The whale is worth mote money than any other living- creature For this reason it is hunted unceasingly, and if tho present rate of destruction continues our grandchildren may look upon it as an exliiW monster. A single Greenland whale will have it» its mouth about a ton of whalebone, which alone is worth from £ISOO to £2OOO. From its blubber 25 tons of oil may be obtained. As whale oil fetches £2O a ton, this represents another £SOO.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3611, 29 May 1923, Page 41
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