Jehovah s Witnesses containing report for the service year of

206 Yearbook
and have taken up the work of witnessing to their
fellow man. Today there is an average of twentyfour
reporting in the field. Last year a branch
office was opened in Mauritius to look after the
territory in that vicinity. The islands of La:
Reunion, Mauritius and Madagascar comprise the
territory of the branch. It makes the missionaries
very happy when they see the blessing of Jehovah
upon their efforts. After years of hard work some
definite results have been obtained and people
have been found who are willing to take on the
responsibility of preaching the good news of Jehovah's
kingdom. Some excerpts from the report of
the new branch servant in Mauritius are set out
here.
At the beginning of the service year Brother M. G.
Henschel visited Mauritius and set up a branch office
of the Society to look after the New World interests
in the three South Indian Ocean islands of Madagascar,
La Reunion and Mauritius, all formerly under the
jurisdiction of the South African branch. So this is
our first report.
We work with several 'kinds of men.' House·to-house
missionaries carry literature in English, French, Hindi,
Chinese, Urdu and Tamil, as well as a Bible in English
and one in French. At a regular congregation Watch·
tower study, using "Making All Mankind One Under
Their Creator," there were present five Mauritians, four
Indo-Mauritians and one European. Former religious
associations represented were Roman Catholic, Church
of England, Plymouth Brethren, Presbyterian, Moslem
and two sects of Hindus. So unification here is really
practical.
We had the pleasure of presenting for the first time
in Mauritius the Society's film "The New World Society
in Action." The superb organization of our factory, the
international field of our operations, the unity of our
people and in particular the immense size of the crowds
at the great international conventions just thrilled our
local friends. Thus gently persuaded Mauritians are
getting the idea of bringing wife and family to the assembly,
using the cafeteria and staying all day to get the
most of the spiritual and temporal food. The film has
greatly assisted the missionaries in their task of awaken·
ing Mauritians to the reality of the New World society.