So the more centralized office of the Watch Tower Society in Bombay provided improved facilities and direction of the Kingdom work in India.

Brothers Wright and Skinner rented a house on Lamington Road in the central section of the city of Bombay. The branch administration was changed, with Edwin Skinner becoming the new branch overseer. The territory for the extended branch embraced all of India, Burma, Ceylon, Persia and Afghanistan, an enormous area with a vast population.

Their initial efforts were to advertise two public discourses, “Millions Now Living Will Never Die” and “Where Are the Dead?” For these, they rented the old Wellington Cinema at Dhobi Talao in Bombay. This resulted in their getting in touch with some of the public who attended and who left their names and addresses. The interest was followed up and a small group gathered for Bible study at the branch office.

Just two brothers were in the branch office at Bombay in 1926. This meant that only one ventured into the vast interior, while the other stayed in Bombay to care for branch responsibilities.