The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-08-01
North Pacific whaling 1eet.

I'VE are indebted to MIR. A. j. Cartwright, for
the following list Of whalers cruising in the North
Pacific. numbering in all IS vessels OF these
the 10 classed under the head of San Francisco,
will visit that port two. the Splendid and Mar
eago, it Is thought are sperm whaling, and may
not come in here this fall one, the Cherokee, is
supposed to have gone home Via New Zealand,
and two, the HberRiG and Janus, do not visit
this group till the spring of 1869. Deducting
these from the whole list, we have 81 vessels that
may be expected to recruithere with some certainty.
OFF FIRST SEASON.
Coneorlia. Jones Josephine. Cosan.
CoTas. HosIand, Holman. Onward. Pulyer.
Dan. Webster, Marvin. Splendid, Jennegan-
Helen snow, Campbell.
orr SECOND SEASON.
Acors Barnes. Jeffrey. Hercules, Howiand.
Ben. Cummings, nAlsey. John Carver Worth
Corinihian. Lewis. Niger, Cleveland.
Gen. scott, washburn. oHole, Hayes
Geo. Rowland. knowles. Progress. DOwden.
Hibernia, Ludlow. Vineyard, Smith. 10
OFF rHInD SEASON.
Awashonks. Norton. Navy. Davis.
AdeHne, sOule. Nautilus, Smith.
Cicero, Paun. Norman. Towle.
Champion, Worth Ocean, Barber.
Courser. HambIn-- President, Kelley.
Eagle, Mckenzie. Reindeer, RaynOr.
George. Davis. Sea Breeze, Hamilton.
Cherokee, Eldridse. =; George, sOule,
islander, fioney. Rainbow, Baker.
John Wells. Dean. Tamerlane. NInslOw.
las. Alien, willis. Three Brothers, Taher.
Janus. smith. Trident. Rose.
Lydia, Hathaway, Washington, Baker. -
Midas, Drake
Java, Enos. Milo, Halves >
HONOLULU FLEET.
Count Bismarck, Daihnan. Nile, Allen
Comet Norman, Snyder
Iae Hawaii, HePpingstOne. VIM. ROich, Nye.
Moale,no, Phillips.
SAN FRANCISCO FLEET.
n Amor. kv.iina Eloriia 2l Williams
Active. Robinson. Massachusetts, Williams.
Eugenia, Barnes. Massachusetts,, Wilcox.
Fanny, Hunting. Helen Mar, Herendeen-
John Rowland, Whelden. Thos. Dickson, Jernegan. 10
OF the third season ships, fifteen are expecting
to return home this fall. And it is likely that
the fleet will be reduced in this way about one
third AS very few vessels are being fitted out at
home ports, it is probable that next years whal-
ing fleet will be small. This, however, will de-
pend much on the price of oil. At the latest adj
vices we observe there had been an advance in
the value of whale oil, the range being 50 a S5c.
This advance is owing in great part to the high
price Of Lard oil, and the small catch of minha-
den fish, the oil of which comes in direct compe-
tition with whale oil. Now is the very best time
to fit out whalers from this port, just when the
home fleet is decreasing in numbers. And we
urge our merchants and capitalists to lend their
cooperation in aiding those who wish to engage
in this profitable branch of commerce, for prose-
cutting which our islands are SO well located.
There is capital now lying idle here, sufficient to
fit out a dozen whalers, if proper encouragement
is given to the enterprise.
The average price of sperm and whale oils and
of bone during the past four gears IN New York,
in currency has been sperm, 1926 whale oil,
81, Is whale bone, Sl,i6. There is every prob
ability that the value during the next four years
will be profitable. though perhaps not SO large.
The library of cancelled notes in the Bank of
England contains more than sixteen thousand box
es. about one foot in height and breadth aud Is
inches in length. In these are bundles of assorted
notes. and on the outsid. is painted certain letters
and figures. which tell to the officers of the Bank
the date and rank of the defunct. The number of
notes kept there is about one hundred millions,
and their mammal value is c. ono OOO 600