With warm Baha'i greetings,
R. Rabbani

[From the Guardian:]

_May the Beloved bless, guide and sustain you, and enable you to promote,
at all times, the vital interests of His Faith,_

_Your true brother, _
_ Shoghi_

PART IV
LETTERS TO BAHA'I INSTITUTIONS.

These letters are presented chronologically and show the development of
the institutions--Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Auckland, the
National Spiritual Assembly, the Regional Teaching Committee.

(42) March 31st, 1926

Dear Spiritual Sister:

Shoghi Effendi wishes me to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated
Feb. 18th 1926. He well appreciates the whole-hearted contributions the
friends, the world over, have made to safeguard the neighbourhood of the
shrines. We all hope that this spirit of quick response and action will
permeate all the different activities of the Cause.

Shoghi Effendi as well as the other members of the family send you, and
through you, the Australian and New Zealand friends their best love and
greetings. They all await the good news of the progress of the Movement in
Australasia.

With loving greetings I remain,
Yours very sincerely,
Ruhi Afnan

[From the Guardian:]

_My dear fellow-worker,_

_I fully appreciate the self-sacrificing efforts of the New-Zealand
Baha'is and am glad to inform them that the surroundings of the Shrines on
Mt Carmel are secure. May the Beloved reward them a hundredfold! Convey my
love and gratitude to them all._

_Your true brother, _
_ Shoghi_

(43) May 14th, 1926

My dear Baha'i sister,

I thank you on behalf of Shoghi Effendi for your letter of Mar. 8th and
for the second copy of the draft that you had sent enclosed.

He has already received and cashed the first draft and has sent you the
receipt for it.

He appreciates very much indeed the help of the New Zealand friends and I
am sure they would all be very glad to know that the surroundings of the
holy Shrines on Mt Carmel have already been safeguarded. This is such a
relief to Shoghi Effendi and all the friends who feared lest the
approaches should fall into the hands of speculators and interested men.

With heartfelt greetings to the friends in New Zealand. I am

Yours ever in His Service,
Soheil Afnan

[From the Guardian:]

_Dear fellow-worker:_

_I wish to reassure you in person of my continued prayers for you as well
as for those friends who in the distant city of Auckland are lab