An
item referred to a letter written by captain Grant on 10 November 1872 on board
of the Niger of New Bedford in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand reporting a cast in the previous season of
930 barrels humpback oil. He received tidings on 20 October that the James
Arnould captain Briggs had a catch during her last voyage of 90 barrels sperm
and 1.300 barrels humpback oil and the bark Abraham Barker a similar catch,
both ships of New Bedford.
