Other Form of Name
Garner, S. Paul (Samuel Paul) 1910-
Publication Date
Spring 1981
Abstract
This short human interest item appeared in The Three Banks Review (Edinburgh, Scotland) for December, 1979, in an article by R. N. Forbes, entitled ((The Poetry of Banking." It concerns a poet-banker named Robert W. Service (1874-1958), who joined the staff of the Commercial Bank of Scotland at the age of 14, in the year 1889 (salary 20 pounds per year: about $96 U.S.). He was soon placed in charge of the office stamp fund: a variety of petty cash. As explained by Mr. Forbes (pages 58-59).
Recommended Citation
Garner, S. Paul
(1981)
"Honesty and the accounting for petty cash: Four score and ten years ago,"
Accounting Historians Notebook: Vol. 4:
No.
1, Article 10.
Available at:
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/aah_notebook/vol4/iss1/10