. A voyage to the arctic in the whaler Aurora. shipssent to the whaling: 1771 England 50 Scotland 9 1773 55 10 1774 65 9 1775 96 9 1776 91 7 1777 77 7 1778 71 5 1779 52 3 1780 50 4 1781 34 5 1782 38 6 1783 47 4 1784 89 7 1785 136 13 1786 162 23 1787 219 31 1788 216 31 1789 133 28 1815 147 Vessels, — Captured 891 ^ ;Vha 1816 146 (1 <( 1,330 1818 157 <i (( 1,208 1820 159 (< (( 1,595 1821 158 « (( 1,438 1823 117 (( « 2,018 1824 111 « « 761 1827 88 it IS 1,162 1831 88 <( (( 454 1833 77 (( « 1,695 1836 61 l( « 70 1845 39 (( « 418 1850 32 (( (( 87 1855 50 (( « 54 1860 51 (( « 99 1865 26
. A voyage to the arctic in the whaler Aurora. shipssent to the whaling: 1771 England 50 Scotland 9 1773 55 10 1774 65 9 1775 96 9 1776 91 7 1777 77 7 1778 71 5 1779 52 3 1780 50 4 1781 34 5 1782 38 6 1783 47 4 1784 89 7 1785 136 13 1786 162 23 1787 219 31 1788 216 31 1789 133 28 1815 147 Vessels, — Captured 891 ^ ;Vha 1816 146 (1 <( 1,330 1818 157 <i (( 1,208 1820 159 (< (( 1,595 1821 158 « (( 1,438 1823 117 (( « 2,018 1824 111 « « 761 1827 88 it IS 1,162 1831 88 <( (( 454 1833 77 (( « 1,695 1836 61 l( « 70 1845 39 (( « 418 1850 32 (( (( 87 1855 50 (( « 54 1860 51 (( « 99 1865 26 (( (( 66 1870 22 « « 86 1875 20 « « 98 1880 19 (( « 12 The whaling was now confined to Dundee andPeterhead, and remained so until 1900, when APPENDIX 223 Peterhead sent her last whaler to sea, and sincethen the industry has been carried on by Dundeealone. In 1733 a bounty of twenty shillings a ton onships over two hundied tons was given by theEnglish Government, and in 1749 this wasdoubled to induce competition with the CO o H •H O•H ?PO 0) oo S Q cd •H1^ CDX!-P O-P 0) cd O> ca CD - University of TorontoLibrary DO NOT REMOVE THE CARD FROM THIS POCKET Acme Library Card PocketLOWE-MARTIN CO. limited i ir III
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