484 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
were the following Hawaiian vessels: Bark Comet, bark Pawra Kohola, 
bark Victoria 2d, ship Julian. Early in the year the Lagle and Count 
Bismarck had been withdrawn from the whaling fleet and thus escaped 
the fate of the others. This disaster almost wiped out the home fleet. 
In 1876 the only Hawaiian vessels in the Arctic, the bark Arctic, 
valued at $32,000, and the Desmond, valued at $24,000, were abandoned 
in the ice. Eleven American vessels were abandoned at the same time. 
After 1881, when there were 2 vessels in the business, there is practic- 
ally no mention of Hawaiian whalers until 1894, when the last vessel, 
the steamer Alexander, 294 tons, gave up the business under the 
Hawaiian flag and is now in the San Francisco fleet. 
After 1875 very few foreign whalers called at the islands, as it was 
found more profitable to refit and transship oil and bone from San 
Francisco, owing to the railroad connection with the Eastern seaboard, 
and as most of the Hawaiian whalers were owned by Americans they 
were transferred to San Francisco with the rest of the fleet or else 
withdrawn from the business. 
The following table shows the Hawaiian fleet and the catch of same 
for certain years from 1839 to 1894, both inclusive: | 

















Vessels. | Spermoil. Whale oil. Whalebone. Ivory. Wales wy 
z aes ea a fs Total 
Year. Tor ; | value. 
No. are Gals. Val. | Gals. | Val. | Lbs. | Val. | Lbs. | Val.| Lbs. | Val. | Val. 
: | | | 
T8392. - Lee se ceeeTS N Sthche bDecs RBaE SL epee galls eae r eal ek i a alla lia a Jee eels eae ee 
1840 e cone dT Oe airy) eres PRE OS 5c ee eal aemeoaltsciccec eerie Peaeeaee hone [Ore hia eae tl to Soxe 
1S4D ee 5 (GRP af te ne Mig Wei Va acai eater (ieee AUN PE Pa TS I | Bea (oe oa laexserrel[Sdaaecc 
THE Le coe ct RSS lO ee pes Sa eae eel | Seas SPAS ep ee eed | eyefetae ls 2 egal | Senge ee 
1852 . TUN Se tak esl SR 1 4A PE es AQ | See ce ee | eee eee |ERAAEE | Reeeees $567 
1854s Tue alee al (bee ve NRG e NIE NS 8 aeeeoelancene [Ex eee cama aE ee Ws step eae te | ese 
1856 seats Be wee ee fase eS) es AE Feta ae ee te go lee SS ol eh a all eoe eat Sh ee dante 87, 280 
Tt Deen (ee oe 6, 297/86, 297| 148, 671/859, 468|64, 915/$16, 229). ...-.|.-.--- 99, 863/$2, 286]... .-. 84, 280 
1185S eee 7 | eee eal eee el | ee es meee RS [ise enre eee | ceeeremeeih AEE 2 ce Ce A Pee (gn | a 
1859 ee oe THAN Nr beee ee ae Ie es eee eae [ESbaca|Ssssecd Gees sa||sobeee||bom2ce [Ef ite sa I wag 
i680) oeoe @| TARGA esocon|Wacose eas all eR (eagle fee ie, J al VC Ribtes Al an he eeepc ES oe ot 57, 033 
1 SGIeeeeee Al ARS | Gem Selene AIS a ees Te oe Vee lee Saale Eee | sapere del chee ctl ae pees |e ee ee 55, 850 
1862 esoeee Sl aia meee es cee |S oe See ee ee Ree I ee [EW e cee ated accel c ome tees 33, 164 
AS68) Poste Di) eae al eee ase Se er Re Oa Al saree Kk Pea ad iB sree alte bee SS 25, 71 
S64 eens Falls 37010] [ames FN a a a AS le eal abe eee eee 93, 729 
1865 Jo52=2 BI MISSHG See Ralls eee seal Rome ree Ne | ea oer | ee | ee Nees 78, 830 
1866 eee ore AW es AGS shoal Geet [ESS c ental soe asee ic as oo eeenene | eceee | ae ae Eee verano Epes 94, 329 
1867 See GeLG86| ees cen eee Saas are Ne ee ees NS A 59, 922 
AS6B ee POY Bee eel eed Beer noo Reseed booaee) |Scieee| Soman) Sospan|Banse||gec||sao—- 40, 557 
1869 eee LOS S60 |S. 22: |e seelemeaceelesaceoe | Seagate sit adore | oetoe | Segoe occa nena eras 175, 873 
1S70eeeeee 10) Resa cae | Seen Ree red eee [i = eee ee eal | as ements Fe | 140, 918 
1971 eaeaee 7 | ee eee tae or 1s pe eal ee Lee are, [ie eel ae aes RS ee tl 12, 240 
1872 eee Alea ae Ngee melee Ieee et | seo cs |Z. es oF [NE ee | eee | ee car at eee Iota Se 39, 818 
1973 eee pee 1, 600] 1,520| 34,541) 12, 018/17, 787] 13,161] 4, 262). $903]...--.|....-- OO|E SSE kzs 
TRS. as ala | een 7,304] 6,941) 50, 968) 17, 413/21, 492] 16, 564/11, 569] 3,015|....-.] -.--- 730| 44, 663 
Ibs y fat OBA Eo eee eae 30| 29) 102, 856) 37, 531/38, 854] 35, 883/21, 553] 9,970)......|.....- 380 |. eee 
1876 Hessen eelaeeees eet rear =e Sactscte Feneee 138057 249488040 [134107] See aes | ever | ee eee ee 
AS7BE cons (seul ee SGIs a, 20 eae IE Sorte Gue nn. cloceats sl hcasRiol eect serys elle cee | ee Mn te eo 
THO) 2 Soeae cy ga ara Bt) tes eo Le [re meee EE AP Ae elmer colts co eel dee © ae Soe a LUN a eae epee 
iets so uoae Myo PON STOBIS esol eo eh oN Raa oe Ges apne atk os lias Soe [arte (Beem eee | ee eee 
TUS an ee | aT eo 7-1 ee oe Ge eee ee ee eer onan sccuaelaadaa|peocee aes p cere 




no vessels during those years, but rather the lack of data. 
The following table shows the exports from the islands of products 
taken by the Hawaiian whaling fleet from 1857 to 1880, both inclusive. 
A small proportion of the catch would be consumed locally and this, of 
course, does not appear in the table. 
