806 Proceedings, &c., for 1886. 



Balance-sheet for Greenland Voyage, 1884. 



Paid out for wages £900 13 1 

 Provisions ... 717 18 8 

 Coals and machinery 231 8 

 General charges ... 854 9 9 



£2704 9 6 

 Profit and Loss for 



Profit 5921 14 2 



Receipt for oil £1990 

 „ bone 4783 15 3 

 „ skins 1852 2 4 



£8626 3 8 



£8626 3 8 



The foregoing balance-sheet shows the expenses incurred for a 

 voyage of 5 J months' duration, with 55 men, and a catch of 205 

 tons of oil. 



No. 11. 



THE 



4304. 



AGENT-GENERAL'S 

 BER, REPORTING 

 ALLEN YOUNG. 



LETTER OF 26th NOVEM- 

 INTERYIEWS WITH SIR 



[copy.] 

 Antarctic Expedition. 



Victoria Of&ce, 8 Victoria Chambers, Westminster, S.W. 



26th November, 1886. 



Sir — In continuation of my letter of the 12th inst., No, 4071, I 

 have the honour to report that there appears to exist considerable 

 and growing interest in the above subject in England, and I have 

 every reason to hope that the movement commenced in Melbourne 

 will be warmly supported here. In addition to the information I 

 have already conveyed to you, I have now to report an interesting 

 interview which I had with Sir Allen Young, of Arctic fame. This 

 gentleman called upon me last Friday, and intimated an earnest 

 desire to forward the experiment of testing the Antarctic Ocean for 

 whales. He said his own views were largely shared in by others 

 engaged in whale fishery. The comparative failure last year in. this 

 trade, joined to the very high price now obtainable for whalebone 

 (the oil is of quite secondary importance), which he stated had 

 reached £2000 per ton, was directing attention to the Antarctic 

 Ocean as a possible alternative. Very little is known about it, and 

 Sir Allen had failed to obtain any useful information from the few 



