SYSTEM OF BOOK-KEEPING,

FOR

SOLICITORS, &c.

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 OF COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY TERMS:

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.

181. c. 1440

LONDON: PRINTED BY JOHN CROCKFORD, 29, ESSEX STREET,

STRAND.

NUSTI
ILLUMCA

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

Eunomus, by BYTHEWOOD, vol. 2, p. 343. “Book-keeping is both an Art and a Science."

FOSTER.