SCALES OF COMMISSIONS AND BROKERAGES
HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Adopted at the Annual General Meeting held 19th May, 1903
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Purchasing or selling Tea, Raw Silk, and Cotton Purchasing or selling Opium Purchasing or selling all other Goods and Produce Purchasing or selling Ships and Landed Property Purchasing or selling Stocks and Shares
Inspecting Tea
Inspecting Silk
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Guaranteeing Sales
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Guaranteeing Remittances
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Drawing or endorsing Bills of Exchange
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Drawing or endorsing Bills of Exchange without recourse Purhasing or realising Bullion or Bills of Exchange Remitting the Proceeds of Bullion or Bills of Exchange Paying and receiving Money in Current Account Paying Ship's Disbursements
Collecting Freight
Obtaining Freight or Charter
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24 per cent.
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Obtaining Freight or Charter and collecting same Freight Adjusting Insurance Claims on Amount Recovered
Effecting Insurance, on the Insured Amount
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Prosecuting or defending successfully Claims, either at Law or by Arbitration Prosecuting or defending unsuccessfully
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Managing Estates and collecting Rents (on Gross Receipts) Transhipping and forwarding Jewellery, and Bullion
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Forwarding or transhipping Cargo
Transhipping or forwarding Opium
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Goods withdrawn or re-shipped
Granting Letters of Credit
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$2 per chest.
Commissio
1 per cent.
For doing ship's business when no inward or outward Commission is earned, 20 cts. per Register ton. The conversion into Hongkong currency of sterling freight inward to Hongkong, payable in Hongkong, shall, unless otherwise stipulated, be made at the rate for Bank Bills on Loudon payable on demand; and the rate ruling at the close of a mail shall be the rate applicable to such purpose during the subsequent week. Brokerage on Bills and Bullion
Brokerage on Produce and General Merchandise Brokerage on Fire Arms
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per cent. Payable by Seller
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Brokerage for Negotiating and completing Charters and} 1
procuring Freight ..
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Brokerage for Negotiating sale or purchase of Landed Property 1
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SHANGHAI GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Adopted at the Annual General Meeting held 26th February, 1906
Purchasing Tea, Raw Silk, Opium, and Cotton
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all other Goods and Produce
Do. Ships and Real Estate
Guaranteeing Sales or Remittances, when required
Inspecting Silk, Tea, or other Good and Produce....
Do. Stocks, Shares, Debentures, and other good Securities
Ships, and Real Estate
Do.
Do. all other Goods and Produce
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COMMISSIONS
21 per cent.
if as return for Goods sold
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Selling Tea, Raw Silk, Opium, and Cotton
Do. Native Bank orders received in payment for Goods..
Drawing, indorsing, or negotiating Bills of Exchange, on approved Bills secured
by Credits or Documents
Paying and receiving Money in current account.
Remitting the proceeds of Bullion or Bills of Exchange
Do. Ships' Disbursements
Collecting inward Freight....
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Obtaining Freight and collecting same Freight, including Brokerage Entering and/or Clearing
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Disbursements, etc., 21 per cent. Entering and/or Clearing
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