WHALE FISHERIES OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS AND DEPENDENCIES. 485 



South Orkneys. 



1. Whaling Companies, Rethval & Thule of Christiania, Norway, started in January 



1912. Operate 2 floating factory steamers and 4 whalers. 



2. Normanna Whaling Co. of Sandefjord, Norway, started in 1912. One floating 



factory and 2 whalers. 



3. Corral Whaling Co. of Bergen, Norway, started in 1912, with 1 floating factory 



steamer and 2 steam whalers. The floating factory steamer was lost in the ice 

 in the spring of 1913. 



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The Falkland Islands and Dependencies. 



PRODUCTION. 



During last season, from say 1st November 1912 till the end of April 1913, the 

 catch of the 21 steam whalers operating at South Georgia was about 5000 whales, of 

 which about 52 per cent, were Humpbacks, about 42 per cent. Finuers, and about 6 per 

 cent. Blue whales. This catch yielded about 200,000 barrels of whale oil, and about 

 8000 tons of whale guano. 



The season at the South Shetlands and Graham Land is much shorter, and it is 



