298 



FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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Indian Ocean, and 3 per cent, from Hudson Bay, Cumberland Inlet, and 

 Davis Strait. Of the whalebone secured in the same decade, 88 per cent. 

 was from north of the fiftieth parallel in the Isorth Pacific and Arctic 

 Oceans, and 5 per cent, from Hudson Bay and Cumberland Inlet, and the 

 balance from the Atlantic, Indian, and other oceans. 



The number of voyages undertaken by the fleet for 1870 to 1880 was 

 810, which includes Arctic whalers annually refitting at San Fran- 

 cisco and other ports. Of these voyages 382 were to the North and 

 South Atlantic, 254 to the Pacific, Arctic, and adjacent grounds, 98 to 

 the South Pacific, 45 to the Indian Ocean, and 36 to the Atlantic Arctic 

 grounds, Hudson Bay, Davis Strait, and Cumberland Inlet. 



1870 

 1S71 

 1872 

 1873 

 1874 

 1S75 

 187G 

 1877 

 1878 

 1879 

 1880 



Ships and 

 barks. 



217 

 214 

 170 

 151 

 129 

 118 

 121 

 120 

 128 

 123 

 120 



Brigs. 



Schooners. 



Total ves- 

 sels. 



316 

 280 

 210 

 191 

 161 

 152 

 158 

 162 

 178 

 177 

 181 



Total ton- 

 nage. 



72, 173 

 67, 909 

 51, 252 

 46, 230 

 39, 788 

 36, 230 

 37, 182 

 36, 476 

 39, 976 

 39, 391 

 38, 637 



Table showing the value of sperm-oil, whale-oil., and whalebone landed by 

 the American fleet,the value of the consumption in the United States, and 

 the value of the exportation annually from 1870 to 1880. 



Tear. 



1870 

 1871 

 1872 

 1873 

 1874 

 1875 

 1876 

 1877 

 1878 

 1879 

 1880 



Landed by the 

 fleet.* 



529,126 

 691, 469 

 954, 783 

 962, 106 

 713, 034 

 314, 800 

 639, 463 

 309, 569 

 232, 029 

 056, 069 

 659, 725 



Consumption 

 in the United 

 States. 



2, 798, 408 

 2,081,468 

 1, 947, 037 

 2, 154, 638 

 1, 700, 823 

 1, 346, 828 

 1, 113, 681 

 849, 043 

 1, 345, 582 

 1, 165, 944 



Exportation. 



$1, 476, 864 

 1, 479, 153 

 1, 374, 098 



929, 247 

 1, 179, 286 

 1, 494, 727 

 1, 487, 533 



924, 175 

 1, 357, 162 



582, 994 



795, 657 



* From half a million to a million dollars' worth of products are carried over from year to year. 



