Collecting house flags of various shipping lines is the hobby of Mr. C. M. Pope, who lives near Sherborne in Dorset. For each flag received he sends a contribution to the R.N.L.I., this "consideration money" amounting to an average of £3 $s.

per flag. Since 1960 Mr. Pope has donated £177 3$. to the R.N.L.I. in this way.

St. David's, Pembrokeshire, Ladies' Life-boat Guild made a large number of paper leeks for sale on St. David's Day and made about £4 as a result of this initiative.

To mark the sixteenth birthday of Dalton Junior School, Huddersfield, which was celebrated last February, the pupils collected £12 IDS. for the R.N.L.I. In previous years the money contributed had been used to buy a picture or other present for the school, but this year they chose to give the money to the R.N.L.I.

A supporter from Bournemouth, Mrs. Feasey, sent us this cutting from an Australian paper giving news of a novel idea: "Here's my way of saving money for charity. Every letter I write during the year I put a penny in a tin and at the end of the year send the money to a charity.

It is marvellous how these pennies mount up - you will be surprised at the sum of money you have in the tin at the end of the year if you try this. Pollux, Cootamundra, N.S.W.".