The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-11-17
Arctic Whaling Fleet of 1855.

! Between November 10, 1884, aud March 81,
| 1885, there were Al vessels despatched from
San Francisco on whaling voyage, to the north
| there were also fur vessels sent out from
| New Bedford 10 join the feet in the Arctic,
under instructions 10 make San Francisco in
the winter This gives a total Of is vessels
in the Arctic to rendezvous here this season.
The full list is as follows:
Alliance (stmr,) Arnolda, Atlantic, Ame-
thys;, Abram Barker, Andrew Hicks, Belena
(sunr,J Belvidere (stmr.) Bounding Billow,
Clara Light, Coral. Dawn, Eliza. Empia F.
Harrison. Europa, Fleetwing, Francis Palmer,
Glzelle, George s. Susan, Golden Fleece, Helen
Mar, Hidalgo, Hunter, james A. Garfield, J.
A Rowland, A. Hamilton, Josephine, Lu-
cretia (stmr) Lydia, Mary & Helen (stmr,)
Mary and Susan, Mars, Mabel, Napoleon, Mar
whal (stmr,) Northern Light, Ocean, Ohio,
0rca (stmr,l Page, Rainbow, Reindeer, Sea
Breeze, STEAMBOAT, Thomas Pope. Thrasher
(stmr,) Wanderer, Young Phoenix.
The foregoing list comprises 4s vessels, in
Guiding tenders to the feet, divided as follows:
Sail vessels, 40, / sos tons; steamers, eight,
1857 tons: totals, forty-eighI vessels, 1922
tons.
The season for taking whales in the Arctic
is now over, and most Of the vessels are be-
ilbNGA 10 uc hcdtlGu luis WY AuV lSC hlil-
gers arc too great 10 remain any longer in that
region. The picture of forty or more whalers
heading for Sln Francisco from the Arctic
with towering icebergs in the background is
not altogether a picture Of fancy at this time.
Some Of the feet have already arrived. The
first to report was the schooner Jlmss a. Gar
feH, a tender of one Of tie larger vessels,
which arrived here August 9Th, with 200
bbls oil and 81 900 lbs bone. The next vessel
to arrive was the bark Th,mds Pope, also
tender to the fleet, which came in on the oath
August, with 5l7 bbls oil and 10000 lbs.
bone, Two days later the schooner Golden
Fleece arrived with 1856 bbls oil and $4,000 lbs.
bone. This vessel was also tender to the
feet The first Of the actual whalers to arrive
WIS the bark Coral on the 4th of October with
| $50 bbls oil aud 10000 lbs. bone. This is
considered a full cargo Tor vessel OF that
style. The next and last of the feet to arrive
up to date was the steamer Alliance, on the
18th of October. This vessel brought only
800 lbs bone. She was formerly employed on
the Columbia River but purchased last
spring BY James McKenna OF this city, and
was the last Of the feet to leave here for the
north. having sailed March 2lst. The receipts
for the season to date have been 1868 bbls.
oil, 237, 900 lbs whaleboue and 25O pounds
ivory.
The last advices from the Arctic are to Sep
TENDER 10th. The season had been cold and
rough, but all tie vessels heard from caught
one or more whales, except one. Ali the yes
sells were out of the ice at that time, and it
vas expected to break camp about the 10Th of
October Three total losses were reported
among the feet. The bark Napoleon, owned
at New Bedford, was stove in by the ice in the
Behring Sea, May 9Th. The George & Susan
and Mabel, owned at Marbehead, were driven
ashore aud abandoned August 10th. These
vessels will therefore no; return. 1t is pos
sibe that some others will not return to this
port, either because of disaster or because Or
dered to New Bedford. Most of the feet,
however, will come here to discharge and reft
In the next thirty days we may expect quite
number of these whalers.-.S f. Bulletin