SCALE OF COMMISSIONS ADOPTED BY THE SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
On all sales or purchases, except as otherwise provided for
On purchase of Goods and Produce for returns ..... On sale or purchase of Opium
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On sale or purchase of Ships, Vessels, Houses, or Lands On sale, purchase, or shipment of Bullion
On sale or purchase of Diamonds, Jewels, &c.
On returns in Treasure. Bullion, or Bills
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On all Goods cousigued and withdrawn-half Commission.
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On sale, purchase, or negotiation of Bills not serving for purchase of Gonds of Produce On ail Goods sold by auction
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For del credere, or guaranteeing sales For del credere, or guaranteeing cash sales Shroffage...
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On all advances of money for the purpose of trade, whether the goods are consigned to the
Agent or not, and where a Commission of 5 per cent. is not charged For ordering Goods, or superintending the fulfilment of Contracts whence no other Commission
is derived
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For guaranteeing Bills, Bonds, or other engagements, and for becoming Security for the Admi- nistration of Estates or to Government or individuals for Contracts, Agreements, &c. For acting for the Estates of persons deceased as Executors or Administrators For the management of Estates for others, on the amount received
For acting as Trustees of Bankrupt Estates, in the absence of any special agreement, on the
amount received
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For procuring freight, or advertising as the Agent of Owners or Cominanders,-on the amount of freight, whether the same passes through the hands of the Agent or not For chartering ships tor other parties...
For effecting Insurance, fire or marine, or writing orders for Insurance (where no other
commission is charged) on amoant insured
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For settling It surance losses, total or partial, and for procuring return of premium On debts when a process at law or arbitration is necessary, 24 per cent. on the amonut claimed,
and if recovered by such means
On Bills of Exchange noted or protested...
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For collecting house-rent...
On ship's disbursements
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For negotiating Loans on Respondentia...
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On Letters of Credit granted for Mercantile purposes For purchasing or selling Government securities, or on exchanging or transferring the same... For investing money on mortgage or other securities, or on exchanging or transferring the same For transhipping all Goods or Produce
For transhipping Treasure
For collecting Freight
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On Freight of vessels consigned to an Agent in Singapore inwards (the freight having been paid at the port of loading) when the vessel is loaded outwards by another Agent, or proceeds elsewhere for a cargo, in absence of any special agreement For landing, storing, and re-shipping cargoes (wholly or in part) of vessels that have put in
for repairs or in distress,-
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On valuable cargoes, such as Tea, on value of cargo landed On General Curgo, Straits Produce, Sugar, Rice, &c., or other cargo, on value of cargo landed 14 For loading or discharging cargo from passing steamers, where the commission otherwise charge-
able by the Agent does not amount to $50, a lump sum, in lieu of commission, of $50 On advances made to account of Contracts for Produce, the usual guarantee Comm.ission and
Interest to be charged...
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In purchasing produce, the Commission to be charged on the Invoice, including charges For delivery of goods held to order
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