FISHERIES OF THE PACIFIC COAST IN 1899. 5) 
The whale fishery continues to show a decrease in the number of 
vessels engaged. The business of 1899 was the most satisfactory for 
several years, having fewer disasters and larger returns. With ten 
less vessels engaged than in 1895, the receipts of 1899, when compared 
with that year, show a gain of 96,206 pounds of whalebone, 26,540 
gallons of sperm oil, and 5,263 gallons of whale oil, the gain in the 
value of products taken in 1899 over those of 1895 being $108,482. 
The fleet of 1899 comprised ten steamers and six eine vessels 
belonging in San Francisco, and one steamer and five sailing vessels of 
New Bedford with headquarters in the former city. The San Fran- 
cisco vessels captured 101 bowhead, 7 right, and 6 sperm whales; the 
New Bedford vessels took 14 bowhead, 10 right, and 103 sperm whales. 
Some of the vessels were quite fortunate, the steamer Leluga lead- 
ing, with 32 bowhead whales, that yielded 53,000 pounds of whalebone; 
the steamer /vannette being next, with 18 bowhead whales and 33,400 
pounds of whalebone. Others were less fortunate, some having very 
little bone or oil. 
The following table shows the decrease in the number of vessels 
during recent years: 
Home port. | 1892. | 1895. | 1899. 
FEO TENN oc) SC6Y Yoo SPRPae eS fer | 36 | 22 16 
INE WEB CUTORG eee seat ese eerie een ew. nes Ne een Coen ketone | 21 10 6 
The statistics of the ae fleet having headquarters at San Fran- 
cisco in 1899 are as follows: 
‘ears = - oe , . Value of | Advances | No. of 
Home port. No. | Tonnage. Value. outhil | WMO TRT EG \l Cet 
DSAMPHTANCISCOMes csemses soceate < os cs 16 4,416 $575, 000 $374, 000 | $57, 560 638 
New Bediord! s2..2s.cctwcrcevics siciscis sis 6 1,951 | 89, 000 85, 000 | 20, 900 247 
MOte ace sosec eee eee, Desc es | 22 6, 367 | 664, 000 | 459, 000 | | 78, 460 885 
, ee ae ee ee et!) Se oe oe then _| eee - 
Products. 
Aa Fe ee ins Rear “| : | ee Trade | 
Home port. Whalebone. | Sperm oil. | Whale oil. Trade bone. fara le clotal 
eae ee | | Soe er | ee | ee VU eIOn 
| Lbs. | Value. | Galls. | Value. | | Galls. | Value.| Lbs. | Value. |Value,/Products. 
ees _| = 5 — = CS eee z a he —_ —/ rit 
| | | | | 
San Francisco...... 201, 225 | $425, 550 | 9, 633 ($3,625 | 58, 235 |$15,373 | 6,167 /$10,722 $3,422 $458, 692 
New Bedford 22211/'36,500 |” 69,875 84,892 32,189 | 68,077 | 15,923 |.......)2....... eu ame 117,987 
— } | 
Potala 237,725 | 495, 425 Pm 525 35, 814 106, 312 Ee 31, 296 | 6, 167 | 10,7 mall 3, 422 | 576, 679 
Del Nort te Peni, _The fisheries of co county are not of much 
importance except to the ranchers and Indians living near Smith or 
Klamath rivers. Smith River enters the Pacific near the Oregon 
border line. A cannery here has been idle for several years. Dur- 
ing 1899 there was only a light run of salmon in Smith River; the 
catch was salted and amounted to 24,000 pounds. | The single cannery 
near the mouth of Klamath River packed 1,600 cases of salmon, using 
