entries upon the Day-Book, and tell, in a general man- 25. The Student is next required to examine all the 800 60 370 20 // 1851. Jan. 10 T. Sundries. 12 14 14 Feb. 15 To Mdse. 18 1911 Mdse. 18 Mar. 5-1 Real Estate, 10th Avenue lots. 20 18 11 Mdse. 20 250 75 100 11 150 500 250 242155 To Old Account See Art. 29) - 35697 in the same entry (Art. 16). The next is read, “Cash received for the sale of Merchandise. The phrase To Mdse. &c., as before." The dates may also be given (Art. 2). What is the learner required to turn to the Ledger and do? 26. ACCURACY. A remark has already been made to insure accuracy in an original entry (Art. 2); for an error there is not easily remedied. In Posting, we should be on our guard against such errors as the following :1. Two Ledger titles may be similar, as, “P. B. Wight," and “C. B. White," and the entry carried to the wrong account; we should be careful then to Post every entry under its proper Ledger tille. 2. An entry may have been entirely omitted in the Ledger. 3. It may have been twice Posted. 4. We may have Debited the ac 1973 35075 6740 54 30 1854. Bowen. 106 Fel. By Charges for Rent, Taxes, and Labora 16 8 By Interest on Note held by f. Helly. 16 8 By Real Estate 16 Profit and Lofo 45 1 Sundries Mar. 7 11 Bills Payable) 20 Sundries u Need Account 25 300 200 7025 355140 300 7093 20 29 28 22 count we should have Credited, and Credited the one we should have Debited. 5. An entry may be correctly posted upon one side, and transposed upon the other, thus; 650 Dr. and 560 Cr. Before accounts are balanced or closed, therefore, there should be some evi. dence of correct Posting. Although no definite rule can be given which will forego the necessity of care and perseverance, yet the following directions will generally serve, not only to test the accuracy of Posting, but to show where the errors arise, if there are any: 1. We must go back to the original entries; and while one individual calls off and checks successively every entry, another must trace the Debits arising from the transaction to the Debit side of the Ledger, and an 11 1851. Jan. 10 T. Sundries. 12 12,1 Cash. 12 18 Bills Pay, given to fas. Kelly 14 24 Wm. Page 14 Fel. 1, Sundries 18 Mar. 12 , Cash 20 20 Profil and Life | Art. 20) - 750 350 75 360 40 2618 400 300 147 30 150 37 278 257 60 22 3020 60 To Old Account, for the amount of goods unsold / Art. 29) 1500 equal amount of Credit matter to the Credit side, and all under their proper Ledger titles. 2. As a further test of accuracy, a Trial BALANCE should be taken (p. 46). This consists of the sum of all the Debit matter in every account upon one side, and the sum of all the Credit matter in every account upon the other. It is plain that, if the original entries are properly posted, the Debit matter upon the TRIAL BALANCE will equal the Credit matter of the same (p. 46). This last method of testing the accuracy of Posting, must be regarded as far inferior to the first; for, of the five errors enumerated, the first four could not be detected by the TRIAL BALANCE, since equal amounts are carried to both sides of the Ledger. Although the Trial BalANCE would show an error in the fifth case, yet it would |