REVISED SCALE OF COMMISSIONS AND BROKERAGES, ADOPTED BY THE SHANGHAI GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD 28TH MARCH, 1888
Purchasing Tea, Raw Silk, Opium, and Cotton.......
Do.
DJ.
Do.
Do.
do.
do.
all other Goods and Produce...
Ships, and Real Estate.....
Bullion
if as returns for goo ́s sold..............
Do. Stocks, Shares, Debentures, and other Public Securities..
Selling Ten, Raw Silk, Opium, and Cotton....
Do. all other Goods and Produce
Do. Ships, and Real Estate
b
Do. Stocks, Shares, Debentures, and other Public Securities Inspecting Silk, Tea, or other goods and Produce
Guaranteeing Sales or Remittances, when required..
Do.
Do.
Du.
do. alone......
Remittance alone
Native Bank orders received in payment for Goods....
Drawing, indorsing, or negotiating Bills of Exchange, on approved Bills secured by Credits or
Documents
Realizing Bullion or Bills of Exchange.
Remitting the proceeds of Bullion or Bills of Exchange
24 per cent
2
5
"
1
J
21
"
3
5
1
23
"
2
1
J
1
1
Paying and receiving Moncy in current account
Do. Ships' Disbursements......
Collecting inward Freight
1
21
24
"
Obtaining Freight or Charter, including Brokerage
"
Do.
do.
Entering and/or Clearing
and collecting same Freight, including Brokerage
6
Tls. 100.
(No charge if the commission exceed Tls. 100)
Settlement and payment of Marine Insurance Claims......
On the Amount paid for Average Claims
21 per cent
On the Amount paid for total losses
Taking up Bottomry Bonds
Prosecuting or Defending, successfully, Claims. either at Law or by Arbitration on amount
claimed
Prosecuting or Defending unsuccessfully, on amount claimed
Proving chims, collecting and remitting Dividends, on amount proved...
Managing Estates and Collecting Reuts
Transhipping and Forwarding Jewellery and Bullion.....
Landing or Transhipping Cargo
Selling Cargo ex Ships put into port Damaged
Transhipping or Forwarding Opium.
Goods withdrawn or re-shipped..
Granting Letters of Credit
Interest on cash advances
5
23
>>
2}
02
".
1
5
".
Tls. 2 per chest.
half commission.
1
per cent. 8 **
The foregoing rates to be exclusive of Shroffage, 1 per mil., and Brokerage, when paid; unless otherwise stated.
Brokerage on Bills and Bullion
BROKERAGES.
Do. selling Produce, Metals, and General Merchandize*.
Ship Brokerage for negotiating and completing Charters
Do.
procuring cargo
Brokerage on Shares, Stocks, Debentures, and other Public Securities
* Brokerage to be paid only on Goods actually delivered.
INVOICE
TEA.-BLACK.-Rattans, Mending and Marking
Do.
Boat and Coolie Hire
Godown Rent
GREEN-
do.
CHARGES.
and Matting
O per cent. from seller.
31
1
J
1
1
"
0}
19
from consignees.
from seller.
Chests,
chests. Boxes.
...Cands. 8
5
3
30
20
12
39
8
5
3
多要
2
"
6
**
5
3
12
20
12
Boat and Coolie Hire
Godown Rent
Marking, Mending, Matting and Rattaning
SILK.-Packing and Marking, per bale...
Boat and Coolie Hire
Godown Rent
Fire Insurance
Postages and Petties
12
Municipal Dues, as charged by the Municipal Council.
.75c.
...25c.
.25c.
or for all Tls. 1.0.0
per cent.
1 mille