In the chapter Asiac Intelligence-Australasia was on page 179 some attention paid to whaling in New Zealand
“With regard to the whaling establishments in New Zealand, it may be observed, that, as they are of use only for about four months in the year, they are not likely to become permanent, unless combined with some other pursuit for the summer season. And from the destructive nature of the fishery (the females being killed at the time of calving), the trade cannot last many years; but, like the sealing, will eventually fail from extermination, or from the desertion of the land by the harassed animals. The fishery is confined to the Middle and Stewart’s Islands, the whales not being found north of Cook’s Straits.”
Source
The Asiatic Journal and monthly register for British and foreign India, China and Australasia. Digitized by GoogleBooks.
“With regard to the whaling establishments in New Zealand, it may be observed, that, as they are of use only for about four months in the year, they are not likely to become permanent, unless combined with some other pursuit for the summer season. And from the destructive nature of the fishery (the females being killed at the time of calving), the trade cannot last many years; but, like the sealing, will eventually fail from extermination, or from the desertion of the land by the harassed animals. The fishery is confined to the Middle and Stewart’s Islands, the whales not being found north of Cook’s Straits.”
Source
The Asiatic Journal and monthly register for British and foreign India, China and Australasia. Digitized by GoogleBooks.
