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SCALE OF COMMISSIONS—SHANGHAI.
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SHANGHAI.
SCALE OF COMMISSIONS
ADOPTED BY THE
SHANGHAI GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Purchasing Tea, Raw Silk, Opium and Cotton......
Do.
Do.
do., do. if as returns for goods sold....
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
Guaranteeing Sales and Remittances, when required.
Do. Sales alone...
............
Drawing, endorsing, or negotiating Bills of Exchange..... Realizing Bullion or Bills of Exchange...
Remitting the proceeds of Bullion or Bills of Exchange.. Paying and receiving Money in current account..
Do. Ship's Disbursements....
Collecting Freight......
Obtaining Freight or Charter.....
Do. do. and collecting same Freight..
Adjusting Insurance Claims.....
Effecting Insurance; on the insured amount.
Prosecuting or Defending successfully Claims, either at Law or by Arbi-
tration.
Prosecuting or Defending unsuccessfully.
Managing Estates and Collecting Rents.
Transhipping and Forwarding Jewellery and Bullion...
Landing or Transhipping Cargo....
Goods withdrawn or re-shipped-half commission.
Transhipping and Forwarding Opium..
Granting Letters of Credit..
Brokerage on Bills and Bullion buying and selling Do. do. Produce and General Merchandize
Ship Brokerage-1 from Consignees.
3 per cent.
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The foregoing rates to be exclusive of Shroffage, I per mil., and Brokerage when paid.
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