Excerpt from A Practical System of Book-Keeping by Single Entry: Exemplified in Two Sets of Books, Containing Various Forms of Bills, Mercantile Calculations, &C, In this book Should be entered all the sums of money received and paid out. They should be entered at the time, with the date, and the particulars of the transaction, so as to be understood.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.