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It wiU be seen that the value of the Whale Fishery 

 alone, amounts to the enormous sum of .£2,074,233 

 sterling ; whereas the total quantity of Seal and Cod 

 Oil of Newfoundland does not amount to more than 

 £300,000 per annum. 



The greatest quantity of Whale Oil exported from 

 Newfoundland was in the years 1830 and 1834, which 

 was about 200 tons ; valued at £30 per ton, amounts 

 to £5,000. There were also 117 hundred weight 

 Whalebone; valued at £4 per hundred weight, 

 amounts to £470. Previous to the last war between 

 America and Great Britain, ten or twelve vessels 

 belonging to Massachusetts frequented the Western 

 Coast of Newfoundland in pursuit of Whales, and 

 were very successful ; but after the war broke out, 

 the Whale Fishery on the Newfoundland Coast by 

 the Americans was abandoned. 



The following is the number of vessels employed in 

 the Whale Fishery in the United States during the 

 years 1848 and 1849 : — 



Years. Ships and Barques. Brigs. Schooners. Tonnage. 



1848 581 21 12 196,110 



1849 510 20 13 171,483 



The falling off in the outfit for the Whale Fishery is 

 attributed to the emigration to California. The ves- 



