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SCALE OF COMMISSIONS-HONGKONG.
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SCALE OF COMMISSIONS,
ADOPTED BY THE
HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
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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,
do. all other Goods and Produce, Ships and Real Estate, Inspecting Silk or Tea,
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3 per cent.
if as returns for Goods sold, 2§
**
5
1
3
**
5
...
"
1
"
81
"
21
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21
1
1
1
#
Guaranteeing Sales and Remittances when required,
do.
Bales alone,
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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...
...
...
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...
...
:
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...
1
24 21
.6
19
Prosecuting or defending successfully claims either at law or by arbitration,
do.
do. unsuccessfully,
Managing Estates and Collecting Rents,
...
Transhipping and Forwarding Jewellery and Bullion,
Landing or Transhipping Cargo,
Goods withdrawn or reshipped,
Transhipping and Forwarding Opium,
Granting letters of credits,
A
...
...
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Brokerage on Bills and Bullion, buying and selling,
do.
do. Produce and general Merchandize,
Ship Brokerage,
+
...
...
"
#
...
1
"
$8 per chest
...half commission.
...
1 per cent.
per cent. from seller.
"
"
..1 per cent. from consignee.
Brokerage on Shares, on subscribed capital of up to $250, $per Shase from each party.
do.
do.
do.
over $250, $1 "
The foregoing rates to be exclusive of Shroffage at the rates of
$1 per mil, and Brokerage when paid.
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