NOTES ON ARCTIC WHALING VOYAGE OF 1905. 



47 



from Dunbar, Glasgow, Grangemouth, Queensferry, Sunder- 

 land, Stockton, Newcastle, Scarborough, Ipswich, Exeter, and 

 Whitehaven, but I have not been able to obtain any statistics 

 in either case. 



I fear the above list is very incomplete, and should be grateful 

 for any additions or corrections. 



The following table shows the number of vessels employed, 

 and the results of the voyages for each of the twenty-five years 

 to which my notes extend. 



Table showing the Produce of the British Arctic Whale Fisheries 

 for the Years 1881 to 1905, both inclusive. 





No. of Vessels. 



No. of Whales. 























White 

 Whales. 



Bottle- 

 nose. 



No. of 



Seals. 



Tuns of 



Whale 



Oil. 



Cwts. 



Year. 



Dun- 

 dee. 



Peterhead. 



Green- 

 land. 



Davis 

 Strait. 



of 

 Bone. 



1881 



15 



4 



23 



48 ' 





116 



23,984 



709 



666 



1882 



15 



3 



— 



79 



— 



413 



22,142 



1117 



582 



1883 



13 



6 



2 



17 



2736 



535 



37,922 



1148 



216 



1884 



15 



9 



11 



79 



— 



317 



39,700 



1224 



932 



1885 



16 



5 



14 



27 



— 



84 



32,302 



561 



418 



1886 



15 



4 



15 



19 



1033 



23 



7964 



499 



371 



1887 



10 



3 



3 



11 



(2 suckers) 



1931 



20 



5762 



475 



138 



1888 



10 



4 



4 



8 



902 



22 



15,688 



314 



87 



1889 



10 



4 



16 



11 



— 



19 



15,079 



342 



326 



1890 



10 



4 



— 



18 



806 



22 



6603 



420 



270 



1891 



9 



3 



11 



6 



569 



3 



1560 



262 



169 





Walrus. 





1892 



10 



1 



(NewM. only) 



3 



8 



1309 



67 



12,096 



298 



114 



1893 



9 



1 



1 



29 



(4 suckers) 



32 



75 



325 



389 



416 



1894 



8 



— 



4 



16 



1261 



49 



11,712 



412 



287 



1895 



7 



— 



11 



6 



1436 



16 



4500 



349 



180 



1896 



8 



— 



6 



6 



9 



43 



3890 



149 



135 



1897 



8 



— 



1 



12 



7 



772 



5100 



228 



153 



1898 



6 



— 



— 



6 



984 



591 



779 



297 



112 



1899 



7 



— 



— 



28 



— 



609 



3036 



385 



350 



1900 



6 



— 



— 



17 



— 



632 



3453 



290 



229 



1901 



5 



— 



— 



14 



738 



420 



3420 



260 



163 



1902 



5 



— 



— 



12 



652 



118 



1984 



212 



187 



1903 



4 



— 



— 



14 



79 



107 



3229 



145 



175 



1904 



5 



— 



— 



11 



168 



45 



1135 



114 



113 



1905 



8 



— 



— 



23 



37 



122 



408 



290 



339 



Note. — The above table is compiled from the annual circulars 

 of Mr. David Bruce and Mr. J. Mitchell, of Dundee. 



