1882 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



It is inipossible'to conceive a clearer proof that the consumer and not 

 the producer had to bear the burden of the duty, and not only that, but 

 an equivalent burden upon every barrel of mackerel caught and landed 

 by the United States mackerel vessels during the existence of that duty, 

 'in the evidence adduced on behalf of Her Majesty's Government this 

 point bas been established beyond possibility of refutation. The aver- 

 age prices obtained by the following firms, viz, A. H. Crowe, Lawson & 

 Harrington, and Young, Hart & Co., in gold, at Halifax, afterpayment 

 of duties and all other charges, are given by the various witnesses as 

 follows, the sales beingjmade in all cases to United States buyers : 



British evidence. 

 1861-1866 (DURING RECIPROCITY). 



P. 424, A. H. Crowe No. 1. $13 12 Ho. 2. $375 No. 3. $6 65 



P. 419, Lawson & Harrington No. 1. 12 78 No. 2. 7 98 No. 3. 6 73 



P. 425, Young, Hart & Co No. 1. 1266 No. 2. 854 No. 3. 604 



Average prices 1285 842 647 



1866-1873 (DUTIABLE PERIOD). 



P. 424, A. H. Crowe No. 1. $13 05 No. 2. $9 43 No. 3. $6 55 



P. 419, Lawson & Harrington No. 1. 1330 No. 2. 983 No. 3. 663 



P. 425, Yonng, Hart & Co No. 1. 14 46 No. 2. 10 62 No. 3. 6 28 



Average" prices 1360 996 649 



1873-1877 (DURING WASHINGTON TREATY). 



P. 424, A. H. Crowe No. 1. $12 37 No. 2. $10 00 No. 3. $8 00 



25 No. 2. 8 62 No. 3. 7 46 



81 No. 2. 9 39 No. 3. 7 18 



P. 419, Lawson & Harrington ".'NO.' 1.' 12 25 No. 2. 8 62 No. 3. 7 46 



P. 425, Young, Hart & Co No. 1. 12 



Average prices 1247 933 705 



It will be observed, then, that the Halifax merchants had to submit 

 to no decline in price from 1866 to 1873. 



The evidence adduced on behalf of the United States proves the 

 prices at which mackerel caught by United States vessels in the Bay of 

 St. Lawrence during these same periods were valued, on settling with 

 the crews (exclusive of the cost and profits of packing, which would 

 have increased the prices by $2 per barrel), to have been as follows : 



