The liabilities assumed were:

May
3.Bought for cash, account books $10; stationery $18;
stamps $25; paid rent to June 2, $500.
Sales were: on account, M. R. Hamilton $1,293.75;
for cash $890.40.
4.Bought coal and coke from M. H. Hanna & Co.
on account $6,497.95.
Paid freight-in $169.72.
Bought insurance policy for one year $360.
Sales were: on account, F. S. Kent $3,497.82; cash $614.80.
5.Paid Peabody & Co. balance due.
Sales on account: H. T. Avery $1,876.49;
G. C. Furnald $5,973.80; cash $617.90.
6.Bought from Seabord By-Product Co. on account $5,890.40.
Allowed by M. H. Hanna & Co. $400 on account of impurities in coke.
Paid freight-in $126.72.
Sales were: on account, S. T. Hartley $3,487.60;
M. R. Hamilton $2,947.30; F. S. Kent $2,476.30; cash $457.80.
7.Received cash on account from M. R. Hamilton $1,000;
F. S. Kent $2,750; H. T. Avery $975; G. C. Furnald $5,250.
Paid bookkeeper $30; stenographer $25; clerks $40.
Sales for cash were $1,075.
Baldwin drew $100 in cash and $80 in coal for his home.
Paid delivery expenses $200; and sales salaries $300.
Balance, summarize, and post the cash book. The
summary entry, “Cash, Dr.,” must, for this first
week only, be set up opposite the total of the cash
receipts journal, so as to include the cash capital
invested. In all subsequent summary entries, the
“Cash, Dr.” must include only the current week’s
receipts—not the “Balance.”
9.Paid the American Coke & Chemical Co. on account $7,500;
cash for supplies $62.50; and advertising $1,000.
Sales on account: H. T. Avery $2,146.70;
G. C. Furnald $1,786.42; C. P. Pell $792.50;
A. D. Livingston $863.47.
10.Bought from the American Coke & Chemical Co. $5,746.80 on account.
Paid by check $350 for safe; and $125 for typewriter.
Received payments from C. P. Pell $2,500;
and S. T. Hartley $2,150.
11.Paid M. H. Hanna & Co. $8,942.50; paid freight-in $248.50.
Canceled $250 of order of the 10th from
American Coke & Chemical Co.
12.Sales on account: A. D. Livingston $2,387.50; H. T. Avery $1,820.
Paid demurrage charges $290.75 by check.

Instructions

May 2. To determine Baldwin’s net investment and to serve as a guide for the order of entry of the various items in the journal, make a rough draft of balance sheet. Enter the “cash” investment in the Journal as a part of the compound opening entry, and also in the “Total” column of the cash receipts journal. Check (✔) the “cash” item in the general journal and also check the capital investment entry in the cash receipts journal.

May 12. Charge demurrage costs to the Freight and Delivery Inward account.

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May
13.Bought from Peabody & Co. on account $4,910.
Paid freight-in $144.70; paid to M. H. Hanna & Co.,
the balance due.
Sales on account were: S. T. Hartley $1,875.20.
14.Paid bookkeeper $30; stenographer $25; clerks $40.
Cash sales for the week were $3,679.80.
Baldwin drew $200 in cash, and gave on his personal account
5 tons of coal worth $60 to the Community Association.
Delivery expense was $220; and sales salaries were $300.
Balance, summarize, and post the cash book.
16.Bought from M. H. Hanna & Co. on account $4,895.70.
Paid freight-in $82.93; Merchants’ Association dues $50;
stationery $55.25.
Received cash on account: G. C. Furnald $1,275;
C. P. Pell $1,350.
17.Bought a multigraph for cash $75, and paid freight on it
of $10.22.
Paid $96.17 for supplies.
Returned $800 worth of coke to M. H. Hanna & Co.
Cash was short $5.48.
Paid on account: A. D. Livingston $1,375;
M. R. Hamilton $3,500; F. S. Kent $4,035.
Sold on account: H. T. Avery $1,275; G. C. Furnald $862.70;
and C. P. Pell $1,872.60.
18.Received a 30-day 6% note from S. T. Hartley for $5,000,
to apply on account; and a note dated May 16 at 6%,
due July 16, for $3,000, from A. D. Livingston.
19.Paid $38.90 for repairs to office steps, which were
broken by accident, not chargeable to the landlord.
Canceled a $100 lot from Peabody & Co. on the last order.
Bought from the American Coke & Chemical Co.
on account $7,580.
Paid $103.72 in-freight.
20.Paid Seaboard By-Product Coke Co. note $5,485.50,
and interest.
Purchases for cash were $1,270.
21.Baldwin discounted his own note at the bank for $1,000,
for 30 days at 6%.
Paid bookkeeper $30; stenographer $25; clerks $40.
Cash sales for the week were $3,195.60.
Baldwin withdrew $400 in cash.
Paid sales salaries $300; delivery expense $235;
and American Coke & Chemical Co. $5,000 on account.
Balance, summarize, and post the cash book.
23.Sold on account: A. D. Livingston $975.70;
and M. R. Hamilton $1,392.65.
Paid Patrol Protection Service $50; and $175 to repair
heater and boiler, the latter item being allowed as
applicable to future rent.
24.Sold refuse for cash $15.80.
Bought from Peabody & Co. $2,120 on account,
and paid freight $174.37.
25.Cash was short $1.04.
Paid lighting bill of $31.75.
26.Received cash on account: F. S. Kent $1,500;
H. T. Avery $1,875; G. C. Furnald $1,000.
Sold on account: C. P. Pell $1,587; F. S. Kent $1,623.80;
A. D. Livingston $1,217.80.
27.Purchased from Peabody & Co. on account, shipment of
Pocahontas coal $900.
Bought $50 worth of stamps.
Cash was over $1.37.
28.Paid bookkeeper $30; stenographer $25; and clerks $40.
Cash sales for the week were $2,175.80.
Baldwin withdrew $250 for personal expenses.
Delivery expenses were $245; and sales salaries $300.
Paid the Seaboard By-Product Coke Co. bill of May 6.
Balance, summarize, and post the cash book.
31.Paid Peabody & Co. $1,000 on account.
Bought of M. H. Hanna & Co. on account $6,250.
Telephone bill was $52.45; and cash was over $.51 (51 cents).
Bought of Seaboard By-Product Coke Co. on account $2,890.70,
paying $52.18 in-freight.
Gave the American Coke & Chemical Co. a 90-day note
at 6% for $1,250.
A. D. Livingston paid $500 on account.
Cash sales were $480.90.
Received on account: M. R. Hamilton $3,000;
F. S. Kent $2,000; C. P. Pell $2,500.
Bought from Midtown Realty Co. the lot in which the yards
were located for $2,000, and the buildings with equipment
for $8,575, giving $5,575 in cash and executing a 6%
mortgage on private properties not carried on the books
of the business for the balance.

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