THE fishwives of Cullercoats carried out their ninth consecutive collection on behalf of the Institution on 2nd August, when the Cullercoats Life-boat held its quarterly road exercise and launch.

Over £156 was collected, £10 more than last year's record collection. The col- lections started in 1922, when the result was £58. In only one year since then have the fishwives failed to collect more than in the previous year, and in the nine years they have collected over £1,054. Mrs. Polly Donkin, who is now 73 years old,' again easily headed the list of collectors, as she has done every year. She collected £57 16s. 9d., nearly £8 more than her last year's record of £52. Mrs. Donkin has been awarded the Institution's Gold Badge, given only for distinguished services..