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of three larins each ; within the limits of the Colombo and 

 other korales it held Crown villages yielding over four hundred 

 parddos, all of which was devoted to the society's college in 

 Colombo ; these were held on a grant of Don Heironymo, 

 which the society refused to produce to the vedor when called 

 upon to do so. It was also allowed three hundred xeraphins 

 for the churches at Kaymel, Chilaw, and Kalpitiya, this sum 

 being paid quarterly at the factory at Colombo. Moreover 

 the two priests stationed at Matiagama, which was the seat 

 of the dissava of the Seven Korales, held two royal villages 

 yielding two hundred xeraphins. 



Greater care was to be taken regarding the instruction of 

 converts, as the laxity which had crept in was leading to 

 evil results ; and the allowances of the various religious 

 bodies were to be regularly paid, as their non-payment had 

 led to a suspension of the preaching of the gospel among the 

 infidels. 



In view of the prejudice created by the presence of Moors 

 in the country to the service of God and the king, orders were 

 issued in 1615 to forbid their further immigration.* 



On October 3, 1584, Don Joao Pereapandar had passed an 

 order exempting the casados of Colombo, and their sons 

 being casados, from the payment of all the dues which they 

 had customarily paid to the royal treasury. This exemption 

 had been confirmed by the count-admiral when viceroy in 

 1597, but the privilege was withdrawn by the king in 1615, 

 in view of the loss it involved on the treasury and the 

 temptation it held out to prejury, the casados, however, 

 being ordered to be remembered in the allotment of the 

 villages. 



By an order of Don Hieronymo of January 27, 1607, 

 the ferries of Mutwal, at Golegavy, Matacore, Nacolegam, 

 and Betal,f had been granted to the camara of Colombo. 

 The revenue derived from them was under two hundred 

 cruzados, and the grant was confirmed by the king in 1615 : 

 but when it was attempted to place the camara in possession, 



* Their expulsion from Portuguese territory finally took place in 

 1626 under Don Constantine de Sa. 



f Galegawa (?), Mattakkuliya, Nakalagam, and Wattala. 



