200 HISTORY AND METHODS OF THE FISHERIES. 



Statement of ilir Jliitixli Varis Strait and Greenland whale and sral fisltrry, 1865 to 1877 Continued. 



* Also 859 "\vhitn whaler. t Also 360 -white \s link s. ^ Also 700 white wh;i]rs. 



The following additional account of the Dundee whale and seal fishery is from a report to the 

 State Department by Uuited States Consul Winter.* of Dundee: 



" Nine steamers left Dundee for the Greenland seal fishiug in 1881 ; their catches were 12,721 

 seals, yielding 201 tons of oil. Eight steamers went to this fishing in 1880; their catches were 

 29,100 seals, yielding 489 tons of oil, showing for 1881 a decrease of 10,379 seals and 288 tons of 

 oil. Six steamers left Dundee for the Newfoundland seal fishiug in 1881 ; their catches were 

 139,985 seals, yielding 1,797 tons of oil. Five steamers went to this fishing in 1880; their catches 

 were 58,940 seals, yielding 726 tons of oil, showing for 1881 an increase of 81,045 seals and 1,071 

 tons of oil. Greenland, 1881, total catch, 12,721 seals, yielding 201 tons of oil. Newfoundland, 

 1881, total catch, 139,985 seals, yielding 1,797 tons of oil. 



"At both fishings, 1881, total catch, 152,706 seals, yielding 1.998 tons of oil. 



" At present the value of seal oil is about 29 per ton, while the skins average about 5s. each. 

 Taking the 1,998 tons of seal oil got this year at 29 per ton gives 57,942; and the 152,706 

 skins at 5s. each gives 38,176 10s. ; so that the total value of the seal fishery for 1881 is 96,118 

 10s. For 1880 it was computed at 52,385. There is therefore an incre ise for 1881 of 43,733 10s. 



" Eleven steamers left Dundee for the Greenland whale fishery in 1881 ; their catches were 

 48 whales, yielding 514 tons of oil and 24f tons of bone. Twelve steamers went to this fishery in 

 1880; their catches were 712 whales (white, 600 ; black, 112), yielding 1,077 tons oil and 46i tons 

 of bone, showing for 1881 a decrease of 664 whales and 563 tons oil and 21 tons of bone. 



* Commercial Reports, No. 17. 



