THE fishwives of Cullercoats, North- umberland, carried out their twelfth annual collection on behalf of the Institution, on 5th August, when the Cullercoats life-boat had its quarterly road exercise and launch. The col- lection was again a great success, the amount collected being £167.

This was an increase on last year of £15, but the record year is still 1931, when the collection amounted to £199. Mrs. Polly Donkin, who is now seventy-six years old, was again, as in every previous year, the most successful collector, with over £73.

The fishwives of Cullercoats have now collected in twelve years over £1,572, of which Mrs. Donkin's share is £501, or very nearly a third of the total..