Mr. R. C. Tremlett, a well-known bass fisherman in the Portsmouth area, has raised considerable sums of money for the Institution by giving talks, illus- trated by films and slides, on fishing and then making collections. Another film that he showed for the same purpose in conjunction with his son Michael was on the subject of the yacht Sceptre, of whose crew the son was a member.

* * * * Messrs. C. Shippam & Co. Ltd., of Chichester, make a regular practice of asking all those taken on tours round their factory to contribute in their life- boat collecting box.

* * * * Customers at an hotel in the Arundel area each put a shilling into a pool, and the one who makes the most accurate guess of the amount in the life-boat collecting box takes half the pool money, the other half being added to the amount already in the box.

* * * * A doctor living in Edmonton, North London, gave the Institution the money he saved by delivering personally, in- stead of posting, Christmas cards to friends in his district.

* * * * Mrs. K. Woodsend, honorary sec- retary of the Brancaster, Norfolk, branch, and her husband have been giving free trips in their private aircraft to people subscribing to the branch.

* * * * At the Royal Naval Tactical School at Woolwich students are invited to make a voluntary contribution in a life- boat collecting box when their ships are judged to have been sunk or their air- craft shot down.

A ninety-two-year-old supporter of the Institution in Barry, Glamorgan- shire, dressed a doll and sold it for a guinea, the money coming to the Institution's funds. The accompanying letter stated : " Reading in papers of the wonderful things these men are doing in these dreadful storms I felt I wanted to do something." Immediately after the Broughty Ferry disaster, Mr. Edward Seago, the well- known artist, gave one of his pictures to raise money for the Institution. The picture was raffled at the National Boat Show at Earls Court, £750 being taken in one-shilling tickets.

An unusual type of sale has been organised by the Glasgow branch.

Supporters are asked to send in articles of value which they may not need, such as clothes, furniture and silver. These are sold by auction by Messrs. Robert McTear, half the sale price of each item going to the branch funds and half to the donors of the articles, unless the donors state they would like the whole proceeds to go to the branch.

On Christmas Eve, 1959, a turkey arrived at the parcels department of British Railways at Barrow-in-Furness wrongly addressed. It was intended for an address at Barrow-on-Humber.

The poultry shop, H. Wickes & Sons of Poplar, sent another turkey to the right address and asked that the one in Barrow-in-Furness be disposed of for the benefit of the local life-boat branch.

The turkey was raffledMembers of the ship's company of H.M.S. Cossack were asked to donate to the Institution any foreign money they had in their possession during the last few months of the ship's commis- sion. The money was changed by Chief Petty Officer W. H. James and a cheque sent to the Institution.

Messrs. Coast Lines Ltd., on re- ceiving a cheque for ten guineas from a particularly satisfied customer, who wanted the money to be donated to a charity chosen by the firm, sent the money to the Kingston-upon-Thames branch of the Institution, of which the secretary of the company is a committee member..