Theocratic News

◆ Australia was happy to conclude the past service year with a new peak of 42,453 publishers for August.

◆ Burma also had a new peak of 1,352 publishers in August.

◆ Central African Republic had a new peak of 1,320 publishers reporting for August.

◆ Honduras broke through the 4,000 mark with 4,065 publishers reporting activity during August, an 18-percent increase over last year’s average.

◆ India had a new peak of 7,410 publishers for August.

◆ Tahiti had a new peak of 622 publishers​—an 11-percent increase—​in August. The district convention was attended by 1,280, and 23 were baptized.

◆ New Zealand had a new peak of 9,143 publishers and a new peak of Bible studies in August.

◆ Uruguay saw all-time peaks of 5,329 publishers and 7,502 Bible studies in August. The congregation publishers averaged 11.1 hours in the service.