hundred and forty, the number of local
Assemblies already established is over one hundred and twenty, and the
number of languages into which Baha'i literature has been and is being
translated exceeds fifty.

FORTY-THREE NATIONAL HAZIRATU'L-QUDS

The number of incorporated Assemblies, both local and national, in various
continents of the globe, has been raised to one hundred and sixty-eight,
the latest additions being the Italo-Swiss National Spiritual Assembly and
the Local Spiritual Assemblies of Brussels, Tokyo, Liverpool, Hamilton,
Winnipeg, Quincy, Basel, Zuerich, Geneva, Heidelberg, Buenos Aires, Saigon,
Suva, Malacca and Addis Ababa. The number of National Haziratu'l-Quds, the
precursors of Baha'i National Spiritual Assemblies, acquired in the
capitals and leading cities of North, Central and South America, of the
goal countries of Europe, of Africa, Asia and Australasia, and of several
islands of the globe, has reached forty-three, involving the expenditure
of over half a million dollars, amply compensating for the seizure and
occupation of the National Administrative Headquarters of the Faith and
the demolition of its dome by the military authorities in the Persian
capital.

TEMPLE SITES AND ENDOWMENTS

Land for ten Temple sites has moreover been acquired at a cost of no less
than one hundred thousand dollars, while negotiations are well advanced
for the acquisition of the one remaining Temple site to be purchased in
the Swedish capital. In no less than thirty of the fifty-one countries
listed in the Ten-Year Plan, National Baha'i endowments estimated as
having a value of one hundred thousand dollars have been acquired,
outstanding among them being the Maxwell Home honored by the presence of
'Abdu'l-Baha while in Montreal, which has been transferred by the Hand of
the Cause Amatu'l-Baha to the Canadian National Spiritual Assembly.
Efforts are moreover being strenuously exerted for the establishment of
similar endowments in the twenty-one remaining countries. Following the
completion and adoption of the design for the first Ma_sh_riqu'l-A_dh_kar
in the cradle of the Faith, steps have been taken for the preparation of
no less than three additional designs, one for the Temple scheduled to be
erected in the heart of the European Continent, another for the one to be
erected in the near future in the African Continent, and the third for the
one contemplated for Australasia, paving the way thereby in