THE WHALE FISHERY. 



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Census statistics of the, whaling fleet for 1680.* 



* Since the year 1880 the Hi et has been great!}' reduced. According to an annual review of the whale fishery, published by I. H. Bart- 



Irtt i Sons, nf New Bedford, the fleet on January 1, 1685, numbered 93 ships mid bnrfcs, C brigs, and 34 schooners, aggregating 31,507 tons. 

 Tin- S.ai FiiiiK'isco fiuet has increased to 17 vessels, this port bavins become the. headquarters of most of the North Pacific fleet. Statistics 

 of the North Pacific fli . ( f, r each year siuce the beginning of the fisheay uro given on preceding pages. 



Tbe names and otber details of each vessel iu tlie fleet are given in Section VI of this report. 

 The total capital invested in the whaling fleet, wharves, store-houses, and whale-oil refineries in 



1880, was $4,624,050. 



Statemeat ttltoinug lite toiinai/e of resseJs employed in the United States whale fishery from 1794 to 1884. 



[Compiled from the Report of the Commissioner of Navigation for 1884. The years, excepting 1835 and 1843, which end September 30 and 



June 30, respectively, close with December St.] 



