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the Sei Whale formed eighty per cent of the total, 

 whereas in 1910 these whales were relatively fewer. 

 In 1909 the Common Finner (Balcend'ptera mus- 

 culus) was relatively scarce, whereas in 1910 it 

 formed over sixty per cent of the total whales 

 captured. Four Sperm Whales and two Nordcapers 

 were killed in 1910 at the Faroes. In Iceland six 

 companies worked with thirty-two steamers, killing 

 six hundred and forty-nine whales, which yielded 

 twenty-two thousand six hundred casks of oil. 

 Four of the companies had factories for the manu- 

 facture of guano. Four of the companies had their 

 stations on the east side of the island, and only two 

 on the west side. The average yield of oil per 

 steamer was seven hundred and fifty casks, compared 

 with one thousand and sixty in 1909, nine hundred 

 and seventy in 1908, one thousand three hundred and 

 seventy in 1907, eight hundred and sixty-four in 

 1906, and one thousand five hundred and forty-five 

 in 1905. The whales were chiefly Finners, but 

 several Blue Whales and Humpbacks were captured. 

 At Spitsbergen there were two Norwegian whaling 

 companies at work in 1910 with six steamers, killing 

 one hundred and sixty-five whales, yielding five 

 thousand four hundred casks of oil. One of the 

 companies had a shore station in Green Harbour in 

 Icefiord, the other company working a floating 

 factory. The average yield of oil per steamer was 

 nine hundred casks, compared with seven hundred 

 and sixteen in 1909, four hundred in 1908, six 

 hundred and nineteen in 1907, seven hundred and 



