DURING 1938 life-boat flag days were held by 772 of the 1,072 branches of the Institution, seven fewer than the record number of 1937. The amount collected on those days was £43,839 which was the largest total since 1930, and an increase on 1937 of £365. The number of people who contributed was 5,648,000, which is 381,000 more than in 1937. The average contribution was 1| of a penny, a slight decrease on 1937..