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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. if as returns for goods sold

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.....

Guaranteeing Sales and Remittances, when required.

Do. Sales alone....

Drawing, endorsing, or negotiating Bills of Exchange

Realizing Bullion or Bill 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

Arbitration.....

Prosecuting or Defending unsuccessfully.

Managing Estates and Collecting Rents...

Transhipping and Forwarding Jewellery and Bullion..

Landing or Transhipping Cargo....

3 per cent 21

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Tls. 3 per chest..

Goods withdrawn or re-shipped-half commission. Granting Letters of Credit.

1 per cent..

Brokerage on Bills and Bullion buying and selling Do. do. Produce and General Merchandize-

per cent., from seller.

do.

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Transhipping and Forwarding Opium.

Ship Brokerage-1 from Consignees.

The foregoing rates to be exclusive of Shroffage, 1 per mil, and Brokerage when paid..