Appendix. 121 
TABLE I. 
NUMBER AND TONNAGE OF VESSELS IN WHALING 
FLEET, 1794-1906.* 
Number of Vessels. Number of Vessels. 
sell ra o, v : 
u oS rd ¢ b Oe v = 
aie i ie Be ON Gee ne 
Kal 7p) ee) a o Pp 7) joa) 9) & 
1851 502 24 27 171,971 
1852 558 27 35 193,190 
1853 599 30 32 206, 286 
1854 602 28 38 208 , 399 
1855 584 20 34 199, 842 
1856 585 21 29 199,141 
1857 593 22 40 204, 209 
1858 587 18 49 203, 148 
1859 561 19 45 195,115 
1860 508 19 42 176,848 
1861 459 14 41 158,745 
1862 372 10 41 125, 462 
1863 301 10 42 103, 146 
1864 258 5 41 785 | 
1865 226 7 43 79,696 
1866 199 8 56 68 
1867 222 10 80 75,340 
1868 223 17 89 74,596 
1869 223 25 88 74,512 
1870 218 22 81 73,137 
1871 216 18 54 69,372 
1872 172 12 34 52,701 
1873 153 12 38 47,996 
1874 130 7 34 41,191 
1875 119 8 36 37,733 
1876 123 7 39 38, 883 
1877 121 8 43 37,828 
1878 129 11 47 41,197 
1879 124 12 50 ,602 
1880 119 ll 48 39, 433 
1881 116 11 50 39, 426 
1882 105 10 46 35, 892 
1883 101 8 38 34,137 
1884 98 7 39 33,119 
1885 93 6 34 31,207 
1886 87 5 32 29,118 
1887 84 6 31 28,291 
1888 83 6 27 27,851 
1889 74 6 26 25,488 
1890 65 6 26 22.718 
1891 64 Ul 26 22,464 
1892 59 7 26 20,845 
1893 59 7 29 21,165 
1894 56 7 27 20,107 
1895 51 7 27 18,152 
1896 47 5 25 16,358 
1897 42 3 22 14, 684 
1898 38 3 22 13,373 
1899 34 3 19 11,486 
1900 30 2 16 10,478 
1901 Da Wide gate 13 8,746 
1902 24 1 14 8,366 
1903 24 1 14 8,470 
1904 26 1 15 9,561 
1905 25 1 16 9,378 
1906 25 3 14 9,878 
*Compiled from the following sources: 1794-1843. Goode: Fisheries and Fishin 
Industries of the United States, Sec. 5, Vol. 2. p, 173. 1843-1906, ‘‘Whalemen’s 
Shipping List. 
