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lle and he keeps books in Chinese in which he enters in

the proper books the amounts received.

Each class of revenue is in charge

of officials who have in their hands the counterfoil re-

ceipt books. The counterfoils from the respective books

are taken out and the shroff stamps them with his seal

in token that he has received the money. Each counterfoil

is then entered in English in a book kept by the officer in charge or the collections, a separate book being kept for each class of revenue, and the receipts and English books are taken to the Treasurer, who signs the receipt

and initials the book. No receipt is held to be valid

unless signed by the Treasurer or, if he should be tempor- arily absent, by the Accountant or Cashier, except in the

case of the village rates collected by the Collector.

· books

At the close of the day the Chinese

of Shroffs and the English books of the officers in charge of the reefective classes of revenue

are compared as to totals-any difference, should there be

one, is found and the money is at once banked.

A statement is prepared showing

under each head of revenue the total amount banked for

the day, which is submitted to the Treasurer and initial-

led by him, and from this the total under each head of

service for the day is posted in the main cash book in

lump sums. The shroff's Chinese books give the names of

the persons from whom the money is received.

The counterfoils of the receipt books

also give this information' and the English books of the

officials in charge give the number of the counterfoil

issued and the detailed particulars of the lots, proper-

ties etc., for which the money is received.

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