Bombay, \ 



ORIENTAL COMMERCE. 



surrendering or depositing in the Treasury, Company's securities, \ ditto. 

 On public or private securities, jewels, or other valuables lodged, and after- 

 wards withdrawn before the amount is realized, half commission. On 

 procuring money on Respondentia, or on loan, 2 per cent On recovery of 

 bonds or bills for persons returned to Europe, over due, 2 ditto. On debts, 

 whore a process at law or arbitration is necessary, 24 ditto ; and if recovered 

 through such means, 5 ditto. On managing the affairs of an estate for an 

 executor or administrator, on the amount recovered, 5 ditto. On bills of 

 exchange returned noted or protested, &c, 1 ditto. On guaranteeing bills 

 or bonds by indorsement or otherwise, 2 -J- ditto. On attending the delivery 

 of contract goods, 1 ditto. On goods consigned, and afterwards withdrawn, 

 on invoice cost, 2] ditto. On granting letters of credit, %\ ditto. On 

 becoming security to Government or public bodies, 2\ ditto. On goods 

 consigned, which are- disposed of by outcry, or sent to a shop, on net pro- 

 ceeds, 2* ditto. On the receipt and payment of all monies not arising from 

 the proceeds of goods on which commission has already been charged, (or \ 

 per cent, on receiving, and \ per cent, on paying, at the option of the agent), 

 independently of any charge that may become requisite through the necessity 

 of employing agents elsewhere, 1 ditto. Where the debtor side of the 

 account exceeds the creditor side by advances made, the agent to have the 

 option of charging his commission upon the total of either; and the balance 

 of interest carried forward to the account of the current year, to be con- 

 sidered as money paid or received, and chargeable accordingly, 1 ditto. 



When the balance of an account due by the constituent is brought 

 forward from an account of' the preceding year, and not paid in the 

 course of the succeeding one, commission may be charged thereon, or upon 

 the residue that may be unpaid : the agent in the latter case to have the 

 option of charging his commission upon the residue, or upon the sums re- 

 ceived towards the discharge of the original balance due at the commence- 

 ment of the year, 1 per cent. 



Sale Commission. — In the event of the whole of an investment not 

 l>eing disposed of by private sale, the remainder is sent to auction, or to a 

 commission warehouse for sale, of which there are several in the Settlement, 

 where every attention is paid to the lotting and arranging the property, and 

 the value guranleed on the following terms, viz. 



On Pjuvate Sales. — A commission of 5 per cent, on what is sold ; 

 1 per cent, for goods sold by the proprietor after having been deposited for 

 sale in the warehouse, but no charge will be made for goods returned 

 unsold. 



On Fl-blu Sale-. — A commission of 6 per cent, on all goods and 



