The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-11-08
MEMORANDA
Whaling Reports, Fall Seas.

Whaling Reports, Fall Sea-on 1873.
The following is 4 summary Of the reports received OF ships
yet 10 arrive at this port:
Arnolda, 8 whales, go bbIs walrus. 800 lbs ivory
II Illinois, 8 whales, 100 bbIs waIrus, ASSOC lbs bone.
Jas Allen, 5 whales. ESQ VIII between seasons) 100 bbls wal
AJays %, 1So bSs whale, 30 bsls walrus, 50 rs ivory
bANaanlus, 2 whales, 40 bbLs walrus, 200 rs bone.
tOnward, 9 whales, 500 bbls walrus, 1,JoO tbs ivory
Advenrurer, Of sydney, clean.
Capt smith, Of the Northern Light, informs Us that whales
I y the Arctic average about seventy barrels each; walrus
About 20 gallons Zach To every hundred barrels Of polar oil
- generally reekoned 1,SOO rs Of bone; 800 fbs Of ivory to
the hundred barrels Of waIrus oil
REPoRr o. BKRK BARTHOLOMEW GOsNOLD,J J. VI WILLIS,
MAsrER-Len HOuoIalu Dec 4th, 1872, and touched at Ebon
and stroug's Island Cuised OF Bouka Island and took I4O
bbls sperm. April al, 1873, LEFT Yokohama; arrived up 10
The zee MAY s ss s HAVING : aseS5e 1 FIra, winds Az te pas las
strong winds and cold weather, but good in July and Aug all
" Sept blowing, but warm for the latitude. sept 25th had
strong gales until Oct "a. and were blown on the ground.
shaped our course for the straits, passing Cape Prince Of
Wales Oct 4th, through Fox Islands Oct 10Th have had
moderate winds since leaving Fox Islands This season in
the Arctic has been very free from ice, and whales very scarce;
In Honolulu Tuesday, Oct 2Sth.
REPORT OF SCHOONER KoSA PAcKET, KING, MASTER
sailed from Petr0paulsh Sept 9th, and had light winds from
INV until 3Oth, when we met n severe Sc gale. Oct Ist
the wind veered 20 NV, and continued 20 blow from that
quarter ill the Oct 9th then had light and battling winds
10 the Ian, when we encountered a perfect hurricane, the
wind blowing from $, INV, and all round the compass.
split all our sails and stove two boats From the 2d to the
18th had q gale from ESE, then light winds from the > and
TrWelI, OF London, from Newcastle bound TO San Francisco.
der on The 3Ist had light trades. sighted MoIokai the same
day, distance fifteen miles, and came into port during the AZ
tsrnoon-S5 days passage
REPoRT OF BARK Active, T. G. CAMPBELL. MAsrEE.-
Len Honolulu 9Th Nov, ISL and cruIsed of New Ireland
and BOruka the between seasons Saw whales twice, and took
six, making 10 barrels Recruited ship at Ascension Island
~ st1,cs On oki-siTi Island but GOT OF in n s m1 Iims
wi,d being E0hr anil water smooth . no DAMAGE done 10 the
ship The island was made twenty miles south Of the posi-
June and Point Barrow 18th July, in company with twenty Of
the other vessels. There were a few whales Oh the point, but
then went TO Herald Island found n few whales, but very
shy bad weather and snow squalls every day TINS has been
gone further. The natives report \ very mild winter last year.
passed Cape East on the 10th and Fox Islands I5Ih. In LAT
SOC n had 4 brisk soltherly gale Took the easterIy winds
light, arriving in Honolulu Sunday, Nov I'd
Report OF BARK NoRTHzRS LIGHT, c. L. SMITH, MAS
TER.-Had 4 very windy AMI oggy season in the Arctic, but
v y4 y 1u sSi !. tSoE he frst one Aug 18th. the last Oct Ion. fus
in all, making $50 bbh, five hundred walus making 400 bbls.
10 this port, arriving wednesday, Nov SIN. Oct sd, on board,
R~eaIehania, a Hawaiian seaman, died OF consumption
REPORT OF SCHOONER FANNY, YOUNG, MAsrER-Len
Honolulu 18th July, and called at U~Iupaakua was Il days
from there to Tutuila- Had fine weather the whole passage.
way up Arrived in Honolulu Wednesday, Nov 5th-
REPoEr OF BARN FARAwAY, THos. II. MORTON. MASTER.
Len Honolulu July 18th, had fine passage 10 lat 4ae pass
Ell through the straits On the 18th Aug, made the ice on the
2Ist. Int re 10, long 1885 40 Up to sept 18th saw very
few whales on that date saw quite n show Of whales, appaT-
entity still. but bad weather, n gale from WSW, very rugged
and could not lower the boats on the leth saw whales and
lowered for them missed one seeing no more Tor Z or >
laws kept OF for Herald Island on the 18th took a gale from
EsEs Tbtch lasted an the 10Th. when we found ourselves avav
20 the westward Of the Big River Oct 1st, thick weather,
wind strong from the north ; On the ID passed out the straits
in company with another ship, unknown on the 9th made 80
Mathews Island and saw quite 4 show Of right whales gale
Of wind and very Tusged az the time lowered, but could not
get 20 the whales on the sth, missed one staid there I OF
; days waiting for good weather but found none kept on for
the - passage, finding 10 was no use stopping any longer On
the 18th. in lat 550, long NE So, took 4 heavy gale from
the south 10 blew n hurricane with n heavy sea on, ship IN
der close reefed maintoPsaii q sea struck the ship and took
the starboard bow boat with everything attached the star
board boat went also, the davits breaking down, but We sue
ceeded In saving the boat in a shattered state the ship labor
ing hard az midnight lost fore topmast staysal, fore and
main staysal and damaged several other sails the heaviest
q the gale lasted about o hours, the barometer down 70 q
and I-lOth : on the 18th took another gale from the NV in
lat 54e 2S, long 1T2e, in which We lost two more boats,
started uD about 90 feet Of the main rail and took of three
davits on the Iarboard side, and carried away the crane OF the
main topsaiI yard On the 18th took another gale from Sc in
sfght Of Seguam, which lasted 20 hours on the 2Ist passed
9at ny Seguam under double reefed topsals with n strong