Thackeray & Vine — Stationers, The Order Book, 1894

The Catalogue · Goods & Prices Current

Thackeray & Vine offer the goods below at the prices ruled against them; the tally in hand is figured as it was counted this morning. A good is entered to the order at its price, the order figured as an account and ruled off to the sum you are to pay. Where a line runs short or stands out of hand, the clerk has noted it below.

The catalogue of goods, with the tally in hand, the price of each, and a column to enter a good to the order.
Fo.	Goods	In hand	Price
2	Ledger books, half-bound in calf	26	12.50
3	Sealing wax, scarlet, the stick	140	3.75
4	Steel nibs, the gross box	2¹	8.40
5	Blotting sand, the pounce-pot	64	2.20
6	Gum labels, gummed, the packet	none in hand²	1.15
7	Copying ink, iron-gall, the bottle	38	2.95
8	Foolscap, cream laid, the ream	9	6.30
9	Manifold order books, the dozen	17	9.80

¹ But two of the gross boxes remain in hand; a further quantity is on order against folio 14.

² Gum labels are out of hand; the next making is looked for at Michaelmas, and the line cannot be entered to an order until then.

The Month's Good · Ledger Books, Half-Bound in Calf

Ruled and paged to order, feint-ruled for double entry, and bound in calf with russia bands. Choose the binding; the price re-figures at the choosing. Set the tally to be ordered, then enter the good to the order below.

The featured good, its binding, its price, and the tally to be ordered.
The good	The binding	At	Tally
Ledger books, ruled for double entry		12.50

The Order · The Customer's Account

The order is an account: each good a debit that raises what you owe, the balance figured at every line, and the sum ruled off below. Amend a tally and the account re-figures as a posted entry does. An allowance, if the house grants one, is entered as a credit and lowers the balance. Placed this day, 12 Jul 1894.

The order account, with each good ordered, its tally, its price, the debit it raises, any allowance credited, and the running balance to pay.
Particulars	Fo.	Tally	At	Debit	Credit	Balance

An allowance code, if you hold one, is entered here; the allowance is figured as one shilling in the pound and credited to the order.

Dispatch · Where the Goods Are to Go

Enter the consignee and the direction, and the conveyance by which the goods are to travel. When the order is entered whole, post it: the slip reads it back and figures the sum before it is committed.

The dispatch direction, entered as a small account: to whom, whither, and by what conveyance.
To whom	Whither	By

The Day Book · Orders Dispatched

Every order posted is entered here in its turn, given its number, and ticked as it is checked against the goods. A posted order appears on the next ruling below; the day's sum is ruled off at the foot.

The day book of orders dispatched, each with its number, consignee, the goods in all, the amount, and an audit tick.
Date	No.	Consignee	Goods	Amount
10 Jul 1894	1041	Messrs. Pike & Sons, Holborn	6	74.20
11 Jul 1894	1042	The Revd. A. Sturge, Ely	2	21.15
	—	The day's orders, summed	—	95.35