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ORIENTAL COMMENCE. 



[Calcutta. 



owners or commanders, on the amount of freight, whether the same passes 

 through the hands of the agent, or not, 5 ditto. On chartering ships for 

 other parties, 2. J ditto. On making insurance, or writing orders for 

 insurance, J ditto. On settling insurance losses, total or partial, and on 

 procuring returns of premium, 1 ditto. On effecting remittances, by bills of 

 the agent or otherwise, or purchasing, selling, or negotiating bills of ex- 

 change, 1 ditto. On debts, when a process at law or arbitration is 

 necessary, 2{ ditto ; and if recovered by such means, 5 ditto. On bills of 

 exchange returned, noted, or protested, 1 ditto. On collecting house-rent, 

 2\ ditto. On ships 1 disbursements, 2{ ditto. On negotiating loans on 

 respondentia, 2 ditto. On letters of credit granted for mercantile purposes, 

 2i ditto. On purchasing or selling Government securities, and on each 

 exefiange of the same in the transfer from one loan to another, \ ditto. On 

 delivering up Government securities, or depositing the same in the Treasury, 

 j ditto. On all advances not punctually liquidated, the agent to have the 

 option of charging a second commission as upon a fresh advance, provided 

 the charge does not occur twice in the same year. At the option of the 

 agent on the amount debited or credited within the year, including interest, 

 and excepting only items on which a commission of 5 per cent, has been 

 charged, 1 per cent. N. B. This charge not to apply to paying over 

 balance due on an account made to a particular period, unless where such 

 balance is withdrawn without reasonable notice. 



Rates of Commission on sales by auction, viz : — 



Goods sold in detailed lots, likewise horses and carriages«.»***8 per cent. 

 Ships and landed property, for the first thousand rupees of 



each lot ^^^^^w^^******™.,.^*^. 5 ditto. 



, for the remainder of the amount 



(exclusive of expences) ™»„ v , «wJj ditto. 



GODOWN RENT. 



It. 



A- 



8 



p. 

 0 







4 



0 







8 



0 



Silk, piece-goods, shell-lac, and gums^ w . 



* ditto 0 



8 



0 







0 



0 







2 



0 



Other articles, proportionately to bulk and 



value. 







