ROADS, PASSES, AND AVAILABLE LAND. 133 
existence of a few thousand scattered acres would induce the 
to\ eminent to incur the expense of opening up that district. 
, • estimates of the extent of available land in the various 
istricts, I have endeavoured to keep as closely as possible to a 
an average, rather preferring to understate, according to my own 
judgment, than to make any overstatement; so that it is possible 
at, on further investigation, it may turn out that the real extent 
ot available country is in excess of the quantities given by me. 
