BY R. M. JOHNSTON, F.L.S. 



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Whale Fisheries. 



Year. 



1828 

 182!) 

 1830 

 1831 

 1832 

 1833 

 1834 

 1835 

 1836 

 1837 

 1838 

 1839 

 1840 

 1841 

 1842 

 1843 

 1844 

 1845 

 1846 

 1847 

 1848 

 1849 



1850 

 1851 

 1852 

 1853 

 1854 

 1855 

 1856 

 1857 

 1858 



Vessels 





employed. 









Tonnage. 



Ships. 



Boats. 



3 



23 







26 





10 



42 





9 



55 





12 



75 





15 



105 





23 



84 





35 



155 





14 



48 



1,187 

 2,739 



18 



75 



19 



79 



1,999 

 3,146 



26 





27 





3,224 



22 





3,170 



18 





2,842 



21 





3,307 



24 





4,264 



28 





4,460 



28 





4,057 



27 





4,729 



29 





6,081 



34 





7,791 



40 





• 9,724 



26 





6,538 



18 





3,999 



7 





1,903 



6 





1,622 



17 





3,566 



33 





6,975 



Value of 

 Fisheries. 



£ 

 11,268 

 12,313 

 22,065 

 33,549 

 37,176 

 30,620 

 56,450 

 64,858 

 57,660 



135,210 

 98,660 

 65,600 

 66,850 

 71,600 

 87,400 

 74,100 

 49,840 

 73,300 

 65,150 

 70,000 



104,000 

 46,117 



Oil exported, 

 49,547 

 49,022 

 36,776 

 30,106 

 27,863 

 44,110 

 53,670 

 46,211 

 49,878 



Remarks. 



In 1822, 724 tuns 

 oil and 3 tons 

 whale fins were 

 exported. In 1823 

 226 casks of oil 

 and 52 pkgs. 

 whalebone were 

 exported. 



Foreign. 



Ships. 



Tonnage. 



12 



3,838 



16 



5,518 



13 



4,825 



21 



6,890 



26 



8,497 



11 



3,803 



9 



2,779 



14 



4,687 



18 



6,300 



2 



704 



2 



737 



