702 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



M. — Table of tonnage of vessels engaged in the whale fishery. 

 [From the Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, 1817.] 



Special table of tonnage of vessels -engaged in the whale fishery. 

 [From the Report, of the Secretary of the Treasury, 1854.*] 



Special table of the whaling interest of New Bedford and Fairhaven. 

 [From Hazard's Register.] 



* These tables are hardly accurate enough to show the extent of the business. Thus, at the close of 

 1815, Nantucket had at least 8,300 tons of shipping engaged in whaling; New Bedford district, 2,200; 

 Hndson, N. T., 250; Sag Harbor, N. T., 750— in all, about 11,500 tons In 1818 there were at least 18,000 

 tons. 



