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Certified under section 42.Stamp Act.that the
proper stamp duty of Rs.15/-(Rupees fifteen
only) has been paid on this instrument under
article 64.Schedule I of the said Act by the
Official Trustee.Burma.
Rangoon sd.Illegible
The 6th July 1925. Collector
THIS INDENTURE made the eighth day of May 1923 BETWEEN MAURICE
ABRAHAM RAEBURN of Villa Palmosa II-Menton in the Province of Alpes
Maritimes in the Republic of France Retired Merchant(hereinafter
called"the Settlor") of the one Part and THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF
RANGOON BURMA India(who and whose successors in Office are hereinafter
referred to as"the Sole Trustee")of the other Part:
WHEREAS the Settlor is desirous of placing in the hand of the
Trustee 3 1/2% India Government Stock of the nominal value of
35.000 Rupees the income of which is to be applied for the purposes of
the trust hereinafter mentioned and for the purposes of such trust
the Settlor will transfer immediately after the execution of these
presents into the name of the Trustee the said Stock and deliver to
the Trustee the scrip relating thereto NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSE⟦...⟧
and IT IS HEREBY DECLARED as follows.
1. The Settlor will transfer to the Trustee immediately after the
execution of these presents India Government 3 / 1/2% Stock of the
nominal value of therty five thousand Rupees (35.000 Rupees) (which
Stock and the Investments for the time being representing the same
are hereinafter referred to as"the said trust fund") and for the
purpose of effecting such transfer will sign and execute all necessary
transfers and documents to the intent that the said trust fund shall ⟦...⟧
stand in the name of the Trustee and that he shall be entitled to
the income thereof:
2. The Trustee shall stand possessed of the said Trust fund UPON
TRUST to apply the income as hereinafter provided and upon the
conditions and subject to the stipulations and direcions herein
contained and in the Schedule hereunder written and uponthe maturity
of the present 3 1/ 2% India Government Stock to reinvest the fund
in similar Trust Securities:
3. The Trustee shall out of the income of the said Trust fund
pay for the further and continued education of poor boys brought
up and educated in the Jewish Faith whose parents by reason of
indigent circumstances shall be unable to provide for the further
and continued education of such boys with the object of affording
to them the advantages of further and contined education and in
accordance with the stipulations and directions set out in the
Schedule hereto:
4. IF and when it shll happen that in the opinion of the Trustee
there are no boys available for the benefits of the trust hereby
created or if the payments in respect of the number of boys available
shall not exhaust the income of the Trust fund the Trustee shall
invest (subject to the stipulation and direction contained in the
Schedule) the unapplied or surplus income as the case may be at
the end of each year in Trustee Securities and add the same to
the said Trust fund with a view to increasing the capital thereof
and such unexpended income as may be added to Capital must never
be withdrawn and used as income:
5. The Trustee shall at the expense of the said Trust Fund or
the income thereof make all such applications as it may be necessary
to make out as he shall in his discretion think it advisable to
make for rapayment of any sums which may be recoverable in
respect of over-payments or deductions from interest or dividents
on the Trust Fund on account or Income-tax or any other State Tax:
D
Endowment of Munshi Sadaqah in Rangoon
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Certified under section 42. stamp Act. that the
proper stamp duty of Rs. 15/- (Rupees fifteen
only) has been paid on this instrument under
article 64. schedule I of the said Act by the
Official Trustee. Burma.
sd. ⟦illegible⟧
Collector
Rangoon
The 6th July 1925.
THIS INDENTURE made the eighth day of May 1923 BETWEEN MAURICE
ABRAHAM RAEBURN of villa Palmosa II-Menton in the Province of Alpes
Maritimes in the Republic of France Retired Merchant (hereinafter
called "the settlor") of the one part and THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF
RANGOON Burma India (who and whose successors in Office are hereinafter
referred to as "the sole Trustee") of the other part:
WHEREAS the settlor is desirous of placing in the hand of the
Trustee 3 1/2% India Government stock of the nominal value of
35,000 Rupees the income of which is to be applied for the purposes of
the trust hereinafter mentioned and for the purposes of such trust
the settlor will transfer immediately after the execution of these
presents into the name of the Trustee the said stock and deliver to
the trustee the scrip relating thereto NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH
and IT IS HEREBY DECLARED as follows.
1. The settlor will transfer to the Trustee immediately after the
execution of these presents India Government 3/1/2% stock of the
nominal value of thirty five thousand Rupees (35,000 Rupees) (which
stock and the Investments for the time being representing the same
are hereinafter referred to as "the said trust fund") and for the
purpose of effecting such transfer will sign and execute all necessary
transfers and documents to the intent that the said trust fund shall ⟦...⟧
stand in the name of the Trustee and that he shall be entitled to
the income thereof :
2. The trustee shall stand possessed of the said Trust fund UPON
TRUST to apply the income as hereinafter provided and upon the
conditions and subject to the stipulations and directions herein
contained and in the schedule hereunder written and upon the maturity
of the present 3 1/2% India government stock to reinvest the fund
in similar trust securities:
3. The Trustee shall out of the income of the said Trust fund
pay for the further and continued education of poor boys brought
up and educated in the Jewish Faith whose parents by reason of
indigent circumstances shall be unable to provide for the further
and continued education of such boys with the object of affording
to them the advantages of further and continued education and in
accordance with the stipulations and directions set out in the
schedule hereto:
4. IF and when it shall happen that in the opinion of the Trustee
there are no boys available for the benefits of the trust hereby
created or if the payments in respect of the number of boys available
shall not exhaust the income of the trust fund the Trustee shall
invest (subject to the stipulation and direction contained in the
schedule) the unapplied or surplus income as the case may be at
the end of each year in Trustee securities and add the same to
the said trust fund with a view to increasing the capital thereof
and such unexpended income as may be added to capital must never
be withdrawn and used as income:
5. The Trustee shall at the expense of the said Trust fund or
the income thereof make all such applications as it may be necessary
to make out as he shall in his discretion think it advisable to
make for repayment of any sums which may be recoverable in
respect of over-payments or deductions from interest or dividends
on the trust fund on account of Income-tax or any other State Tax:
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Certified under section 42.Stamp Act.that the
proper stamp duty of Rs.15/-(Rupees fifteen
only) has been paid on this instrument under
article 64.Schedule I of the said Act by the
Official Trustee.Burma.
Rangoon Sd.⟦illegible⟧
The 6th July 1925. Collector
THIS INDENTURE made the eighth day of May 1923 BETWEEN MAURICE
ABRAHAM RAEBURN of Villa Palmosa II-menton in the Province of Alpes
Maritimes in the Republic of France Retired Merchant(hereinafter
called"the Settlor") of the one part and THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF
RANGOON Burma India(who and whose successors in Office are hereinafter
referred to as"the Sole Trustee")of the other part:
WHEREAS the Settlor is desirous of placing in the hand of the
Trustee 3 1/2% India Government Stock of the nominal value of
35,000 Rupees the income of which is to be applied for the purposes of
the trust hereinafter mentioned and for the purposes of such trust
the Settlor will transfer immediately after the execution of these
presents into the name of the Trustee the said Stock and deliver to
the Trustee the scrip relating thereto NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH
and IT IS HEREBY DECLARED as follows.
1. The Settlor will transfer to the Trustee immediately after the
execution of these presents India Government 3/ 1/2% Stock of the
nominal value of thirty five thousand Rupees (35,000 Rupees) (which
Stock and the Investments for the time being representing the same
are hereinafter referred to as"the said trust fund") and for the
purpose of effecting such transfer will sign and execute all necessary
transfers and documents to the intent that the said trust fund shall ⟦...⟧
stand in the name of the Trustee and that he shall be entitled to
the income thereof:
2. The Trustee shall stand possessed of the said Trust fund UPON
TRUST to apply the income as hereinafter provided and upon the
conditions and subject to the stipulations and directions herein
contained and in the schedule hereunder written and upon the maturity
of the present 3 1/2% India Government Stock to reinvest the fund
in similar trust securities:
3. The Trustee shall out of the income of the said Trust fund
pay for the further and continued education of poor boys brought
up and educated in the Jewish Faith whose parents by reason of
indigent circumstances shall be unable to provide for the further
and continued education of such boys with the object of affording
to them the advantages of further and continued education and in
accordance with the stipulations and directions set out in the
Schedule hereto:
4. IF and when it shall happen that in the opinion of the Trustee
there are no boys available for the benefits of the trust hereby
created or if the payments in respect of the number of boys available
shall not exhaust the income of the Trust fund the Trustee shall
invest (subject to the stipulation and direction contained in the
schedule) the unapplied or surplus income as the case may be at
the end of each year in Trustee securities and add the same to
the said Trust fund with a view to increasing the capital thereof
and such unexpended income as may be added to capital must never
be withdrawn and used as income:
<del>56</del> 5 The Trustee shall at the expense of the said Trust Fund or
the income thereof make all such applications as it may be necessary
to make out as he shall in his discretion think it advisable to
make for repayment of any sums which may be recoverable in
respect of over-payments or deductions from interest or dividends
on the Trust Fund on account or Income-tax or any other State Tax:
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6. The accounts of Trustee are subject to audit by Government and any
copy required may be applied for and will be furnished on payment of
prescribed fees :
THE SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO
(a) The name of the Trust shall be "The Menashi Sadka Trust for
poor Jewish boys".
(b) The boys for whose benefit the Trust Fund shall be applied
shall be boys who have passed the sixth standard of the Jew's school
in Rangoon and who shall be accepted as fit for the 7th Standard
in any other school recognized by Government : University or College
in Rangoon or in any other part of the Province of Burma the object
of the trust fund being to enable such boys to contine their education
and to pass the Matriculation or Higher or other Examination or
Examinations as they may desire :
(c) If and whenever there shall be in the Jews' school at Rangoon
a higher standard than the sixth standard then the boys entitled to
the benefit of the Trust Fund shall have passed such higher standard
and be accepted for the next higher standard in any other Publicly
school in Rangoon or in the province of Burma.
(d) No boy shall be entitled to the benefit of the said Trust Fund
who shall fail to pass the qualifying examination for such school
recognized by Government University or College on two consecutive
ocacasions :
(e) The Trustee or Trustees for the time being of the Jews' school
in Rangoon shall decide which boys are eligible to benefit by the
said Trust Fund and in case any dispute shall arise between the
Trustees as to the eligibility of any such boy or boys such dispute
shall be decided by a vote of the Jewish Community of Rangoon whose
decision shall be final. The persons who shall vote shall be of
full age and of either sex :
(f) Any boy or boys who shall be selected for and who shall quality
for benefit of the said Trust Fund shall if the Trustee so determine
proceed to University but no more than 25 Rupees per annum shall
be expended upon any one boy in respect of books and stationery if
and when such boy shall be a pupil in a public school and not more
than 50 Rupees per annum shall be expended upon any one boy for
books and stationery when such a boy shall be a pupil in a College
or University . Such payments being in addition to all examination
and entrance fees and cost of ordinary School or College Tuition :
(g) If and when the income of the said Trust Fund shall not be
applied in manner herein contained for 10 consecutive years the
school of Jewish Boys in Rangoon shall entirely cease to benefit
by the trust hereby created and the Trustee shall not further
apply the income of the said Trust Fund for the benefit of such
boys : In place of such application the Trustee shall at the termina-
tion of the 11th year and each following years or at any other time
or times in such year and years as he shall determine remit the
income of the said Trust Fund to the Trustees of the Talmud Torah
School Baghdad, with a direction to such Trustees that they shall
apply the amount remitted for the purpose of teaching foreign languages
in such school : the receipt of two or more of such Trustees for
the amount so remitted to them shall be a sufficient discharge to
yhe Trustee :
Sd : M.A.Raeburn
Signed sealed and delivered
by the abovenamed Maurice Abraham Raeburn
this eighth day of May 1923 /
Before me.
Sd : ⟦illegible⟧ British Vice Consul Mentone France
true copy :
Superintendent.
Office of the Official Trustee, Burma :-
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6. the accounts of trustee are subject to audit by Government and any
copy required may be applied for and will be furnished on payment of
prescribed fees:
THE SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO?
(a) the name of the Trust shall be "The Menashi Sadka Trust for
poor Jewish boys".
(b) the boys for whose benefit the Trust Fund shall be applied
shall be boys who have passed the sixth standard of the Jew's School
in Rangoon and who shall be accepted as fit for the 7th Standard
in any other School recognized by Government: University or College
in Rangoon or in any other part of the Province of Burma the object
of the trust fund being to enable such boys to contine their education
and to pass the Matriculation or Higher or other Examination or
Examinations as they may desire:
(c) If and whenever there shall be in the Jews' School at Rangoon
a higher standard than the sixth standard then the boys entitled to
the benefit of the Trust Fund shall have passed such higher standard
and be accepted for the next higher standard in any other Publicy
School in Rangoon or in the p ovince of Burma.
(d) No boy shall be entitled to the benefit of the said Trust Fun⟦d⟧
who shall fail to pass the qualifying examination for such School
recogni-ed by Government University or College on two consecutive
ocacasions:
(e) The Trustee or Trustees for the time being of the Jews'School
in Rangoon shall decide which boys are eligible to benefit by the
said Trust Fund and in case any dispute shall arise between the
Trustees as to the elighibility of any such boysor boys such dispute
shall be decided by a vote of the Jewish Community of Rangoon whose
decision shall be final. The persons who shall vote shall be of
full age and of either sex:
(f) Any boy or boys who shallbe selected for and who shall quality
for benefit of the said Trust Fund shall if the Trustee so determine
proceed to University but no more than 25 Rupees per annum shall
be expended upon any one boy in respect of books and stationery if
and when such boy shall be a pupil in a public School and not more
than 50 Rupees per annum shall be expended upon any one boy for
books and stationery when such a boy shall be a pupil in a College
or University . such payments being in addition to all examination
and entrance fees and cost of ordinary School or College Tuition:
(g) If and when the income of the said Trust Fund shall not be
applied in manner herein contained for 10 consecutive years the
School of Jewish Boys in Rangoon shall entirely cease to benefit
by the trust hereby created and the Trustee shall not further
apply the income of the said Trust Fund for the benefit of such
boys: In place of such application the Trustee shall at the termina-
tion of the 11th year and each following years or at any other time
or times in such year and years as he shall determine remit the
income of the said Trust Fund to the Trustees of the Talmud Torah
School Baghdad, with a direction to such Trustees that they shall
apply the amount remitted for the purpose of teaching foreign language
in such School: The receipt of two or more of such Trustees for
the amount so remitted to them shall be a sufficient discharge to
yhe Trustee:
Sd: M.A.Raeburn
Signed sealed and delivered
by the abovenamed Maurice Abraham Raeburn
this eighth day of May 1923/
Before me.
Sd: ⟦illegible⟧ British Vice Consul Mentone France
True Copy:
Superintendent.
Office of the Official Trustee,Burma:
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6. The accounts of Trustee are subject to audit by Government and any
copy required may be applied for and will be furnished on payment of
prescribed fees:
THE SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO?
(a) The name of the Trust shall be "The Menashi Sadka Trust for
poor Jewish boys".
(b) The boys for whose benefit the Trust Fund shall be applied
shall be boys who have passed the sixth standard of the Jew's school
in Rangoon and who shall be accepted as fit for the 7th Standard
in any other school recognized by Government: University or College
in Rangoon or in any other part of the Province of Burma the object
of the trust fund being to enable such boys to contine their education
and to pass the Matriculation or Higher or other Examination or
Examinations as they may desire:
(c) If and whenever there shall be in the Jews' school at Rangoon
a higher standard than the sixth standard then the boys entitled to
the benefit of the trust fund shall have passed such higher standard
and be accepted for the next higher standard in any other Publick
school in Rangoon or in the province of Burma.
(d) No boy shall be entitled to the benefit of the said Trust Fund
who shall fail to pass the qualifying examination for such school
recognized by Government University or college on two consecutive
ocacasions:
(e) The trustee or Trustees for the time being of the Jews' school
in Rangoon shall decide which boys are eligible to benefit by the
said Trust Fund and in case any dispute shall arise between the
trustees as to the eligibility of any such boy or boys such dispute
shall be decided by a vote of the Jewish Community of Rangoon whose
decision shall be final. The persons who shall vote shall be of
full age and of either sex:
(f) Any boy or boys who shall be selected for and who shall quality
for benefit of the said Trust Fund shall if the Trustee so determine
proceed to University but no more than 25 Rupees per annum shall
be expended upon any one boy in respect of books and stationery if
and when such boy shall be a pupil in a public school and not more
than 50 Rupees per annum shall be expended upon any one boy for
books and stationery when such a boy shall be a pupil in a College
or University. Such payments being in addition to all examination
and entrance fees and cost of ordinary school or College Tuition:
(g) If and when the income of the said Trust Fund shall not be
applied in manner herein contained for 10 consecutive years the
school of Jewish Boys in Rangoon shall entirely cease to benefit
by the trust hereby created and the Trustee shall not further
apply the income of the said Trust Fund for the benefit of such
boys: In place of such application the Trustee shall at the termina-
tion of the 11th year and each following years or at any other time
or times in such year and years as he shall determine remit the
income of the said Trust Fund to the Trustees of the Talmud Torah
School Baghdad, with a direction to such trustees that they shall
apply the amount remitted for the purpose of teaching foreign languages
in such school: The receipt of two or more of such Trustees for
the amount so remitted to them shall be a sufficient discharge to
the Trustee:
Sd : M.A. Raeburn
Signed sealed and delivered
by the above named Maurice Abraham Raeburn
this eighth day of May 1923/
Before me.
Sd : ⟦illegible⟧ British Vice Consul Mentone France
True copy :
Superintendent.
Office of the Official Trustee, Burma :
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Arabic translation from the English text
I certify under Section 42 of the Stamp Act that the correct stamp duty
of 15/- Rupees (Fifteen Rupees) has been paid
on this document under Article (64) of Schedule (1)
of the said Act by the Official Trustee in Burma
Signature ⟦illegible⟧
Collector of Fees
Rangoon 6 July 1925
This document was executed on the eighth day of May 1923 between Mr. Maurice
Abraham Raymond of Palmosa Villa (2) of Menton in the Maritime Alps Department of the French
Republic - formerly a merchant (hereinafter called "the Settlor") of the one part and the Administrator General in
Rangoon - Burma - India (hereinafter called he and his successors in office "the Sole Trustee")
of the other part -
Whereas the Settlor is desirous of depositing with the Trustee Indian Government 3 1/2% securities
of a nominal value of (35,000 Rupees) provided that their income be spent for the endowment purposes set forth below or for the purposes
of any other endowment settled by the Settlor immediately after signing the endowment in the name of the Trustee and delivering the document related thereto
to him, and now this document is considered authenticated and provides for the following:
1 - The Settlor shall deliver to the Trustee immediately after the signing of this document Indian Government
securities 3 1/2% with a nominal value amounting to thirty-five thousand rupees (35,000 Rupees) (these securities
and the deposited amount representing these papers shall be called "the said Trust Fund") and for the purpose of carrying out the transfer
of this amount, the Settlor shall sign and execute all necessary papers and documents in order to restrict the said money as an endowment
in the name of the Trustee and authorize him with the right to dispose of the resulting yield.
2 - The Trustee shall remain in possession of the endowed money for the purpose of allocating its yield as shown
below in the terms and directions set forth in the schedule listed below, and upon the maturity of the said
Indian Government 3 1/2% securities, he shall reinvest the money in similar shares.
3 - The Trustee shall spend the said yield to enable poor Jewish students to continue
their studies, whose parents, due to destitution, cannot spend on them, provided that the spending is in accordance with the terms
and directions set forth in the schedule listed below.
4 - In the event of a lack of the said poor students according to the opinion of the Trustee for
the purpose of the terms of this endowment, and in the event of the yield exceeding the amounts required to be spent on the said students,
then in that case the Trustee shall invest (under the terms and directions set forth in the schedule) the increase
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the yield at the end of each year in financial shares and to add these shares to the endowed capital for the purpose of
increasing the capital, and provided that this invested money shall not be withdrawn in any case for the purpose of
spending it as yield.
5 - The trustee shall pay to the account of the endowment any expenses he deems necessary at his discretion
such as income tax, refunds, and deductions related to the aforementioned endowment or any other government
tax ⟦line⟧ .
6 - The trustee's accounts shall be subject to audit by the government, and any required copy
of the accounts must be provided after payment of their expenses.
The aforementioned schedule ⟦line⟧
a - The endowed property shall be called (The Menashe Sadka Endowment for Poor Jewish Students).
b - It is a condition for the children for whose benefit this money is endowed that they have passed the sixth grade
of the Jewish school in Rangoon and are considered fit for admission to the seventh grade (equivalent) in
any other school recognized by the government or in any university or college in Rangoon or another
province of Burma, as the purpose of the endowment is to enable these students to continue their
studies and sit for the matriculation exam or any other higher exam or exams as they desire.
c - In the event that a level higher than the sixth grade is established in the Rangoon school for Jews, it is required that
the students eligible to benefit from this endowment must have passed from this grade and be
accepted in the higher grade in any public school in Rangoon or in the province of Burma.
d - No student can benefit from this endowment if he has failed the exam
which qualifies him to enter the aforementioned school recognized by a government university or college
on two consecutive occasions.
e - The trustee or trustees of the Jewish school in Rangoon at present shall elect the eligible children
to benefit from this endowment, and in the case of a dispute between the trustees regarding the election of a student
or students eligible to benefit from the aforementioned endowment, this dispute shall be resolved by a vote of the
Israelite community in Rangoon, whose decision in this regard shall be final. It is required that the persons
participating in such a vote be adults and of both sexes.
f - Any student or students elected to benefit from this endowment shall enter the university if
the trustee so decides, provided that no more than (25 rupees) per year is spent for them for books
and stationery during their studies in the public school, and no more than (50 rupees) per year
for the same purpose during their studies in the college or university, provided that these allowances are spent
in addition to exam fees and regular tuition costs.
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g- In the event that the proceeds of the aforementioned endowment are not used for the purpose explained in this document for a period of ten
consecutive years, the Jewish students' school in Rangoon shall cease to benefit from the aforementioned document
permanently, and the trustee shall not continue to spend these proceeds for the benefit of such students. Instead,
the trustee shall spend the aforementioned proceeds at the end of the eleventh year (and at the end of any
other year following it and at any time or times or year or years) to the trustee of the Talmud Torah School
in Baghdad, informing the aforementioned trustees that these amounts must be spent for the purpose of teaching foreign
languages in the aforementioned school. The receipt signed by two or more of these trustees
regarding the amounts paid to them shall be sufficient to protect (cover) the trustee.
Signature
M. A. Raeburn
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the aforementioned
Maurice Abraham Raeburn on the
eighth day of March 1923.
Before me
Signature ⟦illegible⟧
British Vice-Consul - Menton - France
(True copy)
Signature ⟦illegible⟧
12/17/1948
The Observer - Office of the Official Trustee - Burma
Stamp of the Office of the Official Trustee
in Burma
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Translation of the Arabic form from the English text
I certify under Section 42 of the Stamp Act that the correct
stamp duty of 15/- Rupees (fifteen Rupees) was paid
on this document under Article (64) of Schedule (1) of the
aforementioned Law by the Official ⟦General⟧ Trustee in Burma.
Signature ⟦line⟧ (unclear)
J. A. Maung
Rangoon July 6, 1925
This document was executed on the eighth day of May 1923 between Mr. Maurice Abraham
Rahmin of the Balmoza (2) resort in Menton in the department of Alpes-Maritimes of the French Republic
– formerly merchant (and hereinafter called "the Settlor") of the one part and the Administrator-General in Rangoon – Burma
– India (and hereinafter called, he and his successors in office, "the Sole Trustee") of the second part.
Whereas the Settlor is desirous of depositing with the Trustee 3½% Indian Government securities with
a nominal value of (35,000 Rupees) provided that their income be spent for the endowment purposes set forth below or for any other endowment
purposes established by the Settlor immediately after signing the document in the name of the Trustee and delivering the related document to him and now
this document is considered authenticated and provides for the following:
1 – The Settlor shall deliver to the Trustee immediately after the signing of this document 3½% Indian Government
securities with a nominal value of thirty-five thousand Rupees (35,000 Rupees) (and these securities
and the deposited amount representing these securities shall be called "the said Trust Fund") and for the purpose of carrying out
the transfer of this amount, the Settlor shall sign and execute all necessary papers and documents in order to register the said fund as an endowment
in the name of the Trustee and authorize him with the right to dispose of the resulting yield.
2 – The Trustee shall remain in possession of the endowed fund for the purpose of allocating its yield as shown
below according to the conditions and directions set forth in the schedule listed below, and upon the maturity of the mentioned 3½%
Indian Government securities, he must reinvest the money in similar shares.
3 – The Trustee shall spend the said yield to enable poor Jewish students <del>the continuation of Jews</del>
to continue their studies, whose families cannot afford to spend on them due to destitution, provided that
the expenditure is in accordance with the conditions and directions set forth in the schedule listed below.
4 – In the event of the absence of the said poor students according to the opinion of the Trustee for
the purpose of the conditions of this endowment, and in the event of the yield exceeding the amounts required to be spent on the said students,
in that case, the Trustee shall invest (according to the conditions and directions set forth in the schedule) the surplus
yield at the end of each year in financial shares and add these shares to the endowed fund in order to increase
the capital, and this invested money shall not be withdrawn in any case for the purpose of spending it as yield.
5 – The Trustee shall spend for the account of the endowment any expenses he deems necessary at his discretion such as income
tax, refunds, and deductions related to the said endowment or any other government tax.
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6 — The accounts of the trustee shall be subject to audit by the government, and any required copy of
the accounts must be prepared after ⟦provided that⟧ its expenses have been paid.
The schedule mentioned ⟦line⟧ above
1 — The endowed property shall be called (Manasseh Charity Endowment for Poor Jewish Students).
B — The children for whose benefit this property is endowed ⟦shall be⟧ those who have passed the sixth grade of the Jewish School in
Rangoon and who are ready and fit for admission to the seventh grade (Intermediate) in any other school recognized
by the government, or in any university or college in Rangoon or another province of Burma, as the purpose
of the endowment is to enable these students to continue their studies and sit for the Matriculation examination
or any other higher examination or examinations as they desire.
C — In the event that a level higher than the sixth grade is established at the Rangoon Jewish School, it is required that
students eligible to benefit from this endowment must have passed that grade and have been
accepted into the higher grade in any public school in Rangoon or in the province of Burma.
D — No student can benefit from this endowment if they have failed the examination that
qualifies them for entry into the aforementioned recognized school of a university or government college on two
consecutive occasions.
E — The trustee or trustees of the Jewish School in Rangoon at the present time shall select the children
eligible to benefit from this endowment. In the event of a dispute between the trustees regarding the selection of
a student or eligible students to benefit from the aforementioned endowment, this dispute shall be resolved by a vote of
the Israelite community in Rangoon, whose decision in this regard shall be final. It is required that
the persons participating in such a vote must be adults and of both sexes.
F — Any student or students selected to benefit from this endowment shall enter the university if the
trustee so decides, provided that no more than (25 Rupees) annually is spent on them for books and stationery
during their studies in public school, and no more than (50 Rupees) annually for the same purpose
during their studies in college or university, provided that these allowances are spent in addition to the fees of
examinations and regular study costs.
G — In the event that the yield of the aforementioned endowment is not used for the purpose explained in this document for a period of ten
consecutive years, the Jewish students' school in Rangoon shall be permanently cut off from benefiting from the aforementioned endowment,
and the trustee shall not continue to spend this yield for the benefit of such students. Instead, the
trustee shall spend the aforementioned yield at the end of the eleventh year (and at the end of any other year
following it and at any time or times or year or years) to the trustees of the Talmud Torah School in Baghdad,
notifying the aforementioned trustees that these amounts must be spent for the purpose of teaching foreign languages
in the aforementioned school. The receipt signed by two or more of these trustees regard⟦line⟧ing
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the amounts paid to them shall be sufficient to protect (cover) the trustee.
Signature
M. A. Rayburn
Signed, sealed and delivered by the aforementioned
Doris Abraham Rayburn on this day
The eighth of May 1923.
Before me
Signature ⟦line⟧ (unclear)
British Vice-Consul Menton - France
(True copy)
Signature ⟦line⟧ unclear
17/12/1948
Superintendent - Office of the Administrator General - Burma
Stamp of the Office of the Administrator General in Burma
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6 - The accounts of the trustee ⟦administrator⟧ shall be subject to government audit and any requested copy of the
accounts must be prepared after the collection of their expenses.
The schedule mentioned ⟦line⟧ above
1 - The endowed property shall be called (Munshi Sadaqa endowment for poor Jewish students)
B - <del>It shall be</del> ⟦It is a condition that⟧ the children for whose benefit this money is endowed ⟦must have⟧ passed from the sixth grade of the Jewish school in
Rangoon and be considered eligible for admission to the seventh grade (equivalent) in any other school recognized
by the government, or in any university or college in Rangoon or another province of Burma, as the purpose
of the endowment is to enable these students to continue their studies and sit for the Matriculation exam
or any other higher exam or exams as they desire.
C - In the event that a level higher than the sixth grade is established in the Rangoon Jewish School, it is a condition for
students eligible to benefit from this endowment that they have passed from that grade and have been
accepted into the higher grade in any public school in Rangoon or in the province of Burma.
D - No student may benefit from this endowment if he has failed the examination that
qualifies him for entry into the aforementioned recognized school from a university or government college on two
consecutive occasions.
E - The trustee ⟦administrator⟧ or trustees ⟦administrators⟧ of the Jewish School in Rangoon shall at the present time select the
eligible children to benefit from this endowment, and in the event of a dispute between the trustees ⟦administrators⟧ regarding the selection
of an eligible student or students to benefit from the said endowment, this dispute shall be resolved by a vote of
the Israelite community in Rangoon, whose decision in this regard shall be final. It is a condition for
persons participating in such a vote that they must be adults and of both sexes.
F - Any student or students selected to benefit from this endowment shall enter the university if decided
by the trustee ⟦administrator⟧, provided that no more than (25 Rupees) annually is spent for them for the purpose of books and stationery
during their studies in the public school, and no more than (50 Rupees) annually for the same purpose
during their studies in the college or university, provided that these allocations are spent in addition to the exam
fees and standard study costs.
G - In the event that the yield of the mentioned endowment is not used for the purpose explained in this document for a period of ten
consecutive years, the school for Jewish students in Rangoon shall be permanently cut off from benefiting from the said endowment
and the trustee ⟦administrator⟧ shall not continue to spend this yield for the benefit of such students; instead,
the trustee ⟦administrator⟧ shall spend the said yield at the end of the eleventh year (and at the end of any other year
following it and at any time or times or year or years) to the trustees ⟦administrators⟧ of the Talmud Torah school in Baghdad,
informing the said trustees ⟦administrators⟧ that these amounts must be spent for the purpose of teaching foreign languages
in the said school. The receipt signed by two or more of these trustees ⟦administrators⟧ regarding
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The amounts paid to them shall be sufficient to protect (cover) the trustee.
Signature
M. Abraham Rayburn
Signed, sealed and delivered by the aforementioned
Morris Abraham Rayburn on the
Eighth of May 1923.
Before me
Signature ⟦line⟧ (unclear)
British Vice Consul Menton - France
(True Copy)
Signature ⟦line⟧ unclear
12/17/1948
Note - Office of the ⟦Administrator⟧ Official Trustee - Burma
Seal of the Office of the ⟦Administrator⟧ Official Trustee in Burma
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Jewish Schools Committee
BAGHDAD
Jewish Schools Committee
in Baghdad
Number: 279/212
Date: 6/9/49
242
9/6/949
Honorable President of the Lay Council
After greetings,
Enclosed is a copy of the Midrash Committee's letter No. 348 dated
5/4/49 with its attachments, which consist of a copy of the Menashe Sadqa endowment with
the correspondence that took place between Mr. Saleh Shaoul Youssef Sweid and His Eminence
Rabbi Salman Hooti Aboudi, President of the Midrash Committee.
This committee - after studying the subject - feels the need to contact
the competent authority to inform them:
1- That Midrash Talmud Torah refers to the Great Midrash, Midrash Mandani
and Midrash Menashe Saleh.
2- That the trustee for the management of these Midrashim is the Jewish Lay
Council in Baghdad, established under the Community Law.
Also, please inquire about the due date for payment of the yield to the Midrashim
in Baghdad and its amount. Respectfully yours,
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Vice President
Secretary
Please request the Community Presidency
to reply with the true status in the name of the
Schools Committee ⟦illegible⟧
6/10
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Schools Committee
Baghdad
Number - 348
Date - 4 / 5 / 49
Honorable Excellency, Chairman of the Schools Committee
After greetings and respect
We send herewith two letters received by us from Mr. Saleh Shaul Yusuf
Suwaid in Rangoon with our personal letter to the aforementioned, according to which it appears that there is
an endowment in the amount of (35) thousand rupees, the details of which are listed in the copy of the original document
also attached herewith. Its interests belong to the Midrash schools, so please be so kind
as to review its contents and mediate with the esteemed Lay Council to contact
the competent authorities to collect the interests of the mentioned endowment if they are due
And please accept our highest respect.
Signature/
Chairman
Attachments: 1 - Number of 3 letters
2 - Copy of an endowment document in English with its translation in Arabic
⟦line⟧
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Arabic translation from the English text
I certify under Section 42 of the Stamp Act that the
correct stamp duty of 15/- Rupees (fifteen Rupees) was paid
on this document under Article (64) of Schedule (1) of the
said Act by the Official ⟦Trustee⟧ in Burma.
Signature ⟦line⟧ (illegible)
Collector of Fees
Rangoon 6 July 1925
This document was executed on the eighth day of May 1923 between Mr. Maurice Abraham
Raeburn from Villa Palmoza (2) in the Maritime Alps Department of the French Republic
— formerly a merchant (hereinafter called the "Settlor" ⟦Trustee⟧) of the one part and the Official ⟦Trustee⟧ General in Rangoon — Burma
— India (hereinafter called he and his successors in office "the Sole ⟦Trustee⟧") of the other part.
Whereas the Settlor ⟦Trustee⟧ is desirous of depositing with the ⟦Trustee⟧ Indian Government Securities 3 1/2% of
nominal value (35,000 Rupees) so that their yield may be spent for the purposes of the endowment mentioned below or for the purposes of any other
endowment established by the Settlor ⟦Trustee⟧ immediately after signing the endowment in the name of the Settlor ⟦Trustee⟧ and delivering the document relating thereto to him and now
this document is considered a deed and provides as follows:
1 — The Settlor ⟦Trustee⟧ shall deliver to the ⟦Trustee⟧ immediately after signing this document Indian Government
securities 3 1/2% with a nominal value of thirty-five thousand Rupees (35,000 Rupees) (these securities
and the deposited amount representing these securities are called "the said endowment fund") and for the purpose of carrying out the transfer
of this amount, the Settlor ⟦Trustee⟧ will sign and execute all necessary papers and documents in order to register the said fund as an endowment
in the name of the ⟦Trustee⟧ and authorize him with the right to dispose of the resulting yield.
2 — The ⟦Trustee⟧ shall continue to hold the endowed fund for the purpose of allocating its interest as shown
below according to the terms and directions set forth in the schedule listed below, and upon the maturity of the said Indian Government
securities 3 1/2%, he must reinvest the money in similar shares.
3 — The ⟦Trustee⟧ shall spend the said yield to enable the continued ⟦education⟧ of poor Jewish
students to continue their studies, whose parents are unable due to destitution to spend on them, provided that
the expenditure shall be in accordance with the terms and directions set forth in the schedule listed below.
4 — In the event of a lack of said poor students according to the opinion of the ⟦Trustee⟧
for the purpose of the terms of this endowment, and in the event that the yield exceeds the amounts required to be spent on the said students,
in that case, the ⟦Trustee⟧ must invest (under the terms and directions set forth in the schedule) the excess
yield at the end of each year in financial shares and add these shares to the endowed fund in order to increase
the capital, provided that this invested money shall not be withdrawn in any case for the purpose of spending it as yield.
5 — The ⟦Trustee⟧ shall charge to the account of the endowment any expenses he deems necessary at his discretion such as ⟦income⟧
tax and examinations ⟦relating⟧ to the said endowment or any other government tax.
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6 - The accounts of the <del>guardian</del> ⟦trustee⟧ shall be subject to audit by the government, and any required copy
of the accounts must be prepared after the expenses thereof have been met.
The aforementioned schedule
A - The endowed property shall be named (The Munshi Sadqa Endowment for Poor Jewish Students).
B - ⟦It is stipulated⟧ that the children for whose benefit this property is endowed ⟦must be⟧ graduates of the sixth grade of the Jewish school in
Rangoon and considered fit for admission to the seventh grade (equivalent) in any other school recognized
by the government, or in any university or college in Rangoon or another province of Burma, as the purpose
of the endowment is to enable these students to continue their studies and sit for the Matriculation examination
or any other higher examination or examinations as they wish.
C - In the event that a level higher than the sixth grade is established in the Rangoon Jewish School, it is stipulated that
students eligible to benefit from this endowment must have passed this grade and be
accepted into the higher grade in any public school in Rangoon or in the province of Burma.
D - No student may benefit from this endowment if they have failed the examination which
qualifies them for entry into the aforementioned school recognized by a university or government college on two
consecutive occasions.
E - The <del>guardian</del> ⟦trustee⟧ or <del>guardians</del> ⟦trustees⟧ of the Jewish school in Rangoon at the present time shall select the children
eligible to benefit from this endowment. In the event of a dispute between the <del>guardians</del> ⟦trustees⟧ regarding the selection of
an eligible student or students to benefit from the aforementioned endowment, this dispute shall be resolved by a vote of
the Israelite community in Rangoon, whose decision in this regard shall be final. It is stipulated that
persons participating in such a vote must be adults and of both sexes.
F - Any student or students selected to benefit from this endowment shall enter the university if the
<del>guardian</del> ⟦trustee⟧ so decides, provided that no more than (25 Rupees) per year is spent on them for books and stationery
during their studies in the public school, and no more than (50 Rupees) per year for the same purpose
during their studies in the college or university, provided that these allowances are spent in addition to the fees of
examinations and regular study costs.
G - In the event that the yield of the aforementioned endowment is not used for the purpose clarified in this document for a period of ten
consecutive years, the Jewish students' school in Rangoon shall permanently cease to benefit from the aforementioned endowment,
and the <del>guardian</del> ⟦trustee⟧ shall not continue to spend this yield for the benefit of such students. Instead, the
<del>guardian</del> ⟦trustee⟧ shall spend the aforementioned yield at the end of the eleventh year ⟦or at⟧ the end of any other year
following it, and at any time or times or year or years, ⟦to⟧ the <del>guardians</del> ⟦trustees⟧ of the Talmud Torah School in Baghdad,
notifying the aforementioned <del>guardians</del> ⟦trustees⟧ that these amounts must be spent for the purpose of teaching foreign languages
in the aforementioned school. The receipt signed by two or more of these <del>guardians</del> regarding the
⟦trustees⟧
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The amounts paid to them shall be sufficient to protect (cover) the trustee.
Signature
M. A. Rayburn
Signed, sealed and delivered by the aforementioned
Maurice Abraham Rayburn on the day
Eighth of May 1923.
Before me
Signature ⟦line⟧ (unclear)
British Vice-Consul Menton - France
(True copy of the original)
Signature ⟦line⟧ unclear
12/17/1948
The Notary - Office of the ⟦Trustee⟧ Official Receiver - Burma
Stamp of the Office of the ⟦Trustee⟧ Official Receiver in Burma
A. A.
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Certified under section 42.Stamp Act.that the
proper stamp duty of Rs.15/- (Rupees fifteen
only) has been paid on this instrument under
article 64.Schedule I of the said Act by the
Official Trustee.Burma.
Rangoon
The 6th July 1925.
Sd.⟦illegible⟧
Collector
THIS INDENTURE made the eighth day of May 1923 BETWEEN MAURICE
ABRAHAM RAEBURN of Villa Palmosa II-Menton in the Province of Alpes
Maritimes in the Republic of France Retired Merchant(hereinafter
called"the settlor") of the one part and THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF
RANGOON Burma India(who and whose successors in Office are hereinafter
referred to as"the sole Trustee") of the other part:
WHEREAS the settlor is desirous of placing in the hand of the
Trustee 3 1/2% India Government stock of the nominal value of
35,000 Rupees the income of which is to be applied for the purposes of
the trust hereinafter mentioned and for the purposes of such trust
the settlor will transfer immediately after the execution of these
presents into the name of the Trustee the said stock and deliver to
the Trustee the scrip relating thereto NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH
and IT IS HEREBY DECLARED as follows.
1. The settlor will transfer to the Trustee immediately after the
execution of these presents India Government 3 1/2% stock of the
nominal value of Thirty five thousand Rupees (35,000 Rupees) (which
stock and the Investments for the time being representing the same
are hereinafter referred to as"the said trust fund") and for the
purpose of effecting such transfer will sign and execute all necessary
transfers and documents to the intent that the said trust fund shall
stand in the name of the Trustee and that he shall be entitled to
the income thereof :
2. The Trustee shall stand possessed of the said Trust fund UPON
TRUST to apply the income as hereinafter provided and upon the
conditions and subject to the stipulations and directions herein
contained and in the schedule hereunder written and upon the maturity
of the present 3 1/2% India Government stock to reinvest the fund
in similar Trust securities:
3. The Trustee shall out of the income of the said Trust fund
pay for the further and continued education of poor boys brought
up and educated in the Jewish Faith whose parents by reason of
indigent circumstances shall be unable to provide for the further
and continued education of such boys with the object of affording
to them the advantages of further and continued education and in
accordance with the stipulations and directions set out in the
schedule hereto:
4. IF and when it shall happen that in the opinion of the Trustee
there are no boys available for the benefits of the trust hereby
created or if the payments in respect of the number of boys available
shall not exhaust the income of the trust fund the Trustee shall
invest (subject to the stipulation and direction contained in the
schedule) the unapplied or surplus income as the case may be at
the end of each year in Trustee securities and add the same to
the said trust fund with a view to increasing the capital thereof
and such unexpended income as may be added to Capital must never
be withdrawn and used as income:
5. The Trustee shall at the expense of the said Trust Fund or
the income thereof make all such applications as it may be necessary
to make out as he shall in his discretion think it advisable to
make for repayment of any sums which may be recoverable in
respect of over-payments or deductions from interest or dividends
on the Trust Fund on account of income-tax or any other State Tax:
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6- The accounts of Trustee are subject to audit by Government and any
copy required may be applied for and will be furnished on payment of
prescribed fees:
THE SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO?
(a) the name of the Trust shall be "The Menashi Sadka Trust for
poor Jewish boys".
(b) The boys for whose benefit the Trust Fund shall be applied
shall be boys who have passed the sixth standard of the Jew's School
in Rangoon and who shall be accepted as fit for the 7th Standard
in any other school recognized by Government: University or College
in Rangoon or in any other part of the Province of Burma the object
of the trust fund being to enable such boys to continue their education
and to pass the Matriculation or Higher or other Examination or
Examinations as they may desire:
(c) If and whenever there shall be in the Jews' school at Rangoon
a higher standard than the sixth standard then the boys entitled to
the benefit of the Trust Fund shall have passed such higher standard
and be accepted for the next higher standard in any other Publicly
school in Rangoon or in the province of Burma.
(d) No boy shall be entitled to the benefit of the said Trust Fund
who shall fail to pass the qualifying examination for such school
recognized by Government University or College on two consecutive
occasions:
(e) The trustee or Trustees for the time being of the Jews' school
in Rangoon shall decide which boys are eligible to benefit by the
said Trust Fund and in case any dispute shall arise between the
Trustees as to the eligibility of any such boy or boys such dispute
shall be decided by a vote of the Jewish Community of Rangoon whose
decision shall be final. The persons who shall vote shall be of
full age and of either sex:
(f) Any boy or boys who shall be selected for and who shall quality
for benefit of the said Trust Fund shall if the Trustee so determine
proceed to University but no more than 25 Rupees per annum shall
be expended upon any one boy in respect of books and stationery if
and when such boy shall be a pupil in a public School and not more
than 50 Rupees per annum shall be expended upon any one boy for
books and stationery when such a boy shall be a pupil in a College
or University . such payments being in addition to all examination
and entrance fees and cost of ordinary School or College Tuition:
(g) If and when the income of the said Trust Fund shall not be
applied in manner herein contained for 10 consecutive years the
School of Jewish Boys in Rangoon shall entirely cease to benefit
by the trust hereby created and the Trustee shall not further
apply the income of the said Trust Fund for the benefit of such
boys: In place of such application the Trustee shall at the termina-
tion of the 11th year and each following years or at any other time
or times in such year and years as he shall determine remit the
income of the said Trust Fund to the Trustees of the Talmud Torah
School Baghdad, with a direction to such Trustees that they shall
apply the amount remitted for the purpose of teaching foreign languages
in such school: the receipt of two or more of such Trustees for
the amount so remitted to them shall be a sufficient discharge to
the Trustee:
Sd : M.A. Raeburn
Signed sealed and delivered
by the above named Maurice Abraham Raeburn
this eighth day of May 1923/
Before me.
Sd : Illegible British Vice Consul Mentone France
True copy :
Superintendent,
Office of the Official Trustee, Burma :
⟦illegible⟧
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CHARLES JOSEPH & COMPANY, LIMITED.
Charles Joseph Company Limited.
WINE, SPIRIT AND GENERAL MERCHANTS,
CODES :- BENTLEY'S
A. B. C. 5TH EDITION.
ACTING MANAGING DIRECTOR:
U THAW, B.A.
WAREHOUSES AT
No. 108-112, 35TH STREET,
No. 95-97, 36TH STREET,
OFFICE:
95-97, 36TH STREET,
TELEPHONE NO. SOUTH 1190.
TELEGRAMS :- " SPIRIT " RANGOON,
P. O. BOX NO. 546,
RANGOON,
With the Help of Heaven
20 / 12 / 1929
To the honorable Minister and Dignitary Mr. Menachem Chazaq, may his Light shine,
After greetings with great love, I hereby confirm receipt of your precious letter dated 18/Nov/29 and from within
I took out the check for the sum of five hundred rupees and handed it to the Gabbai
Khawaja Faraj Hayim, may his Rock and Redeemer preserve him, and enclosed herewith is receipt no. 929/207/8 as required and from God blessed be He
I ask that He prepare your path in all you turn to for success and blessing and all good
And according to your good desire and the desire of
Your faithful,
Meir Yehuda
Benjamin
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No. 570 / 22
Baghdad 18 / Shevat / 709 19 / 1 / 949
To the honorable Mr. Meir Ovadia, may God preserve and protect him, greetings
We received your letter dated 29 / December / 948 and from it we learned
that you transferred to the Committee's account at Ottoman Bank London a sum of 648
Pounds Sterling to the credit of the estate of the late Isaac Tsemach, of blessed memory, in Baghdad
⟦line⟧
We thank you very much for your trouble in this matter and request of your honor
to continue in your kindness and help
⟦line⟧
us to transfer the balance of the money in your possession on account of the estate interest
of R. Menashe Daniel, of blessed memory. Also to that same account of ours at Ottoman Bank
in London so that we may use it (and for the repose of the soul of the deceased)
With great respect and with blessings of peace
Head of the Community Committee