TIIM \VHALK FISHERY. 



173 



fi i mix i.liilislii'n iij' tin 1 ii-lniliii : i Jlirl for 1880.* 



*Sinee Hie \ear 1SCO tlio fbct lias been meatl.v rcdnrcd. Aeeonling to an annual review of the \\halr Qsbcry, inililisbed by I. II. Bart- 



li It A Si MI,, pf NY\\- r.idl'iird, I ho lie. t on .Taimaiy 1, 1M-5, numbered '.>:; *hi],s :md bail. H, I) Ini^s, and 114 sell -is, a;:uiei;atin;; ill,'-"" tuin. 



The S.:n I'VaneiM-n lire! lias ineie:iM-il t" 17 M'ssels, this port liavhiL: benmie I be headquarters of must "f I In- Xurlli Pacific fleet. Slalislies 

 nl the Xni t h 1'aeilic llei t I r eai h \ ear sim e t hi' tie^iunini; of Hie lislie.lv ale .iiiven en iirei'etliny; pages. 



'i'lic names and other details of each vessel in the fleet are jjiven in Section VI of this report. 

 The total capital invested in the whaling fleet, wharves, store-houses, and whale nil relinei ies in 

 1880, was $4,(2J,(M. 



Xlittniicitt xlioiriiii/ Ilif liiiiiiili/i- nf n-xsi'tii I'liqilniji'il in tin- 1'iii/ftl Xtn.ti* irini/r ji^/n ri/ I'ruin IT'.M 1 !-- 1. 



[Compiled I'lKin the Report of tbe Commissioner of Navigation for 1884. The years, eseeptiDg 1835 and KS43, wbic-b end September :;(i and 



June 30, respectively, elose witb Deecmber :;l | 



