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SYSTEM OF BOOK-KEEPING,

FOR

SOLICITORS, &c.

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Concise and Easy

SYSTEM OF BOOK-KEEPING,

FOR SOLICITORS, &c.

WHICH HAS BEEN IN USE FOR NEARLY FIFTY
YEARS IN THE OFFICES OF SOME OF THE
MOST RESPECTABLE FIRMS

IN LONDON ;

(And superintended by the Author during the greater portion of that period :)

TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED

SOME OBSERVATIONS ON SINGLE AND DOUBLE ENTRY AND THE
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF BOOK-KEEPING; A FEW REMARKS
ON THE HISTORY OF ACCOUNTS AND BOOK-KEEPING,
AND AN EXPLANATORY INTRODUCTION :

AND TO WHICH ARE APPENDED

AN EXPOSITION

TERMS;

OF COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY
CERTAIN NOTES ON THE SUBJECT OF COSTS; A FEW
OBSERVATIONS ON ACCOUNTS; SOME REMARKS
ON THE SUBJECT OF INTEREST, &c.

BY WILLIAM MACKENZIE,

SOLICITOR.

London:

LAW TIMES OFFICE, 29, ESSEX STREET, STRAND.

1858.

"It is a happiness for a nation that Commerce, Arts and Sciences should flourish."

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Eunomus, by BYTHEWOOD, vol. 2, p. 343.

'Book-keeping is both an Art and a Science."

FOSTER.