NOTES AND QUERIES
Rules of the Nam Pak Hong (南北行)
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These rules were found by me a few years ago, in a picture frame, in a second-hand goods shop in Hollywood Road, Hong Kong. They were written in black ink with a brush, and were probably about 30-40 years old, in my estimate.
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商以戰勝算 由體結效在南重有商重訂閨行之例其一心一德尚以始以全終則不有不同求利原歸一致細惟公所規模將及百年致核章乃能苏所需前人盛業流傳於後世矣
行北一本之大聯合}: 港銀伍佰元自行立單揭用將守專章外於南北行章程車宜互相遵守·交本行公箱收存月賬按按月繳公所將單行三之命未清者應即報知公所内 滿載榮歸之日將基本金發回另收一次過開辦費銀式拾元後再貼之既經標貼之字得交與經手人自標貼之各號條八未清期内無論其有四 不得與銀期轉買移费易來往之行爲同場轉移之關鍵星期外不找都章習慣交收外茲訂什貨
五 本行内各號群甘居公數我既字銀琥期宜無証人則全數撥入善舉仍須該費現信用與否出貨後儘可隨時追收除各行自守向磅貨後十四天内手人用公啓式通如逾三星期清找不扣現之履行發覺充公一半撥入善舉一半撩基本金而保证此後再不違背公例實紊群現守証人充實如