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Show 1 Daclloa of Amarlron VVhtllns. j In the last half century the Amerl-an Amerl-an whaling; Industry has declined tre-l tre-l mcndously. In 1810 there were em-i em-i ployed In the American whalo fishery S0 barks nnd ships, thlrtyfour brigs and twenty-two schooners, with a total ' tonnage or 233,202. Today In this Industry In-dustry there aro only twcnty-ieven ships and harks and thirteen schooners, schoon-ers, with a total tonnage of only 8,740. The greatest tonnage sails from tho i port of New Bedford, Mass., being ! nearly half tho entire whaling ton-nago ton-nago of America today. Close behind 1 comes San Francisco, while tho only other whaling ports aro Hoston and Trovlncetown, with only eight schoon-a schoon-a ri botwecn them. New London, Conn., 5 had a brig In tho business, the Itosa A Ilaker, but last year alio was wrecked 1 p. . t Fort Stanley, Falkland Islands. Tho 1 ' reduction In American tonnage con-1 con-1 1 tlnifcs, that for Inst year being 1,724 j tons. All the Idle vessels that had re-J re-J ' malned In port for two years or more 3 ( vera sold. M ,1 |