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1. The appellant pleaded guilty to 13 summonses preferred against him at the instance of the Department of Commerce and Industry in respect of false export declarations signed by a clerk of his firm, on his authority, in relation to goods consigned to firms in Indonesia. He was fined a total of $12,500 and it is against the totality of those fines that he has appealed to this court on the grounds that they were too severe. The appellant was not represented at the trial but is represented for the