REVISED SCALE OF COMMISSIONS, BROKERAGES, AND CHARGES ADOPTED BY THE SHANGHAI GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING held 8th April, 1878.
Purchasing Tea, Raw Silk, Opium, and Cotton.....
do.
do.
if as returns for goos sold..
Do. Do. all other Goods and Produce, Ships, and Real Estate... Do.
Bullion
Do. Stocks, Shares, Debentures, and other Public Securities..
Selling Tea, Raw Silk, Opium, and Cotton......
Do. all other Goods and Produce, Ships, and Real Estate
Do. Stocks, Shares, Debentures, and other Public Securities Inspecting Silk or Tea....
Guaranteeing Sales or Remittances, when required..
Do.
do. alone.....
Do. Native Bank orders received in payment for Goods...
Drawing, indorsing, or negotiating Bills of Exchange, on approved Bills secured by Credits or
Documents
Realizing Bullion or Bills of Exchange
Remitting the proceeds of Bullion or Bills of Exchange
per cent.
2} 5
"
"
*
1
*
3
10
#
1
12
1
"
21
29
21
1
"
Paying and receiving Money in current account
Do. Ships' Disbursements..
Collecting inward Freight
Do.
do.
Obtaining Freight or Charter, including Brokerage
and collecting same Freight, including Brokerage
"
**
24 21
11
5
"
6
Entering and/or Clearing
(No charge if the commissions exceed Tls. 100)
Adjusting Insurance Claims
Tls. 100.
21 per cent.
Effecting Insurance; on the insured amount
01
"
Taking op Bottomry Bonds
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claimed
!
i
Proving claims, collecting and remitting Dividends on amount proved..
Managing Estates and Collecting Renta
1
Transhipping and Forwarding Jewellery and Bullion...........................................................................................................................................
Landing or Transhipping Cargo
Selling Cargo ex Ships put into port Damaged
:
Transhipping or Forwarding Opium
Goods withdrawn or re-shipped..
Granting Letters of Credit
5
"
21
21
37
"
01
99
1
D
.Tls. 3 per chest.
Prosecuting or Defending, successfully, Claims, either at Law or by Arbitration, on amount
Prosecuting or Defending unsuccessfully, on amount claimed
Interest on cash advances
half commission.
1
per cent.
12
The foregoing rates to be exclusive of Shroffage, 1 per mil., and Brokerage, when paid; unless otherwise stated,
Brokerage on Bills and Bullion
BROKERAGES,
Do. selling Produce, Metals, and General Merchandize*. Ship Brokerage for negotiating and completing Charters
Do.
procuring cargo
Brokerage on Shares, Stocks, Debentures, and other Public Securities
* Brokerage to be paid only on Goods actually delivered.
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per cent. from seller.
39
1
11
from consignees.
1
>
*
+
from seller.
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INVOICE CHARGES.
TEA.-BLACK.-Rattans, Mending and Marking
Do.
do.
Boat and Coolie Hire
and Matting
Chests, ..Cands. 10
chests. Boxes,
6
40
25 15
"
10
6
"
"
Godown Rent
GREEN-
Boat and Coolie Hire
Godown Rent
Marking, Mending, Matting and Rattaning
SILK.-Packing and Marking, per bale.................
Boat and Coolie Hire
Godown Rent
Fire Insurance
**
"
1
*
监事
.75c.)
25 15
25c. or for all Tis. 1.2.5
25
à per cent.
.1
mille
Municipal Dues, as charged by the Municipal Council.
Postages and Petties
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