| Show WHALES WIMM MAY BECOME EXTINCT industry overworked S ys british expert uriel t legislation against further lienbing li nang enting of whales Whale Present rate of e killing wilt will see jn another decade jonk jon K it he the killing lill lint of whales at the prie present sent rate ahey hey be P exterminated before another is 1 tile warning glen ell en by sir M P harmer V F IL S director P 14 tural history apartment lepart ment of the museum niu senin milecent invest lea 0 wa tin led out la in the whaling areas has u leluc thu thi he kyl aft ia industry has sur survived vired 4 the time of alfred the great r tt the tact act that there hae has never a il year ar known when acres nt of H dd fl not leave the ports of ens eng co spi ud and scandinavia nATIS to hunt the m ea animals sir sidney declared in a recent address in till which be he urged initiation legislation against further renting tenting of whale whales the greenland variety of the whale Is 1 already thought to be extinct and the hunting of the last few year years lias ila been confined almost entirely to th the southern seas ahe profits derived from the killing of thes cetaceans are enormous and they increase inmate yearly as a the retail price of the oil and bone increases Inc lac reuses A fair sized whale while aas a ton toll of whale bime in its mouth which alone Is horth it also produces about 50 30 tons of oil od worth about a ton tm in the seaon season of 1915 10 the oil oll pro from antarctic whaling stations was skow 6 barrels or about M K tons during the tb war this oil was nihed as at of vital importance in the manufacture of it Is now used in the making of soap the whales caught today 1 tf 1 e ere are a species of quals or fin on whales the blue whale and the sperm whale hale the latter the hunting of Is principally confined tn to amed rons cons not only pires gives perm sperm oil but often contains cont alna ambergris ambecK ria which ll 11 old sold at 20 an ounce and used in the perfumery trade the oil used for lubricating the wheel wheels of watches cornea comes froni frow ho the dolphin and Is I 1 the finest anest oil known |
