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FISHERIES OP THE UNITED STATES. 



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Table showing the number of barrels of sperm and whale oil and pounds 

 of whalebone landed by the American fleet, the quantities consumed in the 

 United States, and the quantities exported annually from 1870 to 1880. 



SPERM-OIL. 



Tear. 



Amount landed. 



Consumption. 



Exportation. 



1870 



Barrels. 



55, 183 



41, 534 

 45, 201 



42, 053 

 32, 203 



42, 617 

 39, 811 

 41, 119 



43, 508 

 41, 308 

 37, 614 



Barrels. 



28, 812 

 33, 528 

 24, 052 

 24, 190 

 21, 768 

 18, 453 

 14, 473 

 31, 737 

 11, 124 

 23, 315 

 13, 750 



Barrels. 



2?, 733 



1871 



22, 156 



1872 



24, 344 

 16, 238 



1873 



1874 



18, 675 



1875 



22, S02 



1876 



23, 600 



1877 



18, 047 



1878 



32, 769 



1879 



11, 843 



1880 



12, 283 







WHALE-OIL 



1870 



72, 691 

 75. 152 

 31, 075 

 40, 014 

 37, 782 

 34, 594 

 33, 010 

 27,191 

 33, 778 

 23, 334 

 34, 776 



'68,452 

 63, 011 

 42, 852 

 33, 881 

 44, 357 

 31, 860 

 22, 620 

 20, 501 

 12,557 

 24, 885 

 23, 856 



9,872 



1871 



18, 141 



1872 



1,528 



1873 



2,153 



1874 



3,300 



1875 



5,424 



1876 



10, 300 



1877 



1878 



1879 



1880 



6,390 



14, 371 



. 7, 374 



4,395 



WHALEBONE. 



1870 

 1871 

 1872 

 1873 

 1874 

 1875 

 1876 

 1877 

 1878 

 1879 

 1880 



Pounds. 

 708, 365 

 600, 655 

 193, 793 



206, 396 

 345, 560 

 372, 303 

 150, 628 

 160, 220 



207, 259 

 286, 280 

 464, 028 



Pounds. 



255, 347 



319, 856 



74, 141 



155, 351 



208, 807 



143, 067 



150, 628 



67, 820 



96, 859 



183, 565 



176, 770 



Pounds. 



347, 918 

 387, 199 

 177, 932 

 120, 545 

 165, 553 

 205, 436 

 133, 400 



70, 800 

 113,400 



75, 715 

 171, 258 



