_ 201 _ In the same year (1547) Fernando Luis de Andrade sent a letter to Dom João de Castro, Ormuz, on the 8th of October 1547, justifying his refusal to contact In Basra:(53) I have already written two letters to Your Lordship about matters concerning this Customs House. I would be happier to write to you about a large yield, but, as things go, it seems that unless Your Lordship attends to it, this affair will only get worse and the yields less. Last Wednesday, which was 5th October, the Guazil came to carry out the despatch formalities in the Customs House. There was no more to dispatch than eighteen half sacks of sugar which, because they were damp, they had not wanted to buy until now. They weighed three and a half bars. As supplies for nine terradas, there were 265 bars (53) Document no. and reference.
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