142 NOTES ON XASMANIAN WHALING, 



October 22nd, "Caroline," Capt. Smith, from Whaling 

 voyage. Black Oil and whale bone. 



December 17th, "Industry," Capt. Griffiths, Bass 

 Straits, Seal Skins. 



(±loss, R. T. Almanack, 1831.) 



Captain Kelly, the first Harbour Master of Hobart 

 Town, in 1832 sailed his ship, the "Venus," to the Islands 

 of the South of New Zealand. Evidently unsuccessful in 

 his quest for Seal Skins, he struck south to Macquarie 

 Islaiud, to find there no Seals, and thence to the Campbell 

 Island grotinds. Still without success, he sailed south 

 as far as 72 degrees, eventually reaching Sydney on De- 

 cember 31st, 1832. "Without any skins or sea-elephant 

 Oil (R. McNab, Early Whaling Days.) The vicissitudes 

 of the H. T. ship "INIarj Elizabeth" when captured 

 by Maoris in 1834 have been already alluded to, the Maoris 

 quarrelling over the sharing of the "loot" and enabling the 

 crew to recapture the ship. 



Sperm Oil was quoted in this year at £57 a tun. 

 Southern or Black Oil at £19 - £22 a tun, and whale bone 

 £80 - £85. The paper of that date mentions the follow- 

 ing ships as being due to return to the port from the South 

 Sea whaling, i.e., "Caroline," "VVilliam IV.," "Adftlaide, ' 

 "Hetty," "Peneloper" (at Macquiarie Island for Seals and 

 sea-elephanti Oil, of which not a single barrel was obtained, 

 the Seals having completely disappeared), "Royal Wil- 

 liam," "The Marianne," and "Lang." {H. Town Courier, 

 March 27, 1834.) 



Other ships mentioned during the year as discharging 

 Oil were the "Lindsay," "Cheviot," and "Mary Elizaibeth."' 

 Thus we see by this year whaling both Sperm and Black 

 firmly established, and the year's work most successful and 

 prospierous. 



The eixport of Oil, computed at Colonial prices, was 

 £45,513 for the year, compared with £43,765 for wool; 

 and whalebone accounted for an additional £8,217. This 

 will give an idea of the value of the industry to' the Infant 

 Colony. (Ross, H. T. Almanack, 1835, p 49.) 



The indomitable Capt. Kelly is again noticed in the 

 fore this year, where his small ship*, the "Australian," was 

 lost off Bru'ny Island. (H. T. Courier, October 13th, 

 1834.) 



The industry as shown was now on a firm basis, and 

 I do not intend to dwell on the thirties and forties, but 

 to pass on to the "Great Age" of Hobart Town's Sperm 



