204 KEPOKT OF CUMMISSIONEK OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



The Hiinual product of sperm nnd whale oils, quantities expoited, 

 and quantities consumed in this country, are shown in the following;: 



Table shoirUuj, in barrels of 31^ gallons each, the production of Kperiit and ivJiale 

 oilsJ>!/llic irlialiiKijU'et of the United States, the export to foreign countries, and 

 the home eoiiSHiaption from 1800 to 1901. 



[Compiled from the "Whaleman's Shipping List.] 



18W 

 1861 

 186l' 

 1863 

 1864 

 1865 

 1866 

 1867 

 1868 

 1869 

 1870 

 1871 

 1872 

 1873 

 1874 

 1875 

 1876 

 1877 

 1878 

 1879 

 1880 

 1881 

 1882 

 1883 

 1884 

 1885 

 1886 

 1887 

 1888 

 1889 

 1890 

 1891 

 1892 

 1893 

 1894 

 1895 

 1896 

 1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1900 

 1901 



Sperm oil. 



Export. 



Barrels. 



32,792 



37,547 



27,976 



18,366 



45,000 



20, 1.58 



10,6:30 



25, 147 



18,916 



18,645 



22,773 



22,156 



24,344 



16,2:38 



18,675 



22,802 



23,600 



18,047 



:32,769 



11,843 



12,283 



16,600 



i:j,006 



13,996 



5, I4;i 



7,554 



3,118 



4,955 



1,345 



.5,82:3 



2,0(K) 



;3,218 



1,787 



1,165 



1,720 



1,225 



215 



280 



1,952 



.550 



1,100 



470 



Home 1 

 con- i 



sump- I 

 tion. I 



Barrels 

 38,50r 

 :31,091 

 2 i', 7.59 

 ;32,527 

 30, 190 

 27,666 

 19,133 

 22,968 

 23,258 

 17,239 

 28,812 

 3:3,528 

 24,0.52 

 24,190 

 21,768 

 18,4.53 

 14,473 

 31,737 

 11,124 

 23,;315 

 17,750 

 25,275 

 1:3, 053 

 17,324 

 15,481 

 18,279 

 15,170 

 14,9.53 

 21,410 



i:3,:3:39 



11,015 

 14,412 

 12,7.57 

 11,088 

 7,764 

 15,949 

 20,419 

 18,020 

 11,848 

 13,095 

 17,973 

 17,990 

 18,250 



Home 

 con- 



Barrels. 

 143,009 

 105,839 

 67,254 

 65,:352 

 62, .528 

 64,107 

 69,534 

 58,836 

 72,390 

 56,236 

 68,452 

 63,011 

 42,852 

 33,881 

 44,a57 

 31,860 

 22,620 

 20,501 

 12, .557 



32,aX) 

 21,425 

 19,052 

 23,777 

 50,529 

 9,176 

 34,786 

 7,747 

 12,667 

 14,549 

 1:3,864 

 12,746 

 6,721 

 8,379 

 4,534 

 5,050 

 3.178 

 4,450 

 3,997 

 3,410 

 4, .5:30 

 ''4,:325 



aOn hand .Jan. 1, 1903, 3,600 barrels sperm oil. &There was no whale oil on hand Jan. 1, 1903. 

 PORPOISE AND BLACK-FISH OILS. 



Among the minor oils of technical importance are those of porpoise 

 and black-fish, which are nearly equal in texture and are used for 

 similar purposes. These oils are in two grades of widely different 

 characteristics, viz, blubber oil and head or jaw oil; the former is 

 worth about the same as right- whale oil, or 35 cents per gallon, while 

 the latter sells as high as $10 per gallon. Thej' are generall}^ known 

 as "porpoise oil" and "porpoise-jaw oil," respectively, although the 

 black-fish yields many times as much oil of each grade as the jjorpoise. 



Porpoise have at times been taken in considerable quantities in 

 shore fisheries established primarily for securing the hides for tan- 



