326 THE AMERICAN WHALEMAN 



Table V 



Estimated Cost of Outfitting the American Whaling Fleet of 644 Vessels 



Which Was at Sea on January i, 1844 

 Estimated Cost of All Articles Consumed Annually $3,132,199.48 



Estimated Wages Paid Annually for Labor Employed in 



Outfitting = $ 548,060.00 



Estimated Wages Paid Annually for Labor Employed in 



Coopering =$ 165,238.98 



Estimated Annual Cost of Articles and Labor $3,845,498.46 



Table VI 



Estimated Value, at the Time of Sailing, of the 644 Vessels Which Com- 

 prised the American Whaling Fleet on January i, 1844 

 (These figures include both the vessels and their outfit) 

 242 Ships, Barks, and Brigs in the Sperm Fishery, @ an Av- 

 erage Value of $38,000 each $9,196,000 

 329 Ships, Barks, and Brigs in the Right Whale Fishery, @ an 



Average Value of $28,000 each $9,212,000 



73 Ships, Barks, and Brigs in the Atlantic Sperm Fishery, @ 



an Average Value of $14,000 each $1,022,000 



644 Total $19,430,000 



Table VII 



Estimated Value, Including Vessels, Outfits, and Catchings at Sea, of the 

 American Whaling Fleet of 644 Vessels on January i, 1844 



242 Ships, Barks, and Brigs in the Sperm Fishery, @ an Av- 

 erage Value of $55,000 each $13,310,000 



329 Ships, Barks, and Brigs in the Right Whale Fishery, @ an 



Average Value of $40,000 each $13,160,000 



73 Ships, Barks, and Brigs in the Atlantic Sperm Fishery, @ 



an Average Value of $1 8,000 each $1,314,000 



644 Total $27,784,000 



Table VIII 



Estimated Value of the Catchings of the American Whaling Fleet Which 

 Was at Sea on January l, 1844 (The figures in this Table have been 

 derived from those in Tables VI and VII) 

 Catchings of 242 Ships, Barks, and Brigs in the Sperm Fishery, 



@ an Average Value of $17,000 each $4,114,000 



Catchings of 329 Ships, Barks, and Brigs in the Right Whale 



Fishery, @ an Average Value of $12,000 each $3,948,000 



Catchings of 73 Ships, Barks, and Brigs in the Atlantic Sperm 



Fishery, @ an Average Value of $4,000 each $292,000 



Total $8,354,000 



