chapman's report. 291 



represent the throiigh-iTSi^o, between Kurrachee 

 and Kotree, on this road. 



As the returns do not distinguish between 

 laden and unladen, the usual proportion of two- 

 thirds to one-third will be taken for all descrip- 

 tions of conveyance. The abstract statement 

 attached to the police returns shows the calcu- 

 lations agreeably to the above considerations, 

 and the amount, 1571 tons, must be supposed 

 to represent the overland traffic by this route. 



But a correction is still required for the va- 

 rious routes mentioned under the second head 

 of this division, for which no register of any 

 description exists. 



This is supplied by a return furnished me by 

 the Captain of Police, from inquiries made of 

 all the principal merchants of the town, and by 

 written statements received from those of camp, 

 including, in all instances, the entire trade of 

 their firms by the land route. From an abstract 

 of these statements, in which the necessary de- 

 ductions are made in certain cases, it will be 

 seen that 3792 tons are deduced. 



In order to apply this correction, it will be 

 necessary to take the mean of the two estimates, 

 or 2681 tons, as the total amount of traffic to be 



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