Excerpt from Bookkeeping for Parish Priests: A Treatise on Accounting, Business Forms and Business Law; Designed for the Use of the Catholic Clergy and as a d104-Book in Seminaries What form this record should take, how many or how few books should be used, cannot be determined by a rule of general application. Certain features which are desirable or even necessary at one time and in one place, may without detriment be omitted at another time or in another place; and whilst a congregation that is active along many lines requires a more diversified set of records, another one can dispense with all but a few. Fortunately, the keeping of these records is neither complex nor intricate, and a knowledge of the principles of the Science of Accounts is all that is necessary in order to satisfy the demands of the situation in this regard. In Part I of the following treatise, a brief exposition of these principles is given, the technical terms of the Science are defined, and the business papers ordinarily met with, illustrated and explained. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.