TABLES OF CONSULAR FEES
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PART III
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Fees to be taken for certain Attendances in addition to any other Fee chargeable under the present Tuble, and to travelling and other Expenses (See Notes 3 and 4). Attendance in respect of which the Fee is to be taken.
81. At a shipwreck, or for the purpose of assist-£ s. d. ing a ship in distress, per day
20 0 85. At a shipwreck, at request of parties in- terested, to assist or advise as to salvage, per day...3 0 0
86.-At request of parties interested, or of local authorities, at the affixing or removing of seals on property of deceased persons, if absent less than to
hours.
87.-Ditto, ditto, for each additional hour, or
.1 0 0
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91.-Ditto, ditto, or each additional hour, or £ s. d. fraction thereof, 10s., with a maximum per day of...4 0 0
92.—At request of parties interested, or of local authorities, for the transaction elsewhere than at the Consular Office of any of the duties for which a fee is provided in the Table of Consular each hour, or fraction thereof, 108., wular thees, for
per day of
.4 0 0
92A.-At request of parties interested, or of local authorities, at a measurement of land, for each fraction thereof, 10s, with a maximum per day of...400hour, or fraction thereof, 10s., with a minimum of...1 0 0
88. At request of parties interested, or of local authorities, at a valnation, if absent less than two hours......
93. At the reqncst of parties interested, for the transaction of any duty for which a fee is leviable 0.0|| under this order, whether at the Consular office: 'or at the Consular officer's residence, in addition to such fee, for each half-hour, or fraction thereof, if in the daytime, that is to say, between the hours of 6 a.m. and 9 p.m., but not during the customary business hours of the place
.1 89.-Ditto, ditto, for each additional hour, or fraction thereof, 10s., with a maximum per day of...4 0.0
90.-At request of parties interested, or of local authorities, at a sale, if absent less than two hours.2 0 0
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..0 5 0 N.B. This fee is leviable for any attendance on Sundays...
PART IV
Fees to be taken in respect of certain other Services which may be rendered by a Consular officer'at his discretion at the
request of Parties interested.
Service in respect of which the Fee is to be taken.
94. For the transaction of any duty for which £ s. d. a fee is leviable under this Order, whether at the Consular office or at the Consular officer's re- sidence, in addition to such fee, for each half- hour, or fraction thereof, if in the night time, that is to say, between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. ...0 10 0
95. For preparing average, bottomry or ar- bitration bond (See No. 32)..
...1 0.0
96. For drawing a declaration or other docn- ment, or the body of a protest, or for taking down in writing verbal declarations or depositions of per sons made before a Consular officer or for reduc- ing into writing agreements made before him by contracting parties, exclusive of fees for attesta- tion, &c. (See Part II.), if not exceeding 100 words 0 5 0
97.-If exceeding that number, for each subse-
quent 100 words, or fraction thereof
.0
2 6
5 0.
98.-For assisting in drawing up petitions, ap- plications, or other documents not specified, each 0
99.-For making a copy of a docnment, if not exceeding 100 words, exclusive of fee for certificate (See No. 72)..
.0 1 6
.0 1 0 N.B. If the copy is in any foreign language double the ahove fees (99 and 100) are to be charged.
100. If exceeding that number for every subse qnent 100 words, or fraction thereof
101. For making or verifying a translation of a document, in any European language, for every 100 words, or fraction thereof, exclusive of fee for certificate (See No. 47)
.0 5 0
101A. For making or verifying a translation of a document in the Chinesc, Corean or other Oriental language, for first 100 characters
:
.2 10:0
0 15:
101B. For making or verifying a translation of a document in the Chinese, Corean or other Oriental language, for every subsequent 100 characters, or fraction thereof.
102. For drawing a will, if not exceeding 200 words (See Nos. 15 and 58) moi...gibboj je po 1,00
103.-If exceeding that number, for every subse- qnent 100 words, or fraction thereof
0 5 0
104. For drawing a power, of attorney, if not exceeding 200 words (See No. 57)..
.0 10 0
105. If exceeding that number, for every sub-£ s. d. sequent 100 words, or fraction thercof
.0.5 0
106.-In cases where one or more attesting wit nesses, besides a Consular officer, are required, for each witness supplied by him at the request of the parties interested
0 2 6
107. Attendance elsewhere than at Consular office, at the request, and on behalf, of private persons, for the transaction of business which a Consular officer is permitted, but is not bound, to undertake under the Consular Regulations, for each hour, or fraction thereof, 10s., with a maximum per day of (See Notes 3 and 4 antl Form A) ......!:4 0 0
108.-In cases where a Consular officer acts as arbitrator, provided the parties interested declare in writing in the reference to arbitration that they are aware of the nature and rate of the fece charge- able for such service, and agree to pay the same, a commission on the value of the, property or amount in dispute of 21 per cent., with a minimum of
0 ó N.B. The value of the property or amount in dispute must he ascertained and agreed hy the parties to the arhitration, and stated in the reference to arhitration.
NOTES--If the Consular officer shall be named Commis sioner to examine witnesses under a Commission issued by a British Court of Justice he is allowed to act as such, charging and retaining the customary fees for so doing. A.Consular officer shonld, however, before undertaking the office, come to an arrangement with the parties at whose instance the Commission is being issued as to the exact scale of fees to he charged.
12-No fee is to be charged for drafting or receiving depositions, &c., taken ex officio under the Merchant Shipping Acts, except in eases specially provided for.
3-In cases of attendances (Parts 111. and IV,);the fee per day is to cover a period not exceeding twelve hours.
4.-In cases of attendances away from the Consular office or the Consular officer's residence (Parts III. and IV.), if the Consular officer finds it necessary to he accompanied hy a clerk, the fee will he increased by one-half, or if a clefk only is sent, half the fees, are to be charged.
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5.-The ahove fees, if not paid in British gold, are to he paid in China in Mexican dollars at the rate of exchange fixed periodically hy the Treasury; in Corea, in Japanese currency at the rate of 10 yen to the sterling.
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