IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.-1838 to 1853. RETURN of the VALUE of IMPORTS TO, and EXPORTS FROM, the COLONY OF VICTORIA during the Years 1838 to 1853, inclusive. Articles the Produce or Manu- IMPORTS. Articles the £ £ £ £ £ £ 1838 71061 1839 204722 1840 392026 1841 335252 139135 NOTE.-In the Customs Books, in the years 1838 to 1841, the particulars are not given, only the total amounts; and with reference to these, and all the rest of the totals prior to Separation, it is well to remark, that the District of Port Phillip, being a portion of New South Wales, articles coming from and going to that Colony were not entered in the Customs Books; so that there is a deficiency in each year up to 1851. In the half year from the 1st July to the 31st December, 1851, the Imports from New South Wales to Melbourne and Geelong were valued at £53,255, and the GRAIN.-1842 to 1853. IMPORTED. RETURN of the QUANTITY and VALUE of GRAIN IMPORTED into the COLONY during the Years 1842 to 1853, inclusive. The Import of Barley for 1849 is stated in the Customs Books to be 30 packages. from the value of preceding years, these would contain about 290 bushels, as above. Judging + In like manner, the Import for 1853 is given as 1352 tons, which have been reduced to bushels, at the rate of 47 lbs. per bushel, being the rate given in "Letts' Tables."-W. H. A. RETURN of the QUANTITY and VALUE of GRAIN EXPORTED from the COLONY during the Years 1842 to 1853, inclusive. IMPORTED. RETURN of the QUANTITY and VALUE of BUTTER and CHEESE IMPORTED into the COLONY during the Years 1842 to 1853, inclusive. RETURN of the QUANTITY and VALUE of BUTTER and CHEESE EXPORTED from the COLONY during the Years 1842 to 1853, inclusive. IMPORTED. RETURN of the NUMBER and VALUE of LIVE STOCK IMPORTED into the COLONY during the Years 1842 to 1853, inclusive. N.B.-The above table was compiled from the old Customs Books. Prior to 1842 no official records are available in Victoria. In Lang's "Phillipsland," page 29, the following particulars are published: RETURN of the NUMBER and VALUE of LIVE STOCK EXPORTED from the COLONY during the Years 1842 to 1853, inclusive. RETURN of the QUANTITY and VALUE of LEATHER IMPORTED into the COLONY during the Years 1842 to 1853, inclusive. N.B.-The Exports of Leather prior to 1847 were very trifling. amounted to £458. In that year their value RETURN of the QUANTITY and VALUE of WOOL EXPORTED from the COLONY during the Years 1842 to 1853, inclusive. |