126 
H. 
W-YORK FAUNA. 
whale fishery, in the year ending^^fember, 1839, was 557, 
tons, which would give employment to 9,987 men, and to 
various operations of coopering, refining, etc. etc. 
making an aggregate of 169,938 
as many more on shore, in the 
PLACES 
WHERE OWNED. 
Ships and barks. 1 
Brigs and schooners. 1 
Pacific. 
Indian ocean. ^ 
New Zealand. 
South Atlantic. 
Atlantic. 
O 
P< 
Whole number. 
Amount of tonnage. 
New-Bedford,. 
G9 
8 
70 
31 
27 
12 
10 
27 
177 
56,118 
Fairhaven,. 
43 
1 
13 
13 
7 
5 
1 
5 
44 
13,274 
3 
3 
3 
874 
W estport,. 
5 
4 
1 
.... 
7 
1 
9 
1,443 
Warenam,. 
2 
2 
1 
.... 
.... 
1 
1 
1 
4 
904 
Rochester,. 
5 
10 
1 
1 
.... 
11 
2 
15 
2,615 
Nantucket,. 
77 
4 
60 
3 
.... 
3 
9 
81 
27,364 
Edgartown,. 
8 
.... 
4 
.... 
2 
.... 
1 
1 
8 
2,659 
Holmes Hole, .. 
3 
1 
.... 
2 
.... 
.... 
1 
1 
4 
1,180 
Fall River,. 
4 
3 
1 
1 
1 
1 
3 
7 
1,604 
Lynn,. 
4 
.... 
.... 
3 
.... 
.... 
1 
4 
1,269 
Newburyport,. 
3 
.... 
.... 
2 
1 
.... 
.... 
3 
1,099 
Plymouth,. 
3 
• . . 
.... 
1 
.... 
2 
3 
910 
Salem,. 
14 
.... 
2 
11 
1 
.... 
.... 
14 
4,265 
Boston,. 
.... 
1 
.... 
.... 
.... 
1 
.... 
1 
125 
Dorchester,. 
2 
.... 
2 
.... 
.... 
.... 
2 
581 
8 
8 
8 
2,490 
Provincetown,. 
1 
.... 
1 
1 
172 
1 
1 
1 
388 
1 
1 
1 
380 
1 
1 
1 
348 
Newport,. 
9 
2 
5 
.... 
3 
3 
11 
3,152 
Bristol,. 
5 
1 
3 
.... 
.... 
1 
1 
1 
6 
1,782 
Warren, . 
18 
5 
5 
2 
4 
5 
1 
4 
21 
6,075 
Providence,. 
3 
.... 
1 
.... 
1 
1 
.... 
.... 
3 
1,086 
New-London,. 
30 
9 
1 
13 
6 
15 
.... 
4 
39 
11,447 
Stonington,. 
7 
5 
2 
3 
1 
6 
.... 
.... 
12 
1,912 
Mystic,. 
5 
3 
.... 
1 
. . . . 
7 
. . . . 
. ... . 
8 
1,797 
Sag-Harbor,. 
31 
.... 
18 
.... 
3 
14 
. . . . 
2 
31 
10,605 
Greenport,. 
4 
1 
1 
. . . . 
.... 
4 
.... 
.... 
5 
2,014 
New-Suflblk. 
1 
1 
1 
274 
1 
1 
1 
236 
Bridgeport,. 
3 
2 
. . . . 
1 
3 
913 
3 
1 
2 
3 
710 
Hudson,. 
8 
1 
4 
3 
8 
2,902 
Poughkeepsie,. 
6 
. . . . 
4 
. . . . 
1 
.... 
.... 
1 
6 
2,043 
2 
2 
2 
629 
5 
2 
3 
5 
1,578 
Newark,. 
i 
.... 
.... 
1 
.... 
.... 
1 
366 
Total,. 
498 
50 
209 
89 
60 
86 
40 
73 
557 
169,983 
[ 
The amount of whale and sperm oil and whalebone introduced into the United States, and 
the total value of the same at estimated average prices from actual sales during the four years 
preceding 1839, is as follows : 
