NRS-801 | Ledger [Clergy and School Lands Corporation]

Full description

A book of accounts summarising, in an analytical form, the financial transactions of the Corporation during the period of its active existence. There is a separate account for each individual, institution, or government department with whom, or which, the Corporation had dealings.

The personal accounts include those of Corporation officials, members of the ecclesiastical establishment, teaching staff and other employees - as well as those of clients who bought or rented land, or invested in Corporation debentures.

Income and expense accounts include the Pew Rents Account and the Charges of Management Account. There are special accounts (in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of Incorporation) such as the School Improvement and Building account to which sundry charges of various kinds were transferred each quarter.

Finally there is a Balance Account to which were transferred the balances of all accounts with outstanding amounts on either side of the ledger. This was done annually to show the financial position as at 31 December each year.

(4/6871). 1 vol.

Note:
This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.