﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  PACIFIC 
  COAST 
  IN 
  1895. 
  635 
  

  

  not 
  obeyed. 
  Tlie 
  master 
  complied, 
  and 
  on 
  reportinft- 
  to 
  tlie 
  governor 
  

   again 
  protested 
  as 
  to 
  liis 
  lia\ing 
  any 
  legal 
  right 
  or 
  authority 
  to 
  inter- 
  

   fere 
  with 
  him 
  when 
  fishing 
  so 
  far 
  from 
  land, 
  no 
  fishing 
  having 
  been 
  

   attempted 
  under 
  10 
  miles 
  from 
  sliore. 
  As 
  before, 
  a 
  protest 
  was 
  not 
  

   recognized, 
  and 
  $1,000 
  in 
  gold 
  was 
  demanded 
  for 
  a 
  license 
  that 
  must 
  

   be 
  procured 
  belbre 
  the 
  vessel 
  would 
  be 
  permitted 
  to 
  leave 
  the 
  port. 
  A 
  

   compromise 
  was 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  master 
  giving, 
  under 
  protest, 
  his 
  per- 
  

   sonal 
  order 
  for 
  $1,000 
  on 
  the 
  owners 
  of 
  the 
  vessel 
  at 
  San 
  Francisco. 
  

   The 
  vessel 
  then 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  fishing-grounds, 
  completed 
  her 
  cargo, 
  

   and 
  returned 
  to 
  San 
  Francisco 
  with 
  a 
  catch 
  of 
  159,000 
  codfish, 
  of 
  a 
  net 
  

   weight 
  of 
  685,140 
  pounds. 
  The 
  order 
  given 
  by 
  the 
  master 
  was 
  for- 
  

   warded 
  to 
  the 
  Kussian 
  consul 
  at 
  San 
  Francisco 
  for 
  collection; 
  but 
  the 
  

   draft 
  having 
  been 
  given 
  under 
  compulsion, 
  its 
  payment 
  was 
  refused. 
  

  

  THE 
  WHAl.E 
  KISHERY. 
  

  

  The 
  whale 
  fishery 
  shows 
  a 
  large 
  reduction 
  in 
  number 
  of 
  vessels 
  

   engaged 
  and 
  products. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  whale 
  fleet 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  in 
  com- 
  

   mission, 
  and 
  yearly 
  some 
  have 
  sailed 
  never 
  to 
  return. 
  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  

   growing 
  scarcity 
  of 
  whales, 
  the 
  decrease 
  in 
  the 
  fleet 
  by 
  loss 
  of 
  vessels 
  

   has 
  not 
  been 
  made 
  up. 
  A 
  like 
  continued 
  decrease 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  would 
  

   see 
  the 
  entire 
  abandonment 
  of 
  the 
  whale 
  fishery 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast. 
  

   A 
  number 
  of 
  vessels 
  yet 
  in 
  the 
  business 
  have 
  spent 
  the 
  past 
  few 
  years 
  

   in 
  the 
  Arctic, 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  with 
  the 
  return 
  of 
  spring 
  they 
  might 
  be 
  

   early 
  on 
  the 
  whale-grounds. 
  A 
  steamer 
  visits 
  the 
  absent 
  vessels, 
  deliv- 
  

   ering 
  supplies 
  and 
  receiving 
  any 
  oil 
  or 
  bone 
  on 
  board. 
  The 
  luimber 
  of 
  

   whaling 
  vessels 
  in 
  the 
  north 
  Pacific 
  in 
  1892 
  and 
  1895 
  was 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  The 
  Whalemen's 
  Shipping 
  List, 
  in 
  its 
  review 
  for 
  1895, 
  says 
  that 
  the 
  

   season 
  in 
  the 
  Arctic 
  ''was 
  a 
  failure, 
  and 
  in 
  fact 
  the 
  worst 
  ever 
  known.'' 
  

  

  The 
  average 
  price 
  of 
  oil 
  and 
  bone 
  during 
  1895 
  was 
  as 
  follows: 
  Si)erni 
  

   oil, 
  48 
  cents 
  a 
  gallon; 
  whale 
  oil, 
  28 
  cents 
  a 
  gallon; 
  whalebone, 
  S2.S3 
  a 
  

   pound. 
  Whalebone 
  was 
  $2.50 
  in 
  January, 
  $2.40 
  in 
  June, 
  advancing, 
  

   as 
  the 
  unfavorable 
  reports 
  from 
  the 
  fleet 
  were 
  received, 
  up 
  to 
  $4 
  a 
  

   pound 
  in 
  December. 
  

  

  Between 
  seasons 
  in 
  the 
  Arctic, 
  the 
  bark 
  C. 
  W. 
  Mon/an 
  took 
  42 
  sperm 
  

   whales, 
  producing 
  1,200 
  barrels 
  of 
  oil, 
  and 
  the 
  bark 
  C<(2)e 
  Jloni 
  I*i(/eon, 
  

   29 
  sperm 
  whales, 
  yielding 
  800 
  barrels 
  of 
  oil. 
  These 
  two 
  vessels, 
  owned 
  

   at 
  Xew 
  TJedford, 
  with 
  their 
  headtinarters 
  at 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  took 
  their 
  

   sperm 
  whales 
  oft" 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Jap;in 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Okhotsk 
  Sea. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  whales 
  taken 
  and 
  reported 
  by 
  the 
  fleet 
  having 
  

   headquarters 
  at 
  San 
  Francisco 
  during 
  1895 
  was 
  164, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  1 
  2 
  right 
  

   whales, 
  C>S 
  bowhead, 
  and 
  84 
  sperm 
  Avhales. 
  These 
  figures 
  iiKdude 
  the 
  

   catch 
  of 
  vessels 
  that 
  had 
  been 
  in 
  the 
  Arctic 
  for 
  some 
  time. 
  

  

  