292 chapman's report. 



calculated upon the land route from Kurracliee 

 through to Kotree. 



The entire present traffic in goods and mer- 

 chandise which would be carried by a railroad 

 would therefore be as follows : — 



r Native Craft 30,406 tons. 



^ ^^^^( Indus Flotilla .... 2,539 „ 

 By the Land Routes 2,681 ,, 



Total 35,626 tons. 



As a check upon this total, again, the Col- 

 lector of Customs, in a return furnished by 

 him of the exports and imports by the sea face 

 [vide page 95*] after making deductions, — 1st, 

 for the consumption at Kurrachee; 2nd, for 

 the imports and exports across the western 

 frontier; and, 3rd, for the partial lading of 

 vessels, — estimates the probable amount of ex- 

 ports and imports of the land face, both by the 

 direct routes and by the river, at 57,050 tons. 

 Considering, then, the sources from which the 

 totals of the above summary have been derived, 

 and the authority which supports the last esti- 

 mated amount, it appears to me that 40,000 



* Appendix to Lieuteuaut Chapmau's Reportj printed for Bom- 

 bay Goveruuieut. 



