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of the ‘Arctic,’ which was lost at the Whale fishery in Davis 
Straits, and has not been replaced. Nineteen vessels were 
present, three of which are reported “clean,” and the average of 
the remaining sixteen was 18,176 per vessel; but as usual the 
take was very unequally distributed, although not so much so as 
in 1887, for seven vessels made cargoes of over 15,000 (against four 
only in the previous year), viz. the ‘Neptune,’ 42,242; the ‘Eagle,’ 
26,000; the ‘ Aurora,’ 25,000; the ‘ Ranger,’ 24,151; the ‘ Esqui- 
maux,’ 22,824; the ‘Iceland,’ 16,000; and the ‘ Falcon,’ 15,811; 
an average of 24,575, whilst the remaining nine vessels averaged 
only 4309. No second trip was made this season. The value 
of the Newfoundland oil was about £19 15s. per ton, and the 
skins produced from 10s. to 18s. each. Four Dundee vessels 
were at the Newfoundland sealing, viz. the ‘ Aurora,’ which took 
about 25,000; the ‘Esquimaux,’ 22,824; the ‘Terra Nova,’ 
11,895; and the ‘Polynia,’ 7135; all of which are included in 
the above total. 
The young Greenland sealing was much more successful than 
in 1887; there were some twenty-three Norwegian and three 
Scotch vessels present; the former took 38,200, and the latter 
1700, or a total of about 39,900 young Saddle Seals. In addition 
to the 1700 young seals it appears that the Scotch vessels subse- 
quently shot some 9388 others, almost all Bladder-nose; and 
the ‘Alert’ returned from Cumberland Gulf with 3300, which 
brought the Greenland total up to 14,388. 
At the Newfoundland and Greenland old and young sealing 
together, eleven Scotch vessels captured 82,235 seals (against 
57,240 in the previous season), showing a considerable increase 
in both fisheries, but a total vastly smaller than was annually 
secured in days gone by. These at an average of, say, 10s. per 
skin, would produce £41,117, to which must be added 997 tons 
of oil at £20 per ton, £19,940, or a total of £61,057, against a 
similar estimate of £30,852 for 1887—a much more satisfactory 
return, so far as this branch of the industry is concerned, the 
result being helped as well by the increased capture of seals as 
by the slightly better prices of produce. Included in the seal-oil 
is the yield of 811 Walrus brought home by the Davis Straits 
vessels. 
The total number of vessels which left Dundee last season 
for the Seal and Whale fishery was ten, the same as in 1887, the 
