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Ask him whether the Chinese call th' a "running" book.

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The Chair'an:-

No, this is not. No, this is a sarħ ok. Sales and purchases are entered ir. it. Thare it no buying put in

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Where is the book you keep the accounts of what you g564!

buy ?

In the goods received book. Well, you saw it, and you gave it back to me, and the crder book too.

You say you keep four booke. What is the fourth book ?5ris

The dustbins book.

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Lau Chu Pak:-

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The Chair:ar :-

Have all those three broke been returned to you?

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I have got back two. I have got back the goods received

book and the order book.

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I have seen some of the Chinese entries, and according to what I have seen, he has not Been in the habit of keeping regular hooks. This is what you call a cash 1-edger. There is a item here "wages and foo. of employee N

$100". That item ought to go into the cash book. He does not keep a wageɛ book. An accoun' should be kept with every shop. Instead of doing that, he lumps them altogether. It is impossible to carry on his business like this. Ho supplies two to three hundred different articles to the Sanitary Board, He muẹt know from what shop he buys certain articles.

(To Vr Lau Chu Pak) You are satisfied then that he must have other books, we have not seen ?

Mr Shelton Hooper:-

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Where do you buy the dustbins ?

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Leung Kai makes them.

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How many did you buy last year?

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I dont know. I must look at my books.

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What book would they appear in ?

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In the dustbins book.

The Chairman ? —

He says he kept a separate book for dunthins.

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