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
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Purchasing or selling Ships and Landed Property
Purchasing or selling Stocks and Shares
Inspecting Tea
Inspecting Silk
Guaranteeing Sales
Guaranteeing Remittances
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21 per cent.
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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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Obtaining Freight or Charter and collecting same Freight Adjusting Insurance Claims on Amount Recovered Effecting Insurance, on the Insured Amount Prosecuting or defending successfully Claims, either at Law or by Arbitration
Prosecuting or defending unsuccessfully
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Managing Estates and collecting Rents (on Gross Receipts)
Transhipping and forwarding Jewellery and Bullion
Forwarding or transhipping Cargo
Goods withdrawn or re-shipped
Transhipping or forwarding Opium
Granting Letters of Credit
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$2 per 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 mide at the rate for Bank Bills on London payable on demand; and the rate ruling a the close of a mail shall be the rate applicable to such parpase during the subsequent week.
Brokerage on Bills and Bullion
Brokerage on Produce and General Merchandise Brokerage on Fire Arms
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per cent. Payable by Seller.
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Brokerage for Negotiating and completing Charters and
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procuring Freight...
Brokerage for Negotiating sale or purchase of Landed Property 1
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by Ship.
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