Loans made should be reported immediately to the cashier in writing, and the data concerning them should be entered at once in the cash book and the bills payable record. In some cases, banks arrange with the brokerage firm for what is called a _blanket loan_ varying in amount—from $100,000.00 upward—according to the requirements of the firm. In increasing a loan of this character it is always necessary to keep upon deposit with the bank, collateral amply sufficient to cover the highest amount required, and any part of this collateral may be withdrawn by the substitution of other collateral satisfactory to the bank. In such a case there should be a blanket loan account kept in the general ledger showing, specifically, the collateral in the hands of the bank, and by the system of debit and credit, the record of that withdrawn and that substituted should be kept. In case there is sufficient fluctuation in values to warrant, a bank can demand additional security at any time or the withdrawal of that held by them and the substitution of something more acceptable, or they may, upon call loans, demand a part or full payment at any time, in which case it is necessary for the broker to make arrangements to take up the loan at once. JOURNAL =33.= All orders received are copied from the order blank into the journal, as the order blank used is not of a character to allow its being numbered and filed consecutively, nor can it be readily adapted to the division of the buying and selling accounts. The journal sheet should have debit and credit columns for each ledger used for customers, and a general ledger column as shown in Fig. 17. Entries from the orders are carried into the proper ledger column. If a man buys stock, he is debited in the stock ledger column; if he buys grain he is debited in the grain ledger column; and if he sells either, he is credited in the proper column. In making a statement to the customer of purchase and sale, the profit or loss together with the commission charged is shown. [Illustration: ILLUSTRATION ] CHECK REGISTER =34.= Most brokers have accounts with several banks; it is therefore necessary that a _check register_ be kept with each bank, showing the date, number, to whom issued, amount of each check drawn, the deposits, and the daily balance, as in Fig. 18. [Illustration: Fig. 17. General Journal in Which All Orders are Entered ] By using this register the account with each bank may be kept separately, and the necessity for filling out stubs in a check book entirely avoided. Many houses have given up the use of check books altogether, having their checks padded in numerical sequence and as the numbers follow consecutively on the check register, each numbered check must be accounted for. In case a check is spoiled, the line should be _voided_ in red ink, and the spoiled check filed with returned checks.