AI English Translation, Pages 76-100
Baghdad, April 28, 1930
His Eminence the Acting Hakham Bashi of Baghdad, the Respected
Reference to the petition of the lawyer Yusuf Effendi Zilkha referred to me on 28/4/30
I represent: that the aforementioned lawyer had submitted to the previous Lay Council a petition in this
regard including a copy of the account claiming an amount of (49/8) forty-nine and a half rupees, the remainder of his claim
against the administration.
The Vice President of the previous Lay Council had referred this
petition to the accounting department on 23/3/930 for auditing; however, I did not receive it until after the Council
submitted its resignation. Therefore, it has become impossible to carry out any audit on its contents.
It was stated in the aforementioned petition that the lawyer had dropped the lawsuit he filed against
Hadhouri Effendi Sassoon based on the request of the Vice President, and as I have no knowledge regarding this
matter, I leave this issue to your Eminence and submit herewith the aforementioned letter with the
receipt and the attached notice.
Please note that this petition has not been recorded in the administration's registers until this date.
This is what was necessary to present, and the matter is yours to decide.
⟦illegible⟧
The Accountant
N. M.
Baghdad on April 28, 1930
His Eminence the Acting Hakham Bashi, the Respected
Reference to the two letters of the Hospitals Committee numbered 549 and 551 dated
April 24 and 27, 1930, referred to me
I place below the text of the second paragraph of the Council's decision No. 266 dated 8/25/930
And based <del>and viewing</del> on the two letters received from the mentioned committee dated May 7 and July 9
of the year 1929 numbered 75 and 178 containing a request to establish clinics for treating the eyes
of students in the community's schools and to bring a doctor to be a director for the Meir Elias Hospital, and since
these two matters require an increase in expenditure, the Council has therefore decided to increase the usual
allocations by three thousand eight hundred rupees (3800) in addition to the allocations amounting to sixteen
thousand seven hundred rupees, so the Council's allocations to the community hospitals became twenty thousand rupees
(20,500) on the condition that the Council pays that increase upon bringing the aforementioned director doctor
and establishing the clinics mentioned above.
Furthermore, please note that the Lay Council has approved the appointment of the internal doctor
Dr. Sinan on March 10, 1930. This is what had to be presented, and the matter is for your eminence.
⟦illegible⟧
The Accountant
N.M.
Baghdad on April 25, 930
Subject: Submission of the expenditure list (bordereau) for the month of March 930
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His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Ishaq, the respected
and " " Eliyahu Abraham "
The instructions issued by the two added Lay Councils require
that every department organize a monthly expenditure list (bordereau) of the amounts it distributes to
its employees, and it is prepared among the total departments that must submit their list to this
department in due time. However, your Eminence has not submitted to us the list of the slaughterhouse employees for
the month of March 930, despite the successive verbal requests I addressed to your Eminence.
Since this refusal places this department under administrative responsibility,
therefore, I request you to take the initiative to submit this list with the necessary stamps.
We cannot accept your list without the legal stamps. If your Eminence has
any observation regarding this matter, I request you to consult His Excellency the Acting Chief Rabbi so he may issue
his orders in this regard.
Please note that this department will not be responsible if you insist on not
submitting this list. With respect to your Eminence.
⟦signature⟧
The Accountant
A copy of it to: -
His Excellency the Acting Chief Rabbi to look into this matter.
N. M.
Baghdad on April 25, 930
His Eminence the Acting Hakham Bashi, the respected
Statement of the monthly expenditure list for the Lay Council for the month of April 930
Community Administration | Salaries | Rupee | Anna
Acting Hakham Bashi | | |
The Accountant - salary suspended until the council is formed | | |
Employee Shalom Effendi Darwish | 100 | " | "
" Naji " Mukhtar | 60 | " | "
Assistant Kurji Sasson | 30 | " | "
Assistant Kurji Menachem | 35 | " | "
Salman Mordechai | 40 | " | "
The Mizrar Repairer | 30 | " | "
The Doorman Gul Mohammad | 45 | " | "
| 370 | " |
Shallal al-Habib - Cemetery Guarding | 100 | " |
Total salaries of the Shechita administration | 1508 | " |
Total salaries of retirees and the needy | 637 | 8 |
" " People of the Old Age Home | 432 | 8 |
| 1070 | " |
Secretary of the Schools Committee Edward Effendi Shohet | 80 | " |
Hebrew teacher at the Amiriya School - Daoud Effendi Abboudi | 90 | " |
Pension for the family of the late Hakham Meir | 37 | 8 |
Remittance for the Beirut mission student Ezra Menashi Hindi | 24 | 10 |
| | 3280 | 2
Intestines yield for the Midrash annually 16683 average 25 percent of the nabla commitment | | 1390 | "
" " " " for the hospital " 8348 " " " " | | 695 | "
Monthly Allocations
Alliance Schools | 2330 | "
Shamash School | 2010 | "
National School | 1493 | "
Hospital Administration | 1350 | "
Rachel Shahmoon School after deducting (100) Rupees | 1190 | 6
Al-Karam | 890 | 11
The Midrash | 560 | "
Blind Care Home | 100 | "
Ozre Dalim Committee | 200 | "
| 10124 | 6
Salary of Mr. A. Brotman 75 Pounds at the rate of 13/9 | 1025 | "
| 16519 | 8
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Accountant
Baghdad 23 April 1930
His Eminence the Acting Chief Rabbi of Baghdad, the Respected
After performing the duties of respect
I submit to your Eminence that I had submitted to the esteemed Lay Council on February 28
1930 a letter in which I presented the smallness of my salary in relation to the duties I perform, these duties
whose importance your Eminence undoubtedly acknowledges and for which ⟦for which⟧ I stay late every day in the office after
working hours for hours to perform them
The former Vice President of the Council had placed this letter in the files until the end of the
fiscal year to be considered during the preparation of the new budget
And since the Council was dissolved before the appointed time passed, the aforementioned
letter remained kept with other suspended papers, so I ask your Eminence to decide what you see fit in this
matter, otherwise, if you see that delaying the decision on this matter until the formation of the new Lay Council
is necessary, then I request the suspension of my salary payment until the meeting of the Lay Council so that this case will be among
the cases that will be presented to the new Council at its first formation, considering it a case referred by
your Eminence - with much respect to your Eminence, and may you remain,
⟦illegible⟧
The Accountant
Secret
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To the Honorable Acting Haham Bashi
With reference to the undated letter of Reuben Hakham Sassoon, registered on the 10th of the current month and referred
to me, I submit:
Since the Director of Correspondence resigned on 31/4/930, I have been performing (at
Your Honor's request) the duties of this position in addition to my two original positions: accounting for
the Secular Council and accounting for the administration of the Midrash Talmud Torah. It is no secret to Your Honor that I have been working
until now without interruption morning and evening without being able to perform these duties in their entirety.
So how is it possible for me to undertake this task with which Your Honor has charged me? This task
whose completion requires a dedicated employee working continuously and extensively to be able to
review the books, accounts, and resolutions of the Council for more than a year and a half.
This is the last day this department will open its doors, and Your Honor may choose,
after the holiday, a competent man whom you trust to perform this task, and I am ready to hand over to him
the books and registers pertaining to it.
This, and with Your Honor's abundant respect,
6/11/930
⟦illegible⟧
The Accountant
Baghdad, March 25, 1930
To the Honorable Vice President of the Lay Council
Subject: Lease agreement for the community administration
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On March 7, 1930, the sum of two thousand three hundred and ten rupees (2310) was paid to His Excellency the Acting Chief Rabbi, based on
the Council's decision, as rent for the community administration
for a full year, two months, and eighteen days, starting from February 12, 5690 Hebrew until
the end of April 5691.
However, the accounting department has not yet received the aforementioned lease agreement.
I hope to bring this to your attention;
⟦signature⟧
The Accountant
N. M.
Baghdad ⟦on⟧ 24 March 1930
Honorable Vice President of the Respected Lay Council
Subject: Settlement of the Nuriel Waqf account on the occasion of the end of the year
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Greetings and respect,
The net income of the Nuriel Waqf according to the books and records of the respected Council
is three thousand and seventy-two rupees (3072) and four annas (4).
It is not hidden from your presence that it is necessary to settle this account
at the end of this fiscal year, and since we have a promissory note at the Imperial
Bank in the amount of two thousand six hundred and sixty-seven rupees due on 11 June 931,
I propose the following to settle the aforementioned amount:
Anna | Rupee |
⟦-⟧ | 2667 | Return of the aforementioned promissory note to the agent of the Waqf trustee
4 | 405 | Paid in cash to close the aforementioned account
4 | 3072 | ⟦line⟧
I request the issuance of an order to withdraw the aforementioned promissory note from the Imperial Bank and return it
to the aforementioned agent of the trustee and to issue a decision for the balance amount of rupees (405/4).
This is what was necessary to present to you, and the matter is yours, sir,
⟦signature⟧
Accountant
N. M.
Statement of salaries and allowances of the Lay Council for the month of March 1930
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Rupees | Annas
Salaries
425 | His Eminence the Acting Chief Rabbi (Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri)
250 | Director of Correspondence (Anwar Effendi A. Shaul)
120 | Accountant (Yousef Effendi Levi)
100 | Clerk (Shalom " Darwish)
60 | " (Naji " Mukhtar)
60 | Process Server Gurji Sassoon
35 | " Gurji Malahim
35 | " Ishaq Eliyahu
40 | " Eliyahu Moshi
45 | Doorman Gul Muhammad
Spiritual Administration
150 | Rabbi Eliyahu Abraham
150 |
40 | Process Server Salman Mordechai
30 | " Muslih Eliezer
15 | Zekhut Harim
15 | 400 Jahla Bata
100 | Shallal Al-Habib
1598 | Total of the Shohetim Administration
1070 | " Pensioners' salaries 637/8 Rupees and the Mashiba 432/8 Rupees 4338 "
⟦line⟧
Salary of Mr. A. Brotman, Pounds (75) at the rate of 1354 | 1015 | 8
" Clerk of the Schools Committee (Edouard Effendi Shashoua) | 80 | "
" Teacher at the Government School (Daoud Effendi Abboudi) | 90 | "
Pension for the family of the late Rabbi Meir Yousef Gabriel | 37 | 8
Value of the remittance for the Beirut mission student (Ezra Effendi Menashi Hindi) two Ottoman Liras with postage | 24 | 12
Yield of expenses for the Schools Administration | 1654 | "
Hospital " " " | 836 | 3
Total allowances according to the special schedule attached herewith | 9814 | 6
Only seventeen thousand eight hundred and ninety rupees and eight annas | 17890 | 0
⟦signature⟧
Accountant
20/3/1930
Statement of details for the allocations totaling 9814 Rupees and 6 Annas
| Rupee | Anna
Alliance Schools | 2370 | 0
Shamash School | 2010 | 0
The National School | 1493 | 5
Al-Karam School | 890 | 11
Committee for the Poor's Housing | 1200 | 0
Midrash Administration | 560 | 0
Home for the Blind Relief | 100 | 0
| 8624 | 0
Rachel Shahmoon School | 1190 | 6
| 9814 | 6
⟦signature⟧
Accountant
N M
⟦Paid by check number ⟦illegible⟧ dated ⟦illegible⟧ for the amount of ⟦illegible⟧ Rupees and ⟦illegible⟧ Annas⟧
⟦1950/2/12⟧
Administration of the Lay Council
of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Jew⟦ish⟧ Lay Council
Baghdad.
Telephone: 200 Central
Telephone : 200 Central.
No.: 502 / GS / 930
No.:
Date: 24 February 1930
Date:
Subject: Claim for a Tabu deed
Honorable Yusuf Effendi Bulbul
Based on the report submitted by the accountant of the Lay Council, it has become clear that at the
end of your duty, you handed over the papers and documents you held belonging to the Council according to
a receipt given to you by the previous Lay Council. Among the aforementioned papers was
a copy of the registration for the piece of orchard registered in the name of Moshi Rubin Sadqa without a signature from
the Tabu Department. The accounting department recently found an old entry in the Council's ledgers
dated December 11, 1924, the text of which follows:
Rupees
Our draft on the Ottoman Bank, check No. 26730, to the order of the
Acting Hakham Bashi, Hakham Ezra Dangoor, for the total expenses and
transfer fee for the piece of orchard belonging to the Jewish community
and registered in the name of Moshi Sadqa.
Rupees
49 expenses by the hand of Khedhouri Ishaq Nahum Dallal
175 transfer fee at one percent and stamps at a quarter percent on an amount of
14,000 Rupees
2 Tabu deed
226
From this entry and the receipt in your possession, it is clear that the original Tabu deed for the aforementioned
piece of orchard remained with you and you did not hand it over with the papers you submitted.
Therefore, we request your views on this matter and the submission of the deed as quickly
as possible.
Vice President of the Lay Council
A copy to the Council accountant in reference to his report dated 2/20/1930
Statement of salaries and allowances of the Lay Council for the month of February 930
Salaries | Rupee | Anna
425 ⟦line⟧ His Excellency the Acting Chief Rabbi - Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
250 ⟦line⟧ Director of Correspondence - Anwar Effendi Shaul
120 ⟦line⟧ Accountant - Yusuf Effendi Levi
100 ⟦line⟧ Employee - Shalom Effendi Darwish
60 ⟦line⟧ Employee - Naji Mukhtar
60 The Messenger - Gurji Sassoon
50 " Yusuf Shaul
35 " Gurji Menachem
25 " Isaac Eliyahu
45 The Doorman - Gul Muhammad
215 ⟦line⟧
100 Cemetery Guard - Shallal Al-Habib
1598 Total salaries of employees
1070 " Retirees, the needy, and the Rabbis of the Yeshivot
500 " Clergy 647/- 442/8
4438 ⟦line⟧
100 " Clerk of the Schools Committee - Edouard Effendi Shashoua including January salary
90 " Teacher at the Amiriya School - Daoud Effendi Abboudi
24 9 Beirut Mission Student - Ezra Menashi Hindi, value of two Ottoman Liras including postage
37 8 Pension for the family of the deceased - Rabbi Meir Yusuf Gabriel
1011 " Salary of Mr. A. Brotman, value of (75) Pounds at the rate of 1348
2330 Monthly allowances for the Alliance School
2010 " " " Shamash
1493 " " for the National School
1190 6 " " for the Shahmoon School after deducting one hundred Rupees
1350 " " for the Hospital administration for the month of February 930
890 11 " " for the Karrada School
560 " " for the Charity administration
200 " " for the Committee for the Poor
100 " " for the Home for the Blind
10124 6 ⟦line⟧
1673 " Intestine proceeds for the Charity administration
836 8 " " Hospital
18334 15 ⟦line⟧
Only eighteen thousand three hundred and thirty-four Rupees and fifteen Annas
1930
20 February
⟦signature⟧
N. M.
Baghdad on February 20, 1930
Honorable Vice President of the Lay Council
Subject: Response to the list of expenses for the community administration
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Greetings and respect
In response to the list of expenses for the administration of the Jewish community, I set out below a table containing a statement of
the details of the list referred to me and the remaining amounts allocated in the budget for your information
Remaining from budget | List amounts
75 | " | 13 | 2 | Electricity
36 | 10 | 5 | " | Guarding and water
" | 4 | 1 | 8 | Stamps
76 | " | 9 | 11 | Stationery
" | 2 | 7 | 10 | Furniture and supplies
" | " | 12 | 8 | Car fees
" | No | 25 | 7 | Tea, coffee, sugar, coal, gas, and others
| | 74 | 14 | ⟦line⟧
This is what had to be presented to you, and the matter is yours, sir
Accountant
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Baghdad on February 20, 1930
Honorable Vice President of the Esteemed Lay Council
Subject: Requesting the former accountant for the Tabu title deed belonging to the orchard plot of Moshe Reuben Sadqa
Greetings and respect,
It is not hidden from your presence that upon the conclusion of the term of the former accountant <del>Moshe</del> ⟦Youssef⟧ Effendi Gabbay, he
handed over the papers and documents of the Lay Council in his possession according to the receipt given to him
by the previous Lay Council. Among the mentioned papers was a copy of the registration for the orchard plot -
registered in the name of Moshe Reuben Sadqa without a signature from the Tabu Department (attached herewith).
I have come across an old entry in the books of the esteemed Council dated December 11, 1924, which is:
Anna | Rupee
Our draft on the Ottoman Bank, check number 26730 to the order of the Hahambashi's deputy,
Hakham Ezra D. Nakkour, for the total expenses and transfer fee on the orchard plot
belonging to the Israelite community and registered in the name of Moshe Sadqa.
Rupee
49 | expenses via Khedhouri Ishaq Nahum, the broker
175 | transfer fee at 1 percent and stamps at 0.25 percent on the amount of 14,000 rupees
2 | Tabu deed
226
From this entry, it is clearly evident that the original Tabu deed for the aforementioned orchard plot remains with
the former accountant and was not handed over among the other papers.
Based on the above, I request your presence to issue the order to demand the aforementioned deed from the former accountant.
This is for your command, sir,
⟦signature⟧
The Accountant
N. Kh.
Baghdad on February 13, 1930
To the Honorable Vice President of the Lay Council
Subject: Statement of the funds belonging to the Honorable Council from this date until
the end of March 1930
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Greetings and respect,
I place below for your presence a detailed statement of the funds collected for the Honorable Council
from this date until the end of March 1930
| Rupee | Anna
The funds available in the Imperial Bank to date | 849 | 4
" " " Ottoman " " " | 85 | 13
⟦line⟧ | 935 | 1
Papers to be collected during the mentioned period
The funds available in the Imperial Bank to date | 849 | 4
" " " Ottoman " " " | 85 | 13
⟦line⟧
935 1
Papers to be collected during the mentioned period
⟦line⟧
February 1930 entitlement | |
10337 Promissory note from the Al-Falila contractors | |
" Musa Al-Rawi | 615 |
10400 Fixed deposit at the Imperial Bank | |
| 21352 " |
March 1930 entitlement | |
Promissory note of Musa Al-Rawi | 615 |
" Dawood Yaqub Shaul | 500 |
| 11250 " | 22467 ⟦illegible⟧
23402 ⟦illegible⟧
⟦line⟧
Only twenty-three thousand four hundred and two rupees and one anna, nothing else.
This is what was necessary to present on the occasion of the approaching end of the fiscal year, and the matter is yours, sir.
⟦signature⟧
Accountant
Baghdad on February 13, 1930
Subject: The insurance premium entitlement for the properties mentioned below is due
on the date of March 2, 1930, as explained below:
| Assigned Amount | Insurance Fee
Midrash 144/168 in Suq Abu Dudu quarter | 30000 | 60
" " 137/78 " " Al-Tawrat | 50000 | 100
Khan 113/152 in Sultan Hamouda quarter | 15000 | 50
Khan 112/154 " " " " | 20000 | 100
Khan 158/158 " " Al-Shorja | 25000 | 125
Only four hundred and thirty-five Rupees | | 435
This is what must be presented to your presence, and the matter is yours, sir.
⟦signature⟧
The Accountant
N.M.
Baghdad on January 23, 930
Statement of salaries and allowances of the Lay Council for the month of January 1930
Statement | Rupee | Anna
His Eminence the Acting Hakham Bashi - Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri | 425 | 0
Director of Correspondence - Anwar Effendi Shaul | 250 | 0
Accountant - Yusuf Effendi Levi | 120 | 0
Employee - Shalom Effendi Darwish | 100 | 0
" - Naji " Mukhtar | 60 | 0
Process Server Gurji Sassoon | 60 | 0
" Yusuf Shaul | 55 | 0
" Gurji Menahem | 35 | 0
" Isaac Eliyahu | 25 | 0
| 175 | 0
Gatekeeper Kasil Muhammad | 45 | 0
Cemetery Guard - Shallal al-Habib | 100 | 0
Total employees' salaries | 1598 | 0
Total " retirees and the needy (637/8) rupees | 1070 | 0
and Yeshiva rabbis (432/8) rupees | |
Total religious salaries | 500 | 0
| 4438 | 0
Clerk of the Schools Committee - Edouard Effendi Shumshum | 60 | 0
Teacher at the Amiriyya School - Daoud Effendi Abboudi | 80 | 0
Beirut Mission Student - Ezra Munshi Hindi, value of two Ottoman Liras with postage | 24 | 9
Pension for the family of the late - Rabbi Meir Yosef Gabriel | 37 | 8
Salary of Mr. Brotman value of (75) Pounds at a rate of 1348 | 1011 | 0
Monthly allowances for the Alliance School | 2330 | 0
" " for the Shamash School | 2010 | 0
" " for the National School | 1493 | 5
" " for the Rachel Shahmoon School after deducting one hundred rupees | 1190 | 6
" " for the Al-Karam School | 890 | 11
For hospital administration for the month of ⟦starts⟧ February 930 ⟦kfa⟧ | 1350 | 0
" Schools | 560 | 0
For the committee of the Support of the Poor | 200 | 0
For the House of Comfort for the Blind | 100 | 0
| 10124 | 6
Endowment yield for school administration | 1673 | 0
" " for hospital administration | 836 | 8
Only eighteen thousand two hundred eighty-four rupees and fifteen annas | 18284 | 15
Accountant
Baghdad on January 23, 930
Honorable Vice President of the Spiritual Council
Subject: Proposal not to advance the hospital its monthly allocations
Greetings and respect
The followed custom is that the hospital, unlike other departments, takes its monthly allocations
(only) which are one thousand three hundred rupees (1300) in advance.
And based on the fact that we provided them this month with what we had deducted from the debts owed by
the hospital administration on one hand, and on the other hand due to the financial distress prevailing
over the fund resulting from the amounts withdrawn from the 6th of this month to date, totaling fourteen
thousand seven hundred and twenty rupees (14720/9) and nine annas, I propose:
Starting from this month, not to pay the monthly allocations in advance
This is for your order, sir.
⟦illegible⟧
Accountant
Attached: Notes on the fund's assets including papers, excluding fixed insurances until
the end of March year 930, which indicate the deficit that will occur at the end of February year 930
N. M.
Date: 23 January Year 930
Subject: Regarding the assets of the Physical Council fund from its date until the end of March 930
Anna | Rupee
| | The remainder in the fund account as explained below
8 | 8890 | In the Syrian Bank
13 | 1332 | " " Ottoman
5 | 10223 |
10 | 193 | Remainder of the rent for Khan al-Shorja
15 | 10416 |
Maturity of papers
10 | 10337 | Dated 20 January 930
12 | 10337 | 15 February 930
10 | 850 | 1 Ramadan 348
10 | 21524 |
10 | 500 | Dated 30 March 930
10 | 615 | 1 March 930
10 | 22639 |
⟦signature⟧
Accountant
N. M.
Statement of details of the unclassified amounts spent totaling 5118/15 rupees, the sum of which is included
in the preceding schedule ⟦line⟧
Anna Rupee
⟦line⟧
191 8 Publications
" 104 Sprinkling the cemetery road
" 120 Beit Abel allocations
Date: 19 January 30
To the Honorable Vice President of the Lay Council
Statement of details for the general expenses account found in the books of the Lay Council, amounting to
8170/1 Rupees, from the first of April 929 to the current date, as follows:
Allocated Amount | Expended Amount
Rupees | Anna | Rupees | Anna |
1900 | " | " | " | Rent for the Community Administration
515 | " | 137 | 8 | Insurance for schools, Shimon school, and Waqf khans
560 | " | 560 | " | Property tax for Waqf khans
550 | " | 392 | 8 | Telephone fees
250 | " | 271 | 1 | Lighting "
100 | " | 101 | 6 | Guarding and water fees
25 | " | 104 | 6 | Advertising and stamp expenses
35 | " | 25 | " | Checkbooks
100 | " | 85 | " | Sweepers and tips
60 | " | 48 | 7 | Newspaper subscriptions
400 | " | 400 | " | Allocations for the poor during holidays
180 | " | 184 | 12 | Stationery
150 | " | 310 | 8 | Car fares
250 | " | 65 | 10 | Tea, sugar, coffee, charcoal, and gas
100 | " | 365 | " | Furniture and supplies
5225 | " | 3551 | 2 | ⟦line⟧
5118 15 Total expenditure of unclassified amounts as detailed in
the special schedule
8170 1 Only eight thousand one hundred and seventy Rupees and one Anna
Accountant
N. M.
Date: 10 January 930
To the Honorable Saleh Effendi Faraj Hayyim, Respectfully
Subject: Regarding the commission on the Imperial Bank bills
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Greetings and respect,
Enclosed I present to you the letter received from the Imperial Bank dated the 6th of this month and referred to me
on the 8th of it, according to which an amount of seventeen rupees and two annas (17/2) was processed in the Council's account
as a commission of a quarter percent on the collection of the nine bills sent to the aforementioned bank previously, totaling
a value of (6850) rupees.
Based on the above, I request you, after reviewing with the aforementioned bank, to inform me of what should
be followed in such a matter and to return the letter to this department. Respectfully yours;
⟦signature⟧
The Accountant
N
A copy of it to the Honorable Vice President of the Spiritual Council
Date: January 2, 930
Subject: Regarding the categorization of the community's administrative expenses
To the Honorable Vice President of the Secular Council
Greetings and respect,
According to the decision of your honorable council dated February 26, 929, I was required to consult with the member
Saleh Effendi Faraj Hayyim on all accounting matters. Therefore, it was necessary to consult his Excellency
regarding the categorization of the community's administrative expenses in writing via the letter dated November 20, 929
attached with the two lists: the categorization list and the notes list.
After fifteen days had passed, the aforementioned letter and the two lists were returned to me without
providing the requested instructions. Since this information is indispensable, I submit
to your Excellency the aforementioned papers attached, requesting that you provide me with the necessary instructions so that I may
proceed accordingly.
And since ⟦that⟧ the general expenses will contain nearly twenty categories, a matter which
cannot be limited to a single page in the general ledger, I request that you inform me whether
it is necessary to use a special ledger for the general expense accounts according to the required
categories, while the general expenses category remains in the general ledger as a summary account
for general expenses like other summaries.
This is what I hope you will take note of, and the matter is yours, sir.
⟦signature⟧
The Accountant
Date: December 1929
The Honorable Sahyun Effendi Ezra Namsan, Member of the School Committee, Respected
Greetings and respect,
Per your verbal request, we present to your Excellency a summary statement of the school's ledger accounts up to October
of the year 1929
Anna | Rupee
9 | 7531 | Remainder of the deficit account
⟦line⟧ | 5525 | Claim of the old Physical Council from the year 1924
10 | 4797 | Correct balance of the total liabilities account
3 | 17329 | ⟦line⟧
Anna | Rupee | Assets deducted
⟦line⟧ | 1850 | Total of existing bonds
1 | 416 | Correct balance of the cash account
1 | 2266 | ⟦line⟧
2 | 15063 | ⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧ | 6700 | Deducting the two installments scheduled for payment out of the four deficit installments
2 | 8363 | Only eight thousand three hundred and sixty-three rupees and two annas, nothing else
⟦signature⟧
A copy of it to the esteemed Physical Council for information
" " the respected School Committee
" " the Director of School Administration
⟦illegible⟧ / Jas / 929
December 929
Collection of half the daily installment
To --
The Honorable Acting Director of the National School
Further to this department's letter No. 457 / Jas / 929 dated
December 26, 1929
We will provide you at the end of each month with a check for the full allocations of your school, so we request that
you return to us an amount of ten rupees monthly until further notice.
Enclosed is check No. 393258 in the amount of one thousand four hundred and ninety-three
rupees (1493), which is the allocation for your school for the month of December 1929.
Please notify us of its receipt and return ten rupees to this department.
⟦signature⟧
Accountant of the Somatic Council
N. M.