The New York herald., 1874-01-15
THE WHALE FISHERY FOR 1873.


Valuable Statistics OF the Trade-Condf-
tion OF the Flsets-The Total Product.
The New Bedford Standard OF the 18th has re.
view OF tue whale fishery Tor last year. from which
1t appears that during that period "a vessels
have returned to home ports, having completed
their voyages, aud yet The number which resulted
proftably TO their owners would be a very small
proportion, many only paying expenses, and many
more losing money.
The Standard says:-
OF the rs to 30 vessels to return TO port, exclu-
sive oil the North Atlantic schooners, rom present
appearances, not over ha Will be again fitted, ana
'oi those IN port here at present t2i vesses) not
more than one-Qual ter VIII be sent to sea. AT
New Lpnoon sae seven vessels IN port are ast a ST or
schooners 10 sea. The sperm whalers nave oeen
fairly successful In the North Atlantic the pest
catches were made oy baiks ONO Commodore
motifs, Ploneer, lamerlane and President IN ne
South Atlantic barKs Anarew HICKS Greyhound
and Palmetto dio well, but otherwise the catcn
was small. In the south Pacific, on New Zealand
the past season was lailure; but one vessel barK
,ha ter ald Well taxing 100 oarre's re sn ar,ca v ~
there was alr catch barks mary and susan,
seine. John Carver aud Courser getting good cuts.
In the Indian Ocean ana the SOOl0O sea the sue
cess was not up 10 me average OF previous years.
In humpbacklng, III winch many sperm whalels
the est lndivs III tue south Pacific and In Panama
Bay, there was GOOD success, especially on the
coast OF Africa ana III the Bay OF Panama.
The Standard puts the yield In Hudson Bay
rels for 1873; on The Crozets, 9,540 barrels.
The Arctic neet the past year numbered SO YES
sells, and two went into toe Och0tsk Sea, the first
since 1870 o. This northern feet OF IS vessels 20
were American. Hawaiian, British and | Rus
sian. Unpreceue ntedJ good weather and clear
had until the firsG part october, but,
than SIX vessels did not take whale, although
they oil secured walrus Oil. The whole neet TOOK
a6oI, soS sx 3D. barrels hale OIL $500 barrels ARE t Waus e.
sells which visited the Ochotsk Sea-barks Live
Oak and Tugur thussian) took, the former !, 600
barrels oil and 1900 pounds OF bone part OF this
however, was secured IN the Japan sea on the
passage up), aud the last named formerly the
1900 pounds bone Nineteen OF the neet went to
Honolulu TO recruit and snip OIL the balance Is
bs 70 aI Vear The
neet took ior the year 6l1 barrels.
The Arctic neet the coming year VIII number n
vessels all told, including both British vessels
whlcn went north the past season, although they
did not secure even "oanket piece." Not SIN
gle northern whaler has Oeen sent from an Attain
nc port the past year, and therefore the feet the
coming year Will embrace only those vessels winch
do not come home. with perhaps one or two from
The North and South Atlantic sperm whaling
eet the coming year VIII number about SO vessels,
exclusive OF home ara ana Ou ward bound vessels
frOm and To other seas. The number cruising in
the indian can, the SoolO0 Sea and on the New
Holland ground Will be about 20 vessels On the
New Zealand ground about l0 vessels on the west
coast OF south America less than 10.
The importations oi catchlngs the past year
were 3S, coo barrels sperm OIL 38, 64 barrels wnaie
oil and 1876, 00O pounds whale0One, being decrease
OF 6788 barrels sperm oil, an increase OF A874 bar
res whale oil and decrease or 1876 pounds
vhaebone compared with the catchings of 1872
The Standard loots up the total product at
1872 barrels against 2os75 barrels Tor 1872 and
gemarks:-
The exports to foreign countries the past year
have been 16. .23s barrels sperm oil, l53 barrels
ports IN 1872 were 24,344 barrels sperm Oil, 1923
barrels whale oil and 177,032 pounds whalebOne
No not hAnra m nj nOtIY
be partially accounted Tor In the act that on the
LIST OF January, 1873, there was stock in London
OF $50 tons, whereas on the LIST inst. the market
there was BARE
The home consumption during the past year has
been 20SSS barreis sperm OIL 49, S41 barrels whale
Oil and 143,955 pounds Oh whalebOne. In 1872 the
consumption was 24,S04 barrels sperm OIL, As, SAT
barrels whale Oil and 90, 744 pounds of whalebone.
There are about le, 900 barrels sperm oil board
vessels at sea, about 10000 barrels less than on
board at the same time last year. The stock Of
sperm oil, whale Oil and whalebone In first hands
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