Practical Bookkeeping

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Allyn and Bacon, 1907 - 252 pages

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Page 117 - It is mutually agreed, as to each carrier of all or any of said property over all or any portion of said route to destination, and as to each party at any time interested in all or any of said property, that every service to be performed hereunder shall be subject to all the conditions...
Page 117 - ... to its usual place of delivery at said destination, if on its road, otherwise to deliver to another carrier on the route to said destination. It is mutually agreed, as to each carrier of all or any of said property over all or any portion of said route to destination, and as to each party at any time interested in all or any of said property, that every service to be performed hereunder...
Page 117 - Received, subject to the classifications and tariffs in effect on the date of issue of this original bill of lading. At Ithaca, Mich., 18-1, 1911, from owner* the property described below, in apparent good order, except as noted (contents and condition of contents of packages unknown...
Page 38 - A Promissory Note is a written promise to pay a certain sum of money at a specified time.
Page 117 - ... property over all or any portion of said route to destination, and as to each party at any time interested in all or any of said property, that every service to be performed hereunder shall be subject to all the conditions, whether printed or written, herein contained, and which are hereby agreed to by the shipper and by him accepted for himself and his assigns as just and reasonable CONDITIONS.
Page 215 - The cash-book is to have four money columns, each ruled for dollars and cents, on both the debit and the credit page, for the convenient handling of trade discount, cash sales to transient buyers, and "Expense
Page 33 - The sum of the debits must always equal the sum of the credits. Regardless of the number of accounts, the sum of the debits is always equal to the sum of the credits in a journal entry. This equality of debits and credits for each transaction is built into the accounting equation: Assets = Liabilities + Owners
Page 163 - Pay 35 ^ for sending the telegram. minimum charge, varying with the distance, for a message of ten words or less, with an additional charge for each word in excess of ten. No charge is made for the date, the address of the party to whom the message is sent, or the signature of the sender.
Page 215 - No cash account is to be kept in the ledger. The journal is to be used only for such entries as cannot be conveniently made in the other books. Enter in the proper books the investments and the following transactions: Dec. 18. Bought for cash, books of account and stationery for office, $45.50; 10 tons coal for heating store, $60. Sold EJ Holden, Hornellsville, 2 bags, 250 lb., choice Rio coffee @ 231; 1 bale, 150 lb., Mocha coffee @ 281.
Page 163 - ... let me hear from you at your earliest convenience, and oblige, Yours truly, WM BACON. 16. Telegrams. Many important business messages sent by one person or firm to another go by telegraph and not by mail, and most individuals find it necessary, occasionally, to send personal messages by telegraph. As the cost of sending a telegram depends upon the number of words in the message, they are usually made as brief as possible. In sending a telegram to any part of the United States or Canada the number...

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