112 WHALE-FlSHEltY. 



consisted of 5989 tons of clean oil ; 7654 cwt. of 

 whalebone, besides 13,386 seal-skins *." 



* " The quantity of whale-oil imported into Great Britain, 

 in the year 1787, was. 



Tons. Hds. Galls. 



From Greenland, - 9905 1 51 



Southern Fishery, 2184 1 25 



British Colonies, 3447 43 



West Indies, 2 4S 



States of America, 230 1 36 



Denmark, - - 7 00 



France, - - 22 3 22 



Ireland, - - 11 1 



Total imported, 15,809 31 



From these and other places, the quantity of train oil im- 

 ported into Great Britain in the succeeding years, was. 



■f Oddy's European Commerce, p. S33. 



