RE ACCOUNTANCY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 619, 23 September 1909, Page 4

RE ACCOUNTANCY.

■; Sir,—Now Uhat tlio- Registration; Board;-of New Zealand Society of A ccountanta < havo;,'cqludieted",their Onerous task -of sorting out :arid so>TQry carefully examining;the tv:o tliqus'and odd applicants* I think a.great 1 deal i of pr'aiso is due to'. tlioSe; 'oritrtistetf'-by-'the'-;board".-ior the painstaking'and. very, ctireful 1 way'-'they 'affiiiv-fepeeiallyS in el.ee tioi>:,.made; 'aud'iii; not ijljjiwing any riian to. gairiadinissioninW thfeociety. 'just ;becaus6 ho calls'himself a' secretary,' sharebroker,.' of "assignee. 'The'" question" ,<;is: Does' he .know ahyth'injr';'about- thi;. boottsoof ,the. firm or,company which lie is'supposjld; to 'boisecretary of ?', :There'''nre-ii)iajuy'jq'aßcs (there so-called secretaries -and: assignees do noti'o'ven know anything, about i their books, but.Atho ;whole of,.snch .office .v/ork. on byihis oletkS; ;he, the greater part of tho'.day, patrolirig. the street and smoking his pipo.'and about all,'the-writing he ; .*do<is in toiithe official part "is 'signing- anoccasional cheque, ■which has already beonifilled out .for him.",,-:

i ; There ia' sure to bo jealousy;over: tho '. selection, ; but; the board- should ignore any u'nsuc-, ccssful applicant who might''apply*to .the-,':Su-preme Courti'-.being.onoof the so-called-nomi-nal secretaries,-- sharobrdkers, ele.,' unless -ho tan .prove,, to,' the .satisfaction of the board that ,:he.is .well up in;double, entry bookkeeping and au<liting,Vand; that, if put to thcy'test .by. .a. reasonable, examination be could give a Aibtl.iicconnt'-of.-hfmsolf.' VThinking you;.' Mr. {Editor,:for!valuable.space,—l ; aiij-;>etc., ir; : i:-v:v^:^;/^':: ; :':; ; ;.; v^';::>'i;-i J. ; sJhTH.': ...i-Inglowpojl,-JOfh''September/ llM'\' .• ':,:.-