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, aud Cotton.......
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
do.
do.
all other Goods and Produce..
Ships, and Real Estate................
Bullion
if as returns for goods sold..........
Stocks, Shares, Debentures, and other Public Securities.......
Selling Tea, Raw Silk, Opium, and Cotton................
Do. all other Goods and Produce
Do. Ships, and Real Estate
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
Remittancealone
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 Paying and receiving Money in current account
Do. Ships' Disbursements...
Collecting inward Freight
Obtaining Freight or Charter, including Brokerage
Do.
do.
Entering and/or Clearing
and collecting same Freight, including Brokerage
23 per cent
DO
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21
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3
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5
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2
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19
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1
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1
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24
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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
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 claims, collecting and remitting Dividends, on amount proved..
Managing Estates and Collecting Reuts
Transhipping and Forwarding Jewellery aud Bullion....
Landing or Traushipping Cargo
Selling Cargo ex Ships put into port Damaged
Transhipping or Forwarding Opin
Goods withdrawn or re-shipped..
24 per cent.
1
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10
5
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atte
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21
21
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1
5
Tis. 2 per chest.
Granting Letters of Credit
Interest on cash advances
half commission..
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per cent.
8
The foregoing rates to be exclusive of Shroffage, 1 per inil., and Broke rage, 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
from consignees,
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0 per cent. from seller.
1
1
影
19
01
from seller.
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Brokerage to be paid only on Goods actually delivered.
INVOICE CHARGES
Brokerage on Shares, Stocks, Debentures, and other Public Securities
TEA.—BLACK.-Rattans, Mending and Marking
Do.
do.
Boat and Coolie Hire
Godown Rent
GREEN
aut Matting
Chests,
chests. Boxes.
...Cauds. 8
5
8
30
20
12
8
5
3
"
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
1
Municipal Dues, ne obarged by the Municipal Council.
6
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5
3
20
12
"
75c.
..25c.
25c.
or for all Tls. 1.0.0-
✈ per cent.
.1 mille
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