﻿FISHERY 
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  hours, 
  after 
  which 
  the 
  oil 
  is 
  drawn 
  off 
  and 
  the 
  mass 
  is 
  similarly 
  

   cooked 
  again. 
  Sometimes 
  even 
  three 
  cookings 
  are 
  required 
  to 
  obtain 
  

   all 
  of 
  the 
  oil. 
  Blubber 
  varies 
  in 
  this 
  respect. 
  The 
  oil 
  comes 
  out 
  at 
  

   the 
  lower 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  boilers 
  and 
  is 
  pumped 
  to 
  the 
  settling 
  tanks, 
  

   where 
  it 
  remains 
  24 
  hours 
  or 
  more 
  and 
  is 
  then 
  barreled 
  for 
  shipment. 
  

  

  After 
  the 
  blubber 
  has 
  been 
  removed 
  a 
  winch 
  hauls 
  the 
  carcass 
  up 
  

   a 
  steep 
  incline 
  to 
  the 
  upper 
  floor 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  building, 
  which 
  is 
  level 
  

   with 
  the 
  tops 
  of 
  the 
  15 
  meat 
  boilers 
  (each 
  8 
  by 
  10 
  feet), 
  and 
  the 
  4 
  

   bone 
  boilers 
  (each 
  10 
  by 
  12 
  feet), 
  which 
  stand 
  on 
  end. 
  Armed 
  with 
  

   long 
  flensing 
  knives, 
  a 
  crew 
  of 
  Japanese 
  cut 
  up 
  the 
  meat 
  into 
  30 
  or 
  40 
  

   pound 
  chunks 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  put 
  into 
  the 
  meat 
  boilers. 
  Tops 
  are 
  screwed 
  

   fast 
  to 
  these 
  boilers, 
  and 
  the 
  mass 
  is 
  given 
  one 
  cooking 
  for 
  8 
  or 
  10 
  

   hours 
  at 
  a 
  pressure 
  of 
  65 
  pounds. 
  The 
  oil 
  is 
  drawn 
  off 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  

   at 
  the 
  bottom, 
  while 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  side 
  is 
  a 
  door 
  through 
  which 
  the 
  

   residue 
  of 
  solids 
  is 
  removed. 
  It 
  then 
  goes 
  to 
  the 
  drier 
  for 
  conversion 
  

   into 
  fertilizer. 
  

  

  After 
  the 
  carcass 
  has 
  been 
  cut 
  up, 
  a 
  process 
  which 
  takes 
  10 
  men 
  

   6 
  or 
  8 
  hours 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  a 
  good-sized 
  whale, 
  the 
  bones 
  are 
  put 
  into 
  

   the 
  bone 
  boilers, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  given 
  a 
  single 
  cooking 
  in 
  steam 
  last- 
  

   ing 
  from 
  20 
  to 
  24 
  hours, 
  also 
  under 
  a 
  pressure 
  of 
  65 
  pounds. 
  The 
  

   bones 
  are 
  rich 
  in 
  oil 
  which 
  grades 
  as 
  no. 
  2, 
  whereas 
  the 
  oil 
  from 
  the 
  

   meat 
  is 
  poorer 
  in 
  quality 
  and 
  grades 
  as 
  no. 
  3. 
  The 
  bones 
  when 
  taken 
  

   from 
  the 
  boiler 
  are 
  light 
  in 
  weight 
  and 
  of 
  porous 
  appearance. 
  They 
  

   go 
  to 
  the 
  bone 
  crusher, 
  then 
  through 
  the 
  drier, 
  and 
  after 
  cooling 
  

   the 
  material 
  is 
  ground 
  and 
  sacked 
  ready 
  for 
  the 
  market. 
  

  

  The 
  residue 
  from 
  the 
  meat 
  boilers 
  is 
  also 
  put 
  through 
  the 
  drier, 
  

   is 
  allowed 
  to 
  cool, 
  and 
  is 
  then 
  pulverized 
  and 
  sacked. 
  Each 
  sack 
  

   holds 
  about 
  200 
  pounds. 
  At 
  present 
  prices 
  meat 
  fertilizer 
  is 
  worth 
  

   about 
  S3 
  a 
  sack, 
  whOe 
  bone 
  fertilizer 
  is 
  worth 
  S2.50, 
  The 
  latter 
  is 
  of 
  

   a 
  gi'ayish 
  color, 
  while 
  the 
  meat 
  fertihzer 
  is 
  a 
  deep 
  brown. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  meat 
  from 
  the 
  sulphur 
  bottoms 
  must 
  be 
  

   more 
  thoroughly 
  cooked 
  in 
  the 
  boilers, 
  since 
  it 
  is 
  slower 
  to 
  dry 
  than 
  

   meat 
  from 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  whales. 
  When 
  processing 
  sperm 
  whales 
  

   the 
  first 
  step 
  is 
  to 
  sever 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  remove 
  the 
  oil 
  from 
  the 
  cavity 
  

   there 
  iQ. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  high-grade 
  and 
  valuable 
  oil 
  Each 
  sperm 
  

   produces 
  from 
  10 
  to 
  20 
  barrels. 
  On 
  account 
  of 
  this 
  proceeding, 
  it 
  

   takes 
  considerably 
  longer 
  to 
  dispose 
  of 
  a 
  sperm 
  whale. 
  

  

  A 
  deputy 
  customs 
  officer 
  was 
  stationed 
  at 
  Port 
  Armstrong 
  to 
  enter 
  

   and 
  clear 
  the 
  whaling 
  boats, 
  as 
  they 
  operate 
  chiefly 
  outside 
  the 
  3-mile 
  

   limit. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  catch 
  for 
  the 
  season 
  was 
  186 
  whales, 
  of 
  which 
  126 
  were 
  

   males 
  and 
  60 
  females. 
  The 
  first 
  whale 
  was 
  killed 
  April 
  6 
  and 
  the 
  last 
  

   September 
  25. 
  July 
  was 
  the 
  best 
  month, 
  when 
  55 
  whales 
  were 
  taken, 
  

   of 
  which 
  23 
  were 
  sperms. 
  It 
  is 
  notable 
  that 
  out 
  of 
  32 
  whales 
  cap- 
  

   tured 
  in 
  April 
  and 
  May 
  but 
  2 
  were 
  females, 
  thus 
  indicating 
  an 
  advance 
  

  

  