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Japanese Whaling Compared to World*s Total, 1930-31 to 1937-38 
Humber of Whales 
All countries 
all areas 
Japan 
Japanese Percent 
of total 
1930-31 
42,874 
1,147 
2.7 
1931-32 
12,797 
1*036 
8.1 
1932-33 
28,668 
1,122 
3.9 
1933-34 
32,167 
1,436 
4.5 
1934-35 
39,254 
2,000 
5.1 
1935-36 
44,782 
2,479 
5.5 . 
7.9 */ 
13.8 5/ 
1936-37 
51,256 
4,025 
1937-38 
54,664 
7,552 
Oil Production 
(barrels) j/ 
1930-31 
3, 686, 976 
16,274 
0.5 
1931-32 
915,842 
20,230 
2.2 
1932-33 
2,596,778 
21,698 
0.8 
i 933-34 
2,573,155 
22,766 
0.9 
1934-35 
2,691,283 
42,133 
1.6 
1935-36 
2,871,117 
74,289 
2.6 
1936-37 
3,210, 671 
189,012 
5.9 
1937-38 
3, 635,010 
422,036 
11.6 
Source: 
International Whaling Statistics, XIII, 
Oslo, 1939. 
a j k Japanese source gives slightly different figures for these — 
5.7^ in 1936-37 and 12.1^ in 1937-38, hit the same percentages of 
the oil production as given here, 
b j k barrel equals l/6 ton. 
-llO. 
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