Allocation of April 2000 South African Rand Order-to-Pay Charges

Clearing House Advisory Notice

To	Back Office Managers
From	Clearing House Department
Subject	Allocation of April 2000 South African Rand Order-to-Pay Charges
Effective Date	05/01/00
Notice Number	00-38

Listed below is the breakdown of order-to-pay charges per contract for the April 2000 South African Rand deliveries. The Exchange assesses these charges on a pro rata basis among all longs and shorts, regardless of whether your firm used an order-to-pay for any of its long transactions.

Order-to-Pay Charge per Contract
South African Rand $1.65

The order-to-pay charge will be assessed to each long and each short participating in currency deliveries. These charges will appear on your "Chicago Mercantile Exchange" monthly statement.

If you have any questions, please call John S. Verde, Deliveries Manager, at 930-3185.