NEW ZEALAND WHALE FISHERIES.
The following is a corected account of the Shore Whale Fisheries for the year 1844, which will be found to differ in some respecta irom ihatrinsejted in our .first nuig^er,.
We may add as news connected with' this subject, that the barqie Broughwt, which has long been engaged in the trade of this settlement, has been fitted out as a whaler for the South Seas, and sailed from England shortly after the Caledonia.
Married. — On Thursday, the 20th instant, at the Episcopal Church, by the Reverend Robert Cole, Mr. Henry Tayhr, to Mrs. Eastough.
New Zealand Produce. — We extract the ' following prices of New Zealand produce from the circular of one of the first houses in London, dated this day ; so that the utmost reliance may be placed upon the information given. Sperm Oil and Head matter, . . £90 0 Do. American, 88 0 Southern Whale and Elephant Oil, pale, in casks * ;•...-•* 33 "15 Do, d.i. 2nd quality, .... 3s* Northern Whale, ene c .sits, none. Pule Seal Oil in casks, 34 Refined Spermaceti, Is. lOd. per lb. Whalebone, Northern, per ton,. .£350 0 Do. Southern, do 290 0 Flax, from the bad sta'e in which it is shipped, has not produced more than £15 per ton. If *ent well packed and of good quality, it wil bring a much higher price. Several parcels have been taken by the Dundee manufacturers. Fnrniture Timbers are much admired, and bid fair to be in general request. Some parcels have lately realised high prices, in veneers.
Stations. "No. . Bo«t» Np. Men iTonii iiona •ftone Owners. Eitsf Coast. Waikokabo .. Wairo i .#.... Waikardi .... Wangawi .... Wanonga .... Mawai ...... Toka morn.... Cape Runaway West Coast Taranaki .... Kapitr...!..^. Mana^..i. a.. Q. C. Suund . ■ Cloudy Bay . . Cloudy Bay .. Cloudy Bay. Kaikora Kaikora Kaikora Port Cooper . . Ekolaki Goasbore .... Peraki Moiraki Waikow;iite .. Tyree Toutook .-..*• Bluff Jacob's River Cbatbamlbland Ellis. Morrison Morris Brown Mansfield Lewis . Rabin srton Webster Barrett - - Gillett , Tom* Frazer Toms Toms Williams Dogherty Guard Fyfe Nfurrajr Ames Price Woods Hemplem. Hughes Jones Chaseland Palmer Stirling 1 Howell ./ Johnson 3 3 4 3 2 2 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 4 5 4 3 4 1 2 2 3 2 3P 2f 3C 2C 15 15 21 30 15 _-4Q 8 15 15 24 26 W 35 40 30 30 35 8 16 16 25 16 93 27 20 8 11 .3 12 , 5 28 UQ 24 6 15 17 23 60 28 72 85 26 110 85 9 10 40 45 25 4 I 1 I * II v 5 * H \ 2i li 3 i-'i 5 4 \ h 2 n 6 50 10 4 2 10 7 i i I i 85 67a lil3ll I 47|
Shors whaling parties flitted ont during the season 1844, with the catch of the season :-— *
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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume I, Issue 20, 22 February 1845, Page 2
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467NEW ZEALAND WHALE FISHERIES. New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume I, Issue 20, 22 February 1845, Page 2
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