COMMEROIAL FISHERIES OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 495 
The following table shows by nationality the visits of the foreign 
whalers at the islands each year from 1824 to 1896, both inclusive: 

= ; 5 a = 
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j es & Boor lt Gist S |Ro] gz 
: ra || "a j lad | no : & | ee | sa 
Years a ; I fc Ss | Alo cal || les : ; Ga a 
Ss. . E 2 a ae I = iG S 3 za z Aw) a 
“Sb 2 q qd | 3 = Qe Pig = mn st S oS mH 
Le) = 3 Pal ro) rA S u a a 5 s° 8S 
o q o =] o =I S o o S) = 3S q aA 5 
oa) iS) Qa ey Lao) oS 14 A Z ee a ae 4 = 
























NotTeE.—No statistics were available for 1848, 1855, 1856, and 1883. 
*Includes Bremen, Hamburg, Hanover, Oldenburg, and Prussia. 
;+As thesame vessel sometimes visited two or three ports, and would be counted at each, this total 
necessarily does not represent the real number of vessels. It is estimated that a reduction of about 
one-third in the number would show the real total. 
129 vessels were caught in the ice in the Arctic Ocean and abandoned, 
