passed that of any other National Body throughout the Baha'i World.

The selection and subsequent purchase of the site of the first
Ma_sh_riqu'l-A_dh_kar in the Antipodes in the outskirts of a city--the
first to receive the light of the Revelation of Baha'u'llah in
Australasia, and destined to play a predominant role in the evolution of
the Administrative Order of His Faith in that vast area--is an achievement
which I heartily welcome and for which I feel deeply grateful. This
remarkable accomplishment will, in conjunction with the establishment a
decade ago of the National Haziratu'l-Quds in that same city, accelerate
the progress, and immensely reinforce the foundations, of the
administrative institutions inaugurated on the morrow of 'Abdu'l-Baha's
ascension, and which are destined to yield their fairest fruit in the
Golden Age of the Baha'i Dispensation.

The second phase of this spiritual Crusade upon which these two greatly
blessed, fast unfolding, firmly established, intensely alive communities
have now entered must witness the opening, at whatever cost, of the
remaining virgin territories allocated to their national elected
representatives. The preservation of the prizes already won in the newly
opened territories is, moreover, a task they cannot afford to neglect
under any circumstances. The multiplication of Baha'i isolated centres,
groups and local assemblies, in both Australia and New-Zealand--a process
that has been steadily and rapidly developing since the inauguration of
the Ten-Year Plan, is likewise of paramount importance in the years
immediately ahead. The development of these institutions, particularly in
New-Zealand, will no doubt hasten the emergence of an independent National
Spiritual Assembly in that territory, and will lend a tremendous impetus
to the onward march of the Faith in those regions.

The assistance which your Assembly must increasingly extend to its sister
assembly in the Indian sub-continent, in connection with the translation
and publication of Baha'i Literature in the languages allocated under the
Ten-Year Plan, is yet another task which, in the coming months, must be
boldly tackled and consistently carried on. The incorporation of local
assemblies moreover, is a matter of great urgency and should in no wise be
postponed or neglected. The consolidation work to be undertaken, according
to the provisions of this same Plan, is, likewise, urgent and of the
utmost importance, and will