SCALES OF COMMISSIONS AND BROKERAGES
SHANGHAI GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Adopted at the Annual General Meeting held 26th February, 1906
COMMISSIONS
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if as return for Goods sold...
Purchasing Tea, Raw Silk, Opium, and Cotton..
Do.
Do.
do.
do.
all other Goods and Produce...
Do. Ships and Real Estate
Guaranteeing Sales or Remittances, when required Inspecting Silk, Tea, or other Goods and Produce
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Do. Stocks, Shares, Debentures, and other good Securities
Ships and Real Estate...
Do.
Do.
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all other Goods and Produce ...
Selling Tea, Raw Silk, Opium, and Cotton
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24 per cent.
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21
21
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Do. Native Bank orders received in payment for Goods Drawing, indorsing, or negotiating Bills of Exchange, on approved Bills secured
by Credits or Documents
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Remitting the Proceeds of Bullion or Bills of Exchange Paying and receiving Money in current account
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., 2 per cent. Entering and/or Clearing
On charters and sales effected
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33
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Settlement and payment of Marine Insurance Claims...
On the amount paid for Average Claims On the amount paid for Total Losses 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
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OLO
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04226
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Tls. 50
5 per cent.
2 per cent.
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99
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5
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Proving Claims, collecting and remitting Dividends, on amount proved Managing Estates and Collecting Rents... Transhipping and Forwarding Jewellery and Bullion... Landing or Transhipping Cargo
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Selling cargo ex Ships put into port Damaged
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Transhipping or Forwarding Opium Goods withdrawn or re-shipped
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Granting Letters of Credit...
Interest on cash advances
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Tls. 2 per chest. half commission
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1
8
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per cent.
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The foregoing rates to be exclusive of Shroffage, 1 per mil., and Brokerage, when paid; unless
BROKERAGES
otherwise stated.
Brokerage on Bills and Bullion
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0 per cent. from seller
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Do. selling Produce, Metals, and General Merchandize* Ship Brokerage for negotiating and completing Charters
obtaining Freight
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Brokerage on Charters and sales effected
Do.
Do.
Do.
Sales of Coal...
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13 1
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from ship
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11
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from seller
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(from seller
99
and buyer
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Shares, Stock, Debentures, and other Public Securities 0
* Brokerage to be paid only on Goods actually delivered.