APPENDIX 



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Table IV 



List of the Principal Articles Required to Outfit a Vessel for a Voyage in Sperm 



Whaling or in Right Whaling, Together With the Amount of Each Article 



and the Cost According to the Prices Which Prevailed on January i, 1844 



Article 



Oil Casks 



Beef & Pork 



Flour 



Corn 



Beans & Peas 



Corn Meal 



Tobacco 



Rice 



Potatoes 



Cheese 



Butter 



Dried Apples 



Vinegar 



Cod Fish 



Molasses 



Tea, Black 



Tea, Hyson 



Raisins 



Sugar 



Coffee 



Duck, Heavy 



Duck, Light 



lar 



Whale Boats 



Oars 



Boards 



Nails, Cora- 

 position 



Copper, 

 Sheathing 



Cordage 



Tow Lines 



Try Pots 



Cloth 



Iron Whal- 

 ing Crafts 



Clothing, 

 Ready-made 



Labor in 

 Port 



Amount 



Sperm Whaler 



2,800 bbls. 



240 bbls. 



220 bbls. 



75 bus. 



14 bus. 



5 bbls. 

 2,500 lbs. 

 1,200 lbs. 



150 bu. 



800 lbs. 



900 lbs. 



600 lbs. 

 10 bbls. 



800 lbs. 

 1,600 gals. 



250 lbs. 

 20 lbs. 



200 lbs. 

 1,000 lbs. 

 1,000 lbs. 

 60 pieces 

 36 pieces 

 20 bbls. 



6 boats 



7 sets 

 4,000 ft. 



700 lbs. 



8,500 lbs. 

 8,500 lbs. 

 3,000 lbs. 

 3 pots 

 6,000 yds. 



4,000 lbs. 



Price 



$ 1.25 = 



8.50 = 



5.25 = 



•55 = 



1.25 = 



3.50 = 



.11 = 



•035 = 



•35 = 



.07 = 



.13 = 



.04 = 



3^50 = 



.03 = 



.27 = 



•35 = 



.60 = 



.05 = 



.075 = 



.08 = 



18.00 = 



8.00 = 



2.25 =: 



60.00 = 



8.50 = 



20.0oM=: 



Cost Amount 



$3,500.00 



2,040.00 



1,155.00 



41.25 



17.50 



17.50 



275.00 

 42.00 

 52.50 

 56.00 



117.00 

 24.00 

 35.00 

 24.00 



432.00 

 87.50 

 12.00 

 10.00 

 75.00 

 80.00 

 1,080.00 



288.00 

 45.00 



360.00 

 59-50 

 80.00 



2,800 bbls. 

 163 bbls. 

 155 bbls. 



59 bu. 



14 bu. 



5 bbls. 

 2,000 lbs. 

 1,200 lbs. 



130 bu. 



600 lbs. 



800 lbs. 



600 lbs. 

 7 bbls. 



800 lbs. 

 1,200 gals. 



200 lbs. @ 

 12 lbs. @ 



100 lbs. @ 



800 lbs. @ 



800 lbs. @ 

 40 pieces @ 

 25 pieces @ 

 10 bbls. @ 



6 boats @ 



7 sets @ 

 4,000 ft. 



Right Whaler 

 Price 



5 1.25 

 8.50 

 5.25 



•55 

 1.25 

 3.50 



@ 



@ .22 = 154.00 500 lbs. 



@ .21 = 1,785.00 7,000 lbs. 



@ .10 = 850.00 7,000 lbs. 



@ .12 = 360.00 3,000 lbs. 



@ 60.00 = 180.00 3 pots 



@ .09 = 540.00 5,000 yds. 



@ .15 = 600.00 4,000 lbs. 



•035 = 

 .35 = 

 .07 : 



•13 - 

 .04 -. 



3-50 - 

 .03 : 



.27 : 



•35 - 



.60 : 



.05 -- 



•075- 

 .08 : 



18.00 : 

 8.00 : 

 2.25 : 



60.00 : 



8.50 : 



20.00M: 



.21 

 .10 

 .12 

 60.00 

 •09 



Cost 



$3,500.00 

 1,385.00 



813.75 

 27.50 

 17.50 

 17.50 



220.00 

 42.00 



45.50 



42.00 



104.00 



24.00 



24.50 



24.00 

 324.00 



70.00 

 7.20 

 5.00 



60.00 



64.00 

 720.00 

 200.00 



22.50 

 360.00 



59.50 



80.00 

 110.00 



: 1,470.00 

 700.00 



: 360.00 

 180.00 



: 450.00 



.15 = 600.00 



2,800.00 

 2,500.00 



= 2,700.00 

 = 2,300.00 



Total Cost of Outfits 

 Cost of a Typical Vessel 



M9.774-75 

 31,224.72 



Combined Cost of Vessel & Outfit $50,99947 



$17,129.45 

 31,224.72 



$48,3S4^i7 



