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 each of the
remaining continents of the globe for the erection of a House to be
consecrated to the worship of the one true God, and to the glory and honor
of His Messenger for this Day.