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soldiers’ exercise. This remark is equally applicable to all the great 
officers (principally Tartars), who only receive salaries from the principal 
office which they fill; and when they are punished by stoppage of the salary, 
this is not understood to withhold all the pay of their principal office, if 
their deficiency have not occurred therein, but only such part of it as 
corresponds to the office in which they have been deficient. Besides the 
salaries, all officers receive certain aids, which about the Court are mode- 
rate, but in the provinces far exceed the principal salary, and are never 
subject to fine. 
No. 3. 
Magistracy, and Administration of the Court and its District. 
Chief Magistracy of the Court and the Palace. This, like all the other 
tribunals of the Court, is a Board composed of a President and six asses- 
sors. It has jurisdiction over the whole district and superintendants of the 
Court, and also governs the three tribes, of which we have already spoken ; 
the eunuchs, who amount to about 5,000; the servants of the Court, who 
are estimated at the same number, and ten departments in the Palace, 
which are the following :— 
First. The Master of the Horse and his assistants, who have charge of the 
imperial stables. 
Second, The Superintendant of the Ornaments, who takes care of the 
boots, harness, and housings. 
Third. The Superintendant of Woods and Forests, who looks after the 
lakes, rivers, and woods of the imperial district. 
Fourth. The Keeper of the Wardrobe, who has the care of the head-dresses 
and tassels. 
Fifth. The Criminal Judge, who tries the causes within the imperial district. 
Sixth. The Chief Butler. 
Seventh. The High Steward, who has charge of the imperial inheritances, 
with 360 bailiffs under him. 
Eighth. The Superintendant of the letting of Crown Lands. 
Ninth. The High Steward of the Household, who distributes pay and pro- 
visions to the officers of the Court. 
Tenth. The Intendant of the Active Presents* of the Emperor. 
* Presentes activos, in the Portuguese original. 
