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IJA 2840

Receipts and Invoices for the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools

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These are receipts and invoices from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools from a variety of vendors for electrical and maintenance work, book orders, water, electricity, labor, travel for teachers, carpentry, pharmacy orders, toys, food services, office and school supplies, sporting goods, printing, fire insurance policy renewal, and newspaper advertising. Vendors include: Mackenzie’s Books, The Bookshop – Baghdad, Edward Raby Pharmacy, Al-Muthanna Library, Iraqi Mercantile Limited, The Union Pharmacy, the Middle East Store, Victory Bookshop, Coronet Bookshop, Trading & Printing Co. Ltd., Dar Es Salaam Hospital, Iraq Insurance Office Ltd, The Times (London), Manchester Guardian, and Foyles.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 2840
Item Number
1427
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
The British Council, Financial, Chart, Employment, Shamash Secondary School, London, Address, Teachers, Geography, File Folder, Thumbprint, Chemistry, Business Cards, Typed, English Literature, Electricity Bill, Fragments, Baghdad Power and Light, Office of Telephone Administration, Economics, Receipts, Ink Stamps, Math, University of London, Letterhead, Invoice, Frank Iny School, French, Paris, Insurance, Personal Letterhead, Directorate of Education, Annotation, Ministry of Industry - Office of Electricity, Handwritten, Hospital, Travel, Revenue Stamps, Students

AI English Translation, Pages 426-450

Archival unit 426

Al-Tasahul Store
Al-Samawal Street 17 D / 240
For the sale of commercial ledgers and all types of stationery
Wholesale and retail at reasonable prices
And licensed to sell revenue stamps
And ready for printing and binding
Telephone: 84276
AL-TASAHUL STORE
AL-SAMAW'AL STREET, 17D-240
For selling all kinds of stationery
Commercial of books, Contractor
for printing binding, Books and
Licened to sell revenue stamps.
Tel. 84276
Date / /195:
Baghdad on: 2 / 1 / 1957
Number: 0958
To Mr.: Frank Iny School
Respected:
Fils | Dinars | Details
500 | 11 | Value of envelopes 10 x 12 Gyle Johnson
 |  | quantity
750 | 4 | Value of envelopes 9 x 12 Johnson Gyle white ⟦paper⟧
250 | 16 | Only sixteen dinars and two hundred and fifty
 |  | fils and no more, received in cash
Al-Tasahul Store
Al-Samawal Street
Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
Errors and omissions are subject to correction by both parties

Archival unit 427

Baghdad Light and Power Company Limited
BAGDAD LIGHT & POWER Co. Ltd.
(Incorporated in the United Kingdom.)
Note:
1- This bill must be paid within 15 days from
its date.
2- The subscriber who believes that their deposited security
is more than necessary after taking another without
interruption in one job for a period of not less than
12 months should visit to follow up on that.
AIN:
Ludk Aini School:
Darb 1 Al-Alwiyah:
90 hours in 16: M 44I233/36053
14.5.A.: 44255
Account Number | Date | Meter Reading | Estimated Fee | Fils | Dinar
0431.20.57 | 57119 | 41238 | 5 | 0 |
Various Prices | Units Supplied | Meter | Fils | Dinar
1- Arrears | 125 | 7625 | 35 | 170
2- Special reading fee | 277 | 7500 | |
3- Cost of damage to meters | 207 | 561218 | |
4- Carried forward from your account | 605 | | |
Total 9975
30-JAN-57 00431 - M - 9.935
Lira for Al-Ahli 4285
17/1/1957

Archival unit 428

Baghdad Light & Power Company Limited
BAGDAD LIGHT & POWER Co. Ltd.
(Incorporated in the United Kingdom.)
For Office Use Only   57   For Office Use Only
Note:
1- This bill must be paid within 15 days of its date.
2- Any subscriber who considers their deposited security to be excessive after continuous consumption in one location for at least 12 months should apply for a reassessment.
Frank Iny School
PART. TRANSFER CONSUMPTION & RENTAL TO
ILL SERIAL 40 02 640
REF. TO M 441573/35895
44355   40 02 641
Account No. | Date | Meter Reading | Monthly rate for the fixed | Fils | Dinar
40 02 641 M. G. M. | 9/1/57 | Serial 2 No. 44355 | 41573 | 50 | 0
Miscellaneous charges | To 1/9 | 11424 | For meter | 35 | 
1- Arrears | From 8/12/56 | 11161 |  |  | 
2- Special reading fee | Units supplied | 273 |  |  | 
3- Cost of damage to meter | At 18 fils |  |  |  | 
4- Transferred from your account | At 12 fils |  |  |  | 
 | At 10 fils |  |  |  | 
 | Miscellaneous charges - see side |  | Total |  | 
Electricity bill payment centers:
1- In Abakhana
2- In Bab al-Muazzam
3- Karkh side on Sheikh Ma'ruf Street
4- In Bataween
Daily except Fridays
M 21 = 300
0.045
Reader: 16
Amount:
This bill is not considered paid unless it is stamped above by the cashier
ALACRA BUSINESS FORMS, PRINTED IN GT. BRITAIN BY W. H. SMITH & SON, LTD., LONDON.

Archival unit 429

Baghdad Light & Power Co. Ltd.
BAGHDAD LIGHT & POWER Co. Ltd.
(Incorporated in the United Kingdom)
Dinars Fils Monthly Fees Ltd. 500 87521 Meter Registration Sequence Number 3 Date ⟦19⟧ 7 57 Account Number 020 642
Meter 25 8125 to 7938 561218 from supplied units 207
Sundry Charges
1- Arrears
2- Special reading fee
3- Cost of damage to the meter
4- Carried forward from your account
As per invoice No.
As per invoice No.
As per invoice No.
As per invoice No.
Sundry charges, see side
Total
Note:
1- This bill must be paid within 15 days of its date.
2- A subscriber who believes their deposited security is more than necessary after a major survey without interruption in one job for a period of at least 12 months should apply for an assessment.
Frank Iny School
ART. TRANSFER CONSUMPTION & RENTAL TO
ILL SERIAL 40 02 640
IO M 387531/34589
44355
40 02 642
Electricity Payment Centers:
1- In Abakhana
2- In Bab al-Muadham
3- Karkh side, Sheikh Marouf Street, except Fridays 000046
4- In Battaween
Date
Amount
This list is not considered paid unless stamped by the cash register machine before the cashier
For Office Use Only
57
For Office Use Only I
ALACRA BUSINESS FORMS. PRINTED IN GT. BRITAIN BY W. H. SMITH & SON, LTD., LONDON.

Archival unit 430

Skin Number ⟦illegible⟧
Amanat Al-Asima (Capital Municipality)
Collection Receipt No. 015407
Fils: 250
Dinar: 5
Amount Paid: Five Dinars and two hundred and fifty
Only: Fils
Name of Payer: Maurice Khaddouri Omair
Type of Fee: Official Water
Location: Al-Alwiyah 15/6/22
Starting from: Month of September 56
To the end of: December 56
Duration: 2 Number
On 21 / 1 / Year 1957
⟦signature⟧
District Fee Collector
Al-Najah Press 694
309

Archival unit 431

Weaving chairs for the teachers' room, quantity ⟦illegible⟧, unit price 400 fils | 2 | 800
Purchase of cabinets for the laboratory | 1 | 250
White paint/plaster | - | 28
Oil, quantity of cans | 1 | 120
⟦illegible⟧ Car fare on Saturday for distributing letters | - | 050
Welding the float for the large hall toilet | - | 050
Wages for worker Abdullah Khudair, supervisor of the new building | - | 900
 | 5 | 650

Archival unit 432

4000
I have received from the hand of
your treasury, Abbi Dinars
for the value of frames
of 5 bamboo chairs
1/24/1957
Naeem
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 433

Saleh Darwish
Stationery Seller - Shorja - Baghdad
Date: 22 / 7 / 195
To: Mr. Dawood Aini
Fils | Dinar | Details
280 | - | Dozen foolscap paper ⟦...⟧
 |  | Only two hundred and eighty fils and no more
 |  | And we have received in cash
Saleh

Archival unit 434

The work of Abdullah ⟦Khudair⟧ on the cooler
for
three days
3
Abdullah Khudair
⟦thumbprint⟧
25 / 1 / 1957
⟦red mark⟧

Archival unit 435

176
Mackenzie's Bookshop
MACKENZIE'S BOOKSHOP
TEL. : 83304 Telephone 83304
TO: FRANK INY SCHOOL,
ADDRESS: BAGHDAD.
Baghdad: 10th January, 1957 Baghdad
2 | A Book of Narrative Verse @ 350 | 700
⟦illegible⟧
ID 700
22/1/1957
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 436

E. O. B.
STATIONERY
No 4839
Baghdad on: ⟦illegible⟧ 195⟦illegible⟧
Quant. | DESIGNATION | PRICE | TOTAL
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | 40 | 320
Name:
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 437

174 , 175
/ | 28 | 000 | Value of 4 heaters
/ | ⟦line⟧ | 550 | Large piece of cheese No. ⟦...⟧
/ | ⟦line⟧ | 800 | Roneo ink list
 | ⟦line⟧ | 150 | Transport of heaters from Karrada to ⟦...⟧
 | ⟦line⟧ | 900 | Barrels for Adosaf No. ⟦...⟧
 | ⟦line⟧ | 200 | Large barrel for Adosaf No. ⟦...⟧
 | ⟦line⟧ | 120 | Soldering paste for the bathroom
 | ⟦line⟧ | 280 | Green paint for barrels and Adosaf
/ | 21 | 100 | Kerosene cans No. ⟦...⟧
 | ⟦line⟧ | 072 | Contribution stamps to Italy via Beirut
/ | ⟦line⟧ | 210 | Work of laborer Abdullah Khudair, overseer of the new building
 | ⟦line⟧ | 050 | Car fare
 | ⟦line⟧ | 270 | Abdul Majeed bathroom list
/ | 2 | 880 | List ⟦...⟧
/ | ⟦line⟧ | 300 | List ⟦...⟧
/ | ⟦line⟧ | 140 | ⟦...⟧
37
58 192

Archival unit 438

Debit Note No. 08557
L. FORSTER & SABBAGH CO.
L. FORSTER & SABBAGH CO.
Tel. 5673 Tel. 5673
To: Frank Iny School
Baghdad: 15 / 1 / 1957
QTY. | PARTICULARS | PRICE | AMOUNT I.D. FILS
4 | Four Aladdin Stoves | 7/- | 28
 | Only twenty-eight dinars and no more |  | 
PAID
CASH
CHEQUE No. ⟦line⟧
L. FORSTER & SABBAGH Co.
Signed ⟦line⟧
Date ⟦line⟧
15 Jan 1957
Paid
I acknowledge receipt of the goods detailed above
E. & O. E.

Archival unit 439

No. 4936 CASH SALE VOUCHER
IRAQ MERCANTILE LIMITED - BAGHDAD
Name: ⟦Frank Iny School⟧
Receipt No.:
Date: 14/1/57
Only the Company's official receipt will be Recognised
PARTICULARS | Quantity | Amount I. D. | Amount Fils
to cost of: |  |  |
One Tube Roneo |  |  |
500 black ink |  |  | 800
(Eight hundred fils only) |  |  |
⟦signature⟧
Sig. of Recipient

Archival unit 440

Employment of a casual worker on the new building
From Saturday to Friday
Seven days 7 count
Abdullah Khudair
Fils Dinar
2100
18 / 8 / 1951
⟦fingerprint⟧
⟦red_mark⟧

Archival unit 441

The Times Printing & Publishing Coy. Ltd.
STATIONERY SHOP-BAGHDAD
CASH SALES VOUCHER:
No: 0257 /Sty
Date: 1957/7/18
M: ⟦line⟧
Description of Stationeries | Quantity | Sale Proceeds. I.D. Fils.
For the value of your supply | Number |
Reams of white bond paper at a price of | 96 | 2 880
30/- fils per ream |  |
TOTAL IDs. Only two dinars and eight hundred and eighty fils 2 880
nothing else
I/C Sty Shop
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 442

No. ⟦00051⟧
George Sunieri George
Dealing in all types of pipes and bathroom fixtures
Al-Rashid Street * Bab Al-Agha 251 C 2-1
Telephone * 84354
Baghdad on: 18 / 1 / 1957
To the Honorable Mr.:
Fils | Dinar | Details | Price | Number
200 | 2 | Plastic pipe | 200 | 1
⟦Mixed⟧
Errors and omissions are subject to correction by both parties

Archival unit 443

Ali Al-Haj Najm Shop
For selling and installing all types of glass, mirrors, and picture frames
Al-Rashid Street - Bab Al-Agha - Baghdad
633:
Baghdad on: / / 195
Mr.:
Respectfully:
Fils | Dinar | Details | Number of Glass | Millimeter | Square Foot | Quantity
 |  | ⟦illegible⟧ |  |  |  | 
Signature
Note: Errors and omissions are subject to correction by both parties

Archival unit 444

Frank Eini School
Middle and Elementary
Telephone 7448
Parents of male and female students are requested to pay the second installment of
school fees immediately; otherwise, the school will be forced not to admit those who fail
 to pay the fees to the classroom.
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 445

DAR ES SALAAM HOSPITAL
OUT PATIENT RECEIPT
No. 25566
Date: ⟦Jan⟧ 14-57
Received From: Farid Mashi
OPD No.: 1/250
Dinars:
For: inj
ID: 1250
Signed: Hos

Archival unit 446

DAR ES SALAAM HOSPITAL
OUT PATIENT RECEIPT
Date: ⟦illegible⟧ 13 57
No.:
Received From: Fareed ⟦illegible⟧
OPD No.: 25507
Dinars: ⟦line⟧ /600
For:
ID: /600
Signed: ⟦illegible⟧
1000

Archival unit 447

DAR ES SALAAM HOSPITAL
OUT PATIENT RECEIPT
Date: ⟦22⟧.13.59
No.: 25505
Received From: Fouad Moshe A. Hakim
OPD No.: C. 68
Dinars: 2 only
For: visit
ID: 2/000
Signed: ⟦illegible signature⟧

Archival unit 448

Baghdad 13 - 1 - 1957
No 10831
THE IRAQ INSURANCE OFFICE LTD.
TEL. 7807 (INCORPORATED IN IRAQ)
96-9 MUSTANSIR ST.
Received from: The Principal of Frank Iny school
the sum of Iraq Dinars: four & fils 500/1000 only
against: Renewal of Fire Policy No. 8070191
as per: Cash
I.D.: 4/500
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
13/1/57
for THE IRAQ INSURANCE OFFICE LTD.
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 449

No 4925 CASH SALE VOUCHER
IRAQ MERCANTILE LIMITED - BAGHDAD
Name: ⟦Khatoun Mackie⟧
Receipt No.:
Date: 5-1-57
Only the Company's official receipt will be Recognised
PARTICULARS | Quantity | Amount I. D. | Amount Fils
to cost of |  |  | 
One Tube Roneo |  |  | 
Black ink |  |  | 800
( Eight hundred fils only ) |  |  | 
⟦illegible⟧
Sig. of Recipient

Archival unit 450

2600 | List of Darwish interests
1700 | Eid beans
- 080 | ⟦Soap⟧ Eid towel for toilets
2100 | Work of laborer Abdullah Khudair
- 700 | Eid oil canister
325 | Tea with coffee and Coca for administration
7 505 V