496 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
From 1848 the North Pacific fishery was the most important, the 
Americans and Hawaiians practically monopolizing it. The following 
table shows the number of vessels (including only those which returned 
to the islands) engaged in this fishery, together with the oil and bone 
secured, from 1839 to 1869: 
Table showing the number of vessels in the North Pacific whale fishery, and the oil and bone 
taken by same, from 1839 to 1869, including only the vessels that have returned to the 
islands. 
wens No.of Sperm | Whale | Total | Whale- 
ean vessels. oil. oil. oil. | bone. 
Barrels. Barrets. | Barrels. Lbs. 
PSA cater tates Sacaties ry dabei an we emeeeseeees 7 ees eae eee 2; 800) | nceeeeenss 
TAS: (Ue eae Pe a eT Os So). 3B ee CI eee ae 12760) |seeeeenee 
ASle en ne ete oe Ses Eo jeace ss AE oeeaeeTES | 90" |e A ees 287200li|. 5 see 
TRAM Re Ae Ph ee es etn ae ae | pit ethene ee A700) seca eee 
Gates hh. 8G. (a5 ech ees sham CAL eto TOS 225s pl OS eee 2462 S008 ae ee oe ee 
ESE INES 5 ae aa eg en tn oe ees een ae et coeee 170s say el ec eee l825955 70ul eee 
DSH hapa s game ee SEU Wool a eae ai tapes Raa: i (gee Aneel (oe Re ER |} (2505600) 22a eee 
SEE oe ee een Me tn ae ctenats, Sys n as meat ace Seek OD wearer A oka ae |. 258, 800 | Baa Ros 
Sa weeee ee Soe sea ss secas ts Cee ets cee at fae ee Pek H UHL Se | es ee |. 875440) 5 een 
S48 ere aarti Be a gto oe ee 159) |. costes te once 5) SSD 32 564 eae 
1849 See et BAe oe Se ee eet 8 ded 1560 ae eel oe ed 2067850 i sueeeeenene 
TS 50 See | re Wat CSS ee oh tae Seem ee ee ene oe PAS G48) ae = ee 
Lead i pate ines cee ae eh cls = oon, el Aa ie le 1 ER Pees ee ae edt WAN ee ere 
HHO We eee ere eee Ds ek ie aks tele Gl 975 (t) 337,124 | 5,357, 73 
SAS ae he ee ee ae 2) ST ee | O52 (t) 280,360 | 3, 448, 300 
Eee Waele Soe ce emete Roe ee aot ts | 245 1, 276 196,119 | 2, 698, 180 
TSHR ee ne oh sa ete ge ©. os ke on. Ean | 250 6, 242 231, 868 2, 443, 250 
DSS Go se oes ote ee eee nace Bat eee eee | 177 3, 337 139, 045 1, 
PSD ee ee goer pee teed ohn eee ea eee ca nee oes 165 3,079 127,589 | 1,591,543 
TBR Genesee ee i copy On EN ls BE TES ns 218 1,555 130,795 | 1,667, 700 
PEDO se see ee eS ees eee a ee ay enon 197 2950 105, 930 1,312, 700 
TRG tre oa oe soaker Al ose eee ee hae 132 2,099 66, O64 838,530 
Ks a > Sg es Bae apse re ieee On ee ok oan ee nS ace 68 2,013 52, 588 659, 000 
TRB O BAe Phen Be lee ORR # A See: 34 1, 685 30, 000 | 387,: 0) 
Se a eee eS aL ee nee Ge ee 43 288 36, 408 | 503, 000 
SGA eet en 6 t t a 4 ok Oey ene eke ee Ee Re ae 55 390 | 29, 425 29, 815 428, 300 
PSE Be ea a eet Riek AS ns nen oak Recent 67 | 1, 080 45, 000 46, 080 | 671, 100 
il pee ee Ooi ei or Sahil, Winer orp eee) 76 2,643 | 49, 056 51, 699 | 828, 991 
NSO p pases aoe oot ae Fun eh he kek Oe eee 75 | 1, 940 52, 050 58, 990 773, 500 
TGS Me sees AL Anan eS Oe pete ee ee 57 2, 693 38,765 | 41,458 139, 700 
TSGOU cera WA ced tne oe aie ee Pa ee 46 | 2,500 42,114 | 44,614 596, 793 
*The vessels and oil reported up to 1852 are exclusively American; since 1852 they include whale- 
men of all nations that have recruited after the season at the Hawaiian Islands. The coast whaling 
of California of late years is not included. 
+A hard season, owing to the heavy ice and terrific gales; seven vessels were lost. 
} No report is obtainable for these years. 
THE SEAL FISHERY. 
The Hawatians early took up the seal fishery. It is not known when 
the first voyage was made, but the following is an interesting summary 
of several made early in the last century: 
March 2, 1824, by order of Kalaimoku, sanctioned by the King, he [William 
Summer] was given charge of the brig Ainoa fora sealing voyage, returning in October 
with 5,845 fur skins, a quantity of elephant oil, and fish. On thisand a similar voyage 
in the brig Tamoralana ( Kamahalolanai) in 1826, in which he obtained 3, 160seal skins, 
he reported that much better success would have resulted had they been properly 
provisioned.,* 
On September 14, 1838, the schooner /P7ibberty Gibbet, 25 tons, 
Rogers, commander, owned at Oahu, returned from a twenty-one days’ 
cruise to the island of Ceres, with a cargo of sealskins. 
There are occasional notices of sealers in the maritime notes of the 
newspapers of the islands after this date, as in 1859, when the bark 
Gambia, 249 tons, is reportedas having been sealing. She left Hono- 
*Hawailan Maritime History. Hawaiian Almanac and Annual for 1890, pp. 67,68. 
