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SCALE OF COMMISSIONS-HONGKONG.
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SCALE OF COMMISSIONS
ADOPTED BY THE
HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Purchasing Tea, Raw Silk, Opium, and Cotton
do.
do.
do.
do.
all other Goods and Produce, Ships and Real Estate do. Bullion
Selling Tea, Raw Silk, Opium, and Cotton
3 per cent.
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do. ali other Goods and Produce, Ships and Real Estate Inspecting Silk or Tea
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Guaranteeing Sales and Remittances when required
do.
Sales alone
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Drawing or indorsing Bills of Exchange
do. or negotiating Bills of Exchange without recourse...
Realizing Bullion or Bills of Exchange
Remitting the proceeds of Bullion or Bills of Exchange Paying and receiving Money in current account ...
do. Ships' Disbursements
Collecting Freight
..
Obtaining Freight or Charter
do.
do.
Adjusting Insurance Claims
...
...
...
and collecting same freight
Effecting Insurance; on the insured amount
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Prosecuting or defending successfully claims either at law or by arbitration
do.
do. unsuccessfully
Managing Estates and Collecting Rents
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Transhipping and Forwarding Jewellery and Bullion...
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Landing or Transhipping Cargo
Transhipping and Forwarding Opium...
Good withdrawn or re-shipped
Granting letters of credits
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Brokerage on Bills and Bullion, buying and selling
do. Produce and general Merchandize
do.
Ship Brokerage
Brokerage on Shares, on subscribed capital of up to $250, $1 per
do.
do.
do.
over $250, $1
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$3 per chest.
half commission.
1 per cent.
per cent. from seller.
13
pr. ct. from c'signees. Share from each party.
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The foregoing Rates to be exclusive of Shroffage at the Rates of $1 per mil, and Brokerage when paid.