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Custom House, Melbourne, March, 1854.

NOTE.-In the next page will be found a Summary of the Totals of the VALUES of Imports and Exports from 1838 to 1853, both inclusive. It may be well to observe, that, while the Export Values may be considered as pretty accurate, those of the Imports are not in all cases strictly to be relied upon. The defects, however, hitherto existing in the mode of valuation will, it is hoped, in a great measure be remedied by the third section of 17th Vict., No. 17, wherein it is enacted, that "Upon the entry inwards of all free goods imported into this Colony, the value thereof shall be stated in the entry, and shall be affirmed by the declaration of the Importer or his known Agent, written upon the entry, and attested by his signature; and if such Importer or his known Agent shall make a false declaration, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds."-W. H. A.