Calcutta.] 



ORIENTAL COMMERCE. 



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In the months of March to October, eight months, the hire of the chains 

 to be 20 rupees per day. 



In the four months, November to February inclusive, 1G rupees 

 per day. 



(By an order in March, 1821, the rates for hire of the moorings were 

 reduced, as a temporary experimental measure, to 10 Sicca rupees per day, 

 for such number of days as ships may occupy the moorings, not as 

 heretofore.) 



By an order in July, 1624, the rates for hire of moorings at Diamond 

 Harbour were fixed as follows : — Vessels above 500 tons, 1G Sicca rupees per 

 diem ; vessels under BOO tons, 12 Sicca rupees per diem. 



Moyapohb Magazine Duty. — One anna per ton of each vessel passing 

 the Magazine. 



Lighthouse Dues. — Ships, brigs, and sloops, including coasting ves- 

 sels and donies, navigating the river, pay a duty of two annas per ton 

 per annum. 



Boat Hire. — First class, 18 oars, 12 rupees per day ; second class, 

 14 oars, 9 rupees per day; third class, 10 oars, 7 rupees per day. The num- 

 ber of row-boats is regularly apportioned to ships ; but commanders may 

 have an addition, upon application. 



Hates op Commission, Agency, &c. settled May, 1822. — On the sale or 

 purchase of ships, vessels, houses, and lands, 2| per cent. On the sale, pur- 

 chase, or shipment of bullion, { ditto. On the sale, purchase, or shipment 

 of jewellery, diamonds, or oilier precious stones, 2 ditto. On the sale, pur- 

 chase, or shipment of indigo, lac dye, country piece-goods, silk, opium, 

 cochineal, coral, spices, coffee, copper, tin, and tutenagne, 2^ ditto. On 

 the sale, purchase, and shipment of all other kinds of goods, 5 ditto. On 

 goods or treasure, &c. consigned, and afterwards withdrawn or sent to auc- 

 tion, and on goods consigned for conditional delivery to others, half com- 

 mission. On all advances of money for the purposes of trade, whether the 

 goods are consigned to the agent or not, and where a commission of 5 per 

 cent is not charged, 2§ ditto. On ordering goods, or superintending 

 the fulfilment of contracts, where no other commission is derived, 2{ ditto. 

 On guaranteeing bills, bonds, or other engagements, and on becoming 

 security for administrations of estates, or to Government, or individuals, for 

 contracts, agreements, &c, 2\ ditto. On del credere, or guaranteeing the 

 responsibility of persons to whom goods are sold, \ ditto per month. On 

 acting for the estates of persons deceased, as executors or administrators, 

 5 per cent. On the management of estates for others, on the amount 

 received, 21 ditto. On procuring freight, or advertising as the agent of 



