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were propelled by steam. Detailed figures showing tlie number and 

 tonnage of vessels of each rig, etc., are given in the followiug table: 



O Includes one vessel of 307.24 tons burned at sea while bound for the Arctic Ocean. 

 & Includes one vessel of 141.25 tons engaged in trading for bone and ivory with the natives in the 

 Arctic Ocean. 



The persons employed on the whaling vessels with headquarters at 

 San Francisco numbered 1,707; 1,214 of these were on the local fleet 

 and 553 on the New Bedford vessels. The 13 steamers carried 520 

 persons, an average of 40 to a vessel, while the 30 sailing vessels had 

 1,247 men, an average of about 35, as shown in the following table: 



In 1893 337 whales were taken by the San Francisco whaling fleet; 

 of these, 288 were obtained by San Francisco vessels and 49 by New 

 Bedford vessels. The catch comprised 278 bowhead whales, 45 sperm 

 whales, 13 right whales, and 1 humpback whale; these yielded 225,951 

 gallons of oil and 417,200 pounds of bone , worth 11,130,057. Figures 

 showing the results of the fishery by San Francisco and New Bedford 

 vessels are separately given in the following statement: 



Table showing the number of whales taken and products obtained by the fleet rendez- 

 vousing at San Francisco in 1893. 



Note. — In addition to the products given, 1,350 pounds of bone and 2,000 pounds of ivory, valued 

 at $3,700, were landed by a vessel that traded with the natives. 



