Post Exchange Methods / A Manual for Exchange Stewards, Exchange Officers, Members of Exchange Councils, Commanding Officers, Being an Exposition of a Simple and Efficient System of Accounting Which Is Applicable to Large and to Small Exchanges Alike.

by Paul D. Bunker

LAUNDRIES.

Many Exchanges run laundries and while no attempt will be made here to show how a laundry should be handled, it is thought proper to explain how the books should be kept. The handling of actual laundry work can be learned only by experience and it is an exceedingly difficult task to prevent a flood of complaints unless careful supervision and checking is in force.

As far as the Post Exchange Books are concerned, the Laundry need furnish but three items:—

(1) The amount owed by each customer for laundry work done during the month.

(2) The total value of expendable articles on hand at the end of each month. (Inventory.)

(3) The data for paying the wages of employees.

Any other records that may be kept are for the information of the Laundry management, and are not essential to the proper running of the Exchange. The above three headings will be discussed in turn.