THE decision of the Committee of Manage- ment of the Institution to establish the headquarters of the " Life-boat Saturday " Fund in London, under the management principally of a representative committee of " Life-boat Saturday " workers from all parts of the country, would seem to be already fully justified by results; for not only has London—the " metropolis of the world"—had its first "Life-boat Saturday," but the movement has greatly extended in all directions. Upwards of a hundred and twenty of the principal cities and towns of the United Kingdom can now be reckoned as on the roll of " Life-boat Saturday " supporters, and the Institution has obtained—and is obtaining—a strong footing in many places where its humane work had hitherto been comparatively unknown to the great mass of the people.

One of the most valuable and important adjuncts of the "Life-boat Saturday" movement is the "Ladies' Auxiliary," and this has und""Medly received great help and encoura lent by the accept- ance by H.E.H. The DUCHESS OF YORK of the post of President of the Auxiliary all over the country. The announcement of this gratifying news was made by H.R.H.

The DUKE OF YORK himself at the Annual Meeting of the Institution held last March, and has given much satisfaction.

The "Life-boat Saturday" Committee and staff had an unusually large under- taking in hand when they set about organizing " Life - boat Saturday " in London, probably the most difficult city in the whole world, on account of its magnitude and "inner constitution," in which to stir up anything like enthusiasm on any subject in general, or on behalf of a charity, however deserving, in par- ticular. Nothing daunted, however, by difficulties, the work was begun in March last, and by the 16th May—the day appointed for " Life-boat Saturday"— much had been done to insure success.

The day opened propitiously as regards weather, and excepting the prevalence of a somewhat chilly east wind, everything promised well. Quite an army of workers in all grades of society were vying with one another in different directions to place the claims of the Life-boat cause prominently before the public. Duchesses and factory girls, legislators and costers, were to be found engaged enthusiastically in the work, as though it •were—and why should it not be so considered ?—of the first importance.

In the north and south of London processions, including Life-boats with a good record of life-saving, and manned by well-known Life-boat crews, perambu- lated the principal thoroughfares of the locality, and showers of coppers were gathered from the interested crowds by the holders of contribution boxes. In the West End and the better parts of London other means of obtaining help were essayed. Here the Ladies' Auxiliary was particularly useful and successful. By it appeals were issued to the proprietors of the houses in the more important residential parts, and to a very great extent a personal appeal was made by theladies, with the success which usually follows an attack from such an influen- tial and persuasive source. District committees, admirably constituted, placed collecting-sheets and appeals in the larger places of business and workshops, while collecting - boxes, under the charge of sailor-boys from the Arethusa and others, were stationed at the railway-stations and at other points of vantage. General collecting in the streets by means of boxes was carefully avoided, as being un- desirable and distasteful to the average Londoner, not to mention the police authorities. At the Imperial Institute a special " Life-boat Saturday " programme was provided, which drew visitors from all parts, and on the following Sunday evening a sacred service :was held at the Albert Hall. For local reasons, the " Life-boat Saturday" arrangements for the East End of London were not carried out until the 13th Jane, but these were successful in every way, and the greatest interest in the cause was evinced by its teeming population. The attempt to establish "Life-boat Saturday" in London may without doubt be considered a suc- cess ; but there is every reason to believe that when the organizing staff have been able to more fully develop their arrange- ments in the various districts in which the metropolis has been subdivided, the majority of which have not as yet been can- vassed, much greater results will jet be ob- tained. Up to the present time only twelve out of the eighty districts into which Lon- don has been divided have been worked.