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of course, before this time whalers had often 
a Kanaka or two among their crew. Boyd had 
come out from England in a yacht called the 
Wanderer , and in this vessel, owing to financial 
disputes, he left the colony for California. On 
his way he touched at one of the Solomon 
Group, and it is supposed was murdered, as 
reliable information has never been obtained as 
to his fate. 
In March, 1830, there were a dozen vessels 
in the Bay of Islands, with 14,500 barrels of oil 
on board, which, reckoning eight barrels to the 
tun, gives a total of over 1,800 tuns, which was 
at that time valued from £60 to £70 a tun, 
the total value being then estimated at from 
£111,000 to £130,000; and at the same time 
a Sydney newspaper says :—“ Three years ago 
New South Wales had but three vessels engaged 
in the sperm whale fishery, altogether about 450 
tons, and the New Zealand trade was unknown. 
She has now 4,000 tons of shipping engaged in 
the sperm whale trade alone—and more than 
9,000 tons of shipping have been entered out¬ 
wards from this port for New Zealand, and 
only since January 1st last to July 31st.” 
Early in 1831 the Elizabeth came into Sydney 
