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claim, right or title to the lessees therein and thereto, and thereafter this lease shall cease and determine twelve months after the date of the receipt of such notice by the
lessees.
Should the Government exercise the right reserved to it under this clause, com- pensation shall be paid to the lessees for the loss or damage sustained by the lessees by reason of the determination of this lease in addition to compensation for buildings erected and improvements effected by them on the land hereby leased, and the amount of such compensation shall be determined by agreement between the parties, or in default thereof, by arbitration, provided that the payment of compensation for the buildings and improvements shall be on the basis of their then value and shall in no case exceed their actual cost, and that compensation for disturbance and otherwise shall in no case exceed ten years' rent calculated on the basis of the rent payable under the agreement for the last period of the lease.
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If the rent hereby reserved or any part thereof shall be in arrear or unpaid for one month after the days hereinbefore appointed for payment thereof, or if the lease or any interest therein shall be ceded or assigned contrary to the provisions made in that behalf, or in any case of any breach or non-performance by the lessees of any of the conditions herein contained, if, except as otherwise specially provided, after four weeks' notice to remedy such default as last aforesaid, the lessees fail to do so, it shall be lawful for the Government to declare this lease terminated on nine months' notice in writing, and at the expiry of such notice to re-enter into and upon the leased premises and the same to have again, re-possess and enjoy as in their former state. The lessees shall be at liberty to remove all buildings and erec- tions at any time during the continuance of this lease or of the renewal thereof subject to prior payment of any claim for rent, providing always that if the lease is cancelled by Government for any reason beyond the lessees' control, rent shall be charged only for such period as they have been occupying the site.
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Upon the expiry of the lease by the effluxion of time the site shall revert to Government. The lessees shall, however, be allowed, subject to prior payment of rent due or to become due, and to payment of any legal claim which the Government may have, to remove any machinery and moveable plant or buildings, provided that such removal be effected within one month after the determination of this lease and that the surface of the land be not injured by such removal.
The lessees shall, at the expiry of this lease, restore the land as near as may be to its present state to the satisfaction of the Government.
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SIR,
No. 18A.
COMMANDER F. E. K. STRONG to ADMIRALTY. (Received in Colonial Office, 29 January, 1913.)
Dwarf," St. Paul de Loanda,
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H.M.S.
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1st December, 1912.
A detailed report on the subject of the Whaling Stations on the West Coast of Africa is enclosed.
Since writing this report I have been informed by the Consul of St. Paul de Loanda that there is probably to be a conference in Europe on this subject, so that the statistics which I have been able to obtain may probably prove useful.
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I have, &c.,
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F. E. K. STRONG, Lieutenant and Commander and Senior Naval Officer,
West Coast of Africa.
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Enclosure in No. 18A.
REPORT ON WHALING STATIONS ON THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA.
The following information has been obtained from :—
(1) Señor Telles d'Oliveirs, Portuguese owner of fishing station at Elephant
Bay.
(2) Mr. R. Radich, agent for the whaling companies at Mossamedes and l'ort
Alexander.
(3) Captain of the s.s. Restitution," British floating whale factory at Port
Alexander and Mossamedes.
The whales which are found on the West Coast are:-
(1) Sperm Whales;
(2) Black humpbacked whales;
(3) Blue whales.
Of these by far the greatest number are the humpbacked whales, and these come up from the South Polar seas on their way to the Bay of Biafra, where they breed each year.
They are on their northward run from May till the end of July, and on their return journey from the middle of August until the middle of November.
They usually follow the line of the coast and do not go more than about twelve miles out.
The sperm whales are found from April until August between Cape St. Mary and Espiegle Bay—about 40 miles out from the coast. Very much does not appear
to be known, however, of their exact seasons or destination.
One sperm whale will produce about:-
20 barrels of oil at £60 a ton;
40 barrels of oil at £30 a ton.
Total value of one sperm whale is about £450.
One humpbacked whale will produce 22 barrels of oil:
First-class oil from the blubber is valued at £21 a ton; Second-class oil from the bone, tongue, and fat, £18 a ton; Third-class oil from the meat, £16 a ton.
Six barrels go to a ton.
The value of the products from one whale is roughly as follows :—
Oil from the blubber
Oil from the carcase
Guano from the remainder
£50 to £60
£25 to £30 £24 to £25
This means the total value of one humpbacked whale is from £99 to £115, of which £50 is thrown away if the carcase is not used.
Whaling has been carried on on the coast of Angola on a small scale for many years by American schooners from New Providence and New Bedford, with crews composed of l'ortuguese subjects recruited from the Azores and Cape Verde Islands. These schooners went in only for the sperm whales.
It was in 1909 that the first floating factory with steam whalers appeared on the coast and wholesale destruction of the black whales commenced.
In that year
one Norwegian steamer came to Port Alexander at the end of July, and killed about 270 whales. In 1910 the same company came to Port Alexander and were licensed by the Portuguese Government also one Portuguese steamer commenced at Mossa- medes and killed about 850 whales.
In 1911 there was one Norwegian company at Lobito, one at Elephant Bay, one at Port Alexander, one at Great Fish Bay, and one Portuguese company at Mossa- medes. About 4,000 whales altogether were killed.
During this year (1912) eight companies have been working, and are comprised as follows:
Cape Lopez (French Congo).—One Norwegian company.
One large steamer and three steam whalers.
About 600 killed and probably all the carcases thrown away. Elephant Boy (Angola). Two Norwegian companies.
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