Directory_and_Chronicle_1911 — Page 601

SCALES OF COMMISSIONS AND BROKERAGES

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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

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

Inspecting T'ea

Inspecting Silk

Guaranteeing Sales

Guaranteeing Remittances

Drawing or endorsing Bills of Exchange

Drawing or endorsing Bills of Exchange without recourse

Purhasing 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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21 per cent.

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

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

Effecting Insurance, on the Insured Amount

Managing Estates and collecting Rents (on Gross Receipts) Transhipping and forwarding Jewellery and Bullion

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Forwarding or transhipping Cargo

Transhipping or forwarding Opium

Goods withdrawn or re-shipped

Granting Letters of Credit

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$2 for chest

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

Brokerage on Produce and General Merchandise

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Brokerage for Negotiating and completing Charters and

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Brokerage on Fire Arms

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Brokerage for Negotiating sale or purchase of Landed Property 1

SHANGHAI GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

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

COMMISSIONS

Purchasing Tea, Raw Silk, Opium, and Cotton

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all other Goods and Produce Ship, and Real Estate

21 per cent,

if as return for Goods sold

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