In Gratitude.

ON 23rd September last, the steamer City of Osaka, belonging to the Hall Line, went on the rocks south of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, and was holed. A moderate gale was blowing, with a rough sea, when the Peterhead Motor Life-boat was launched early in the morning.

She stood by the steamer until five in the afternoon. She then took off eight men, and returned to the wreck, where the captain was still making efforts to keep the water in check.

As the tide rose, these efforts had to be abandoned, and the remaining twenty-four- men on board were taken into the Life-boat.

The rest of the crew had been rescued by the Board of Trade's rocket apparatus. The Hall Line, which is a regular subscriber to the Institution, sent £20 to be divided among the Crew, who also received extra monetary awards from the Institution.

Chocolates and Biscuits.

Gifts of chocolate have again been received from Messrs. Fry, Cadbury and Bowntree, and gifts of biscuits from Messrs. Huntley & Palmer, Peek-Frean & Jacob. These firms, as their gift to the Institution, generously keep it supplied with these emergency rations, which all Life-boats carry.

From a Naval Theatrical Party.

Through its Weymouth Branch, the Institu- tion has received a gift of £53 from the theatrical company of H.M.S. Osprey, of the anti-submarine flotilla at Portland. This gift is the proceeds of the company's perform- ances of the play Berkeley Square.

From " Soldier and Sailor." In answer to the House-to-House Appeal asking for a shilling, an anonymous donor, signing himself " Soldier and Sailor," writes : " You ask ' Will you give one.' I enclose twenty. I was once under the dear old ' Red Duster ' when it was upside down. [A signal of distress]. That was long before the day of wireless." From an Invalid.

" Once more I send this contribution (one pound). I am only a propped-up affair now.

Yours respectfully, Mrs. ." In Memory.

" I enclose a cheque for £2 2s. as a remem- brance to a very dear brother who was devoted to the sea and all belonging to it." From a Woolwich School.

A boy of ten at Church Manorway L.C.C.

School, Woolwich, has sent five shillings from his class, which decided to make this gift after listening to a talk on the Life-boats.

From Nyasaland.

Through the Edinburgh Branch, the Institu- tion has received the following letter :— " 6th January, 1931. On Sunday, we, the Europeans of Zomba Church, had a collection for the Life-boat Institution. I am very glad to say that the five guineas of last year becomes seven guineas now, for we added the Christmas collection to last Sunday's. It may be of interest to know that we have now taken up a Life-boat Collection five times, and the total amount received has been £26 17s. 9rf., which is very good when you remember that the number of Europeans who come to a service is somewhere between 20 and 30." From a Pegity Club.

An English lady in Portugal has sent ten shillings, saying, " Five shillings is my yearly subscription and 5s. is a contribution from our ' Pegity Club.' A few of us meet weekly and play the game. As an incentive to good play the losers must contribute pennies to be funded for the Life-boat Service. Hope to be able to contribute more at a later date from Pegity." From a Fish Trade Bet.

The following paragraph appeared in the Fishing News in February :— " Readers of the Fishing News will remem- ber a bet offered and taken last year between THE CHIPPER and OLD TIMER regarding the probable price of a certain class of fish over the latter half of the year. OLD TIMER, though still convinced his argument was right, has lost, and the stake, £1, has been forwarded to THE CHIPPER who, in turn, has asked the editor to hand it over to the funds of the E.N.L.I. This has been done." "One Year's Halfpennies." A man came into the Institution's office just before Christmas, left a wooden box, saying, " This may be of use," and went out without giving a name. The box was labelled " One Year's Halfpennies," and when opened was iound to contain 392.

More Coins.

As a result of a paragraph in the papers about the " One Year's Halfpennies," a gift of a collection of Dominion coins came from Worcester.

Yet More Coins.

Finally, a lady who had seen the paragraph in the Daily Mail, sent through that paper a bag of holed coins, collected during the past thirty years. The Institution's bank refused to accept them since, being defaced, they were not legal tender, but, ultimately, they were accepted by the Bank of England and the Institution received £4 10«. 9d..