482 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
List of vessels owned in and fitted from Honolulu in the spring season of 1858. 
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Flag. Class and name. Tons. Cost, ready Remarks. 







or sea. 
Ship Black Warrior*... 231 / $10,500 | sperm whaling off coast of California. 
Bark Harmony .......- 316 22,000 | In port; sails soon for Aretie Ocean. 
Bar kebaliyitin.eccien cece 298 19,000 | In port; sails soon for Okhotsk. 
iBank sViermon! fea-sssene 306 23,000 Do. 
Bark Metropolis ...--.- 210 21,000 | In port; sails about April 1. 
Sehy Habs hrost=--eeee ce 141 18,000 | Coast of California. 
Hawaiian ....... Bark Waith. 2225 -seeeees 317 Jan. 23 sailed to cruise. 
Americans. 22s. Bark Merrimac *....... 414 [ren. 8 sailed to cruise. 
DORR saeees Bark Frances Palmer. . 303 115,000 {On the California coast. 
DOSE eS aeae Ship Chas. Phelps..-.--. 362 | Feb. 15 sailed to cruise. 
DOS esas e Brig Agater-ceseo-cac 186 Oct. 14 sailed for California coast. 
Hawaiian ...-.-.-- Brigi@ahu tessereae cee 157 20,000 | Dee. 16 sailed to cruise. 
DO sees asses Brion awareness sr see 230 20,000 | Feb.9 sailed to cruise. 
DOscosece staee BrigvAntiliayesss ese eee 220 27,500 |, {In port; sails soon. 
Oldenburg ..--.-. Jabot euch ee cenoooece 220 21,000 | Dee. 15 sailed to cruise. 
Hawatian ...-:.. Bric Vaetoria joo seeeeee 200 23,000 | Noy.30 sailed for California coast. 
DObeackeseene IBYio; Wallies dee see oe 280 24,000 | On passage from Bremen; due April 1. 
DOmetasmacees Bark: Gynithiate. --4sose 251 19,000 | Feb. 18 sailed to cruise. 
DO Messgasits BarkiGam|biaieessssee ae 249 17,500 | In port; sails soon. 


* Hach of these vessels had a tender. 
In the Polynesian, under date of November 20, 1858, occurs the fol- 
lowing article: 
Hawaiian whalers in port November 19, 1858. 
Barks Vernon, Gambia, Silver Cloud, Robert Morrison, Harmony, Frau Henrietta. 
Brigs Antilla, Kauai, Hawaii, Wailua, Oahu, Agate. Herm. bg. Pfiel. 
Ships Hudson, Adeline, Northern ee Sharon, Brutus, Sheffield, Ben Morgan, 
Addison, Majestic. 
In the spring fishing 17 left Honolulu fo the northern grounds, of which 2 were 
simply tenders. 
Thirteen have arrived, with 6,425 barrels of whale oil, 98,300 pounds bone, besides 
untold quantity of ivory and peltry obtained by trade. The other two vessels, yet out 
of port, have been reported with 1,050 barrels between them. 
These vessels did not all fly the Hawaiian flag, some being merely 
owned by residents of the islands and flying the American and Bremen 
flags. Possibly several of them were really not whalers, but sealers. 
At the annual meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society, in 1857, 
a resolution was passed to award ‘‘a silver cup to the master, silver 
medals to the officers, and bronze medals to the crew of the whaling 
vessel, fitted out from these islands, which shall bring in the largest 
cargo of oil next year in proportion to her size.” Although their 
attention was called to this matter the latter part of 1858, the society 
failed to live up to its promise. 
In 1859 the fleet was composed of the following vessels: 








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Rig. | Name. Tons. || Rig. Name. Tons. 
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Schooner.....| AI COR eal etesreceiaetaceer tet LOGS | MBI Ever atcra rests IRONOLSMS eisicietste aietelsiaiaterstetses 270 
BTS ease | Aloha Sore whys eceeioiale pines ae ele 294 | DoOscce as. Oahu 28 asses were si 164 
DO ss -5522< Antillas sso. eateries 239) ‘Schooner. 2-4) Pheliseces sees eee eer 106 
Barkesee sees. Cynthia)... 2c25.<saseeecee 251: ||| Brigantine ss VaCtOnl aes =neceseeeme etter 200 
DOs. 22282 Baith 22.4.3. 5225S eee 317)\| (Brigeecoeeeee Wailua. oes. ce2be es socee 264 
DOissemacr,< | Harmony. poaeceeeeceere 316 | Schooner....| Caroline, tender to Faith... 106 
Brigheyr icons |) SEA Wwalll! oe See epee 230 || 
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The American bark Florence, 326 tons, and Oldenburg brig Kawai, 220 tons, were also owned and 
fitted out in Honolulu. ; 
