118 WHALE-FISHERY. 



whale-fisheries imported into England in the 41 

 years, included between 1760 and 1800, was 

 2,144,387/. 8^. ; and into Scotland in the 32 years, 

 included between 1769 and 1800, was 381,374/. 

 106". 2d. The official value of exports from Eng- 

 land during the former period, chiefly consisting of 

 rum for stores, was about 16,000/. 



The following table, extracted from Macpherson's 

 Annals of Commerce, shows the number of ships, 

 and the amount of their tonnage, employed in the 

 British Greenland and Davis' Straits whale-fisheries, 

 together with the sums paid in bounties, during a 

 period of 39 years. 



It will, however, be observed, that the bounties 

 paid do not always correspond with the tonnage of 

 the vessels employed. This arises from some of the 

 vessels having been lost ; some having forfeited the 

 bounty ; and others having been of a greater ton- 

 nage than 400 tons, for the excess above which, no 

 bounty was paid, after the year 1757- 



