[Beijing diocese account books]

Account books from various organs belonging to the Beijing diocese spanning the years 1951-1957.

Acquisition by purchase in 2026.

Box 1

Book 1

Dated April 4, 1951.

Seal: 北京教區駐津房產管理處

Daily expenses and income of the church. Income comprises rent collections from church-owned property, which is rented to companies such as the Yilong 義隆 company, and cash deposits. 

Expenses include salaries, land tax, building repair costs, postal fees, furniture expenses, electricity, coal, travel reimbursement, stationary, and other miscellaneous expenses. 

One loose ms. sheet headed 北京教區駐津房產管理處 and dated May 1-31, 1951.

Book 2

Contents as in Book 1. 

Book 3

Dated 1952

Includes accounts for

• 七月份伙食股, Purchases include vinegar, vegetables, meat.
• Salaries for 宋靜山 、 牛聖貴 、陳惠民 、 王惠山 、 姚[]裕 、魏景旭 、 楊保[] 、 李文[] 、 任波[] 、 朱振邦 、 趙東鈞 、 張[]莊 、 徐文[] 、 謝土良
• Expenses/reimbursements for monastery: students include 王基志 、 劉福亭 、 石玉崑、張進[] 、
• Employee Bonus / reimbursements to individuals such as: 潘寶安、王文章 、 王文[]、 楊士[] 、 楊家營、、王富有、吳[]坤、楊世[]、 杜伭[]、馬文武、 李景茂、楊家贏、王祥、馬風祥、僑保安、張進李
• Water, electricity, and phone bills, clothing expenses, and other miscellenaeous expenses related to daily operations of the church.
• Tax payments for real estate
• Medical expenses related to the church. Church employees buying medication for unnamed individuals. 

One loose ms. sheet dated March 26

One loose ms. sheet with the words 飯廳位置

One loose sheet with accounts and balances related to the church between December 1952 and April 1952. 

Three loose sheets with food related expenses, dated October 1952 

Book 4

Dated 1953, April 15th.

Page one headed 資本主李君武. We suspect that the name, 李君武, is referring to the Auxiliary Bishop of the Beiping Archdiocese, as the potential owner of the capital. 

Accounts related to cash deposits the rest of the book, although there seems to have been intentions to keep accounts of other church related expenses, remain unfinished. 

Box 2 

Book 5

Dated 1954 April

Seal 北京郊區駐津房產管理處 

Running accounts with the 北京 and 首善 church. Similar contents as Book 4. 

Book 6

Dated 1955 December - 1957 June

Similar contents as Book 5. 

Book 7

Dated 1957 October - 1958 August

Similar contents as Book 6. Accounts related to operational expenses of the Diocese. 

Book 8

No date. The accounts have written over in black ink using a Chinese brush, in what appears to be calligraphy practice.

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