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five in 1906, and one thousand and sixty-six in 1905. 

 The floating factory had only twenty-seven casks of 

 oil per whale, whereas the shore station produced 

 thirty-six casks per whale. The ice conditions in 

 1910 were fairly good. Most of the whales captured 

 were Blue Whales, but four Bottlenose were among 

 the slain. 



The total yield in northern waters in 1910 was 

 about fifty-eight thousand five hundred casks of oil, 

 and about sixty thousand sacks of guano and cattle 

 food. 



In southern waters there was a marked increase of 

 whaling. In South Georgia six companies worked 

 with fourteen steamers, yielding one hundred and 

 three thousand casks of oil; two of the companies 

 also producing guano. 



One of the shore stations erected here was the 

 largest hitherto known. Over four thousand whales 

 were killed, mostly Humpbacks, the average yield 

 per whale being twenty-six casks of oil. 



At the South Shetlands there were three 

 Norwegian companies at work in 1910, with eight 

 steamers, killing one thousand five hundred and 

 sixty-one whales yielding thirty-two thousand five 

 hundred casks of oil. In addition, there was another 

 company worked by Norwegians with Chilian 

 capital, employing three steamers, killing four 

 hundred whales and yielding eight thousand casks of 

 oil. The majority of whales killed here were also 

 Humpbacks, but one hundred and fifty Blue and 

 three hundred Finners were among the slain. The 



