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Chronological outline of decisions taken regarding the Scottish Hotel School by the Glasgow and West of Scotland Commercial College and the General Committee of Management during the period 1944-1953.

Divided into the following sections: Scottish Hotel School weekly wages control account, April 1953-April 1954; janitorial staff weekly wages control account, April 1954-January 1955; cleaning staff weekly wages control account, April 1953-March 1955; office staff weekly wages control account, April 1953-April 1955. There then follow individual details of weekly wages and income tax for each named member of staff.

Written in response to a letter from Frank Burnet & Boston of 12 October 1954, detailing the probable costs of extension works to the Scottish Hotel School at Ross Hall and incorporating a brief report on the roofs of the building.

Title piece on the spine reads: 'Glasgow and West of Scotland Commercial College (Incorp[orate]d) Ledger No.5'.
Accounts ledger for the Scottish Hotel School, divided into the following sections:
Prize fund account; prize giving expenses account; books for Library account; office supplies; capital redemption; stock; interest; functions; insurances; locker rents; telephone; advertising; printing and stationary; soft drinks; Hotel Olympia; investments; class fees; residential fees; forfeited initial fees; initial fees paid in advance; deposits against damage; non-residential student meals; library account; buildings account; fittings, furnishings and equipment; salaries and wages; National Insurance; foodstuffs account; cleaning and attendance; apparatus for study; sundries and miscellaneous expenses; heating and lighting; rent and rates; repairs and maintenance; legal and audit fees.
Also includes separate accounts for the Restaurant, divided into the following sections:
Capital account; creditors control account; stores account; stock account; linen account; printing and stationary; cleaning; sundries; salaries, wages and National Health Insurance; repairs and renewals; drawings account; heating and lighting; income and expenditure account.
Enclosed with the volume is a separate, one-page document detailing the amounts paid from the current account, and the amounts paid from the Scottish Hotel School capital account due by the Glasgow and West of Scotland Commercial College, from November 1948 - November 1949.

Records of salaries paid to academic and non academic staff of the Scottish Hotel School.

With original index. Includes copies of the Scottish Hotel School student regulations dating from 1951, 1952 and 1953.
Item 29 in the index - copy of letter from the Scotch Education Department regarding capital expenditure and enclosing vouchers, 8 February 1951 - is missing from the folder.

Includes a copy of the draft report on an enquiry into discipline at the Hotel School, which discusses the roles and responsibilities of Monsieur and Madame Dutron (see OF/26/1/5).

Records the date of each visit and the signature and address of each visitor. Entries date from 28 September 1949 to 13 January 1955, and from 23 January 1961 to 20 October 1962. Only the first five pages of the volume are used.

• Ledger for 1949-1953
• Ledger for 1953-1955

Includes the full names and monthly salaries of each member of staff. Also includes payments made to visiting lecturers.
The following documents are enclosed with the volume:

• List of names and salary scales of Scottish Hotel School academic and technical staff, session 1954-1955
• List of lectures given by visiting lecturers to second year students, session 1950-1951
• List of lectures arranged by the Scottish Tourist Board and given by persons other than members, session 1950-1951
• Letter from Noel Branton, Head of Department of Business Administration, Glasgow and West of Scotland Commercial College, to A.W. Middleton, Secretary, Glasgow and West of Scotland Commercial College, 13 June 1951. Confirming that Mr MacKinven has delivered 35 hours of lectures in Italian to the final year BSc (Economics) students.

• Article by Rankin Taylor entitled 'Hotel School in Scotland', in Hotel Management, volume 20, number 1 (January 1949), pp.41-43
• Article by J. Wilson Hawthorn entitled 'Learning the "Inns" and "Outs"', in Illustrated, 26 February 1949, pp.27-29
• Article by John Kerr entitled 'Scotland's School for Hoteliers', in Scotland's Magazine, volume 53, number 5 (May 1957), pp.8-12 (2 xerox copies)