AN autograph collector recently asked Lieut.-General Sir A. E. Codrington, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., for his autograph, offering to send a small gift to any charity he named in return for it.

General Codrington, who is a subscriber to the Institution, at once suggested the life-boat service, and the autograph collector has sent it his promised gift.

Both to those who collect autographs, and to those who are sufficiently dis- tinguished to have theirs collected, we suggest this as an excellent way of helping the life-boat service..