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bonds, by endorsement or otherwise, 2\ per cent. — On attending the 

 delivery of contract goods to the Company, 1 per cent — On obtaining bonds, 

 or other acknowledgments, from the late Nabob of the Carnatic, for 

 money or salary due to a constituent in Europe, or in India ; presenting 

 the original bond, or acknowledgment, to the Commissioners in India, and 

 attending at their office during the investigation of the claim, (the claim 

 being preferred by the constituent himself to the Commissioners in England), 

 on amount adjudicated, 2 per cent. — On preferring claims before the 

 Commissioners in India, delivering in the bond, or other voucher, and at- 

 tending at the Commissioners' office during the investigation, on amount 

 adjudicated, 2 per cent. — On the sale, or purchase, of Nabob's con- 

 solidated paper, or on the transfer of claims from the books of the register 

 at Madras, to the books of the register in London, on amount of sale or of 

 the sum transferred, 1 per cent. — On executing orders for the purchase of 

 lottery tickets, and renewing the ticket* in the several classes, on amount of 

 purchase, 1 percent. — On receiving the amount of prizes drawn to tickets, 

 purchased by the agents, (exclusive of the usual cash commission) 1 per cent. 

 — On the proceeds of goods sold by retail, or by auction, exclusive of the 

 subordinate commission, chargeable by retail agent or auctioneer, on 

 amount net proceeds, 2§ per cent. — On becoming security to Government 

 or individuals for contracts or agreements, &c. on amount penalty to which 

 we are held liable, 5 per cent. — On goods, treasure, &c. consigned to for- 

 ward to some other place, half commission. — On executing orders for the 

 provision of goods out of Madras, on amount invoice, exclusive of charges 

 of merchandise, 2\ per cent. — On procuring cargoes of salt at any ports or 

 places on the coast, on amount as above, 5 per cent. — On making up 

 Madras piece-goods, advancing the cash, and taking all risks, 10 per cent. — 

 On the receipt of all monies not arising from the proceeds of goods, or of 

 freight, on which the superior commission of 5 per cent, has already been 

 charged, 1 per cent. — Where the Dr. side of account exceeds the Cr. side, 

 by advances made, the agent to have the option of charging his 1 per cent, 

 commission on the total of either. — When a balance of 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 to 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 that residue, or 

 upon the sums received towards the discharge of the original balance due at 

 the commencement of the year, 1 per cent, — AVhen the balance of account 

 due to the constituent is brought forward from an account of the preceding 

 year, and not taken payment of, or drawn for in one sum in the course of 



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