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Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 05 (of 10)

Volume 5 — INDEX

Reading edition

The page numbers of this volume will be found at the bottom of the

pages; the numbers at the top refer only to the section.

A

Abstract of sales 1

Accounting forms, special 146-161

cash books 155

ledgers 147

balance 152

card 148

loose-leaf 147

tabular 152

pay-roll records 160

tabular sales book 157

Accounts with trust provisions 180

Adding machine and cylinder billing machine combined 301

Adding machine and typewriter combined 289

B

Back orders 262

Balance ledgers 152

with two balance columns 154

with two credit columns 154

for installment accounts 155

Bearing the market 229

Bid price 229

Billing machine

development of 242

how to handle orders and bills on 280

Smith Premier 300

Billing and order recording 235-301

acknowledgment of order to salesman 268

analysis of quantities and amounts 257

back orders 262

billing machine 241

carbon paper 277

colored sheets 288

compound forms 290

computing machines in connection with 286

duplicate invoices 253

320goods purchased outside 258

information on sales sheet not on invoice 257

loose-leaf sales sheets and invoices 244

manifolding, machines for 239

order form 266

reference information 289

retail dry goods billing 292

split orders 264

stationery 269

traffic department records 256

unit billing 260

Blinds 280

Board of trade terms, glossary of 229-232

Book inventories 134

Borrowing stock 229

Boston bank ledger 152

Break in the market 229

Broken lot 229

Brokerage concern, legitimate 198

Broker's commission 197

Bucket shops 197, 229

Bulls and bears 196

Buy at market 229

Buyer's option 229

Buying order 230

C

Cables 230

"Call" 230

Card ledgers 148

Carbon paper 277

color 277

copy 279

finish 277

four-pound 278

full 279

pen 279

pencil 279

seven-pound 278

ten-pound 278

troubles and remedies 279

wearing quality 280

Carrying charges 230

Cash book 15, 155

Cash grain 230

Cash received book 49

Check register 45, 227

321Clearing house 199

Colored sheet system for billing and order recording 288

Commission accounts 60-83

actual sales, treatment of 68

cash book 77

consignment 62

consignment ledger 77

exercise 76

manufacturer's agent 60

merchandise broker 60

produce shipper's books 63

receiving book 77

sales book 77

sample transactions 69, 78

shipments 61

shipper's trading account 68

Commission, executor's 168

Commissions 230

Commodities handled by brokers 200

Comparative statements 129

book inventories 134

proof without trial balance 131

reverse or slip posting 143

trial balance 129

Computing machines, use of, in connection with billing 286

Consignment 62

commission account 63

principal's account 62

Controlling accounts 12

"Cornering the market" 200

"Curb" 230

Curbstone broker 230

Customers' ledger 220

Customer's statement 224

Cylinder billing machines 241

D

Debit and credit rules 93

Debit and credit slip 206

"Delivery" 230

Designing stationery 273

"Dividend" 230

"Dump" 230

E

"Even" 230

Executor's accounts 163

classification 168

commissions 168

form of 166

sample accounts 169

schedules 164

322Expense account, subdivision of 16

F

Flat-bed billing machines 241

"Flurry" 230

Forms

abstract of sales, departmental 43, 57

accounting of an executor 186

balance form for general ledger 222

balance form of ledger card 151

balance ledger for installment accounts 155

balance ledger with two balance columns 154

balance sheet and trial balance of general ledger 37

billing of invoicing loose-leaf sales book 249

Boston bank ledger 153

broker's general cash book 213

broker's statement to a customer 223

cash journal 156

columnar 27

for commission business 66, 72

cash received book 48

check register 228

check register and cash expenditure book 47, 58

colored sheet system for billing and order recording 291

commercial tabular ledger 153

commission merchant's

cash journal 81

consignment and sales ledger 82

general ledger 83

journal 80

receiving book 80

sales book 80

compound forms showing invoice and office records 293

credit slip given to customer by broker 206

customers' ledger, variety of rulings for 219

daily advice of purchase or sale rendered to customers 210

daily sales journal or record of grain sales 208

daily sales journal or record of stock sales 207

deficiency account which shows causes of loss 191

departmental pay-roll record for piece work and day workers 159

executor's account of cash receipts and disbursements 173

executor's accounts with trust provisions 181-185

323executor's journal 172

general ledger 33-35, 227

information on sales sheet not on invoice 259

invoice for use on billing machine 247

journal entries, adjusting 25

journal entries to change to double entry 119

ledger with accounts classified 139-143

ledger after changing to double entry 120

ledger with two credit columns 154

ledger account of each stock handled 218

ledger account of an executor, classified 174

ledger card for dentists 149

ledger card for publishers 150

ledger proof without a trial balance 144

loose-leaf ledger 148

loose-leaf sales sheet 248

loose-leaf sales sheet and invoices 246

loose-leaf sales sheet and invoices with columns for distribution of labor and stock 254

loose-leaf stock ledger 136

memorandum of deposit with broker to secure contracts 203

monthly posting proof sheet 145

monthly statements, retail dry goods houses 297

office cash disbursements, detailed record of 215

opening entry in journal 24

order blank 14

order and sales record 53-56

order and sales record combined 42

pay-roll and check register combined 161

petty cash voucher 17

proof of single entry ledger 107

purchase book and journal, columnar 71

purchase and general ledgers 32

record of loans payable during each month 225

record of margin balances to protect customer's account 216

record of stocks in hands of broker 211

requisition forms for order handling 267

sales book and invoice register 26

sales ledger 29

sales and purchase ledgers 31

sales journal with adjustment column 158

sales journal arranged for distribution to two ledgers 251

sales recapitulation sheet 158

sales sheet for analyzing quantities and amounts of goods 257

sales sheet for condensed billing 255

schedule filed by an executor 177

shipment book 63, 70

324shipment ledger for commission business 65

shipper's cash journal 59

shipper's general ledger 74

shipper's purchase and shipment ledger 73

single entry cash book 103

single entry journal 100-102

single entry ledger 104-106

single entry partnership ledger 113-117

single entry profit and loss statement 108

special journal used by grain commission company 209

split-order schemes, forms for 265

statement of affairs of a bankrupt 189

statement of sales and purchase ledger 36

stationery properly designed 276

stock ledger card 136

stock ledger card and indexes 137

storage charges statement 88

storage record 87

tabular ledger 153

tabular sales book 157

telegraphic buying and selling orders 205

trial balance book 46

typewriter type, styles of 274

unit billing, samples of 261

working balance sheet 127

"Futures" 231

G

General ledger 12, 222

Gothic type 275

Grain commission journal sheet 209

Grain purchases 195

I

"In sight" 231

Invoice register 15

L

Legitimate brokerage concern 198

"Limit" 231

Listed securities 231

"Long" 231

Loose-leaf ledgers 147

Loose-leaf sales sheets and invoices 244

325M

Manifolding, machines for 239

"Margin" 231

Merchandise broker 60

O

"Open market" 231

"Open order" 231

"Option" 231

Order blanks 13

Order and sales record combined 41

Order work of wholesale grocers 260

Out freight 42

P

Pay-roll records 160

Petty cash voucher 17

Pit 232

Pool 231

Posting 93

Produce shipper's books 63

cash book 64

journal 67

purchase book 63

shipment book 64

shipment ledger 64

Protested paper, treatment of 18

Purchase controlling account 13

Purchase ledger 11

"Put" 231

"Put and call" 231

R

Realization and liquidation accounts 188

Reference information 289

"Remargin" 231

Remington standard typewriter 299

Retail dry goods billing 292

Reverse or slip posting 143

"Ring" 231

"Ring settlement" 199

S

Sales book 14

Sales expense 44

advertising 44

packing and shipping 44

326salaries of salesmen 44

traveling expenses of salesmen 44

Sales ledger 12

Sales recapitulations 158

Securities 197

"Sell at market" 231

"Sell at opening" 231

"Selling order" 231

"Settlement" 231

Shipments 61

Shipper's trading account 68

"Short" 232

Single entry bookkeeping 91-122

books used 92

bill book 92

cash book 92

ledger 92

order book 92

changing corporation books to double entry 118

changing to double entry 110

changing partnership books to double entry 110

closing the books 109

debit and credit rules 93

determining profit 108

distinctive features of 92

posting 93

proprietor's account 93

proving the work 93

sample transactions 94

statement of assets and liabilities 111

statement of ledger 112

"Sky rocketing" 232

"Slump" 232

Smith Premier carbon roll billing machine 300

Special accounting forms 146-161

Split orders 264

"Spread" 232

Statement of affairs 188

of a bankrupt 188

Stationery 269

binders 269

designing 273

loose-leaf sheets 269

printed for typewritten work 271

327Stock brokers' accounts 195-232

bookkeeping for 196

books and forms used 204

advice of purchase of sale 211

bills payable record 224

cash book 212

check register 227

customer's statement 224

daily record sheet 208

debit and credit slip 206

grain commission journal sheet 209

journal 226

ledgers 218

margin book 217

office cash disbursement sheet 214

order blank 205

stock record 212

broker's commission 197

bucket shops 197

bulls and bears 196

capital required 195

clearing house 199

commissions allowed by board to brokers 204

commodities handled 200

cornering the market 200

deposits to secure fulfillment of time contracts 203

glossary of board of trade terms 229-232

grain purchases 195

legitimate dealers 198

office cash disbursements 214

ring settlement 199

securities 197

settlement of contracts by offset 201

value of the wire 200

Stock ledger 218

"Stop loss order" 232

Storage 84

Storage accounts 85

special records required 86

"Straddle" 232

"Sweeten" 232

T

Tables

chart for checking retail sales slips 294

daily sales of checks, comparison of 295

Tabular ledger 152

Tabular sales book 157

Tabulators on billing machines 284

328"Ticker" 232

Traffic department records 256

Trial balance book 45

Trial balances and comparative statements 123-128

balance sheet 125

profit and loss statement 126

trading statement 125

trial balance 124

working balance sheet 128

Trustees' and executors' accounts 163-192

Type, styles of 275

elite 275

Gothic 275

large Roman 275

medium Roman 275

pica 275

Typewriter and adding machine combined 289

U

Underwood billing machine 241

Underwood special roll machine 239

Unit billing 260

W

Wash sale 232

Wholesale accounts 11-59

cash book 15

cash received book 49

check register 45

controlling accounts 12

exercises 38-40

expense account 16

expense book, traveler's 45

general ledger 12

invoice register 15

order blanks 13

order and sales record combined 41

out freight 42

petty cash voucher 17

protested paper 18

purchase ledger 11

sales book 14

sales expense 44

sales ledger 12

sample transactions 18-23, 49

trial balance book 45

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