FISHERIES OF THE PACIFIC COAST. 
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The details of the whale fishery in 1888 and 1889 are given in the fol- 
lowing tables, in which the San Francisco and New Bedford fleets are 
shown separately : 
The San Francisco whale fleet in 1888. 
Name of vessel. 
Balaena 
Beluga a 
Grampus 
Jeanieft 
Jesse H. Freeman — 
Narwhal 
Orca 
Thrasher c 
Bounding Billow 
Coral a. ... 
Emma F. Harriman . . 
Eliza 
Francis Palmer 
Helen Mar 
Hunter 
John and Winthrop. . 
John P. West 
Northern Light 
Sea Breeze 
Stamboul 
Thomas Pope & 
Wanderer d 
Alton e 
James A. Hamilton . . 
Jane Gray/ 
Rosario gr 
Ino h . 
Hidalgo i 
Total 
Big. 
Net 
tonnage. 
No. of 
crew. 
Whaling 
grounds. 
Gallons 
of 
sperm 
oil. 
Produci 
Gallons 
of w'hale 
oil. 
ts landet 
Pounds 
of 
bone. ] 
1. 
Value. 
Str 
389.67 
45 
BeringSeaand 
32,000 
22,000 
$77, 200. 00 
Arctic Ocean. 
| 
Str 
409.49 
45 
do 

28,350 
18,000 1 
63,922.50 
250 20 
42 
do ......... 
7,260 
! 5,000 : 
! 17,541.00 
Str 
862. 95 
17 
.. do 
Str 
359. 80 
45 
do 
5, 558 
4, 213 
14. 584. 30 
Str 
389. 67 
46 
. . .do 
21, 900 
10, 000 
37, 665. 00 
Str 
462. 39 
44 
do 
53, 550 
35, 000 
123, 742. 50 
Str 
343. 01 
42 
do 
11, 175 
8, 000 
27, 911. 25 
Bark .... 
227. 83 
32 
....do 
6, 300 
3, 500 
12, 705. 00 
Bark .... 
343. 48 
37 
Okhotsk and 
3, 721 
15, 750 
6, 000 
25, 559. 05 
Japan Seas. 
Bark .... 
366. 10 
37 
do 
11, 025 
3,500 
14, 358. 75 
Bark .... 
281. 71 
38 
BeringSeaand 
449 
12, 600 
14,000 
46,656.95 
Arctic Ocean. 
Bark 
200. 16 
35 
do 
Bark . . ’’ 
308. 13 
38 
..do 
300 
900. 00 
Bark ... 
337. 38 
42 
do 
2«362 
15, 750 
14,800 
51,211.60 
Bark .... 
321.38 
16 
.... do 
1,102 
6, 772 
2, 976. 30 
Bark .... 
335. 64 
38 
do 
7, 875 
5, 000 
17,756.25 
Bark .... 
365. 42 
40 
do 
5, 512 
3,500 
! 12,429.20 
Bark .... 
307. 24 
30 
....do 
14, 962 
13, 000 
44, 236. 70 
Bark .... 
247. 42 
37 
Okhotsk and 
450 
7, 056 
4, 000 
14, 717. 10 
Japan Seas. 
Bark .... 
215. 67 
11 
Bering Sea and 
Arctic Ocean. 
Bark .... 
288. 13 
40 
do . 
50 
150. 00 
Sch 
84. 39 
21 
do 
1,280 
2, 000 
6, 441. 00 
Sch 
73. 91 
20 
do 
Sch 
107. 07 
20 
do 
Sch 
141.25 
23 
do 
12,787 
1 38,361.00 
Sch 
92. 94 
22 
do 
6, 100 
! 18,300.00 
Brig 
165. 97 
29 
do 
c 
l> 
cc 
4,000 
12,654.50 
8, 278. 46 
932 
8, 084 
266, 525 
194, 750 
681, 979. 95 
The New Bedford whale fleet rendezvousing at San Francisco in 1888. 
Belvedere 
Str 
339. 37 
45 
Bering Sea and 
18, 900 
7,500 
$29, 115. 00 
Arctic Ocean. 
Lucretia 
Str 
275. 81 
45 
do 
4,725 
3, 000 
10, 653. 75 
William Lewis 
Str 
332. 04 
41 
do 
Abraham Barker .a. . 
Bark .... 
361. 00 
40 
....do 
3, 150 
1, 102. 50 
Andrew Hicks 
Bark .... 
287. 96 
37 
...do 
1, 890 
17, 325 
14, 300 
50, 003. 25 
Alaska 
Bark .... 
323. 00 
29 
do 
Bertha 
Bark .... 
168. 51 
27 
do 
Charles W. Morgan. . 
Bark .... 
298. 06 
35 
do 
4, 252 
12, 285 
4, 500 
20, 138. 35 
Cape Horn Pigeon... 
Bark .... 
201. 42 
31 
Okhotsk and 
27, 562 
9, 700 
38, 746. 70 
Japan Seas. 
Fleetwing 
Bark .... 
311. 15 
35 
BeringSeaand 
Arctic Ocean. 
Josephine 
Bark .... 
365. 32 
37 
Okhotsk and 
26, 675 
9, 000 
36, 336. 25 
Japan Seas. 
James Allen 
Bark .... 
330. 98 
20 
South Pacific 
94 
51. 70 
Ocean. 
a 50 fox skins in cargo. 
6 Tender to the fleet. 
c 500 pounds of walrus ivory landed. 
<140 fox skins, 48 lynx skins, 2 bear skins, and 10 
otter skins in cargo. 
e 400 pounds of walrus ivory landed. 
f Abandoned at sea : vessel picked up. 
g Killed 30 walrus, yielding 6,000 pounds of hides 
and 110 pounds" of ivory. 
h Vessel lost; crew saved, 
i 300 pounds of walrus ivory lauded. 
