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IJA 3325

Financial Records, Student Information, Correspondence about School for the Blind, Marriage Relief Society for Girls, Sewing School for Girls

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This material includes several pamphlets and records from a school for the blind, the Marriage Relief Society for Girls, and a sewing school for girls. The records contain financial and budgetary information, donor lists, images of students, and curriculum information. Also included are correspondence between the Baghdadi Jewish community and the Iraqi government concerning the establishment and operation of these charitable institutions.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3325
Item Number
15854
Date
Approx. January 1, 1931 to December 31, 1940
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Endowment, Financial, Marriage Relief Society, Jewish Lay Council, Correspondence, President of the Jewish Community, Baghdadi Jewish Community: Handwritten, Charitable Sewing Society for Girls, Burial Society, Annotation: Ink Stamp, Ministry of the Interior, Institute for the Blind, Jewish Schools Committee, Revenue Stamps, Typed, Iraqi Government, Letterhead

AI English Translation, Pages 151-175

Archival unit 151

Balancing the Association's assets with the surplus and debts
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Fils | Dinar
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019/440 | Claims for the Association
000/9 | Value of library books after deducting subscription proceeds
587/348 | Cash on hand
000/300 | Value of assets for suit cutting and sewing
Value of claims for opening credits
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620/154 | Student (credit) on U.G. Tweeding Company
236/287 | " " " Unifer Limited
750/5 | Remaining claim on Ecromaica Company - England
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606/447 | Value of credits opened for the Association's account
725/784 | Value of goods present for the Association's account
170/1961
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107/4111
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Statement | ⟦line⟧
Value of goods present for the Association's account | ⟦line⟧ | 775/1614
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107/4111
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Statement | ⟦line⟧
Total claims against the Association | 233/1693
Carried forward surplus | 874/2417
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Statement of the value of the remaining materials for the account of the association
Dinar Fil | Statement
92/000 | Value of 23 wedding tablecloths
 | Gift covers
50/000 | Value of 100 3/400 white tablecloths
-/400 | Value of 2 brown tablecloths
53/000 | Value of 53 silk tablecloths
103/400 | 
2/000 | Value of ties
3/000 | Value of 6 napkins
11/000 | Value of 165 prayer mats (Tehlilat)
7/500 | Value of 144 headscarves (Kaffiyeh)
1/350 | Value of 13 baby hangers
19/800 | Value of 33 various children's jackets
56/000 | Value of 28 various silk robes (Dariya)
10/500 | Value of 7 silk tablecloths
5/500 | Value of 11 round robes (Dariya)
38/750 | Value of 155 cotton camisoles (Kazaka)
211/600 | Value of 1058 small cotton robes (Dariya)
8/000 | Value of 40 cotton trousers
21/500 | Value of 43 cotton camisoles
25/500 | Value of 51 cotton shirts
2/250 | Value of 3 wool Eskimos
1/500 | Value of 3 small wool jackets
38/250 | Value of 51 small wool quilts
34/000 | Value of 34 small wool blankets
7/200 | Value of 24 small wool coats
20/000 | Value of 5 wool robes
2/000 | Value of 24 wool cups (booties)
5/500 | Value of 11 flannel (Baza) robes (Dariya)
11/000 | Value of 22 small flannel blankets
3/600 | Value of 18 flannel prayer mats (Tehlilat)
1/350 | Value of 9 small flannel jackets
4/500 | Value of 9 flannel Eskimos
7/500 | Value of 8 flannel pajamas / 15 small ones
6/000 | Value of 4 flannel robes
-/200 | Value of 1 flannel camisole (Kazaka)
Dinar Fils
762/200 ⟦line⟧
100 3/400 17 flannel dresses (Nafnuf)
1/125 15 flannel hangers
18/000 Salting with costume
60 patterned pieces
784/725

Archival unit 153

Statement of the value of the goods held for the account of the association
 | Dinar Fils
Value of national wool trousers, quantity 38 | 12/600
Value of erasers, quantity 600 | 3/000
Value of workers' and doctors' clothing (imported), quantity 236 | 262/180
Value of used clothing (imported) | 863/069
Value of raw socks, quantity 120 | 85/000
Value of national summer wool suits, quantity 13 | 26/000
Value of national winter wool suits, quantity 133 | 221/000
Value of khaki trousers, quantity 47 | 11/750
Value of wool blankets, quantity 13 | 32/500
Value of cotton blankets, quantity 71 | 71/000
Value of white centime sweaters, quantity 17 | 8/500
Value of centime shirts, quantity 19 | 14/250
Value of various threads | 400/000
2005/849
Deduct
Value of sales from the imported cotton fabric scraps account 331/475
Value of the cost 286/796
44/679
1961/170

Archival unit 154

Baghdad on 12/30/46
To the Honorable President of the Charitable Clinic Society for Respected Bodies
Baghdad
After greetings,
Based on your request to audit the society's accounts, we have audited the mentioned accounts
for the period from 10/5/45 to 10/25/46, and below we present the results we obtained
during the audit.
Section One
Revenues
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We have confirmed in the audit that all amounts recorded in all receipts have
been entered in their reality into the specialized records, and we have also matched the rental records against
the receipts and found them to be in accordance with the principles.
Section Two
Expenses
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We have confirmed that the amounts spent were supported by receipts, and that the expenditures of the branch
for cutting and sewing men's suits and all purchases belonging to the society are also supported by receipts.
Section Three
1- Goods and Open Accounts Ledgers
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We approved the idea of settling the accounts and their dating, and we also supervised
the rolling over of accounts in the goods and open ledger to the open accounts ledger.
In this way - the method of separating the open account from the goods account each
separately - is the ideal method by which the amount of profit resulting from
these open accounts is exactly revealed.
2- Yarn Account
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It was carried out according to our previous suggestion, and it fulfills the requirement, especially since the management
is concerned with the honesty of the female students working in this branch.
To be continued

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Section Four
The Budget
55009/038 Revenues from 10/5/45 to 10/25/46
3091/164
2417/874 Subtract expenses ⟦illegible⟧
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Statement ⟦line⟧
804/283 | Carried forward surplus on 10/5/44
1420/783 | Carried forward surplus on 10/4/45
193/808 | Carried forward surplus on 12/25/46
2417/874 ⟦line⟧
Certificate
After auditing all entries and records belonging to the association, including revenues and expenses,
we found them to be in accordance with the principles. As a result of our examination, we are of the opinion that the association's accounts
correctly represented the expenses and revenues that actually occurred during the period
under audit, and accordingly, we have signed this certificate.
The Auditor
Salman Khudair
The Auditor
Salman
Mustafa Nassim ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 156

Charitable Sewing Association for Girls
Baghdad
Location: Taht al-Takiya 101 / 113
Established in 1929
Number:
Date: 31 / 12 / 45
To the Honorable President of the Administrative Board
After greetings,
Enclosed you will find my annual report on the association and its
financial and administrative status. I request a meeting be held to deliberate on:
1- The report
2- Holding a general session.
3- Reporting the secretary's budget before the general assembly at its annual meeting.
Please accept my highest respect.
Honorary Director
For filing
Charitable Sewing Association

Archival unit 157

Part One
(A). Management and its Organization
This year, I was able to define the responsibilities of those working in
the administration. Mr. Ezekiel Jacob, head of the Suit Cutting and Sewing Division, has been entrusted with monitoring
what happens in the school, and all disciplinary responsibility has been placed on him when the director is not in
the school or when the female students leave after the end of the working hours.
Mr. Ibrahim Daoud handles correspondence, typing letters, visiting official departments, and overseeing
the accounts. Mr. Youssef Hayim Hakham Yaqoub handles collection and the distribution of gifts.
Mr. Anwar Musfi is responsible for teaching. I have witnessed total cooperation from them, and they all
assist the director with whatever she requires from them from time to time without hesitation and with a sincere desire to work, which
prompts me, as I write this report, to record my thanks and appreciation to all of them.
The issue that occupies my mind a lot is how to promote the girls in industry so that their mission rivals
the rest of the institutions. I have been busy reviewing this matter with His Excellency the President, Mr. Israel
Hay, the Director, and Mr. Ezekiel in his technical capacity, but I - and I hope you do not consider me pessimistic -
have not obtained the result I desire. I believe this problem will be solved after a larger
review and conducting further experiments. In agreement with His Excellency the President, we have tried several experiments
to make the level of our girls equal to the level of other seamstresses. We have prepared for them the required
fabrics to cut and sew, and to train them in sewing. Sometimes we cannot put such a
ledger ⟦perhaps⟧ ⟦large⟧ ⟦considering⟧ ⟦the exaggeration⟧ in spending so as not to tarnish the reputation of the association, so we sell it to
people who know where to sell such a product, and we might gain some benefit from this
method. I will inform the committee of every development that occurs in the girls' education.
(B). Summary
I am reassured that we are performing a sacred humanitarian duty, as approximately one hundred
miserable girls work to earn a living outside of school hours, and their affiliation with the association
gives them great experience. The correct upbringing they are raised on is the best work we do,
and the fight against illiteracy among them has accelerated their training for work. We welcome here with full satisfaction any
suggestion that comes to us to improve the condition of the association after the Almighty has granted us success in making its financial resources good.

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Part Two
The School and its Educational System
(A) Sewing
1- The school opens in the morning from eight-thirty until twelve o'clock and from
two o'clock in the afternoon until four-thirty. Except on Sundays,
Wednesdays, and Fridays, when attendance is in the morning only.
2- Students from the preparatory classes do not attend in the afternoon (Preparatory A, B, and C
and Second Embroidery).
3- The school's sewing work is usually monitored by the Headmistress after she distributes her instructions
to the teachers, and from them to the students. Sewing takes place under the supervision of each of the
responsible teachers in their classes, and they also give their instructions to the students regarding
sewing and embroidery matters.
4- The Directorate of Education of the Baghdad District held an exhibition of handicrafts and manual work
in the Home Arts School building, and the aforementioned Directorate instructed us to send some
of our association's products. Indeed, we sent some products, including a map of Iraq embroidered
on silk, the emblem of the Iraqi State embroidered on a piece of silk, an evening gown,
and various types of embroidery and sewing. We believe they earned the satisfaction of the visitors.
5- We opened an exhibition for products made by the students within the association,
containing a fair amount of exhibits. Through this means, income is often generated for the association.
We have put the students who manage the threads in charge of it, and a
special register has been kept for it, along with documents signed by the responsible exhibition curator upon receipt, just as
she issues a receipt for all sales. We have set fixed prices for these exhibits,
and their prices may be reduced by order of the Headmistress when reasons call for it. All
association products are kept in the exhibition in special cabinets and displayed to customers, and every
displayed piece has a tag indicating the piece number and its fixed price.
(B) Discipline
(A) - A precise and regular inspection of cleanliness is conducted every morning by the teachers
during assembly.
(B) - We have begun to employ strictness regarding students arriving late to school, and
absenteeism and lateness have now almost ceased.
(C) - Students are prohibited from wearing jewelry and ornaments inside the school; exceptional
leaves are granted only to engaged students.

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(B) - Study
1- Introductory lessons are given to the young female students from the preparatory classes (Preparatory
A, B, and C and the second embroidery class) daily during the first two hours of the morning.
2- We have allocated Sunday and Wednesday afternoons for teaching, where working hours start from
two-thirty until four o'clock every week. The outstanding students
from all classes study arithmetic, reading, writing, home management, health lessons, geography,
general information, and according to the curriculum set by us under the guidance of the Secretary, Mr.
Mir Zakaria.
3- Students from the first embroidery class study in the afternoon daily from one o'clock
until two o'clock except for Sundays and Wednesdays.
Note
The students who studied last year have reached a state that is not bad,
and they have begun following the administration's instructions on the bulletin board. We have also set for each week
a word written in clear handwriting on a paper and hung on the bulletin board called 'The Word of the Week,' and
most of them read 'The Girl of Mesopotamia' (Fatat al-Rafidain) magazine well. The distributed copies reached an average of
(75) copies for each issue.
4- The Library
I had suggested in my previous report the establishment of a library. Indeed, we have carried out this
work, and we now have a library containing (50) books, including children's stories, moral and educational books,
home management, child care methods, sewing, and others. The number of subscribers has reached
(30) female students, each paying (10) fils monthly. We are indeed serious about increasing the number
of books that suit the mentality and level of knowledge of the students.
5- Lectures
We have allocated some time to deliver educational and disciplinary lectures
to the outstanding students. We have indeed carried out this work, and several lectures were delivered in the
intermediate school building. Both Mr. Shalom Darwish and Mr. Daoud Salman delivered some
disciplinary lectures to the students, which had a great impact on their souls.
Since the matter of lectures belongs primarily to Mr. Mir Zakaria, the Secretary,
his honor is serious about establishing the foundations for lectures in a way that is not interrupted throughout the year. The future
lectures will be of a higher level than those delivered last winter.

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⟦line⟧ Curriculum of Study ⟦line⟧
1 - General Information
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Arabic ethical and literary passages: writing them, reading them, their dictation - Etiquette of speech
- The table, visiting, and other general information.
2 - Health
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Diseases: their causes and methods of prevention. Hygiene of all types and its benefits.
Home organization and cleanliness. Communicable diseases - Typhoid - Trachoma - Malaria ⟦line⟧
Their causes and methods of prevention. The human body - names of the most important organs - blood circulation - the skeleton
The skeleton - the five senses - the nervous system - digestion - teeth - their shapes. Maintaining
them. Oral lectures in the colloquial language -
3 - Geography
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The Earth - its shape, its divisions, and naming the four directions. Continents - Oceans
The solar system - tours within the Kingdom (cars - trains - planes)
Names of kingdoms and capitals - the most famous nations inhabiting those kingdoms - Arab countries
Iraq - Egypt, Syria, Palestine, something about the Arabian Peninsula and its cities. Iraq's imports and exports
Day and night - solar and lunar eclipses - rain and rivers.
4 - Arithmetic
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The four operations - simple oral and written problems in decimal fractions - common fractions
and their four operations.
5 - Something about home management and child rearing.
6 - Information about the government
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Ministries - Courts - Municipalities - Army - Police ⟦line⟧ with lessons
Ethical - and civil.
⟦line⟧ Furniture ⟦line⟧
There is no doubt that most of the association's furniture has been worn out as a result of long use, and most of the furniture
present is very old and most of it is not fit for use. Repeatedly we were renovating and repairing as much as possible.
Recently, we have renewed some furniture, and we may present to you at the appropriate time a list
to write off and sell some furniture that is not fit for use. I wanted to know the financial position of the association
why the existing furniture is there, so I counted and estimated it for your information.
Part Three
1 - Table of revenues and expenses for the year 1945
2 - Table of the association's assets excluding furniture
3 - Table of the amount of rent received by the association 4 - Table showing the value of the existing furniture.

Archival unit 162

Income from 4/10/45 to 6/10/45
Fils Dinar
161/900 | Subscriptions and donations
1065/073 | Sewing
160/000 | Rent of the Tuwaiq house
150/000 | The Physical Council
137/904 | Net income from cutting and sewing clothes and suits
1/685 | Miscellaneous
563/920 | Boys' suits
855/463 | Various types of mattresses
764/398 | Net profits of lost items for students
164/729 | Unmanufactured goods
43/457 | Various textiles
804/283 | Surplus carried forward from the year 944
4873/812 |
Expenses from 4/10/45 until 6/10/45
Fils Dinar
300/000 | Rent
131/114 | Furniture
1401/046 | Salaries, bonuses, and collection
79/813 | Water, electricity, security, and telephone
13/211 | Stamps and stationery
30/856 | Surplus
367/051 | Sundries
207/251 | Fabrics
54/898 | Spools and buttons
173/506 | Threads and cotton
2647/746 |
2225/066 | Surplus carried forward for the year 45-946
4873/812 |

Archival unit 163

Table of the Society's assets excluding furniture and scales ⟦...⟧
Fils Dinar
362/635 | Debts to the Society
342/279 | Cash on hand as of 4/10/45
29/950 | Suspense accounts
140/000 | Funds available for the account of tailoring and sewing suits
570/000 | Values of available threads
82/500 | Exhibition assets
Available goods according to estimation
Fils Dinar
24/800 | Winter suits | Quantity | 18
105/257 | National wool cloth | Meter | 187/96
26/670 | Khaki trousers | Quantity | 127
52/500 | Various spools | Gross | 21
53/250 | Wool blankets | Quantity | 18
3/000 | Pillowcases | Quantity | 6
35/000 | Tablecloths | Quantity | 10
60/000 | White tea mats | Quantity | 30
5/100 | Brown tea mats | Quantity | 17
91/000 | Gift mats | Quantity | 179
11/600 | Various preparations | Quantity | 180
24/000 | ⟦Juwayr⟧ for sale | Meter | 24
6/000 | Small pajamas | Quantity | 12
53/000 | ⟦Kazakat⟧ | Quantity | 212
7/500 | Keffiyehs | Quantity | 144
139/575 | Winter wool cloth | Meter | 214/73
698/252 |
2225/166 |
00/100 |
2225/066 | ⟦...⟧ Transferred to the library account

Archival unit 164

Table
of the rent account received by the association from
the month of January until the month of October 45
Month | Dinar Fils
January | 65/010
February | 103/260
March | 104/440
April | 111/670
May | 68/510
June | 100/020
July | 98/125
August | 139/443
September | 57/325
October | 121/485
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 | 969/288

Archival unit 165

List of all existing furniture, its quantity, and estimated price
Total | Type | Quantity | Estimated Price
Fils Dinars | | | Fils Dinars
18/000 | Student desks | 18 | 1/000
10/000 | Large old desks | 8 | 1/250
7/000 | Small old desks | 28 | 0/250
87/875 | Large new desks | 19 | 4/625
6/750 | Benches | 9 | 0/750
15/000 | Chair | 15 | 1/000
19/500 | Large and small tables | 13 | 1/500
3/000 | Old cabinets | 6 | 0/500
25/000 | Glass cabinet for threads | 1 | 25/000
15/000 | Glass display cabinet | 1 | 15/000
6/000 | Wooden benches (Takhtat) | 3 | 2/000
15/000 | Cabinet with mirror | 1 | 15/000
16/000 | Shelving units without glass | 4 | 4/000
6/000 | Glass panels (Barriers) | 6 | 1/000
2/000 | Wooden barrier | 1 | 2/000
8/000 | Management desk | 1 | 8/000
15/000 | Large mirror | 1 | 15/000
60/000 | Electric ceiling fans | 4 | 15/000
30/000 | Electric table fans | 3 | 10/000
50/000 | Flooring timber | | 50/000
450/000 | Machines of various sizes and types (Nine) | 9 | 50/000
865/125 | | |
5/000 | Wall clock | 1 | 5/000
870/125 | | |

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GIRL'S SEWING CHARITABLE SOCIETY
BAGHDAD
ESTABLISHED
1929
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Girl's Sewing Charitable Society
Baghdad
Established in the year 1929
Location: Under the Takia 101/133
Telephone Number: 3146
Number:
Date: 10/3/948
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community, Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri, Respected
After greetings,
Our society will hold its general assembly at four-thirty in the evening on
Thursday, corresponding to 11/3/948, at the National Preparatory School. We request the favor
of your presiding over the aforementioned meeting.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Honorary President
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Date 11/3/948

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To the honorable Mr. Israel Nassim Hay, respected
President of the Girls' Charitable Sewing Association
After greetings,
I received your letter dated 10/3/1948 with thanks, and I have assigned the Secretary
of the Community Presidency, Mr. Selim Khabbaza, to attend the annual meeting of the General Assembly
of your association on my behalf. I hope to take this opportunity to wish you success and prosperity
in your humanitarian efforts. ⟦line⟧
Please accept my respects. ⟦line⟧
Sincerely,
Sassoon
President of the Community
Correct
For filing
⟦illegible⟧
14

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Charitable Sewing Association for Girls
Baghdad
18 / 3 / 948
To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Board of the Charitable Sewing Association for Girls
After greetings
Pursuant to the decision of the Administrative Board, I hereby submit the Association's account report for the period
from 1 / 11 / 946 to 4 / 3 / 948, and it will be followed by another report within ten days
from the date above regarding the progress of the administration, the conditions of the teachers, and a detailed image
of the delegations and the elderly since the founding of the Association until today with useful percentages for review
Please accept our highest respect
⟦illegible⟧
Honorary Director
A copy to /
Honorable members.
For filing
Sewing Association

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Summary of accounts for general expenses and revenues for the period from 11/1/46 to 3/4/948
(Expenses) | Dinar Fils | (Revenues) | Dinar Fils
General Expenses |  | Council Allocations | 
Electricity, water, guarding, telephone, and property tax | 711 131 | Council Physical Allocations for the period mentioned above | 000 250
Furniture |  | Subscriptions and Donations | 
Value of various furniture purchased | 705 75 | Received from subscriptions and donations | 240 182
Rent |  | Rent | 
Paid for one year | 000 300 | Rent of the Association's endowment | 000 200
Consumables |  | Profits of gifts and goods | 
Value of charcoal, soap, acid, etc. | 360 73 | Net profit for gifts, goods, and products | 413 641
Wages |  | Deficit | 
Collection wages, storekeeper's salary, labor wages, and carpentry repairs | 288 348 | Deficit for the current year | 425 801
Stationery |  | School Revenues | 
Value of stationery, printing fees, and hotel | 630 14 | 635/1430 Rental Department | 
Sundries |  | 130/162 Preparatory Department | 
Expenditure during the above period | 385 89 |  | 765 1592
School Expenses |  |  | 
265/1838 Rental Department |  |  | 
499/341 Preparatory Department |  |  | 
000/455 Training Department | 764 2634 |  | 
843 3467 |  | 843 3467 |

Archival unit 170

Summary of accounts for the Blind Department for the period from 1/11/1946 until 2/3/1948
Incomes | Dinar Fils | Expenses | Dinar Fils
Blind Department Incomes (by month) |  | Salaries | 
1946 November 95 / 150 |  | Salaries of the Blind Department teachers for the period mentioned above | 1208 / 000
December 74 / 975 |  | Furnishings for the blind | ⟦.⟧
1947 January 81 / 300 |  | Expenditures from the manager's hand | 334 / 715
February 57 / 300 |  | Gratuities | 
March 194 / 495 |  | Winter | 
April and May 75 / 780 |  | Students' gratuities 93 / 600 | 
June 155 / 300 |  | Gratuities for the Amara teachers 13 / 000 | 
July 147 / 815 |  | Distributed clothes 37 / 500 | 144 / 100
August 155 / 329 |  | Summer | 
September 151 / 300 |  | Students' gratuities 93 / 300 | 
October and November 93 / 175 |  | Gratuities for the Amara teachers 8 / 000 | 
December 79 / 916 |  | Distributed clothes 52 / 200 | 153 / 500
1948 January 55 / 325 |  |  | 
February 78 / 830 |  |  | 295 / 500
Total 1495 / 360 |  |  | 1838 / 315
407 / 625 |  |  | 
1902 / 985 |  |  | 
1902 / 985
1838 / 315

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Table of the Association's product inventory and their values
Number | Product Type | Dinars Fils
 | Ties | 2000
26 | Winter Casquettes | 11700
162 | Various knitted covers | 8100
 | Handkerchiefs | 7085
8 | Silk baby hanger | 500
33 | Various silk bibs | 13200
17 | Winter trousers | 0500
188 | Circular silk bibs | 57400
637 | Cotton casquettes | 187900
921 | Small cotton bibs | 92100
91 | Cotton trousers | 13650
34 | Cotton jacket | 10200
61 | Cotton shirts | 12400
 | Miscellaneous | 9450
8 | Winter suits | 18000
31 | Wedding spreads | 93000
24 | Woolen coat | 3300
65 | Flannel blankets | 13000
18 | Flannel pajamas | 4500
60 | Children's knitted jackets | 18000
15 | Flannel hanger | 1125
54 | Patterned dresses and costumes | 8100
48 | Circular skirts | 11300
50 | Circular women's jackets | 12500
45 | Circular women's coats | 32500
325/75 yards | Silk for manufacturing | 64362
185 | Gift spreads | 202750
130 with block 47 | Velvet trousers | 39650
320 | Karman trousers for students | 96000
250 | Karman trousers for children | 50000
Total 1078/767

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Table of inventory and their values
Quantity | Type of Goods | Fils Dinar
20 Caps | Spools | 45 950
30 Yards | White Linen | 30 000
419/5 " | Taffeta Fabric | 100 680
 | Imported Silk Coats | 175 000
4 Units | Woolen Blankets | 4 000
37 " | " Cotton | 18 500
 | Imported Used Clothing | 359 651
101 | Technical Oilcloth | 23 220
40 Rococo, 40 Knitting, 120 Nabawia | Various Threads | 360 ⟦...⟧
9/10 Dozen with 33 Dozen | Children's Underwear with Armpit Pads | 55 594
 | Woolen Karaman Scraps | 88 236
38.5 Yards | National Woolen Fabric | 14 775
158/11 Dozen | Silk Threads | 42 580
 | Imported Cotton Scraps | 31 654
 | Imported Buttons | 199 564
64 Yards | Printed Silk | 41 358
1589/759

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Table of rent received by the Rent Department for the period
from November 1946 to the end of January 48
Details | Dinars Fils
November 46 | 73 595
December | 77 930
January 47 | 100 720
February | 93 180
March | 87 490
April | 48 030
May | 122 420
June | 168 520
July | 81 487
August | 153 492
September | 42 655
October | 66 900
November | 96 000
December | 64 616
January 948 | 43 620

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Baghdad on 21 / 3 / 1948
To the Honorable President of the Girls' Sewing Charitable Society
After greetings
We present below our report on the audit of the Society's accounts for the period from 1 / 11 / 1946
until 4 / 3 / 1948.
1- Revenues
We have confirmed that all amounts recorded in various receipts have been entered
in their entirety into the relevant records. We have also audited the rent and gift registers and found them
consistent as well.
2- Expenses
We have confirmed that all amounts spent were supported by receipts.
Fils Dinar | Fils Dinar
Total Expenses | 843 / 3667 | Total Revenues | 418 / 2766
 |  | Deficit | 425 / 901
 | 843 / 3667 |  | 843 / 3667
4- Statement of Surplus
Fils Dinar
Surplus on 1 / 11 / 1946 874 / 2417
⟦Statement⟧
Deficit in the period mentioned above 425 / 901
Surplus carried forward at the end of 4 / 3 / 1948 449 / 1516 874 / 2417
5- Claims due to the Society
There are amounts carried forward for a long time, so it is advisable for the Society to take necessary measures to write them off
and we provide herewith a schedule of gift claims for which installments have not been paid until now.
6- Suggestions
We suggest that the following points be taken into consideration: -
For safekeeping
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(a) - Include a budget for the current year entitled (Estimated Expenses and Revenues for the year 48 / 49).
(b) - Rent should be taken into account when organizing the budget for a certain period, as in the budget
of the past year there is an amount of 300/- Dinars as rent, while the situation was that the period
was from 1/11/46 to the end of 4/3/1948.
(c) - Allocate for the rent section and the preparatory section expenses such as salaries, honors, etc., and allocate in the
revenues section the revenues expected to be collected to cover the deficit if it occurs.
7 - Goods and Products
We will present to you another detailed memorandum regarding the results of profits and losses resulting from
the disposal account and the evaluation of the past year and the invoices paid for this purpose within two months
of our submission of this report.
8 - Certificate
After auditing all the accounting entries and records belonging to the association, including revenues
and expenditures, we found them to be in accordance with the principles. As a result of our examination, we have the opinion that the
association's accounts represented in the ⟦correct⟧ manner the expenditures and salaries which actually occurred under
audit during the period mentioned above.
Salman Saif
Fakhri
Honorary Auditor
Salman Khudair
Honorary Auditor
Nassim Salman Rabi'