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TABULATED STATEMENT of information concerning the Whale 

 Fishery in Baffin bay and in Hudson bay. 



BRITISH WHALING FLEET.* 



*The returns from 1865 to 1877, inclusive, are from the Report of the U. S. Con- 

 sul at Dundee, 1877. The returns from 1881 to 1904 have been furnished by Captain 

 W. F. Milne, of the British whaler Eclipse. 



AMERICAN WHALING FLEET. 



1846-52 One ship yearly to Cumberland gulf. 350 tons oil and 2 ' 5 tons bone. 



1853-58 Five ships ,. 750 5'75 ,, 



1860 First two ships to winter in Hudson bay. Value of catch $60,000. 



1863 Fourteen ships in Hudson bay and Cumberland gulf. 



1864 Fifteen ships in Hudson bay. 



1865 Two ships in Repulse bay. Killed 8 whales. 



1866 Four ships wintered in Repulse bay. Little success. 



