28 THE WHALE AND 



Whaling Capital. Whaling Products. 



thousand one hundred and thirteen tons, near- 

 ly one tenth of the navigation of the Union. 

 Receipts of sperm oil the last year, 1848, one 

 hundred and seven thousand nine hundred and 

 seventy-six barrels, at an import value of 

 $3,455,232. Receipts of right- whale oil in the 

 same time, two hundred and eighty thousand 

 six hundred and fifty-six barrels, at an import 

 value of $3,429,494. Whalebone, two million 

 three thousand six hundred pounds, worth 

 $508,762. Crude value of the whale fishery in 

 1848, $7,393,488. 



The average yearly quantity of sperm oil 

 taken for nine years has been one hundred and 

 forty-two thousand two hundred and forty-two 

 barrels ; of right- whale oil, two hundred and fif- 

 ty-five thousand four hundred and fifty-six bar- 

 rels; of bone, two million three hundred and 

 twenty-four thousand five hundred and seven- 

 ty-eight pounds. Average yearly value for nine 

 years, $8,098,360. There was a falling off in 

 1848, from the previous year, of thirteen thou- 

 sand barrels of sperm, thirty-three thousand bar- 

 rels of right whale, and one million pounds of 

 bone. Eighteen years ago it was estimated, 

 by taking into account all the investments con- 



