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IJA 3474

Expenditure Lists, Baghdadi Jewish Community

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Description

These are lists of expenditures by the Baghdadi Jewish Community. Included are lists of school supplies, office supplies, utility bill receipts, and taxi receipts.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3474
Item Number
14713
Date
Approx. January 1, 1941 to December 31, 1950
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Endowment, Financial, Jewish Lay Council, Menahem S. Daniel's School, Annotation, Frank Iny School, Handwritten, Ledger, Baghdad Light and Power, File Folder, Spiritual Council, Receipts, Menashy Saleh School, Typed, Letterhead

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List of administrative expenses for the Presidency of the Community for the month of January 1950
Fils | Dinar | Petty Cash Expenses
822 |  | Revenue stamps
750 |  | Fee for serving a notice to the contractor with a tip to the notary public's porters
|  | - As per attached receipt
500 |  | Repairing a water pipe - as per attached receipt
600 |  | Value of coal for the doorman's use - as per receipt
250 |  | Khaki trousers for the servant's use - as per secretary's memo
250 |  | Typewriter ribbon - as per attached receipt
340 |  | Carbon
180 |  | Blotter - as per attached receipt
370 |  | Writing paper
36 |  | Candles - on the occasion of the power outage for three days
320 |  | Electrical repairs - as per attached receipt
163 |  | Postage " " " " "
350 |  | Installing a key for the office door - as per attached receipt
250 |  | Typewriter cleaning fees " " "
150 |  | Replacing a door lock
500 |  | Repairing a door for one of the shops in the Al-Taawun plot - as per attached receipt
|  | Indicated by Mr. Eliyahu Tawfiq
831 | 5 | Administrative expenses
000 | 30 | Costs of following up on the Al-Qurna cemetery registration transaction - as per secretary's memo
746 | 2 | Car fares for the movement of employees and porters of the Community Presidency - as per
|  | attached list
424 | 1 | ⟦Newspapers⟧ - as per attached receipt
750 | 3 | Value of a wooden cigarette tray and an announcement board - as per attached receipt
115 | 3 | Office electricity - as per attached receipt
850 | 2 | Kerosene (for heaters) - as per attached receipt
885 | 33 | Total administrative expenses
716 | 39 | Subscriptions to newspapers and associations
000 | 4 | Subscription to Al-Hatif newspaper for a year - as per receipt
500 |  | Subscription to the Aviation Association - as per receipt
500 | 4 |
216 | 44 | Total expenses for the month of January 1950
520 | 12 | Electricity for the Almshouse for the month of December 1949 - charged to the capital's municipality.
736 | 56 |
Only fifty-six dinars and seven hundred thirty-six fils and nothing else.
Baghdad on 31 / 1 / 1950
4 / 5 / 1 / 50
Accountant
⟦Disbursed accordingly⟧
⟦Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad⟧

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Continuation of the list of administrative expenses for the head of the community for the month of December 1949
Statement | Dinar | Fils
Brought forward | 51 | 262
Car costs |  |
Lump-sum allowance for the head of the community | 20 | 000
Cost of a battery for car packaging | 2 | 000
Subscriptions to newspapers and associations |  |
Value of newspapers purchased separately | 2 | 098
Aviation Magazine subscription | 0 | 500
Sada al-Ahali newspaper subscription | 1 | 292
Total list of expenses for the month of December 1949 | 87 | 252
Al-Khaibara water fees for the months of October and November 1949 addressed to the contractor | 14 | 700
Al-Khaibara electricity fees for the month of November 1949 addressed to the Capital Municipality | 9 | 800
Only one hundred eleven dinars and seven hundred fifty-two fils and no more | 111 | 752
⟦signature⟧
The Accountant
To be distributed to the Council
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Submitted by Mr.
⟦illegible⟧
25/1/50

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List of petty cash expenses for the month of November 1949
Fils | Dinars |
500 |  | Food for the servants 24/10/1949
000 | 2 | Newspapers
560 | 1 | Telegrams
255 |  | Postage fees
250 |  | Cleaning the typewriter
290 |  | Ice
580 |  | Electrical repairs
180 |  | Revenue stamps
600 |  | Chair rentals for the General Assembly meeting
080 |  | Lamp wick
250 |  | Ashtrays
060 |  | Electric bulb
080 |  | Wiping cloth
030 |  | Brooms
230 |  | Photo frame
420 |  | Carbon paper
390 |  | Porterage
160 |  | Glue (2)
080 |  | Pins
090 |  | Carbolic acid
064 |  | Soap
140 |  | Towel
150 |  | Files
120 |  | Fan cover
250 |  | Faucet repair
100 |  | Envelopes
160 |  | Typewriter ribbon
069 | 9 | Subtotal
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Continuation of the list of administrative expenses for the month of October 1949
| Dinar | Fils
Brought forward | 512 | 103
Grants and gratuities |  |
Gratuity to the messengers of government departments | 7 | 000
Gratuity to the messengers of the Community Presidency and the Spiritual Council | 8 | 000
On the occasion of Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) |  |
Gratuity to the doorman on the occasion of Sukkot | 6 | 000
Gratuity to the messenger Shaoul Yaqoub on the occasion of Sukkot | 5 | 000
Value of a ticket for a party for the benefit of the police | 1 | 000
Aid to a poor person | 1 | 000
Gratuity to the distributors of the Iraqi Gazette, mail, the guard, and the sweeper |  | 650
On the occasion of Sukkot |  |
| 28 | 650
Unforeseen expenses |  |
Meat preservation | 14 | 000
| 14 | 000
Total list of expenses for the month of October 1949 | 562 | 146
Assisting the poor on the occasion of Sukkot | ⟦...⟧ | 15
| 562 | 161
Only five hundred and sixty-two dinars and one hundred and sixty-one fils, and nothing else
Head of the Community
On behalf of/

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Administrative Expenses List for the month of September 1949
| Fils | Dinar
Preceding total of the petty cash expenses list | 286 | 11
Administrative Expenses |  |
Chair rentals for the General Council meeting | 500 | 1
Allowances for an additional clerk | 000 | 4
Allowances for an additional office boy | 000 | 2
Repair of the typewriter | 750 | 1
Car fares | 050 | 3
Department electricity | 955 | 3
Value of fabric and labor for secretary's room chair covers | 500 | 5
Fees for transporting bricks from the Priests' Cemetery to the Old Cemetery | 000 | 4
Old Cemetery cleaning fees on the occasion of the holidays | 160 | 15
Value of a Holy Bible for the police | 000 | 1
Fees for a crier in the churches | 000 | 1
| 915 | 42
Total of the Administrative Expenses List | 201 | 54
Cigarettes and Refreshments |  |
Cigarettes | 000 | 4
Refreshments | 000 | 5
Coffee | 755 | 3
Kerosene | 600 |
Matches | 110 |
| 465 | 13
Car Costs |  |
Lump sum allowances | 000 | 30
Repairs according to the Lawee Company invoice | 300 | 10
Spring leaf | 700 |
Piece of corduroy | 500 |
Switch | 700 |
Tin of polish | 300 |
| 500 | 42
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List of construction expenses for the Hadiya Munshi Saleh School for Girls
Fils | Dinar
Workers' wages as follows |  |
19/9/1949 - According to list No. (1) | 2 | 561
21/9/1949 - According to list No. (2) | 3 | 850
22/9/1949 - According to list No. (3) | 4 | 350
23/9/1949 - According to list No. (4) | 4 | 350
24/9/1949 - According to list No. (5) | 4 | 240
6/10/1949 - According to list No. (6) | 4 | 565
| 23 | 916
Value of 200 pieces of floor tiles | 3 | 200
Gypsum, sand, and cement | 11 | 440
Carpenter's fee with lock and soil transport fees | 4 | 060
Brick porterage and transport of gypsum and tiles |  | 550
Value of 21 yards of canvas | 1 | 320
Value and labor of glass installation | 14 | 574
Value of 2 ventilators with value of board and cutting fee | 2 | 520
Value of a lorry of bricks | 4 | 500
Supervisor fees | 4 | 750
Painter's fee | 6 | 000
Water consumption | 2 | 800
Value of a faucet | 1 | 650
Electrical installations | 8 | 400
Nails |  | 175
| 89 | 855
Only eighty-nine dinars and eight hundred and fifty-five fils and nothing else.
⟦illegible⟧
Accountant
on behalf of/
⟦illegible⟧

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Continuation of the administrative expenses list for the month of August 1949
| Dinar | Fils
Brought forward | 100 | 095
Unforeseen expenses |  |
Meat preservation | 14 | ...
Total administrative expenses list for the month of August 1949 | 114 | 095
Slaughterhouse electricity for August 1949 charged to the Capital Secretariat | 7 | 940
Department furniture insurance for one year | 4 | 500
Assistance to the poor | 6 | ...
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| 132 | 535
Only one hundred thirty-two dinars and five hundred thirty-five fils and nothing else
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Community
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