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APPENDIX II 



THE BOUNTY SYSTEM OF THE 



WHALE FISHERIES 



(England only. The " British " or " Greenland " Fishery.) 

 ANNUAL AVERAGE 



NOTE. The number of ships and tonnage (1733-84) are from a return 

 issued by the Custom House, London, of ships fitted out from Great 

 Britain for the Greenland Whale Fishery. The places from which the 

 ships were fitted out are in all cases given and the table clearly refers 

 to ENGLAND ONLY. Moreover, there is a separate return for 

 Scotland. The amount of bounty is from a separate table and refers 

 to the British Whale Fishery (1734-82). There is an additional table 

 showing the amount of bounty (all monies) paid in England for the 

 British Whale Fishery for 1783 and also for the Southern Whale 

 Fishery from 1777 to 1784. For 1789 and subsequent years the 

 statistics are taken from McCulloch " Dictionary of Commerce and 

 Commercial Navigation," London, 1832. 



