omination.

The Hands of the Cause of the African and Australian Continents must
exercise their functions in Kampala and Sydney respectively.

The Auxiliary Boards of the American, European and African Continents must
consist of nine members each, of the Asiatic and Australian continents of
seven and two respectively.

The allocation of areas in each continent to the members of the Auxiliary
Boards, as well as subsidiary matters regarding the development of the
activities of the newly appointed bodies, and the manner of collaboration
with the National Spiritual Assemblies in their respective Continents, is
left to the discretion of the Hands.

All Boards must report and be responsible to the Hands charged with their
appointment.

The Hands of each Continent in their turn must keep in close touch with,
and report the result of the nominations and progress of the activities of
the Boards to the National Assemblies in their respective continents, as
well as to the four Hands residing in the Holy Land destined to act as
liaison between themselves and the Guardian of the Faith.

Urge the initiation of five Continental Baha'i Funds which, as they
develop, will increasingly facilitate the discharge of the functions
assigned to the Boards.

Transmitting five thousand pounds as my initial contribution to be equally
divided among the five Continents.

Appeal to the twelve National Assemblies and individuals to insure a
steady augmentation of these Funds through annual assignment in National
Budgets and by individual contributions.

Advise transmit contributions to Varqa, Holley, Giachery, Banani and Dunn
acting as Trustees of the Asiatic, American, European, African and
Australian Funds respectively.

Fervently supplicating at the Holy Threshold for an unprecedented measure
of blessings on this vital and indispensable organ of the embryonic and
steadily unfolding Baha'i Administrative Order, presaging the emergence of
the World Order of Baha'u'llah which must pave the way for the
establishment of the World Civilization destined to attain maturity in the
course of successive Dispensations in the Five Thousand Century Baha'i
Cycle.

Airmail copies to all Hands and National Assemblies.

--Shoghi

[Cablegram, April 6, 1954]

A DIVINELY-GUIDED FAITH

On the eve of this Ridvan Festival marking the opening of the second
decade of the second Baha'i century, and coinciding with the termination
of the first ye