---------------+--------+--------+--------+---------+--------+-------- Places. | Ships. | Barks. | Brigs. | Sch'rs. | Total. | Tonn. ---------------+--------+--------+--------+---------+--------+-------- New Bedford | 209[*] | 128[*] | | | 337 | 122,000 Dartmouth | 4 | 6 | | | 10 | 2,698 Sippican | | | | 3 | 3 | 319 Westport | | 17 | | | 17 | 3,989 Wareham | 1 | | | | 1 | 347 Sandwich | | 1 | 1 | | 2 | 292 Fairhaven | 36 | 12 | | 1 | 49 | 15,927 Mattapoisett | 1 | 10 | | 1 | 12 | 3,281 Nantucket | 32 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 12,860 Edgartown | 10 | 4 | | 3 | 17 | 4,986 Holmes's Hole | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1,349 Falmouth | 2 | 1 | | | 3 | 1,111 Provincetown | 1 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 22 | 2,792 Orleans | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 638 Beverly | | 3 | | | 3 | 616 Salem | | 1 | | | 1 | 323 Lynn | | 1 | | | 1 | 216 Fall River | | 3 | | | 3 | 814 Warren, R.I. | 5 | 10 | | | 15 | 5,025 Newport | | 4 | | | 4 | 1,206 Providence | 1 | | | | 1 | 298 New London | 32 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 63 | 19,176 Stonington | 3 | 3 | | | 6 | 1,949 Greenport | 3 | 7 | | | 10 | 2,958 Mystic | 4 | 2 | | | 6 | 1,840 Sag Harbor | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 5,252 Cold Spring | 3 | 2 | | | 5 | 2,129 San Francisco | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 2,500 ---------------+--------+--------+--------+---------+--------+-------- [*] Ships reckoned at 400 tons, and barks at 300. The whole number of vessels employed in the whale fishery in this country, as before reported, is 670 Number of ships, 358 Number of barks, 259 Number of brigs 17 Number of schooners 46 The tonnage may be put down at 220,000. Value of property, at $100 per ton, $20,000,000.
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