SCALE OF COMMISSIONS-HONGKONG.
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SCALE OF COMMISSIONS,
ADOPTED BY THE
HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Purchasing Tea, Raw Silk, Opium, and Cotton
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
all other Goods and Produce, Ships and Real Estate Bullion
Selling Tea, Raw Silk, Opium, and Cotton
3 per cent.
if as returns for Goods sold 2
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do. all other Goods and Produce, Ships and Real Estate
Inspecting Silk or Tea
Guaranteeing Sales and Remittances when required
do.
Sales 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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Prosecuting or defending successfully claims either at law or by arbitration 5
do.
do. unsuccessfully
Managing Estates and Collecting Rents
Transhipping and Forwarding Jewellery and Bullion...
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Landing or Transhipping Cargo
Transhipping and Forwarding Opium
Goods withdrawn or re-shipped
Granting letters of credits
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$3 per chest.
half commission.
1 per cent.
per cent. from seller.
Brokerage on Bills and Bullion, buying and selling
do.
do. Produce and general Merchandize
...
*
1 pr. ct. from c'signees,
Ship Brokerage
Brokerage on Shares, on subscribed capital of up to $250, $1 per Share 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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