preserved in the
National files.

A Convention delegate should certainly be given an opportunity to report
to the community his or her experiences at Convention and impressions.

As to the whole matter of the incorporation of assemblies: he cannot go
into the details of such things, as this is the work of the N.S.A. What he
wants is that the spiritual assemblies in New Zealand and Australia should
be legally empowered to hold property in their own names; how this can be
done, the best way of doing it, are matters for your Assembly and its
legal advisers to decide.

He feels very strongly that the main thing for your Assembly and all the
believers of both Australia and New Zealand to concentrate on are teaching
plans. The United States, India, Persia and England are all embarked on
ambitious and bold teaching campaigns, and it is a great pity that
Australasia, where the Cause is now firmly established and boasts an
active National Assembly, should not have a definite plan, with fixed
goals, of its own.

When the believers are embarked on a definite teaching schedule there will
be less time for them to constantly occupy themselves with purely
secondary administrative points of procedure. Teaching is their need, and
the solution to any problems they may feel they have.

He was delighted over the report of the work in Brisbane; this is a step
in the right direction, and should be followed through vigorously. Please
convey to those who have devotedly served there and brought this group
into being his warm thanks and his admiration for their services.

You may be sure he deeply values the loyal and persevering efforts of your
Assembly to promote the Faith in all its aspects in Australia and New
Zealand. His loving prayers are offered on your behalf and for the success
of your labours.

With Baha'i greetings,
R. Rabbani.

[From the Guardian:]

Dear and valued co-workers:

I wish to appeal, through you, to the members of the entire community in
both Australia and New Zealand, to arise, in these opening years of the
Second Baha'i century, and lend, through their concerted, their sustained,
and determined efforts, an unprecedented impetus to the growth of the
Faith, the multiplication of its administrative centers, and the
consolidation of its nascent institutions. The initiation of a Plan,
carefully devised, universally supported, and designed to promote
effectively the vital interests of the Faith, and attain a def