204 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Of tbe native-born citizens on the whaling vessels, the following 

 States were represented to the extent shown : 



Stat«s and Territories. 



Alabama 



Calil'oruia 



Colorado 



Couiiccticut 



Dehiwarc 



District of Columbia 



Dakota 



Florida 



Georgia 



Illinois 



Indiana 



Iowa 



Kansas 



Maine 



Maryland 



j^Iassacliusetts 



Mississippi 



Michigan 



1892. 



1 



77 



3 



7 



2 



5 



1 



3 



1 



15 



2 



6 



2 



28 



9 



122 



1 



6 



States and Territories. 



Minnesota 



Missouri 



Montana 



Nebraska 



Nevada 



North Carolina 



New York 



New Jersey . . . 



Ohio 



Or(!gon 



Pennsylvania.. 

 Hhode'lsland .. 



Vermont 



Virginia 



Wisconsin 



Total .... 



1892. 



The names, rigs, and tonnage of the vessels constituting the fleet 

 were as shown in the following table : 



oLost; crow saved. d Tender to tlio fleet. 



6 Lost on St. Lawrence Island ; crew saved. e Lost by going ashore at Sandwich Islands; 19 

 c Lost in Arctic ice; of the crew of 40 oidy 2 werti of the crewlost. 



saved. 



Tlio whaling business carried on by New Bedford vessels making 

 their headquarters at San Francisco is about half as extensive as that 

 of the home fleet. The following condensed figures, applying to the 

 years 1890, 1891, and 1892, show the prominent features of the fishery: 



