126 WHALE-FISHERY. 



16 Davis' Straits sliips, procured a total of 397 

 whales, 23,659 seals, and 51 narwliales, which pro- 

 duced nearly 4000 tons of oil, and 150 tons of 

 whalebone. The increase in the Hull whale-fish- 

 ing concerns, has of late been very remarkable. In 

 1810, 34 ships sailed from thence to the northern 

 fisheries ; in 1811, 43 ; in 1812, 49 ; in 1813, 55 ; 

 in 1814, 58 ; and in 1818, 64. 



The amount of produce of the Hull shipping, du- 

 ring the four years ending with 1817, was in whales, 

 1785 ; and the quantity of oil obtained from their 

 cargoes, 20,891 tons ; the average j9^r ship each 

 voyage, was 91 tons of oil, being about 2 tons less 

 than the general average of the British northern 

 fisheries. 



The greatest cargo ever brought into Hull 

 from Greenland, was procured by Captain Sadler 

 in the Aurora ; and the greatest cargo from Davis' 

 Straits by Captain Marshall in the Samuels, in the 

 year 1808 : the cargo of the Aurora produced 267 

 tons of oil, and that of the Samuels 275 *. 



Among the English ports, those of Whitby, 

 Newcastle, and Liverpool, rank next in importance 

 to Hull, in point of shipping interest in the whale- 

 fishery. 



Whitby first sent out sliips on the Greenland 

 fishery in the year 1753. The two ships which 



'* Captiiin Rennet, Letter. 



