Towns > Dundee > 1822 - Dundee delineated; or, A history and description of that town, its institutions, manufactures and commerce

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At this present time there are 158 vessels be-
longing to the port; measuring 16,572 tons, and na- j
vigated by 1,361 seamen. There are seven shipping
companies, — all in. a thriving state. The Whale
Fishing Companies employ ten vessels, the par- I
ticulars of which will be seen in the annexed ship- I
ping list : they are all well found in stores of every
kind; and in general have been very fortunate. I
The trade, however, on account of the number of
vessels employed in it from the ports of England
and Scotland, is rather carried on too extensively; \
affording a supply of oil beyond the demand, and li
consequently sold at a price below what is suffi-
cent to give a profitable return for the capital re-
quired lor conducting the fishery.
There are two shipping companies for the Lon-
don trade. The vessels sail regularly twice every
week, both from London and Dundee. Goods are
most carefully attended to ; and there is elegant
accommodation for passengers. — There are, be-
sides, shipping companies which send regular ves-
sels to Hull, Newcastle, Leith, Aberdeen, and
Glasgow : and numerous smaller vessels are in con*
stant employment, to convey the different manu-
factures of the place coastwise ; and to import coals
to supply the demand of the inhabitants, and of
the numerous steam-engines, which have been built
lately, for driving the mills employed in the spin-
ning of flax. The lime, imported in great quanti-
ties from the ports in the Forth, and from the Tyne
and the Wear, for the purposes of building and ag-
riculture, employs a number of vessels in the season.
The different ports of Holland, at one period,