LAST Christmas eleven branches arranged carol-singing parties. The majority were again in the South-East of England. Sussex had parties at East Grinstead, Bognor Regis and Cuckfield; Surrey at Dorking and Leatherhead; Kent at Westerham, and Hertfordshire at Bishop's Stortford.

There were two parties from Waltham- stow (London). Other branches which went carol singing were Yardley (Birmingham), Street (Somerset) and Maryborough (Port Laoighise, inQueen's County). The East Grinstead branch, which has been the leader in carol singing, was again very success- ful, collecting £23 5s., which makes a total of £173 in seven years. Bognor Regis, which again divided its collection between the Institution and another charity, collected £28.

For the first time a branch in the Irish Free State arranged a party, the newly-formed branch at Mary- borough. It was most successful, collecting £22..