484 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
were the following Hawaiian vessels: Bark Comet, bark Paira Nohola, 
bark Victoria 2d, ship Julian. Early inthe year the Zagle and Count 
Bismarck had been withdrawn from the whaling fleet and thus escaped 
the fate of the others. This disaster almost w med out the home fleet. 
In 1876 the only Hawaiian vessels in the Arctic, the bark Arcf/e, 
valued at $32,000, and the Desmond, valued at $24,000, were abandoned 
in the ice. Eleven American vessels were abandoned at the same time. 
After 1881, when there were 2 vessels in the business, there is practic- 
ally no mention of Hawaiian whalers until 1894, when the last vessel, 
the steamer Alerander, 294 tons, gave up the business under the 
Hawaiian flag and is now in the San Francisco fleet. 
After 1875 very few foreign whalers called at the islands, as it was 
found more profitable to refit and transship oil and bone from San 
Francisco, owing to the railroad connection with the Eastern seaboard, 
and as most of the Hawaiian whalers were owned by Americans they 
were transferred to San Francisco with the rest of the fleet or else 
withdrawn from the business. — 
The following table shows the Hawaiian fleet and the catch of same 
for certain years from 1839 to 1894, both inclusive: 
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| Vessels. Spermoil. Whale oil. | Whalebone.) Ivory. Lftibg betas : 
oes OL i7-5 = ; = - | = ane a Vee 
No. nage Gals.| Val.| Gals. | Val. | Lbs.| Val. | Lbs. | Val.) Lbs.| Val. | Val. 
| y | | 
BOD ceceie || Udhessts s|ciccmwidllccentel 'T440eoste sl: BOO cmcc cole deloe| a ooee dsc cell een ee $567 
BG Bapsee Ee ae | eam ie Slant nce || ex & cine lines yw fee Sakae eee | eee oes acess cael eee atone | ese | eee 87, 280 
85 22 863/92, 286 os Soa 84, 280 
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SON pene nl” a GlAL, DOD ese cee ecole one Ree aceon AGS ale Meee Cote oS eam ese |Seseee 57, 033 
Shins soso lO SAO! seas OES eye 3) oe a bare PE lice te RN Ce Nall eS oe an ee ieteeed | 55, 350 
SRO meres re SIN USA c(h ieee Nee UIE cl 4c onl eo oa | aca (Eee ee (Le ee 33, 164 
FS PIE lee | Re | ee >t en see ee AE BRC ain ee Dae al ee oe ee area aa AA ES oe 25,771 
86 \osoaclose wee eee 93, 729 
865 Hs Set Vota at [eee | 78,830 
BGG ae = Alot M6 Sloeccdal, stecc| sen Seccl|Scsaes lb ect Gece alee te cyan en eee | ee med eee 94, 329 
S67 c26 2) 016) dy 686/22 Saal ss ceersxe len ec se (bee RSs eg hoe nly das Bek i ei 2 a ee 59, 922 
BES | $9) ONHI0 lc den cal castle dee tel esc< nce |ececall wane ce | ee aie ene | Otel = ep nen ce 40, 557 
BES sok BIO|VSE860 hoe calc cee tecee cece |oaccecne pie Cee oc oes tec | vate ee eee | eae a 175, 873 
B70 coe | 12 | peel ret lieso a dies ete Se ea et) | eet See peel ee Mal | ae | See boatall aoe 140, 918 
STs ces Mls sekeclows<eo|s-choclSiweeSoalsec teed |eeened |e 2s. |e ce elle ake eke ae | 12, 240 
87 E fat S| Sore A | hea | aera 39, 818 
A873 ccece | OF 1,520) 34,541) 12, 7, a] 13, 161| 4,262] $903]...... | soe VC ees soe 
1S (dese see aoe ge eee 7,304) 6,941! 50,968} 17, 413121, 492) 16, 564/11; 569] 3,015|......| ...-. | 730| 44, 663 
77s eee aa Aen 30| | 29 102,856] 37, 531/38, 854) 35, 883/21, 553] 9,970|.....- jemeee S80, aces 
yee Pofarsal sa cteke een hey se a we NS Rae eee 13, 057| 12,494) 8,042) 3,217)...... Tees ae cae (eee 
1878.2... Ll 480 paeeee lace tl een ee tee sees Lote all aise ea | sre: ce sees eae. lsneeaaae 
1880 .....- TW)” 88) Losec tee ce ic wceetl coccinea | eecceeca| seers pies | cee tel meas eae | eee ee |e 
TBS Tecce! - 1 Wee | emieshs (at Dg [bree eee 1 fa | Pe esis Peta {eee eh ae eee ees ee 
1894.2... 11 Ae | ame (a (ee OSA FEN i a) a ee Ale 8 as Verret ty 2 | aes 
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NOTE. _The fae t that nothing is noted ‘fee certain years does not nCeomEnily indicate that there were 
no vessels during those years, ‘Dut rather the lack of data. 
The following table shows the exports from the islands of products 
taken by the ea iad whaling fleet from 1857 to 1880, both inclusive. 
A small proportion of the catch would be consumed locally and this, of 
course, does not appear in the table. 
