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SCALES OF COMMISSIONS AND BROKERAGES

Hongkong General CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Adopted at the Annual General Meeting held 19th May, 1903

Purchasing or selling Tea, Raw Silk, and Cotton Purchasing or selling Opium

Purchasing or selling all other Goods and Produce Purchasing or selling Ships and Landed Property Purchasing or selling Stocks and Shares

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Inspecting Tea

Inspecting Silk

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Guaranteeing Sales

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Guaranteeing Remittances

Drawing or endorsing Bills of Exchange

Drawing or endorsing Bills of Exchange without recourse

Purbasing or realising Bullion or Bills of Exchange

Remitting the Proceeds of Bullion or Bills of Exchange Paying and receiving Money in Current Account Paying Ship's Disbursements

Collecting Freight

Obtaining Freight or Charter

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Obtaining Freight or Charter and collecting same Freight Adjusting Insurance Claims on Amount Recovered

Effecting Insurance, on the Insured Amount

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Prosecuting or defending successfully Claims, either at Law or by Arbitration Prosecuting or defending unsuccessfully

Managing Estates and collecting Rents (on Gross Receipts) Transhipping and forwarding Jewellery, and Bullion Forwarding or transhipping Cargo

Transhipping or forwarding Opium Goods withdrawn or re-shipped Granting Letters of Credit

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Commission

1 per cent. For doing ship's business when no inward or outward Commission is earned, 20 cts. per Register ton. The conversion into Hongkong currency of sterling freight inward to Hongkong, payable in Hongkong, shall, unless otherwise stipulated, be made at the rate for Bank Bills on London payable on demand; and the rate ruling at the close of a mail shall be the rate applicable to such purpose during the subsequent week. Brokerage on Bills and Bullion

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Brokerage on Produce and General Merchandise Brokerage on Fire Arms

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Brokerage for Negotiating and completing Charters and} 1

procuring Freight .....

Brokerage for Negotiating sale or purchase of Landed Property 1

per cent. Payable by Seller

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SHANGHAI GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Adopted at the Annual General Meeting held 26th February, 1906

Purchasing Tea, Raw Silk, Opium, and Cotton

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all other Goods and Produce

Do. Ships and Real Estate

COMMISSIONS

21 per cent.

if as return for Goods sold

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Guaranteeing Sales or Remittances, when required

Inspecting Silk, Tea, or other Good and Produce....

Do. Stocks, Shares, Debentures, and other good Securities

Do. Ships, and Real Estate ...

Do. all other Goods and Produce

Selling Tea, Raw Silk, Opium, and Cotton

Do. Native Bank orders received in payment for Goods.....

Drawing, indorsing, or negotiating Bills of Exchange, on approved Bills secured

by Credits or Documents

Remitting the proceeds of Bullion or Bills of Exchange

Paying and receiving Money in current account.....

Do. Ships' Disbursements

Collecting inward Freight...

Entering and/or Clearing

Disbursements, etc., 21 per cent. Entering and/or Clearing

Obtaining Freight and collecting same Freight, including Brokerage

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