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  landed 
  during 
  that 
  period, 
  55 
  per 
  cent, 
  was 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  

   North 
  and 
  South 
  Atlantic 
  Oceans, 
  33 
  per 
  cent, 
  in 
  the 
  

   Pacific, 
  and 
  12 
  per 
  cent, 
  in 
  the 
  Indian 
  Ocean. 
  Of 
  whale- 
  

   oil, 
  58 
  per 
  cent, 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  North 
  Pacific 
  and 
  the 
  

   Pacific 
  fleets, 
  24 
  per 
  cent, 
  from 
  the 
  North 
  and 
  South 
  

   Atlantic 
  fleets, 
  10 
  per 
  cent, 
  from 
  the 
  South 
  Pacific, 
  5 
  per 
  

   cent, 
  from 
  the 
  Indian 
  Ocean, 
  and 
  3 
  per 
  cent, 
  from 
  Hudson 
  

   Bay, 
  Cumberland 
  Inlet, 
  and 
  Davis 
  Strait. 
  Of 
  the 
  whale- 
  

   bone 
  secured 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  decade, 
  88 
  per 
  cent, 
  was 
  from 
  

   north 
  of 
  the 
  fiftieth 
  parallel 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  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 
  an- 
  

   nually 
  refitting 
  at 
  San 
  Francisco 
  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 
  Cumber- 
  

   land 
  Inlet." 
  

  

  Year. 
  

  

  

  

  Ships 
  and 
  

   Barks. 
  

  

  Brigs. 
  

  

  Schooners. 
  

  

  Total 
  Vessels. 
  

  

  Total 
  Ton- 
  

   nage. 
  

  

  1870 
  ... 
  1 
  217 
  

  

  22 
  

  

  77 
  

  

  316 
  

  

  72,173 
  

  

  1871 
  

  

  

  

  | 
  214 
  

  

  IS 
  

  

  48 
  

  

  280 
  

  

  67,909 
  

  

  1872 
  

  

  

  

  170 
  

  

  12 
  

  

  28 
  

  

  2IO 
  

  

  51,252 
  

  

  1873 
  

  

  

  

  151 
  

  

  12 
  

  

  28 
  

  

  191 
  

  

  46,230 
  

  

  1874 
  

  

  

  

  129 
  

  

  7 
  

  

  25 
  

  

  l6l 
  

  

  39,788 
  

  

  1875 
  

  

  

  

  Il8 
  

  

  8 
  

  

  26 
  

  

  152 
  

  

  36,230 
  

  

  1876 
  

  

  

  

  121 
  

  

  7 
  

  

  30 
  

  

  158 
  

  

  37,182 
  

  

  1877 
  

  

  

  

  I20 
  

  

  8 
  

  

  34 
  

  

  162 
  

  

  36,476 
  

  

  1878 
  

  

  

  

  

  128 
  

  

  11 
  

  

  39 
  

  

  178 
  

  

  39,976 
  

  

  1879 
  

  

  

  

  

  123 
  

  

  12 
  

  

  42 
  

  

  177 
  

  

  39,391 
  

  

  1880 
  

  

  

  

  

  126 
  

  

  9 
  

  

  46 
  

  

  l8l 
  

  

  38,637 
  

  

  