SCALES OF COMMISSIONS AND BROKERAGES
SHANGHAI GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Adopted at the Annual General Meeting held 26th February, 1906
533
COMMISSIONS
Purchasing Tea, Raw Silk, Opium, and Cotton ...
Do.
Do.
do.
do.
all other Goods and Produce... Do. Ships and Real Estate
+
...
if as return for Goods sold...
Guaranteeing Sales or Remittances, when required Inspecting Silk, Tea, or other Goods and Produce
+4
...
•
***
•
...
Do. Stocks, Shares, Debentures, and other good Securities Do. Ships and Real Estate
Do. all other Goods and Produce
Selling Tea, Raw Silk, Opium, and Cotton
Do. Native Bank orders received in payment for Goods
A
...
...
...
Drawing, indorsing, or negotiating Bills of Exchange, on approved Bills secured
by Credits or Documents
Remitting the proceeds of Bullion or Bills of Exchange
Paying and receiving Money in current account
Do. Ships' Disbursements
Collecting inward Freight
Obtaining Freight and collecting same Freight, including Brokerage Entering and/or Clearing
Disbursements, etc., 2 per cent. Entering and/or Clearing
On charters and sales effected
*
Settlement and payment of Marine Insurance Claims...
On the amount paid for Average Claims
On the amount paid for Total Losses
...
***
...
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Prosecuting or Defending, successfully, Claims, either at Law or by Arbitration,
on amount claimed
***
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Prosecuting or Defending, unsuccessfully, on amount claimed Proving Claims, collecting and remitting Dividends, on amount proved Managing Estates and Collecting Rents...
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·Selling cargo ex Ships put into port Damaged Transhipping or Forwarding Opium Goods withdrawn or re-shipped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
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...
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21 per cent.
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24 per cent.
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Tls. 2 per chest.
half commission
1
per cent.
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The foregoing rates to be exclusive of Shroffage, 1 per mil., and Brokerage, when paid; unless
otherwise stated.
BROKERAGES
Do.
Brokerage on Bills and Bullion
Do. selling Produce, Metals, and General Merchandize*... 1 Ship Brokerage for negotiating and completing Charters
Do. obtaining Freight... .Brokerage on Charters and sales effected
Sales of Coal...
...
...
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0 per cent. from seller
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from ship
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Shares, Stock, Debentures, and other Public Securities 01
Brokerage to be paid only on Goods actually delivered.
from sellers
(from seller and buyer
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