Epstein, Mordecai: The English Levant Company: its foundation and its history to 1640 (London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd, 1908)

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not defrauded of any part of it.84 From the
wording of the salary-clause, it seems that
the consul might engage in business on his
own account, and that if only he carefully
collected the consulage due to the company
there would be no objection to his so doing.
No doubt, 500 Dollars a year was not sufficient
salary for an official if he was to undertake
no other work of any kind. The matter
is made abundantly clear in the case of
the appointment of Mr. Freeman as consul
in Smyrna in 1633.85 He was offered alter-
native conditions. Either to have 1,200
Dollars per annum as salary and to be pro-
hibited from trading, or to have 600 Dollars
per annum and be allowed both to take fac-
torage and to engage in trade on his own
account. He chose the second alternative.
A similar alternative was offered to Mr. Bar-
nard on his appointment as consul at Smyrna
in 1635,
84 Every consul had to give the company security,
Thus, Mr. Chapman (see list of Consuls in Appendix IV,)
on his appointment as vice-consul in Aleppo gave the
company five sureties, each for £100, and himself for
£50. See Min. February 28, 1615,
^>Min, Feb, 22, 1633.