rection of the ornamental columns of the Temple interior commenced;
ventilation and heating systems installed; number of visitors since the
opening of the edifice to the public, over four hundred thousand.

Six year plan of the British Baha'i Community triumphantly concluded;
almost quintupled number of Assemblies in the British Isles; laid basis
administrative structure of the Faith in the capital of Eire and in the
chief cities of North Ireland and Scotland.

Plan initiated Persian Baha'i Community consummated 31 Assemblies, 17
Groups, 11 Isolated Centers formed beyond prescribed objectives.

Recognition, long last, accorded by Iraqi authorities to all marriages
solemnized by Baha'i Assemblies in 'Iraq through official registration of
the marriage certificate by court, first instance setting a momentous
precedent throughout the Muslim East, constituting a significant landmark
in the process of the emancipation of the Oriental followers of the Faith
from the fetters of religious orthodoxy.

Certificate authorizing the celebration of Baha'i marriages issued by the
District of Columbia court.

Eight islands of Hawaii granted authority to recognize Baha'i marriages.

Baha'i marriage contract legalized by attorney general throughout the
territory of Alaska.

Baha'i Holy Days recognized by Educational Department of the State of
Victoria, Australia.

Second European Teaching Conference convened in the capital city of
Belgium, attended by hundred and thirty representatives from nineteen
countries.

The historic first all-Swiss Baha'i Conference the latest, most promising
fruit of the transatlantic enterprise initiated by the American Baha'i
Community, held in the Swiss capital, presaging the acquisition by the
goal countries of an independent status within the family of Baha'i
national Communities.

The process of extension of Baha'i endowments accelerated through the
donation of twenty acre property near Anchorage, Alaska; purchase of
twenty-two acres in neighborhood of Auckland, site of projected New
Zealand summer school; grant of burial ground by Egyptian authorities to
Port Said Baha'i Community.

Ties binding the Baha'i International Community to the United Nations
reinforced through participation in European Regional Conference of
nongovernmental organizations in Geneva; and in Latin American Conferences
in Chile, Uruguay; and in similar conferences in Kansas and Lake Success;
through submission in respons