142 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
I spoke to in Jar Fjord was three seasons with Herr Foyn at 
Vadsé, and during that time they only took one of this species ; 
since he has been at Jar Fjord (I think this was his third 
season) they have not killed any; but, as before said, it does 
not follow from this that none were seen. Capt. Ellevsen, of 
Vardé, told me he had seen a good many Humpbacks this 
season, but they were so shy he had taken none. 
The ‘Vardé Post’ for September 7th last, from which I 
have gained much of the matter in the following list of the Fin- 
whale fishers, adds the following paragraph :—‘“‘ The total capture 
amounts therefore, as far as East Finmarken is concerned, to 
379 whales, against 389* the previous year; the profit is 
reckoned, however, to be as good as the previous year, since the 
whales captured this year are larger. Some companies have 
sustained loss this year also, and possibly no company has made 
very considerable profits, owing to the bad price of oil. The 
Haabet Company’s guano factory has been in activity the whole 
summer, and has done well; about 120 krangs of whales have 
been converted into guano by this company in the course of the 
summer. At the artificial manure (Kraftfoder) factory in Jar 
Fjord about seventy krangs have been worked up. ‘The 
Christiania Whaling Company is building a larger guano- 
factory, which in a short time will be fully ready, but can 
hardly come into use this year (i. ¢., 1884). With these three 
guano-factories the krangs of all the whales captured will 
probably for the future be manufactured into guano, to the 
great gain of all the whaling companies, since high prices are 
paid for the krangs by these factories.”’ 
* This is seventeen less than the total given by me in ‘ The Zoologist,’ 
1884, p. 463. I do not know how this difference is to be explained, but 
probably by the whales picked up dead not being all included in this total. 
