We add the following interesting account of the equipment and expense of fitting 180 Dutch whale ships for the Greenland fishery, in the eighteenth century: PROGRESS of the Whale Fishery from 1815 to 1841, inclusive; showing the Number of Barrels of Oil Imported into the United States, in each Year. THE Value of Common Whale Oil and Bone, and of Spermaceti Oil and Candles, Exported from 1802 to 1833, was as follows: Sperm, oil : and candles. This extensive branch of the trade of this country is placed in a shape, in the following table, that shows the import, export, and value of the export of the produce the hardy sons of the east obtain from the depths of the fathomless ocean. THE following is a Statement of the Quantity (in barrels) of Sperm and Whale Oil Imported into the United States, from the 1st of January, 1834, to the 1st of August, THE following is a Statement of the Quantities and Value of Sperm Oil, Whale, and other Fish Oils, and Whalebone, Exported from the United States, annually, from the 1st of October, 1836, to the 30th of September, 1842 : By the above tables, it will be seen that the imports have been so fluctuating that the business appears to be on the decline. Such is not, however, the fact. More ships are in commission this year than ever before; but the vessels afloat have not been as successful, comparatively, as in former years. The additional number engaged will swell the imports up, by the 1st of January, 1844, to an amount larger than any previous year. 108 000 We add the following interesting account of the equipment and expense of fitting 180 Dutch whale ships for the Greenland fishery, in the eighteenth century : EQUIPMENT. 36,000 new casks......... 2,700,000 hoops, for repairing old casks, &c... 43,000 60,000 lbs. of Friesland pork. 8,000 Coopers' wages... 172,000 lbs. of cordage.. Making and repairing boats, with their stores, &c... 15,000 Iron work, nails, smiths' wages, &c............................. 5,000 Herring and salt-fish.. 3,000 400,000 lbs. of beef, &c. ..... 40,000 Various cooks' and cabin furniture, expenses of transporting stores on board, &c... Hard money to seamen...... 38,000 180,000 Wages of the seamen, payable on the return 540,000 550 ankers of Geneva...................................... Sugar, spices, &c........................................ Carried forward.... SHIPPING arrived from the Whale PORTS OF ARRIVAL. Total of advances for 180 whale fishing ships 1,799,100 Fishery at the different Ports, and the number of Ships and For the freight or hire of ships, at the rate of 540,000 PROGRESS of the Whale Fishery from 1815 to 1841, inclusive; showing the Number of Barrels of Oil Imported into the United States, in each Year. THE Value of Common Whale Oil and Bone, and of Spermaceti Oil and Candles, Exported from 1802 to 1833, was as follows: This extensive branch of the trade of this country is placed in a shape, in the following table, that shows the import, export, and value of the export of the produce the hardy sons of the east obtain from the depths of the fathomless ocean. THE following is a Statement of the Quantity (in barrels) of Sperm and Whale Oil Imported into the United States, from the 1st of January, 1834, to the 1st of August, 1843. THE following is a Statement of the Quantities and Value of Sperm Oil, Whale, and other Fish Oils, and Whalebone, Exported from the United States, annually, from the 1st of October, 1836, to the 30th of September, 1842 : By the above tables, it will be seen that the imports have been so fluctuating that the business appears to be on the decline. Such is not, however, the fact. More ships are in commission this year than ever before; but the vessels afloat have not been as successful, comparatively, as in former years. The additional number engaged will swell the imports up, by the 1st of January, 1844, to an amount larger than any previous year. The whole number of vessels employed in the whale fisheries, out of the ports of the United States, is 645, belonging as follows. In 1843:— Of the 645 vessels employed, only 112 were in port on the 22nd instant, leaving 533 vessels afloat, actively engaged in obtaining cargoes. Many of these vessels are daily looked for, and the reports of those absent exhibit a very favourable condition of the trade. Sperm oil does not bring in this market so high prices as it used to in previous years; but whale oil and whalebone are at present in active demand, at as fair prices as we have quoted for some years past. The prices of sperm and whale oil, and whalebone, from 1838, to 1842, inclusive, were as follows: The New Bedford Shipping List gives the following estimate of Ships and Oil to arrive in 1844: |