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SCALES OF
OF COMMISSIONS AND BROKERAGES
HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Adopted at the Annual General Meeting held 19th May 1903
Purchasing or selling Tea, Raw Silk, and Cotton Purchasing or selling Opium
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Purchasing or selling all other Goods and Produce Purchasing or selling Ships and Landed Property
Purchasing or selling Stocks and Shares Inspecting 'l'ea
Inspecting Silk
Guaranteeing Sales
Guaranteeing Remittances
Drawing or endorsing Bills of Exchange
Drawing or negotiating Bills of Exchange without recourse Purchasing or realising Bullion or Bills of Exchange
Remitting the Proceeds of Bullion or Bills of Exchange Paying and receiving Money in Current Account
Collecting Freight
Paying Ship's Disbursements
Obtaining Freight or Charter
Obtaining Freight or Charter and collecting same Freight
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Adjusting Insurance Claims on Amount Recovered
Effecting Insurance, on the Insured Amount
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
Forwarding or transhipping Cargo
Transhipping or forwarding Opium Goods withdrawn or re-shipped.
Granting Letters of Credit
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Commission
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 carrency of sterling freight inward to Hongkong, payable in Hongkong, shall, unless otherwise stipulated, be made at the rate for Bank Bills on London payable on demand; and the rate ruling at the close of a mail shall be the rate applicable to such purpose during the subsequent weck.
Brokerage on Bills and Bullion
Brokerage on Produce and General Merchandise
Brokerage on Fire Arms
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Brokerage for Negotiating and completing Charters and }
procuring Freight...
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Brokerage for Negotiating sale or purchase of Landed Property 1
per cent.
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Payable by Seller,
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by Ship.