Of late, manifold tickets have become popular, especially for collections, both incoming and outgoing. By manifold tickets is meant a set of from several to fifteen copies made in one writing, the various copies of which are used for different purposes - for letters of enclosure, for follow-up purposes, for cross-reference, for indexing, for advices of maturity, and for debits and credits to accounts. A common form of collection ticket for outgoing items is one consisting of the following copies:

1. A remittance letter enclosing the item;

2. An acknowledgment copy to be signed and returned by the collector;

3. A department record filed usually by serial number and stamped "paid" when the item has been paid at maturity;

4. An owner's record filed under the name of the customer who sent the item in for collection;

5. A debit or charge ticket to be used when the collector desires that his account be charged for the item which has been sent to him for collection;

6. A credit ticket to be used for the purpose of crediting the owner's account when funds are received for the item (collection charges are frequently deducted from this credit and a separate credit to the exchange or the commissions account made at that time);

7. A tracer copy "tickled" by follow-up date (this copy is most necessary in foreign country collections);

8. A copy to be filed by name of collector, which is very useful in connection with customers' inquiries concerning items.

The ticket arrangement has the advantage of flexibility and of economy, because substantially all writing in connection with an item is done upon its receipt in one operation. Debit and credit tickets are, of course, filed in "suspense" until the proceeds of the item come in. The data appearing on all copies of these collection tickets is much the same as that already given for the register, except that special instructions are also given to the collector, such as instructions regarding protest and delivery of any attached documents.