Theocratic News

◆ Japan reports over 500,000 hours spent in field service in one month for first time, in April. Better than one in four were in pioneer work that month. Subscriptions up 10,000 from last year’s campaign.

◆ In Gibraltar, a mother of four school-age children was a pioneer during April and devoted 118 hours to the field as well as placing 112 magazines, making 68 return visits and conducting 7 Bible studies.

◆ Netherlands has a new high in regular pioneers of 571, up 82 over same month last year.

◆ Two circuits in Newfoundland totaling 461 publishers were joined by many interested persons at their public talk as 836 attended.

◆ A recent circuit assembly in Senegal had 335 in attendance and 24 were baptized; at a district assembly six months ago 21 were baptized, so brothers are rejoicing.

◆ New Caledonia’s 177 publishers rejoiced to have 395 at circuit assembly.

◆ Haiti reports attendance at Port-au-Prince assembly was 2,295​—more than the total publishers in the country. Eighteen were immersed.