REVISED SCALE OF COMMISSIONS AND BROKERAGES, ADOPTED
BY THE SHANGHAI GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD 28TH MARCH, 1888
Purchasing Tea, Raw Silk, Opium, and Cotton................
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
do.
all other Goods and Produce.
Ships, and Real Estate....
Bullion....
Stocks, Shures, Debentures, and other Public Securities.
Selling Tea, Raw Silk, Opium, and Cotton
Do. all other Goods and Produce....
Do. Ships, and Real Est ite...
Do.
Stocks, Shares, Debentures, and other Public Securities. Inspecting Silk, Tea, or other goods and Produce..
Guaranteeing Sales or Remittances, when required
Do.
do.
Do.
Do.
alone............
21 per cent.
do.
if as returns for goods sold...
2
3
5
1
1
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21
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3
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5
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1
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3
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
1
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24
21
21
"
5
and collecting same Freight, including Brokerage,
6
(No charge if the commission exceed Tls. 100)
Remittance alone...
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. Paying and receiving Money in current account...
Do. Ships' Disbursements......
Collecting inward Freight
Obtaining Freight or Charter, including Bro.erage.
Do.
do.
Entering and or Clearing.
Settlement and payment of Marine Insurance Claims.
On the Amount paid for Average Claims
On the Amount paid for total losses.......
Taking up Bottomry Bonds....
Prosecuting or Defending, successfully, Claims, cither at Law or by Arbitration,
on amount claimed.............
Prosecuting or Defending unsuccessfully, on amount claimed.
Proving claims, collecting; and remitting Dividends, on amount proved..
Managing Estates and Collecting Rents...
Transhipping and Forwarding Jewellery and Bullion
*
Tls. 100.
21 per cent.
1
5
+
24
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*
21
•
5
.
J
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......
Interest on cash advances.
1 5
Tls. 2 per chest.
half commission.
1
per cent.
8
**
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* 1 Ship Brokerage for negotiating and completing Charters..
procuring cargo...
0 per cent. from seller.
"
1
from consignees.
1
**
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from seller.
"
Chests. Cands. 8 5
chests. Boxes.
3
Do. Brokerage on Shares, Stock, Debentures, and other Public Securities 01
* Brokerage to be paid only on Goods actually delivered.
TEA.-BLACK-Rattan-, Mending and Marking....
Do.
Boat and Coolie Hire..
Godown Rent....
GREEN-
Boat and Coolie Hire...
INVOICE CHARGES
do.
and Matting.
30 20 12
8
5
3
J
3
2
"
6
4
"
5
3
20
12
Godown Rent ....
Marking, Mending, Matting and Rattaning
SILK.-Packing and Marking, per bale...
Boat and Coolio Hire
Godown Rent
Fire Insurance..
Postages and Petties
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Municipal Dues, as charged by the Municipal Council. ¿lë
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.75c.
25c.or for all Tls. 1.0.0. ..25c.)
per cent.
..1
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