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APPENDIX VI 



THE WHALING TRADE OF HULL 



ANNUAL AVERAGES 



1 Munroe. Journal of the Statistical Society, London, March 1854, p. 34. 



The years have been grouped to afford comparison with the pre- 

 ceding table of the whaling statistics for England under the bounty 

 system (App. No. 2). It will be seen that the Hull Whaling Trade 

 fluctuated considerably and apparently independently of the bounty 

 system. It was in 1834 that the great decline set in. The number of 

 vessels decreased from 27 in 1833 to 8 in 1834. The annual averages 

 of values of oil and bone are based on estimates made by Munroe and 

 are of doubtful reliability. 



