LIFE-BOAT DAY in Chippenham, Wilts., was held on September 16th, and in spite of the fact that the Kiver Avon was ten feet above its normal level, and the centre of the town flooded, the collectors went about their work undismayed and collected £13 14s. As this was only £3 10s. less than last year, and as, owing to the flood, the market was cancelled and fewer people were in the town than had been expected, it certainly looks as if the weather conditions, in the words of one of the local papers, " brought vividly before the townspeople the peril of those who earn their livelihood on the water.".