SCALE OF COMMISSIONS—HONGKONG.
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HONGKONG.
SCALE OF COMMISSIONS.
ADOPTED BY THE
HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Purchasing Tea, Raw Silk, Opium, and Cotton...
Purchasing Tea, Raw Silk, Opium, and Cotton, if as returns for Goods
sold
Purchasing all other Goods and Produce, Ships, and Real Estate
Purchasing Bullion
...
Selling Tea, Raw Silk, Opium, and Cotton
Selling all other Goods and Produce, Ships, and Real Estate Inspecting Silk or Tea
Guaranteeing Sales and Remittances when required
Guaranteeing Sales alone
Drawing or indorsing Bills of Exchange
Drawing 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
Paying Ships' Disbursements
Collecting Freight
Obtaining Freight or Charter
Adjusting Insurance Claims
...
...
3
per cent.
22 per cent.
5
per cent.
1
per cent.
per cent.
3
5
1
per cent.
per cent. 3 per cent. 21 per cent. 21 per cent. 1 per cent.
per cent.
1
1
per cent.
1 per cent.
21 per cent.
Obtaining Freight or Charter and collecting same freight .
Effecting Insurance; on the insured amount
2 per cent.
5 per cent.
6
per cent.
21 per cent. 0 per cent.
Prosecuting or defending successfully claims either at law or by arbitration 5
Prosecuting or defending unsuccessfully
Managing Estates and Collecting Rents ...
Transhipping and Forwarding Jewellery and Bullion
...
Transhipping and Forwarding Opium
Landing or Transhipping Cargo
Goods withdrawn or re-shipped
Granting letters of credits
Brokerage on Bills and Bullion, buying and selling
Brokerage on Bills and Produce and general Merchandise
Ship Brokerage
per cent.
...
2
per cent.
5 per cent.
01 per cent.
1 per cent. $3 per chest. half commission.
1 per cent.
per cent. from seller.
per cent. from seller. per cent. from consignees.
Brokerage on Shares, on subscribed capital of up to $250, $1 per Share from each party. Brokerage on Shares, on subscribed capital of over $250, $1 per Share from each party.
The fun eyaing Rates to be exclusive of Shaffage at the Eate of 81 per mil,
and Brokerage when paid,
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