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Sunday, 8 February 2026

Value of the American whaler Orozimbo and her cargo on 24 October 1844

According to a report of Mr. G.D. Gilman of American whalers with a total value of 1,010,240 US dollars berthed at Honolulu, Hawaii on 24 October 1844 was the value of the American whaler Orozimbo as she now floats 16,000 US dollars, loaded with 3,800 barrels of whale oil, value 30,400 US dollars, loaded with 230 barrels of sperm oil, value 4,600 US dollars, loaded with 40,000 shp bone, value 8,800 US dollars. Total value 59,800 US dollars.

Source

Robert Crichton Wyllie, Esquire. Notes on the shipping, trade, agriculture, diseases...of the Sandwich or Hawaiian Islands published in the monthly numbers of the The Friend, from May to December. Honolulu, 1845. 

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