VERIFICATION OF STOCK REGISTER : A stock register is an important component of any official establishment in which records related to purchase, use and maintenance of all the items is documented. The first activity regarding stock register is a demonstration activity. Your counsellor will discuss the various components of stock register in your group.

Procedure : On opening the stock register, you will see that the first page contains a certificate which certifies the total number of pages in that register. This page is signed by two persons. Generally, one of these is a lab assistant/technical assistant and the other is the Head of the Department or administration in charge. After knowing the number of pages you must physically verify the presence of the certified number of pages in the stock register. If any page of this register is found missing bring it to the notice of your counsellor.

As you have read of this course, few pages after the certificate page of the register are the index pages (content pages) that indicate the name of the articles and the number of sequence pages assigned to each article. You may also recall that the names of the articles are given in alphabetical order. Now match the list of articles on index page(s) with the respective sequence pages.

In case you find a sequence page missing, you can check it from the index and find out the items about which the information is missing. You can see in the pages annexed (Stock Register and Stock Book) to these exercise two examples of the sequence pages of the stock registers. As stated earlier you may find small variations in different registers, however, the main information is the same in every register.