When the Barnt Green ladies' life-boat guild had their annual meeting the collecting box from the Barnt Green sailing club was opened. It contained over £3 —mostly in half-crowns. This is because there is a local rule in the sailing club that anybody capsizing puts 2s. 6d. in the life-boat box.

When Mr. John Banks, a Glasgow bookmaker, handed over a cheque for £383 in September last year to the Daily Record—it was Mr. Banks' profit from betting on the name for the Q.4—he said: ''Just see that it goes to four nautical charities'.

The R.N.LJ. share was £100.

A pet cormorant named 'Charlie', who belongs to Mr. and Mrs. Cedric Morgan, of Saundersfoot, Glamorganshire, is being trained to retrieve fish. And last year he helped to raise money for the R.N.L.I. by standing alongside a collecting box.

A St. David's resident, who went out fishing early one Sunday morning and caught 70 mackerel, offered them to the two surf life-saving teams at Whitesands for sale to visitors on condition that any takings would be shared with the R.N.L.I.

Outcome was £J 10s. for the Institution.

The honorary secretary of the Fishguard and Goodwick ladies' life-boat guild has been acting as a breathalyser guard and driving people home after parties.

Donations from grateful passengers are credited to the local life-boat guild. Miss A. Morris, honorary treasurer of the North Shore, Blackpool, ladies' life-boat guild, has for two years been conducting business with a mail order company. The commission derived from these sales has on both occasions been credited to the guild's finances, last year the amount realised being £15.