An item reported that the at Dundee, Scotland fitted out screw steam whaler Narwhal with a cargo capacity of 434 tons had in 1872 as catch results while active in Greenland and Davis Strait 4.899 seals, 6 whales, 475 hectolitres seal oil, 928 hectolitres whale oil, total 1.403 litres oil and 4.250 kilo whalebone.