SCALES OF COMMISSIONS AND BROKERAGES
SHANGHAI GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Adopted at the Annual General Meeting held February 26, 1906.
COMMISSIONS
Purchasing Tea, Raw Silk, Opium, and Cotton...
Do.
Do.
Do.
do.
do.
all other Goods and Produce... Ships and Real Estate
+
...
if as return for Goods sold...
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.
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all other Goods and Produce...
Selling Tea, Raw Silk, Opium, and Cotton
Do.
Do.
by Credits or Documents.
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22~2~
3
2 per cent.
27
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2
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21
1
1
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21
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2
24
21
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33
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Native Bank orders received in payment for Goods Drawing, indorsing, or negotiating Bills of Exchange, on approved Bills secured
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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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221
1
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"
01
29
1
"
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2호
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21
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Obtaining Freight and collecting same Freight, including Brokerage Entering and/or Clearing
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Disbursements, etc., 24 per cent. Entering and/or Clearing
On charters and sales effected
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Settlement and payment of Marine Insurance Claims...
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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 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 Transhipping or Forwarding Opium Goods withdrawn or re-shipped
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Tls. 50
5 per cent,
21 per cent.
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1
5
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12 2
39
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24
01
5
29
Tls. 2 per chest. half commission
Granting Letters of Credit...
Interest on cash advances
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1
per cent.
8
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The foregoing rates to be exclusive of Shroffage, 1 per mil., and Brokerage, when paid unless
otherwise stated.
Brokerage on Bills and Bullion
BROKERAGES
Do. selling Produce, Metals, and General Merchandize*. Ship Brokerage for negotiating and completing Charters
Do. obtaining Freight...
Brokerage on Charters and sales effected
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0 per cent. from seller
1
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1
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from ship
1
"
14
Do.
Sales of Coal...
1
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Do.
Shares, Stock, Debentures and Public Securities
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01
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from seller (from seller and buyer
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* Brokerage to be paid only on Goods actually delivered.