REVISED SCALE OF COMMISSIONS, BROKERAGES, AND CHARGES ADOPTED BY THE SHANGHAI GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD 8TH APRIL, 1878.
Purchasing Tea, Raw Silk, Opium, and Cotton........
Do.
Do.
Do.
do.
do.
if as returns for goo 's sold....
all other Goods and Produce, Ships, and Real Estate.....
Bullion.....
Do. Stocks, Shares, Debentures, and other Public Securities..... Selling Tea, Raw Silk, Opium, and Cotton....
Do. all other Goods and Produce, Ships, and Real Estate
Do. Stocks, Shares, Debentures, and other Public Securities Inspecting Silk or Tea.......
Guaranteeing Sales or Remittances, when required.........
Do.
do. alone......
Du. Native Bank orders received in payment for Goods.........................
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Drawing, indorsing, or negotiating Bills of Exchange, on approved Bills secured by Credits or
Documents
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 inward Freight
Obtaining Freight or Charter, including Brokerage
Do.
do.
Entering and/or Clearing
and collecting same Freight, including Brokerage
3 per cent. 21
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Tls. 100.
(No charge if the commissions exceed Tis. 100)
Adjusting Insurance Claims
Effecting Insurance; on the insured amount
2 per cent. 01 >>
Taking up Bottomry Bonds
5
Prosecuting or Defending, successfully, Claims, either at Law or by Arbitration, on amount
claimed
5
Prosecuting or Defending unsuccessfully, on amount claimed
2}
Proving claims, collecting and remitting Dividends on amount proved..
31
Managing Estates and Collecting Rents
Transhipping and Forwarding Jewellery and Bullion.
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Landing or Transhipping Cargo .............
Selling Cargo ex Ships put into port Damaged
33
Transhipping or Forwarding Opium.
Goods withdrawn or re-shipped...
Granting Letters of Credit
Interest on cash advances
24
5
01
1
5
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...Tls. 3 chest.
per
half commission.
1
12
per cent.
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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.
procuring cargo
Brokerage on Shares, Stocks, Debentures, and other Public Securities
* Brokerage to be paid only on Goods actually delivered.
per cent. from seller.
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from consignees.
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INVOICE CHARGES.
TEA.-BLACK.-Rattans, Mending and Marking
Do.
do.
Boat and Coolie Hire
Godown Rent
GREEN-
Boat and Coolie Hire
Godown Rent ..........
an i Matting
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Marking, Mending, Matting and Rattaning
SILK.-Packing and Marking, per bale.............
Boat and Coolie Hire
Godown Rent
Fire Insurance
Postages and Petties
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Municipal Dues, as charged by the Municipal Council.
Chests. -chests. Boxes,
.Cands. 10
6
4
40
25
15
10
6
4
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8
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.75c.'
..25c.
.25c.
8
4
25
15
or for all Tls. 1.2.5
per cent.
1 mille
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