Beard Gallery had the following petty cash transactions inFebruary of the current year.

Feb. 2 Wrote a $300 check, cashed it, and gave theproceeds and the petty cashbox to Reggie Gore the petty cashier.

5 Purchased bond paper for the copier for $14.55 that is immediatelyused.

9 Paid $32.50 COD shipping charges on merchandise purchased forresale, terms FOB shipping point Beard uses the perpetual system to account for merchandise inventory.

12 Paid$7.85 postage to express mail a contract to a client

14 Reimbursed Jonny Carr, the manager, $66 for business mileage on hercar.

20 Purchasedstationery for $67.67 that is immediately used.

23 Paid acourier $23 to deliver merchandise sold to a customer, terms FOBdestination.

25 Paid $10.30 CODshipping charges on merchandise purchased for resale, termsFOB shipping point.

27 Paid $55 forpostage expense.

28 The fund had$20.82 remaining in the petty cash box. Sorted the petty cashreceipts by accounts affected and exchanged them for a check to reimburse thefund for expenditures.

28 The petty cashfund amount is increased by $100 to a total of $400.

a) Prepare the journal entry toestablish the petty cash fund.

b) Prepare a petty cash payments report for February with these categories: delivery expense,milage expense,postage expense, merchandise inventory(for transportation-in), andoffice supplies expense. Sort the payments into the appropriate categories and total the expenditures in each category.