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This volume records cash receipts, on left hand page, and cash expenditure on right hand page. Receipts and payments are entered chronologically under date of occurrence. Included are donations and subscriptions, patients fees, payments to persons for various services, purchases of items, payment of annuities, and payment totals for House Expenses (these are detailed in the House Expenses Book and analysed in the Household Cash Book, see RET 3/4/1 and RET 3/4/2). There is a running total on the credit side and on the debit side, and the accounts are balanced on 31 March, the end of the financial year This information also all appears in the Journal, RET 3/2/5 above, but in the latter it is 'sorted' into the different accounts ready for entry in the General Ledger at RET 3/2. Volume is marked '19' on spine

General Cash Book

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