482 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
List of vessels owned in and fitted from Honolulu in the spring season of 1858. 
Flag. Class and name. Tons. oe beady Remarks. 
American .....-- Ship Black Warrior*.. - 231 $10,500 | sperm whaling off coast of California. 
DOessesasecce BarkiHarmony, .<..25...- 316 22,000 | In port; sails soon for Arctic Ocean. 
DOscea2e—6 sae Bark Vtalyimececeeoccs ccs] 298 19,000 | In port; sails soon for Okhotsk. 
DD Gitiasee ae Bark Vernon .........- 306 23, 000 Do. 
DOs esscsc secs Bark Metropolis ....... 210 21,000 | In port; sails about April 1. 
DOs cecee a seee Sch. E: L. Frost. ......-- 141 13,000 | Coast of California. . 
Hawaiian ......-. Bare Wath o. seme cance 317 Jan. 23 sailed to cruise. 
American .....-. Bark Merrimac *....... 414 | Feb.8 sailed to cruise. 
DO esterase Bark Frances Palmer... 303 115,000 ,On the California coast. 
DOE sa=ce 2 Ship Chas. Phelps. ..-.-- 362 | [Reb 15 sailed to cruise. . 
Die ene ese Bro A cates 2s ose- Se. 186 Oet. 14 sailed for California coast. 
Hawaiian ....... Brig Oaht 22. 452o8ei0s =< 157 20,000 | Dee. 16 sailed to cruise. 
WGs22-cccee ce Bris Hawa =.22 222225 230 20,000 | Feb.9 sailed to cruise. 
WOASEE Soest IBric Antilia. 2325 2-c 45. 220 27,500 |, In port; sails soon. 
Oldenburg ....-- BRIE eaUA) pees ae 220 21,000 | Dee. 15 sailed to cruise. 
Hawatian .....-.. I) Brige Victoria) 2222. 2o2 | 200 23,000 > Nov.30 sailed for California coast. 
t DY eee Pee Brile Wallwaececccoen one | 280 24,000 | On passage from Bremen; due April 1. 
DOl<52 2235225 Bark Cynthia......:... 251 19,000 | Feb. 13 sailed to cruise. 
D0 scsccacenss | Bark Gambia .......... 249 17, 500 | In port; Sails soon. 
* Rach of these vessels had a tender. : 
In the Polynesian, under date of November 20, 1858, occurs the fol- 
lowing article: 
Hawaiian whalers in port November 19, 1858. 
Barks Vernon, Gambia, Silver Cloud, Robert Morrison, Harmony, Frau Henrietta. 
Brigs Antilla, Kauai, Hawaii, Wailua, Oahu, Agate. Herm. be. Pfiel. 
Ships Hudson, Adeline, Northern Light, Sharon, Brutus, Sheffield, Ben Morgan, 
Addison, Majestic. 
In the spring fishing 17 left Honolulu for the northern grounds, of which 2 were 
simply tenders. 
Thirteen have arrived, with 6,425 barrels of whale oil, 98,800 pounds bone, besides 
untold quantity of ivory and peltry obtained by trade. The other two vessels, yet out 
of port, have been reported with 1,050 barrels between them. 
These vessels did not all fly the Hawaiian flag, some being merely 
owned by residents of the islands and flying the American and Bremen 
flags. Possibly several of them were really not whalers, but sealers. 
At the annual meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society, in 1857, 
a resolution was passed to award ‘a silver cup to the master, silver 
medals to the officers, and bronze medals to the crew of the whaling 
vessel, fitted out from these islands, which shall bring in the largest 
cargo of oil next year in proportion to her size.” Although their 
attention was called to this matter the latter part of 1858, the society 
failed to live up to its promise. 
In 1859 the fleet was composed of the following vessels: 
| | 
Rig. Name. Tons. Rig. | Name. Tons. 
Schooner..... ANIC Sac ncheaaimeeiceee cess KON Ol aieahe esters veisicveietsisincis ae | 270 
DBT See ose AIODA. Shee eonnsasesaeece OAM We cece go cece tees oars 164 
DOs ieiiesz\'s AUG: 3: 25 tee cee see stares 939; || “SchOOMET ee ele Hlel oe epye, ora elas ciaiesecorais'tiatere 106 
yhele pee eee Cynthia: -c.cseeseseee. 251 || Brigantine ..| Victoria 200 
DOsaecss=- BRAT D ose see acc ese 317) |) Brigiess esses VET OLDE: hs See ere 264 
DOs acess. WAM OD oe ee See cee 316 | Schooner....| Caroline, tender to Faith... 106 
BLIP sede eae MUA WONT Siew cw asics cwecmece 230 | 
The American bark Florence, 326 tons, and Oldenburg brig Kauai, 220 tons, were also owned and 
fitted out in Honolulu. 
