206 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
The names, rig, and tonnage of the New Bedford whaling fleet are 
shown for the years 1890, 1891, and 1892 in the following table: 
Years engaged. 
Name. Lig. Net ton: | 7 5 poe 898 
nage. | 1890. | 1891. | 1892. 
PAN ASKa sss -i4 Bam a snk ao sp Odo U Mm ommeadaqgonts Bark.. 323. 00 x x x 
PATIO TOW ELIGKS oi eeiee ase epee late eer te Bark.. 287. 96 S x x 
PATI COMO WIES 2 sn ae.2 ce -Sousle tere a aise te ere te eet eee rere Bark.. 287. 64 x x x 
TAMUPOW: IDALKET soe 2 ce ee sen a ata ete eeis See nee oe Ee nee eee iankeere 361.14 x x x 
PBel WECM ORG) create eis isc tee tere eral ote caeiny sacy= eet Sine aetna Stee 339. 37 x x x 
Chas. W. Morgan Dalene gamer Riemeientis sores Bark..| 298.06] xX x Ne 
(Obi anys ake nhe Meme peonna as oMoS ests Gono oso IeSNOs Aco deme ea Bark.. BAB IZOM R/S elem 56 
Gane tlonn ky C00 rem srs. eee eee eee eee et tele Bark..| 201.42 | xX x x 
(HPAN COS AS PATS tO Weis oe. arta et eae ere epee eee Brig .. 121.19 x x x 
1a Eb eeesosc seco cAtaetb Aces Ba hanonebs -Ieuqenac acest saaceedeee Bark SE 321558.) Tennent x 
AUG) OUTINGS AB be sb So cepa oais Wades anc ag boSceShOndasGyshen sa SSnboRaoe Bark.. 384. 54 Me x x 
Lagoda. cet Wh edivlasic & oO cay, BRR eins Be BM tlemine Rite meseeiaare Bark.. 352. 29 2 eel Seis 
“Mermaid 2). e ee clef sac So Ss ese cteaks pistitecle nate tees base sehteeielerane Bark.. POONGDS eee eae | maeteate x 
INIBVAETO ni ecn Oo ceee Shidiee Bese Suis aoc Ses Sais See SRST OE Oe ee ae Stee Stree LTD BON eee Seale ee x 
C BY ovate i 11 ses ey na pe AN a ef ge eR eS re ee Se er eto lee, Bark... 274. 32 Xba asec] Seen 
Reind6er ie cis tecee > cen -ciaatise cise es e=seeeeueeca Dose ee Hee eee ee Bark.. 319. 62 x x x 
Sea Ranger---=--=----=-2=2 sbbarecsehdldine sacha osbegcstasootssce Bark..| 259.46 | x x x 
PRAMEOTIAN) saeyat=1s = wise =n pclane wie Ss tacns cee Ri cinins Seacioce sae ee eeeee Bark.. 353. 87 x Ke ence 
MPT TON Srene seat seis ivi eels ieee see oe e nice sae te aneeenee aac secieece ae Bark.. 251. 60 x 28 x 
Agilent etn ahs 6 ote dense oreaeme ooo Doosoren bs osc. Knacodcpose Bark..| 308.83 | xX x BK 
Wilber 16Gh 2h eeoesoraneeccuosooogreasocinesodcte sabsonsocdasaecs SUD eee 332. 04 x X@ | Soom 
a Lost. b Condemned. 
Data are at hand for a very interesting presentation of the number 
of each kind of whale taken during the years 1890, 1891, and 1892 by 
the vessels belonging in San Francisco and New Bedford, respectively. 
The variations in the comparative abundance of the different whales, 
as Shown by the numbers killed, are suggestive and instructive: 
Number and kind of whales taken in 1890, 1891, and 1892 by the American whaling fleet 
making headquarters at San Francisco. 
Vessels belonging} Vessels belonging 
: at San Francisco. at New Bedford, Total. 
Kinds of whales. 
| 
1890. | 1891. | 1892. Hees GIs 1892. | 1890. | 1891. | 1892. 
Right ..- 49 | Bole ta Wi tONl.), BB7l Bel NBL aos 30 
Bowhead 2 69 106 107 46 30 52 115 136 159 
Sperm......- alee 3 3 2| 14] 20 63). ag 23 
Humpback Dee are oietell crsietatelal| ste oars |ieveicraeeal| tears | BL | rete tetova == ee 
RO LAL Raa Fay net A Mee Oe ce NN 1i6| 168| 124| 67| 77| 88| 183] 146| 212 
THE OYSTER INDUSTRY. 
The oyster industry centering at San Francisco is one of the most 
important branches of the fishing industry of California. San Fran- 
cisco firms, with extensive beds of native and eastern oysters in San 
Francisco Bay, are the only planters of oysters in California. Each 
fall and spring seed oysters in car-load lots are brought from the 
Atlantic Coast and planted in the bay. Some years as many as 100 car- 
loads, averaging 90 barrels of seed oysters each, are transplanted. A 
limited amount of the small-sized native oysters are also brought from 
beds in Washington. The latter are planted solely to keep them fresh 
and near at hand when desired. If it were not for the constant plant- 
ing of seed oysters the beds would soon be exhausted, the natural 
propagation not keeping up with the demand. 
