ancient milres worth about 50 cents each and…

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ancient milres worth about 50 cents each and the accounting of the treasure was verified by documents found in the cases. Among the papers was a receipt of Friar Diasarte Anton, superior of the Order of Jesuits. The receipt of 20,000,- 000 crazados in gold to be turned over to Don John as a trustee of honor upon his voyage to Brazil. These 20,000,000 together with 2,560 kilograms of gold powder contained in the fourteen iron chests and 945 kilograms of gold bars, vessels and rich ornaments were to have gone to Portugal aboard the Royal squadron of Caravels and Galleons, which under the com- mand of Don Sebastian was to touch at Brazil en route to Lisboa. It is said that when in the last century the Marquis of Pombat, the great Portuguese statesman, demanded the remittance of the above named sum. Father Anton buried the treasure in the vaults of his monastery and denied that it had ever been in his hands, de- claring that it had been carried away by the previous reign. In consequence of this denial, which did not deceive the Marquis, the Jesuits were exiled, from Brazil and Portugal. The twenty-six packages were found to contain a vast amount of precious stones whose value cannot be stated as they have not yet been ap- praised. It is something enormous, however* The excavation about the castle is not yet fin- ished and a discovery of new treasure is not improbable.