An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands Sunday 17th reported that the Maatschappij van Reederij tot de walvischvangst in the Zuidzee with as directors Gebrs. Reefs fitted out for the second time a whaler which would depart on short notice. The frigate Zuidpool captain T.A. Brunn and with a crew of 36 men was lying on the Y. More as a year ago was the Anna en Louisa fitted out which according to a tiding dated 13th January was in the Moluccas catching one sperm whale.