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sels employed in the Whale Fishery belong princi- 

 pally to New Bedford, Fairhaven, Westport, Nan- 

 tucket, Warren, Stonington, Mystic, New London, 

 Sag Harbor, and Greenport. They have generally a 

 crew of twenty-five men each, which makes an aggre- 

 gate of 12,750 men. Taking into the account those 

 employed in carrying the oil, &c., to market, we find 

 it takes about 860 vessels of various tonnage, navi- 

 gated by 12,000 seamen — about one tenth of the 

 whole mercantile marine of the United States. It is 

 estimated that the expense of manufactories, wharfs, 

 stores, and other expenses connected with it, amount 

 to no less a sum than $70,000,000, or upwards of 

 £14,000,000 sterling, and that more than 70,000 per- 

 sons are employed in it. In the prosecution of this 

 business, there are consumed 46,000 barrels of flour, 

 36,000 barrels of beef and pork, 900,000 pounds of 

 copper and copper nails, 1,500,000 barrels, 2,500 

 tons of iron hoops, &c. 



The following are the imports of Sperm and Whale 

 Oil, and Whalebone, into the United States, for the 

 week ending January 7th, 1850. 



Ships. Bbls. Sperm. Bbls. Whale. Founds Bone. 



3 8,780 300 1,400 



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