A CHAKITY competition, in which the Committee of Management have given permission for the Institution's name to be included, is to be started at the beginning of next year by the Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co.

Competitors will be asked to select, out of sixteen of the Nestle advertisements, the ten which they like best, and to arrange them in their order of merit.

At the same time they will be asked to select, from a list of ten, their favourite charity.

Over 1,500 money prizes, to the total amount of £8,000, are to be awarded, the first prize being £2,000, and the second £1,000. The prizes will be given by the votes of the competitors them- selves, and the judges will be the British Charities Association. * For every entry sent in Messrs. Nestle propose to set aside one penny, which will be given to the voluntary hospitals, and another penny to a charity donation fund, which will be divided among the ten charities on the list, according to their place in the voting. Every charity of the ten will get something. Messrs.

Nestle also guarantee that the sum which will go to the voluntary hospitals shall not be less than £1,000, that the sum which goes to the winning charity shall not be less than £1,000, and that the sum which goes to the tenth, shall not be less than £62 10s., the charities in between receiving sums in proportion.

Thus, by its inclusion in the list, the Institution is assured of a donation of at least £62 10s, and we shall be greatly surprised if this minimum is not greatly exceeded.

Messrs. Nestle are issuing with each of their tins a coupon, and twelve of these coupons, if sent with a stamped addressed envelope, to Nestle's Com- petition, London, B.C. 3, can be ex- changed for an entrance ticket contain- ing full particulars, reproductions of the posters, and the list of charities. There is no limit to the number of tickets for which one may apply, and the competi- tion will be open during the whole of 1925.

Full particulars of this competition will be published in the Press at the beginning of 1925, but we ate calling the attention of Life-boat workers to it now, in order that they may know that the inclusion of the Institution's name in it is authorized, and that by taking part and voting for the Institution they may help to increase the sum which we shall receive for the Life-boat Service..