On 10 September 1825 Captain Henry Row passed within 40 miles from some islands at 6°47′N 158°1′E / 6.783°N 158.017°E / 6.783; 158.017 as he was sailing from New South Wales to Canton.

John Bull, Captain Lewis, arrived back at Sydney on 20 May 1828 with 145 tons of sperm oil.

[8] The cargo was sold to the London market at £74 per ton (Imperial measure), yielding a profit of £3-4000 pounds.

John Bull, Salmon, master, of 176 tons (bm), sailed for the sperm fishery again on 19 October.

A later report stated that she had been seen off Japan; she had poor results, and her chief mate had died in a fall from her yards.

[11] Asia, Stead, master, carried the whale oil that John Bull had gathered back to England for the London market.