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Summary of the Xew Bedford ivhale fleet and its operations, 1800 to 1892, 



Years. 



1890 

 1891 

 1892 



Number 



of libber- 



men. 



652 



630 

 645 



Num- 

 ber. 



Net ton- 

 nage. 



Value. 



5, 081. 98 

 4, 787. 95 

 4, 880. 33 



$197, 900 

 203, 500 

 217,500 



Value of 

 outfit. 



$188, 900 

 182, 100 

 194, 000 



Advances 

 to crews. 



$81, 500 

 62, 800 

 63, 400 



The natiouality and nativity of the persons constituting the crews of 

 the New Bedford Avhaliug fleet operating in the North Pacific Ocean 

 are exhibited in t'he following table : 



Table shoiving the nativity and nationality of the persons employed on the New Bedford 



whaling fleet in 1892. 



Countries. 



-KT i- •*. Nation- 

 Nativity. ^ijty_ 



TJnitod States 



Austria 



Australia 



Africa 



Brazil 



Belgium 



Canada 



Chile 



Denmark 



England* 



Eastludies... 



France 



Fiji Islands.. 



Germany 



Holland 



Italy 



Ireland 



Japan 



220 

 1 



292 

 1 



Countries. 



Mexico 



Norway 



Nova Scotia 



New Brunswick 



Portugal 



Peru 



Poland 



Russia 



Spain 



Sweden 



Scotland 



Saudwicli Islands 



St. Helena 



Switzerland 



United States of Colombia 

 AVest Indies 



Total 



^^^y- ^^ 



* The nationality of the flshenuen of the various British provinces is shown in the aggregate under 

 the general head of England 



The States and Territories in which the native-born citizens belong 

 are given in the following statement : 



states and Territories. 



Alaska 



California 



Counectient 



District of Columbia . 



Florida 



Illinois 



Indiana 



Iowa 



Kansas 



Kentucky 



Maine 



Maryland 



Massachusetts 



Michigan 



Missouri 



New York 



1892. 



states and Territories. 



'New Hampshire 



Nevada 



North Carolina . 



New Jersey 



New Mexico 



Ohio 



Oregon 



Pennsylvania. . . 

 Rhode Island . . . 



Vermont 



Virginia 



Wisconsin 



AVashington 



Total 



1892. 



