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one hundred whales being captured up to June, 

 1905 (six months' fishing), comprising Finners, 

 Blue, and Humpbacked Whales. This company, 

 the " Sociedad Argentina de Pesca " was managed 

 by a Norwegian whaling captain, Larsen. 



Prior to 1906 the Norwegians had gone in 

 extensively for whaling off the Japanese and 

 Korean coast, but in that year the Japanese 

 Government forbade foreigners to whale in 

 Japanese waters. Whaling is only permitted to 

 Japanese companies flying the national flag. At 

 this time, off the Japanese coast near Sendai, the 

 Spermaceti Whale was still captured. 



In 1906 the British Government issued an order \, ' 

 regulating the whale fisheries of the Falkland 

 Islands and neighbouring waters. A permit or 

 licence to fish had to be obtained at a cost of 

 twenty-five pounds. There was a royalty on each 

 whale caught at the following rates: Right Whale 

 ten pounds; Sperm Whale ten shillings; other 

 whale five shillings. The Ordinance was repealed 

 and the whale industry is now regulated by 

 Ordinance 5 of 1908 and amending Ordinances. 

 A licence fee is payable, but no new licences are 

 granted, other than renewals of annual licences 

 already issued. The killing or shooting of any 

 whale calf, or any female whale, which is accom- 

 panied by a calf, is prohibited. 



In 1910 whaling was successful at all the 

 customary stations, viz., the Shetlands, the 

 Hebrides, the west coast of Ireland, the Faroes, 



