[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Les six voyages de Jean-Baptiste Tavernier](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier) › [Travels in India (Ball)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball) › 31.2.1 # Travels in India (Tavernier) 31.2.1 Travels in India (Ball) 31.2.1 - **Language:** English ### [31.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.31.2.1) The fourth Government was that of Muscat, which was also one with a considerable income. For all the vessels coming to India from the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, and the coasts of Melinda have to make the point of Muscat, and generally take in water there. If any vessels did not come to an anchor, the Governor sent to claim the custom, which was 4 per cent, and if they made any resistance they ran the risk of being sent to the bottom by his galeasses. The fifth Government was that of the island of Ceylon, to which were subject all the places which the Portuguese had both on the coast of Malabar and on the Gulf of Bengal and other parts of India, and the least of these petty Governments yielded 10,000 écus per annum. Besides these five principal Governments which were at the disposition of the Viceroy, he had also the patronage of a number of offices in Goa and other towns of India. The day upon which he makes his entry into Goa, his Captain of the Guards receives nearly 4000 écus of profit. The three offices of Engineer Major, of Inspector of the Fortresses, and of Grand Master of Artillery yielded 20,000 pardos per annum, and the pardo is worth 27 sols of our money. The Portuguese were then all rich — the nobles on account of the governments and other offices, and the merchants by the trade which they engaged in, before the English and Dutch came to cut the ground from under their feet. - [Previous: 31.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.31.1.7) - [Next: 31.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.31.2.2) - [Up: 31.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.31.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.31.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.31.2.1) · Pramāṇa