152 WHALE-FISHERY. 



Brought forward, 395,500/ 



550 ankers of geneva, 5,500 



Sugar, spices, &c., 3,000 



60,000 lb. of Friesland pork, 8,000 



144,000 lb. of cheese, 18,000 



20,000 lb. of Texcl and Leyden cheese, 1,500 



in ' j-rels of beer, (including excise duty,) . 27,000 



tcks of pease, barley, &c. &c., 40,500 



Herrings and salt-fish, 3,000 



Various cook"'s and cabin furniture ; expences 



of transporting stores on boai'd, &c., 38,000 



Hand-money to seamen, 180,000 



Wao-es of seamen, payable on the return of the 



ships, and other incidental expences during 



the voyage, 540,000 



For the freight or hire of the ships, at the rate 



of 3000 florins for each ship, 540,000 



Sum total of advances for 180 whale-fishing 



ships, 1,800,000/ 



The difference in the calculations of Zorgdrager 

 and AYagenaar, is 440,460 florins on the total, and 

 2447 florins for each ship. AVagenaar's estimation is, 

 therefore, about one-fifth less than that of Zorgdra- 



Hence, the total amount of money expended an- 

 nually by the Dutch in the prosecution of the 

 Avliale-fishery, (exclusive of the additional expences 

 resulting from success in the fishery,) seems to have 

 been 1.800,000 to 2,340,460 florins ; and however 



