasure. I do not know how Rais Sharafa will receive and deal with this. And while I am on this subject. I should remind Your Lordship to settle how the factor is to be in the customs house, because otherwise my uncle, being so old and honoured will not endure what is done to me.
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