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asserts that by the time the railway could be 

 opened (say four years hence) the trade will 

 be doubled, Lieutenant Chapman has not taken 

 any credit for even the ordinary per centage 

 of increase due to the years the railway must 

 be in j^rogress. So again with resjDect to tax- 

 ing the boats : he proposes not more than the 

 actual saving of food to the crews, whereas 

 decrease of wear and tear, the absence of risk, 

 saving of time, and consequent preservation 

 of perishable goods, are all advantages which 

 would willingly be paid for. 



In the single item of 10,000 casks of ale and 

 porter, now being sent to the Punjaub, I am 

 confident a large profit could be shov/n, either 

 in the canal or railway project ; while, as the 

 length of voyage would be decreased some 

 twenty-four days, there would be a much better 

 chance of its arrival at its destination in good 

 order. In the commissariat too the saving of 

 expense would be immense, were there direct 

 communication from the harbour to Kotree. 

 I have the honour to be, &c. 



(Signed) H. B. Turner, Major, 

 Superintending Engineer, Sindh. 

 Kurrachee, 15th JVbveviher, 1853. 



