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The erection 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. (4:1) 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. (4:2) Plan initiated Persian Baha'i Community consummated 31 Assemblies, 17 Groups, 11 Isolated Centers formed beyond prescribed objectives. (4:3) 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. (4:4) Certificate authorizing the celebration of Baha'i marriages issued by the District of Columbia court. (4:5) Eight islands of Hawaii granted authority to recognize Baha'i marriages. (4:6) Baha'i marriage contract legalized by attorney general throughout the territory of Alaska. (4:7) Baha'i Holy Days recognized by Educational Department of the State of Victoria, Australia. (4:8) Second European Teaching Conference convened in the capital city of Belgium, attended by hundred and thirty representatives from nineteen countries. (4:9) 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. (4:10) 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. (4:11) 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 response to the request of the UNO Committee of statement on the Baha'i concept and method of community worship, subsequently transmitted to the Secretariat responsible for the planning of permanent headquarters in the United Nations.
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