1. [27]Nushki to Mull 25 2. [27]Mull to Padag 30 3. Padag to Yadgar Chah 24 4. Yadgar Chah to Dalbandin 31 5. [27]Dalbandin to Jujaki 30 6. Jujaki to Meroi 21 7. [27]Meroi to Chah Sandan 21 8. Chah Sandan to Tratoh 24 9. Tratoh to Kundi 22 10. Kundi to Mashki Chah 22 11. [27]Mashki Chah to Ware Chah 26 12. Ware Chah to Makak Karez 23 13. Makak Karez to Sainduk 11 14. [27]Sainduk to Kirtaka 17 15. Kirtaka to Chah Mohammed Reza 17 16. Chah Mohammed Reza to Killa Robat 28 17. [27]Killa Robat to Hormak 17 18. Hormak to Nowad Chah 24 19. Nowad Chah to Girdi Thana 7 20. Girdi Thana to Asak Chah 22 21. Asak Chah to Sayed Khan’s _khel_ 10 22. Sayed Khan’s _khel_ to Nasratabad 20 Quetta to Nushki 93 ---- Total 565 The road follows two sides of a triangle, skirting the whole of Southern Afghanistan before entering Persia at Koh-i-Malik-i-Siah. The distance from Nushki to Koh-i-Malik-i-Siah and thence direct to Meshed is just 1000 miles. To aid traders using this route a rebate of seven-eighths of the Indian Customs duty is allowed. As the sea is free to Bunder Abbas, this concession should be increased so that the starting-points of the caravans--_i.e._, Nushki and Bunder Abbas--might be on a footing of equality. “Drawbacks” of 33 per cent. are granted by the North-Western railway on all goods sent by it and destined for Persia. Additional facilities have also been arranged for the trade using this new route; in order to avoid the difficulty of having to go 150 miles out of their way to Nasratabad for Customs examination, hitherto experienced by merchants proceeding by the Nushki route to Khorassan, a first-class Customs Bureau has been established at Koh-i-Malik-i-Siah. This enables _kafilas_ to proceed direct to Kain and Khorassan _viâ_ the Palankoh route and to avoid the detour through Seistan. Furthermore, a British Consular Agent has been deputed to Koh-i-Malik-i-Siah, one of whose principal duties it will be to watch the interests of British traders using the route and to assist them in their dealings with the Customs authorities. As regards traffic, since the opening of the Quetta-Nushki railway a considerable flow of trade has set in from the Helmund direction _viâ_ Chageh, as caravans for Herat and Afghan traders naturally prefer to follow the Helmund to a point north-west of Chageh and then to turn southwards. A stretch of desert still has to be crossed; but it is less in extent than that between Nushki and the Persian frontier at Robat.