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Show llMll.ltll'.S lllslSlsS. CCNtl'S bulletlu 123 contains statistics lepn-sentlng thoi- business done out of United States jart In ldSaiu the whale, fur seal, and sea otter fisheries. The capital luvesteU In tho tiiglo or ocean whale fishery was $1,013,275, III the ahoru while llshery $13,001, and the fur-Hal nnd sia otter fishery $152,75;. There wero lot vessels employed In the whale fishery, aggregating 22,000 tons, and valued at $1,701, 173. As compared wltlilSSOauYareaieof 41 per cent Is shown In tho number of vessels, of 42 per cent, lu tho net tounage, and of 33 per cent, lu tho value of isuls, Including outfits and apparatus. The total numberol tarsona employed til. Ihe whalo flshiry was 3,017, III shoro whaling 74, and lu tho fur sial and sen otter fishery 422, making a gran I total of 3,61.1. The whale fleet was distributed ns follows: Hehrlug Hen nnd Arctic Omn 42, Atlintlo fin, Okhotsk and Japan 0, Hiuth 1'aol flu 8, Iudlau Ocean 0, Of thiso vessels Now lledford sunt out 37, Han Fianclsco 27, 1'rovlucrtown, Mm., 0, Udgartown, Mass., 3, New 1indon an I Htonlug-ton, Htonlug-ton, Conn., two each, and Hoeton 1, |