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KEP0KT OF COMMISSIONEE OF FISH AND FISHEEIES. 



The jimiual jn'odiid of sperm ami whale oils, (|uaiitities exported, 

 and quantities eonsmncMl in this eountry, are siiow n in llie foUowini;': 



Table f>]iowing. in ?>ar/r/.s of -ilk gallons cadi, the production of sperm, and irliale 

 oils bji the wliaHiKj fleet of the United States, the export to foreign countries, and 

 the home consumption from ISGO to 19ul. 



[Compiled from the Whaleman's Shipping List.] 



Year. 



1860 

 1861 

 186a 

 1863 

 1864 

 1865 

 1866 

 1867 

 1868 

 1869 

 1870 

 1871 

 1872 

 1873 

 1874 

 1875 

 1876 

 1877 

 1878 

 1879 

 1880 

 1881 

 1882 

 1883 

 1884 

 1885 

 1886 

 1887 

 1888 

 1889 

 1890 

 1891 

 1892 

 1893 

 1894 

 1895 

 1896 

 1897 

 ISflS 



wm 



ISHH) 

 1901 

 1!K)2 



Sperm oil. 



Whale oil. 



Produc- p._.„_,.+ 

 tion. Expoit. 



Barr 

 73. 

 68, 

 55, 

 &5, 

 64, 

 33, 



m, 



43, 



47, 

 47, 

 55, 

 41, 

 45 

 42 

 32, 

 42, 

 39, 

 41, 

 43, 

 41, 

 37, 

 30, 

 29, 

 24 

 22 

 24 



2:^ 



18, 

 16 

 18, 

 14 

 13, 

 12, 

 15 

 16 

 16 

 15 

 15 

 12 

 11 

 18, 

 14 

 21 



Barrels. 

 32,792 

 37,547 

 27,976 

 1^,300 

 45,030 

 20, 158 

 10,630 

 25,147 

 18,916 

 18,()45 

 22,773 

 22, 156 

 24,344 



16,2:* 



18,675 



22, 802 



23,600 



18,047 



32,769 



11,843 



12,2«3 



16,600 



1H,01)6 



13, SHKJ 



5, 143 



7,554 



3,118 



4,a55 



1,;«5 



5,823 



2,000 



3, 218 



1,787 



1,165 



1,720 



1,225 



215 



280 



1,952 



550 



1,100 



470 



>7 I 



Home 

 con- 

 sump- 

 tion. 



Barrels 

 38,50r 

 31,0'Jl 

 2i,75i) 

 32, .52 

 30, 190 

 37,666 

 19,133 

 22.968 

 23,258 

 17,2;« 

 28,812 

 3:^,528 

 24,052 

 24, 190 

 21 , 7()8 

 18,4:'):) 

 14, 473 



;^i.7;r. 



11.124 

 2:i3l5 



17, 7.50 

 25, 275 



v^Am 

 17,:^.'4 

 15, 481 

 18,279 

 15,170 

 14. WA 

 21,410 



vs,m) 



11,015 

 14,412 

 12,757 

 11,088 

 7,764 

 15.949 

 20.419 

 18,020 

 11,848 



i;ioa5 



17,973 



17,990 



"18,2.50 



Produc- 

 tion. 



BarreU. 



140,005 



l:i3.717 



100. 478 



62,974 



71,863 



76,238 



74,302 



89, 289 



a5.575 



85,011 



72,691 



75, 152 



31,075 



40,014 



;37,782 



34,594 



:33,010 



27, 191 



as, 778 



2:i;*54 



:34,776 



:J1,6.50 



23,:i71 



24, 170 



24, 670 



41,586 



27,249 



;i4. 171 



17, 185 



14,247 



17,5«>5 



14,8:^7 



13,:«2 



8,110 



9, 720 



4,009 



4.800 



3,600 



5,295 



:i827 



.5,510 

 2, 9:30 

 4.725 



Export. 



Home 

 con- 

 sump- 

 tion. 



Barrc'Li. 



13,(X)7 



49,909 



68,583 



11,297 



12,000 



1,660 



618 



18,253 



9,885 



3,842 



9,872 



18,141 



1,528 



2, 153 



3,m) 



5,424 



10,300 



u,-m 



7,:374 

 4,395 

 6,450 

 4,421 

 4,543 



2,:^ 



5,384 

 18,2.53 



8,205 



8, 578 

 440 



4,366 

 608 

 291 



1,064 

 270 

 82.1 

 .500 

 422 

 675 



.500 



"m 



Ba rrct.i. 

 14:^009 



i(r>,s:}9 



07,2.54 

 65, :i52 

 62, 528 

 64,107 

 69, .5:34 

 58,8;d6 

 72,:390 

 56,236 

 68,4.52 

 63,011 

 42, 8.52 



3:3,881 

 44,:i57 

 31,. '^(a) 

 22.620 

 5iO,501 

 12,.">.57 

 24.8.S;j 

 23, 8.-)6 

 :!2,0(K) 

 21,425 

 19,0.52 

 23, 777 

 50,529 

 9,176 

 84,786 



12*667 



14,. 549 



13,864 



12,746 



6,721 



8,379 



4,534 



5,0.50 



3.178 



4,4.50 



;3,997 



3,410 



4,. 5:30 



'>4,:j25 



a On hand Jan. 1, 1903, 3,600 barrels sperm oil. J> There was no whale oil on hand Jan. 1, 1903. 

 PORPOISE AND BLACK-FISH OILS. 



Among tlie minoi- oils of technical importance are those of porpoise 

 and black-fish, which are nearly equal in texture and are used for 

 similar puri^oses. These oils ai'e in two grades of widely dilTe rent 

 characteristics, viz, blubber oil and head or jaw oil; tlie former is 

 worth about the same as right-whale oil, or 35 cents per gallon, wliile 

 the latter sells as high as $10 per gallon. They are generallj' known 

 as "porpoise oil" and "porpoise-jaw oil," respectively, although the 

 black-fish yields many times as much oil of each grade as the pori)oise. 



Porpoise have at times been taken in considerable quantities in 

 shore fisheries estal)lislie<l primarily for secui-ing the hides for tan- 



