_ 202 _ of wheat, barley and sesame. As soon as the three and a half bars of sugar had been weighed, the Guazil sold these supplies for a lower price to the Moors’ clerks, that is to Khwaja Ladim and Khwaja Xerfadim: Khwaja Mainadim, who agrees the price with me was not there. I told the clerks that we should agree on the value of the supplies so as to record it in the register. When it came to the figure, I found that the Guazil had ordered 141 bars to be registered. In view of the difference, I told the scribes to write in the total sum, because those were the Treasury Controller’s instructions. Khwaja Ladim and Khwaja Xerfadim were unwilling to do so. And if it was up to me, I would not be able to reduce the price for the Moors tax collector. Therefore, I requested the two clerks to accompany me to the Captain, which they agreed to do. On the way, they said that we should first go to see the Guazil, so we went to the Guazil. I told him that, according to instructions left by the Treasury Controller, it was customary to record everything which was in the evaluations carried out at sea, and that the Treasury Controller had allowed it by Statute. [I asked him] to order the Moors’ clerks to register all the supplies. He replied that he did not want to and that he
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