126 ~=6A History of the American Whale Fishery. 
TABLE III. 
IMPORTS OF WHALE PRODUCTS, 1805-1905. 
Pounds ; : Pounds 
Gallons Gallons Gallons Gallons 
Yeer-| soem Oi) Whale Oil.|\ Beale Year| sperm Oil.| Whale Oil.| Whale 
1805 412,492 612,895 13,131 1856 80,941 197,890 2,592,700 
1806 378,788 741,951 86,544 1857 78,440 230,941 2,058,900 
1807 356, 548 934,259 72,784 1858 81,941 182,223 1,540,600 
1808 362,471 567,095 49,970 1859 91,408 | 190,411 1,923,850 
1809 443,709 587,664 17,092 1860 73,708 140,005 1,337,650 
1810 572,271 585,869 41,437 |; 1861 68,932 133,717 1,038,450 
1811 844,200 304,825 43,200 (|| 1862 55,641 100, 487 763,500 
1812 429 , 692 191,079 6,266 | 1863 65,055 62,974 488,750 
1813 111,289 80,860 9,901 1864 64,372 71,863 760,450 
1814 108, 486 PRY GB NE Ss ASE 1865 32,242 76,238 619,350 
1815 48,510 MOAT Agee ee a 1866 36,663 | 74,302 920,375 
1816 237,479 294,525 796 1867 43,433 — 89,289 1,001,397 
1817 1,028,475 581,836 19,440 1868 47,174 | 65,575 900,850 
1818 586, 688 608,031 65,446 1869 47,936 | 85,011 603, 606 
1819 671,674 1, 204, 308 83,843 1870 | 55, 183 72,691 708,365 
1820 1,093,302 1,409,846 78,879 1871 | 41,534 | 75,152 600,655 
1821 1,357,618 1,213,506 62,893 1872 45,201 31,075 | 193,793 
1822 1,351,350 1,619,951 50,799 1873 42,053 | 40,014 206,396 
1823 2,938,351 1,697,440 103, 404 1874 32,203 | 37,782 345,560 
1824 3,091,064 | 1,833,237 | 133,427 1875 42,617 34,594 372,303 
1825 1,924, 303 1,666,413 152,534 1876 39,811 | 33,010 150, 628 
1826 919,800 1,108, 233 79,368 1877 41,119 27,191 160,220 
1827 2,958,480 | 1,119,037 | 106, 225 1878 43,508 33,778 207 , 259 
1828 2,475,176 1,591,790 137 , 323 1879 41,308 23,334 286,280 
1829 2,350, 152 2,256,502 563,654 1880 37,614 34,776 464,028 
1830 3,482,042 2,831,315 514,991 1881 30,598 31,677 368 , 322 
1831 3,636,738 3,609,774 279,279 1882 29,884 23,371 271,999 
1832 2,299,563 | 5,703,894 442 881 1883 24,595 24,170 254,037 
1833 3,289,765 5,153,148 266, 432 1884 22,099 24,670 426,968 
1834 3,891,573 4,144,833 343,324 1885 24,203 41,586 463,990 
1835 5,181,529 | 3,950,289 965,192 || 1886 23,312 27,249 352,490 
1836 4,200,021 | 4,301,892 1,028,773 1887 18,873 34,171 585,011 
1837 5,329,138 6,389,995 | 1,753,104 || 1888 16,265 17,185 334,572 
1838! 132, 356 226,552 | 2,200,000 1889 18,727 14,247 253,113 
1839 142,336 229,783 | 2,000,000 1890 14,480 17,565 309 , 700 
1840 157,791 207 ,908 2,000,000 1891 13,015 14,837 297 , 768 
1841 159,304 | 207 , 348 2,000,000 1892 12,944 13,382 369, 885 
1842 165,637 | 161,041 1,600, 000 1893 15,253 8,110 411,315 
1843 166,985 | 206,727 2,000,000 1894 16,333 8,720 278,800 
1844 139,594 262,047 2,532,445 1895 16,585 4,009 114,960 
1845 157,917 272,730 3,167,142 1896 15,124 4,800 207,850 
1846 95,217 207,493 2,276,939 1897 10,050 3,600 178,010 
1847 120,753 313,150 3,341, 680 1898 12,520 5,295 246,120 
1848 107,976 | 280,656 2,003, 000 1899 11,903 3,827 320, 100 
1849 100,944 248 , 492 2,281,100 1900 18,525 5,510 207 , 650 
1850 92,892 200, 608 2,869,200 1901 14,910 2,930 99,050 
1851 99,591 328, 483 3,906,500 1902 21,970 4,725 109,980 
1852 78,872 84,211 1,259,900 1803 18,109 1,260 74,850 
1853 103,077 260,114 5,652,300 1904 17,050 3,750 123,300 
1854 76,696 319,837 3,445,200 1905 12,985 1,735 79,900 
1855 72,649 184,015 2,707,500 | 
IBarrels, 1838—1905. 
1805-1837, Starbuck, p. 660; amounts of oil given in gallons. 1838-1905, ‘‘Whale- 
men's Shipping List;’ amounts of oil given in barrels of 314 gallons each. 
