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IJA 3772

Financial Documents, Baghdadi Jewish Community

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These documents include financial receipts, including postage receipts, a bicycle purchase; bills such as power, water, and phone; community organization invoices, repairs for office equipment, construction materials, printing, office supplies, advertising, handwritten ledgers, notices for outstanding balances, community announcements in newspapers, and lists of expenditures for different items and services purchased by the Baghdadi Jewish Community. There are statements from La Société Anonyme Ottomane des Tramways Eclairages et Forces Electriques de Baghdad, the precursor to the Baghdad Light and Power company.

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Archive Reference
IJA 3772
Item Number
6721
Date
Approx. January 1, 1921 to December 31, 1930
Languages
Multiple Languages
Keywords
Society of Water, Financial, Bills, Illustration, Judeo-Arabic, Jewish Religious Court, London, Revenue Stamp, Al-‘Ālam Al-‘Arabī, Newspaper, Ledger, Baghdad Light and Power, Department of Posts & Telegraphs, File Folder, Thumbprint, Typed, Advertisement, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Jewish Charitable Society Press, Electricity Bill, Clippings, Ink Stamp, Receipts, Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, Letterhead, Invoice, Jewish Lay Council, Chief Rabbi, Al-‘Irāq, Doctors, Al-Istiqlāl, British Occupation, Annotation, Handwritten, Jewish Schools Committee

AI en Translation, Pages 251-275

Page 251

STAEDTLER'S
IMPROVED
Elephant
PENCILS
J. S. STAEDTLER
BAVARIA
HB ⟦...⟧ "Elephant" ⟦...⟧
ELEPHANT STAEDTLER 1
TRADE MARK
Date: 28 - 6 - 18
M: The respected Jewish Community Administration
Bought of:
May God bless your times; furthermore, I have received from the Secretary
of the Jewish Community Administration the amount of eleven
rupees, the balance of the invoice submitted to the aforementioned department
for the purchase of stationery; and according to the statement we have given
this notification and receipt
⟦Khedouri Twig⟧

Page 252

K. Heskel Nessim Toeg
Stamps & Stationery Seller
BANK STREET 17/240 H
Khedhouri Heskel Nessim Toeg
Seller of stamps and stationery - Bank Street Baghdad
Baghdad, 29-6-30 192
Description | Rs. | As.
Management of the Jewish Community |  |
Clips, 2 boxes | . | 4
Notebook | . | 12
Glue with envelopes | . | 10
Cut paper | 2 | 10
Carbon packet | 2 | .
Blotting paper, ream | 1 | 6
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
| 9 | 10
Cut by hand ⟦...⟧ | 1 | 6
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
Only eleven rupees and four annas | 11 | .
Khedhouri Heskel
Total

Page 253

Tender
Those interested are invited to participate in a tender ⟦to undertake⟧ the construction
of the Israeli slaughterhouse. Review with the administration of the
Community Council, where the necessary details can be obtained.
Tenders will be accepted until four o'clock in the afternoon
of next Sunday, corresponding to June 23, 1929.
The Israeli Community Council

Page 254

The question. Therefore, I closed my door and disappeared from
view ⟦?⟧
Announcement
The Royal Military School opens its doors to accept
new students from the sons of the cities and tribal leaders
for the academic year starting from the month of September 29
An examination will be held for those wishing to enter this school
Baghdad on 15 - 8 - 29. The days that follow are possible

Number 272
Baghdad 21 June 922
No. ⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad
Dr. to
AL 'IRAQ Al-Iraq newspaper requests
The honorable Director of the Spiritual Council Administration to send it the following amount.
| Rs. Rupees | as. Annas
Sir |  |
The fee for publishing an advertisement twice consecutively on the 19th and 20th |  |
of the current month ⟦regarding⟧ advertisement rate research a rupee and a half |  |
7-8 = Rupee 7-8 in total | 7 | 8
Tender for the renovation of the Jewish Cemetery etc. |  |
Publication of the advertisement according to your letter dated the 8th of this month |  |
Seven rupees and eight annas only |  |
Administration of Al-Iraq Newspaper
Baghdad
BAGHDAD
On behalf of the owner
Note
Two copies of the newspaper in which the advertisement was published are sent
with the list
The Director

Page 255

AL IRAQ
Al-Iraq Newspaper
No. 1077
Baghdad: 27 June 922
Received from: The respected Directorate of the Jewish Community
the sum of Rs. 7-8: Seven Rupees and eight annas
on account of: Advertisement publication fee according to list number ⟦232⟧
AL IRAQ
Al-Iraq Newspaper
Baghdad
BAGHDAD
accountant
Editor
⟦signature⟧

Page 256

First Notice
FIRST APPLICATION.
THE OTTOMAN JOINT STOCK COMPANY FOR TRAMWAYS, LIGHTING AND ELECTRIC
POWER IN BAGHDAD.
Abakhanah,
Baghdad, 13.6.1928
To: The Acting Chief Rabbi
House No.: 16/118
Bill No.: 796/5/28
For supply of Electricity for period: 3.5.28 To 1.6.28
Unmetered Rate. | Rate | Rupees | As. | Anna | Rupee | Flat Fees
Lamps up to 60 watts ⟦line⟧ | Rs. 6 per month |  |  |  | 6 | For lamps with power up to 60 watts
Lamps above 60 watts and up 100 watts ⟦line⟧ | Rs. 10/8/- p. month |  |  |  | 10/8 | For lamps with power over 60 watts and up to 100
Metered Units. |  |  |  |  |  | Recorded Units
Lighting and Fans :- UNITS. |  |  |  |  |  | For lighting and fans :- Units consumed
Meter No. 1142164 = 40 | @ 7 as. | 17 | 8 | 8 | 17 | Meter No. 1142164 = 40 at 7 annas
Meter No. ⟦line⟧ | @ 7 as. |  |  |  |  | Meter No. ⟦line⟧ " " "
Power :- |  |  |  |  |  | For industrial :-
Meter No. ⟦line⟧ | @ 5 as. |  |  |  |  | Meter No. ⟦line⟧ at 5 annas
Meter No. ⟦line⟧ |  |  |  |  |  | " " " " "
Meter No. ⟦line⟧ |  |  |  |  |  | " " " " "
Meter Rentals ⟦line⟧ |  |  |  |  |  | Meter fees
Other Charges ⟦line⟧ |  |  |  |  |  | Other charges
REVENUE
IRAQ
⟦illegible signature⟧
TOTAL 17 8 8 17 Total
Extract form Agreement Signed by Consumer.
7. Payments.—Accounts shall be rendered monthly and should payment at any time be more than 15 days in arrears, the Company reserve the right after giving 48 hours' notice in writing to discontinue the supply of current until the amount owing has been paid together with a fee of Rs. 5 for reconnecting. In the event of any Consumer wishing to discontinue taking a supply he must give 3 days notice in writing to the Company, and, until the expiration of this notice, he will be responsible for any current consumed on the premises whether he may have ceased to occupy the premises or not.
This Bill is now due for payment and must be paid at the office of the Baghdad Electricity Supply Abakhanah.
This Bill must be presented at the Cashier's Desk at the time of payment to enable it to be receipted.
For the convenience of Consumers cheques may be made payable to Baghdad Electricity Supply and crossed Ottoman Bank.
Extract from the contract signed by the consumer.
7 - Payment of fees: Accounts are submitted monthly and if the payment date is delayed for more than 15 days, the company has the right after giving a written notice 48 hours in advance to cut the electrical current until the amount due is paid with a reconnection fee of five rupees. If any of the consumers wish to cut the electrical current, he must inform the company in writing three days in advance and he shall be responsible until the end of this notice period for whatever power is consumed whether he has vacated or has not vacated the place.
This bill is due for payment and must be settled at the office of the Electricity Supplier in Abakhanah.
When paying the amount, this bill must be presented for signing of receipt.
Cheques are accepted for the convenience of consumers and must be addressed in the name of the Baghdad Electricity Supply Office and marked with two lines within which the Ottoman Bank is mentioned.
BAGHDAD ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
PAID
⟦signature⟧
for Engineer & Manager.

Page 257

Statement of salaries and allowances of the Communal Council for the month of June 926
Rupees Anna | Salary account of the staff of the Rabbinate and the Council
425 / | His Eminence the Acting Chief Rabbi - Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri -
257 / | Director of Editing, Anwar Effendi Shaul
120 / | The accountant, Youssef Effendi Levi
80 / | Clerk Shalom " Darwish
60 / | " Naji " Daniel Mukhtar
60 / | " Moshe " Reuben Aziz
60 / | The usher, Gurji Sassoon
50 / | Youssef Shaul
35 / | Gurji Hakim
35 / | Isaac Eliyahu "
45 / | The gatekeeper Kamal Muhammad
100 X | Cemetery guard Shallah Al-Habib
1598 / | Total salaries of the Shochatim
1090 / | Total salaries of retirees, the needy, and the Yeshiva people
500 | Kindergarten management "
4698
Allocations
2330 / | Alliance School
2032 A / | Shamash School
1350 " / | Hospital management
1094 " / | Al-Wataniya School
935 " / | Rachel Shimon "
738 " / | Al-Karam "
560 " / | Midrash Talmud Torah
200 " / | Ozrei Dalim Committee
100 " / | Institute for the Blind
9339 A
668 / " / | Salary of Mr. A. Bernman, £50 at a rate of 13.36
334 " | " Lily Bernman £25 " " 13.36
1390 / | Soap laundry for Midrash Talmud Torah
16229 A
In count
?

Page 258

Balance brought forward
⟦illegible⟧ | 16229 | A
Soap yield for the hospital | 690 | "
Nuriel School on account of endowment revenues | 1000 | /
Statement | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
| 17919 | A
1250
690
⟦line⟧
2040
Check No. 1 to the order of His Excellency the Acting Hakham Bashi, Rabbi Sasson Khidouri | / | 420 | "
" 1 to the order of Rabbi Abraham Aslan | " . | √ | 500 | "
" 1 to the order of His Excellency the Acting Hakham Bashi | " . | √ | 90 | "
" 1 .. Monsieur Dr. Sasson | 1 . | √ | 3330 | "
" 1 .. Doctor Daoud Benjamin Twig | 1 . |  | 3140 | " 2040
" 1 .. Mr. A. Borneman | 1 . | √ | 3032 | A
" 1 .. Rabbi Ezekiel Rabbi Shaul Levi | 1 . | √ | 1950 | "
" 1 .. Rabbi Sasson Isaac and Rabbi Eliyahu Abraham | 1 . | √ | 1558 | "
" 1 .. Meir Effendi Meir, Director of the National School | 1 . | √ | 1094 | "
" 1 .. <del>Mr. A. Borneman</del> | 1 . | <del>1002</del> |
" 1 .. Editor-in-Chief Anwar Effendi Shaul | 1 . | √ | 985 | "
" 1 .. Menashi Effendi Zelouf, Director of Al-Karm School | 1 . | √ | 738 | "
" 1 .. Messrs. Sasson Aaron and Khidouri Ezra Soda'i | 1 . | √ | 300 | "
" 1 .. Rabbi Michael Bariha | 1 . | √ | 1090 | "
" 1 .. Shimon Effendi Mu'allim Na'im, Director of Rachel Shahmoon School | 1 . | √ | 935 | "
Only seventeen thousand nine hundred and nineteen and eight annas and no more | 15 | ⟦line⟧ | 17919 | A
|  | ⟦line⟧ |  |
668 ?
⟦signature⟧
Accountant

Page 260

Anna | Rupee | Statement
8 | 1 | Replacing the bombing fan pipe with another
4 |  | Gypsum
8 |  | Fan carrier and ladders for laying electrical wires
12 | 1 | Bicycle tire
11 | 2 | Pots, cups and water jars with porter's fee
2 |  | Electric fan screw
1 |  | Receipt stamp for Makki Jabbouri, electrical worker
4 |  | Letter stamp to Beirut
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
2 | 8 |
8 |  | Petition stamp to Baghdad Criminal Court to cancel Hiyawi City lawsuit
7 |  | Half an ounce of coffee
12 |  | Cigarettes
4 | 2 | Large jar and its lid
| 1 | Ewer and zinc drinking cup
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
1 | 14 |
8 |  | Pitch pump for the jar and installation fee
7 | 2 | Car fare for the Justice Director and the Police Director
2 |  | Letter stamp to Mandali
2 |  | Two 'Awaka' newspapers
6 |  | Paper cutting fee
8 | 1 | Carriage for the Police Director, his assistant, and the Justice Director
4 |  | Nails
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
6 | 21 | Only twenty-one rupees and six annas, nothing else
21 June 938
Supervisor Yousif Shaoul
Yousif Shaoul

Page 261

Expenses attached to the list
No. 488/H submitted on 16 May 929
| Rupee | Anna
Cleaning the toilet of the Immigrants' House, see receipt No. 1 |  | 12
Fee for repairing the toilet of the mentioned house | 4 | 12
Three towels | 3 | 2
Soap |  | 4
A three-way electric switch for the accountant's room | 2 | 8
Coffee |  | 11
Stamp for a letter to Zakho |  | 2
Sugar, tea, and matches |  | 8
Carriage |  | 12
Cars for the garden party hosted by His Excellency the High Commissioner | 8 | 4
Cars to the Director of Police, Justice, and the Governor | 3 | 4
20 stamps for taking 20 undertakings from the slaughterhouse butchers | 1 | 4
Cars to the Director of Police, the Consul of Iran, the Prime Minister, and the Director
of Justice | 3 | 2
A carriage to the Governor's house and the Assistant Director of Police | 2 | 4
Registered letter regarding the suspension of Rabbi Abraham Aslan |  | 5
Stamp for a letter to Meir Tweig Company in Basra |  | 2
Application stamps to the Baghdad Criminal Court to postpone Saturday's trial
to another day |  | 8
Carriage |  | 6
An ounce of coffee |  | 14
Matches |  | 3
Only forty-five rupees and three annas and no more
| 45 | 3
⟦monogram⟧

Page 262

Book Number (Al-Alam Al-Arabi) Page Number
⟦illegible⟧
Book Number: 22
Page Number: 75
Anna: 14
Rupee: 7
Received from: The respected honorable accountant of the Jewish community in Baghdad
Amount: Seven rupees and fourteen annas only, as the fee for publishing advertisement No. 1
From:
In Al-Alam Al-Arabi newspaper for publication according to our letter No. 222:
Dated: May 14, 929
Baghdad: 28 / 5 / 1929
On behalf of Hassoun, Murad and their partners
⟦signature⟧

Page 263

No.: 3332
Number: 3332
Baghdad:
Baghdad: 14 May 1929
To: The honorable Hakham Bashi of the Jewish Community, Baghdad, respected
Baghdad
Dr. to
The Modern Press
Hassoun, Murad & Co.
| Rs. | As.
Cost of publishing an advertisement in Al-Alam Al-Arabi newspaper, published in issue 1569 |  |
On 25 April 929, 4.5 inches, price 1/8 | 7 | 14
| 7 | 14
Received
Hassoun Murad & Co.
⟦Ch⟧

Page 264

FIRST APPLICATION.
First Notice
THE OTTOMAN JOINT-STOCK COMPANY OF TRAMWAYS, LIGHTING AND ELECTRIC
FORCES OF BAGHDAD.
Abakhanah,
Baghdad, ⟦15. 5.⟧ 1928
To: The Acting Chief Rabi
House no.: 11/118
Bill No.: 296/4/28
For supply of Electricity for period: 2-4-28
To: 3-5-28
Extract form Agreement Signed by Consumer.
7. Payments.—Accounts shall be rendered monthly and should payment at any time be more than 15 days in arrears, the Company reserve the right after giving 48 hours' notice in writing to discontinue the supply of current until the amount owing has been paid together with a fee of Rs. 5 for reconnecting. In the event of any Consumer wishing to discontinue taking a supply he must give 3 days notice in writing to the Company, and, until the expiration of this notice, he will be responsible for any current consumed on the premises whether he may have ceased to occupy the premises or not.
Excerpt from the contract signed by the consumer.
7 - Payment of fees: Accounts are submitted monthly, and if the payment date is delayed by more than 15 days, the company has the right, after giving written notice 48 hours in advance, to cut off the electric flow until the due amount is paid along with a reconnection fee of five rupees. If any consumer wishes to cut off the electric flow, he must notify the company in writing three days in advance and will be responsible until the expiration of this notice period for whatever power is consumed, whether he has vacated the premises or not.
Unmetered Rate. | Rate | Rupees | As. | As. | Rupees | Unmetered Charges
Lamps up to 60 watts ⟦line⟧ | Rs. 6 per month |  |  |  |  | For lamps with a power up to 60 watts
Lamps above 60 watts and up 100 watts ⟦line⟧ | Rs. 10/8/- p. month |  |  |  |  | For lamps with power above 60 watts up to 100 ...
Metered Units. Lighting and Fans :- UNITS. Meter No. 1142164 = 34 | @ 7 as. | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | Registered units for lighting and fans :- Units consumed meter no. 1142164 = 34 at 7 annas
Meter Rentals ⟦line⟧ |  |  |  |  |  | Meter fees
Other Charges ⟦line⟧ |  |  |  |  |  | Other charges
TOTAL |  | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | Total
This Bill is now due for payment and must be paid at the office of the Baghdad Electricity Supply Abakhanah.
This Bill must be presented at the Cashier's Desk at the time of payment to enable it to be receipted.
For the convenience of Consumers cheques may be made payable to Baghdad Electricity Supply and crossed Ottoman Bank.
This bill is now due for payment and must be settled at the electricity supply office in Abakhanah.
When paying the amount, this bill must be presented for the receipt signature.
Cheques are accepted for the convenience of consumers and must be addressed in the name of the Baghdad Electricity Supply Office and marked with two lines mentioning inside them the Ottoman Bank.
⟦J. Fuller⟧
for Engineer & Manager.

Page 265

10019
A. F. No. 86
Account Form No. (86)
Beginning 1
RECEIPT FORM.
Receipts for money collected for the Government
No.: 1
Office of the / Administration:
Dated the / Date: 28 / 4 / 1928
RECEIVED from / Received from: The Director of the Rabbinate Hospital in Baghdad
the sum of Rs. / Amount in Rupees: Ten Rupees only
on account of / On account of: Inland Tax
Rs. / Rupee: 10/-
Signature / Signature: ⟦illegible⟧
Designation / Title of recipient:
G.P.S.⟦line⟧63⟦line⟧216⟦line⟧1,000 Bks 22 4 28.

Page 267

List of names of employees and staff who have not received their salaries
1010 | Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri | X
2 | ⟦illegible⟧ | X
72 | Shaul Sassoon | X
925 | Selim Isaac | X
5 | Selim Shaul | X
3 | Director of the National School | X
1094 | Joseph Isaac Jaber | X
150 | Rabbi Shmuel Rabbi Sassoon | X
195 | Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri | X
22 | Mr. Joseph Meir | X
30 | Dr. Razouq Ghannam | X
220 | Mr. Salloum | X
9 | ⟦illegible⟧ | X
36 | ⟦illegible⟧ | X
425 | ⟦illegible⟧ | X
Statement of expenses paid by the Jewish Community Management Committee in Baghdad for the month of November 1949
17759 | Total Salaries | 1
690 | Frank Iny School | 1
128 | Laura Khedhouri School | 1
224 | Schools Committee | 1
221 | Hakham Bashi | 1
9239 | Total | 1
Revenue Account
4228 | Community Administration | "
100 | Miscellaneous Expenses | "
109 | Cleaning Fees | "
1582 | Electricity Fees | "
53 | Water Fees | "
25 | Transportation Fees | "
25 | Labor Wages | "
2 | ⟦illegible⟧ | "
2 | ⟦illegible⟧ | "
2 | ⟦illegible⟧ | "
8 | ⟦illegible⟧ | "
12 | ⟦illegible⟧ | "
25 | ⟦illegible⟧ | "
225 | His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri | "
Accountant
This list is certified by the Jewish Community Management Committee in Baghdad at its meeting held on ⟦...⟧

Page 269

Statement of salaries and allowances disbursement from the Lay Council fund for the month of November 1929
Statement | Amount | Remarks
Salaries Chapter |  |
His Eminence the Rabbi | 425 | ✓
Endowments Collection Manager | 250 | ✓
Accountant Sassoon Hay | 120 | ✓
The clerk Shalom Effendi | 80 | ✓
Naji | 60 | ✓
Habibi | 60 | ✓
The process server Cohen Sassoon | 60 | ✓
Salman Shaul | 50 | ✓
Cohen Menachem | 25 | ✓
Isaac Al-Abd | 25 | ✓
Driver Ali Muhammad | 45 | ✓
Shaul Al-Habibi cemetery guard | 10 | ✓
Total settlement salaries according to the attached schedule | 1708 | ?
Pensioners, the needy, and youth group members according to the attached schedule | 1090 |
Spiritual administrations 450/8 | 400 | ?
Total | 4508 |
Allowances Chapter |  |
Alliance schools | 2220 | 8
Shamash School - Al-Bazzazin Mosque - by special decision of the religious authority in its session ⟦illegible⟧ | 2025 | 8
Hospital administration, its guarantee for the month of June as per custom | 1250 |
National School | 1094 |
Rachel Shehit | 925 |
Talmud Torah schools administration | 560 |
Karkh School | 728 |
Tomchei Kaf Society | 416 | ?
Ozer Dalim Committee | 200 |
Loan holders for the Boys' structure | 9755 | 8
Madame Finney | 224 |
Furniture tax in Al-Taharn | 1290 |
Hospital | 690 |
Rivka Nuriel School | ⟦illegible⟧ |
Grand Total | 18245 | 8
Only eighteen thousand two hundred and forty-five rupees and eight annas and no more
Added to it the amount remaining from the price of candles because it ⟦harmed⟧
Director of the National School with the administrative allowance amount 1094
His Eminence the Acting Chief Rabbi, Spiritual Administration 400
Rabbi Salman Isaac and Rabbi Eliyahu Ibrahim 1618
Ibrahim Cohen regarding his being in the trench 20
Amount of his salary in the trench
Settlement administration allowance
And the rest of the checks were issued as in the statement
This is for your order
Accountant
Custodian ⟦illegible⟧
The Lay Council

Page 270

What the council decided today is as follows:
Anna | R
8 | 18245 Total disbursement of salaries and allocations described amount
60 | .. A deduction is made in the salary of Rabbi Sasson Khadouri
8 | 18185
Payment suspended
110 Salary of Rabbi Raphael in the committee account
416 | 426 Allocations for Tawfiq Nouri
8 | 17759
Only seventeen thousand seven hundred fifty-nine rupees and eight annas
1929
24 May
⟦Salman Sasson⟧
The Accountant
Decided to disburse it according to the decisions of May 24, 1929
⟦illegible⟧
Vice President

Page 271

Anna | Rupee |
10 | 205 | Previous balance
" | 28 | Subscription to Al-Iraq newspaper
" | 9 | Notice of warning to slaughterers in Al-Iraq newspaper
" | 12 | " " " and commitment of Al-Nayela in Al-Taqaddum newspaper
7 | 48 | Stationery
4 1/2 | " | Letter from the Anglo-Jewish Association in response to condolences on the death of the late President of the Council
" | 10 | Tools for repairing the Community Administration's bicycle
" | 5 | For Rabbi Meir Bayit Chadash
5 1/2 | 318 | Total three hundred eighteen rupees and five and a half annas
⟦flourish⟧

Page 272

List
Of Administration Expenses of the Community
Rupees | Anna
8 | 87 | Notification fees for warnings to the slaughterhouse butchers via Notary Public
” | 100 | ” ” ” ” ” ” Stamps ”
” | 5 | Bailiff of the Notary Public
” | 46 | Printing of titles and receipts for the Hakham Bashi and the Lay Council at the Iraq Press
9 | ” | Paper
11 | 26 | Electricity
” | 17 | Seals, typewriter repair, and purchasing a ribbon for it
12 192
Miscellaneous Expenses
Rupees | Anna
1 | ” | Receipt stamp for 52 rupees slaughterhouse allocation
14 | 1 | Three waste baskets
2 | ” | A bottle of gas
2 | ” | ” Letter stamp to Basra
12 | ” | Electric plug
” | 2 | A tin of gas
7 | ” | Coffee
12 | ” | Cigarettes
4 | ” | Carriage
6 | ” | Sugar and tea
2 | ” | For the Anglo-Jewish check
1 | ” | Al-Iraq Newspaper
6 | ” | Receipt stamps for Spiritual Court checks
5 | ” | Registered letter stamp for Rabbi Abraham Aslan
8 | 3 | Table for the electric fan
2 | ” | Al-Taawun Khan tax stamp
4 | ” | Lock
6 | ” | Oil
⟦line⟧
14 12
14 12
⟦line⟧
Thereafter 10 205

Page 273

Statement of the number of checks drawn to the order of Al-Wan Dirhams
Anna | Rupee
For salary | His Eminence the Acting Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri 12/31/1947 | X | 425 | "
Salaries of the clergy | " " " " " " | X | 640 | "
Salary of Rabbi ⟦illegible⟧ | " " " " " " | X | 20 | "
Salaries of the Shochtim | Rabbi Sassoon Isaac and Rabbi Eliyahu Ibrahim | X | 1708 | "
Retirees ⟦illegible⟧ | Michael Bahya | X | 1060 | "
Shamash School allocations | Mr. A. Brunton | X | 2022 | 8
Salary | " " " | X | 1002 | 8
Director of Editors with total salaries of the callers to prayer with the pocket total and the institution for the blind | " " " | X | <del>685</del>
985 | 8
| Sion Sekon | X | 2220 | "
| Doctor Dawood Eddy and Sassoon ⟦illegible⟧ | X | 2040 | "
| Rabbi Eliyahu bin Yamin Rabbi Mallah | X | 1094 | "
Director of Rachel Shahmoon School | Shamoun Agha, Department Teacher | X | <del>1226</del>
925 | 8
Novi Tut | Rabbi Khedhouri, Yad Teacher | X | 416 | "
| Director of Al-Karm School, Nashat Razzouk | X | 728 | "
Constitutional Ezra Soudai | Khajla Sassoon Haron | X | 200 | "
| Rabbi Hafil Rabbi Haron Levi | X | 1950 | "
| ⟦line⟧ |  | 18585 | 2
14 January
ac a
⟦signature⟧
The Accountant

Page 274

15 April 929
Total salary disbursement for the month of March 929 | 19748 | 8
Those who must be added to the account per Council decisions 929
Our employees in the Supplies Department | 120
Yaqoub Hafidh, Audit Inspector | 20
Difference in expense allowances in the schools section | 12 | 5
Saleh Shammu | 60
222 | 5 | 222 | 5
The total that had to be paid in the month of March only | 19961 | 12
In the allowances for provinces and districts | 40
Meat distribution committee on the occasion of the Eid | 1000
Cash savings amounting to | 8
Hospital allowances | 52 | 5
1101 | 5
Deficit where it was paid all at once | 280
1381 | 5 | 1381 | 5
18580 | 8
18585 | 8
Adding the salary of the process server Ishaq ⟦al-Bala'⟧ to his entitlement
⟦illegible⟧