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The cash register was invented in the United States in 1879 to ease the problems of cash handling that accompanied the expansion of retailing. The cash register was later improved by adding a paper roll to record sales transactions, thereby creating the first receipt. The National Cash Register Company was at the forefront of modern business practice and developed new methods to secure cash register sales. In 1888 the company went multinational, and opened an office in Bathurst Street, Sydney, in the early 1890s:

Every shopper knows the handsome cash registers which now adorn pretty well every reputable shop, store and hotel in the colonies ... They save time and money and worry and they prevent mistakes and dishonesty and even bankruptcy.