New Zealand shore whaling station Rakituma or Preservation 1829-1836

South of the Banks Peninsula, South Islands, New Zealand. Owner/Superintendent William 1829-1833 and J. Jones and W. Palmer

Results in 1829, 3 employed boats, 120 tuns of oil

Results in 1830, 4 employed boats, 143 tuns of oil

Results in 1831, 4 employed boats, 152 tuns of oil

Results in 1832, 4 employed boats, 115 tuns of oil

Results in 1833, 4 employed boats, 156 tuns of oil

Results in 1834, 3 employed boats, 114 tuns of oil

Results in 1835, 4 employed boats, 46 whales caught, 176 tuns of oil

Results in 1836, 5 employed boats, 45 whales caught, 170 tuns of oil

Source

Handbook of the Fishes of New Zealand. R.A.A. Sherrin, 1886