Early last year the Kidderminster ladies' life-boat guild gave each member 5s.

and told them to increase it. In September it was reported that over £80 had been raised in this way.

The Little Ship Club, of London, E.CA, sold old nautical magazines at the end of last year in aid of the R.N.L.I.

A small boy, Allan Wright, this year paid into the Conway accounts 7s. 2d.

He raised the money "by charging his friends a penny each time they did not call him by his right name".

Children of a Wellington, Shropshire, infants' school were inspired to raise money for the R.N.L.I. in this way: as they collected ship halfpennies theyarranged them on trays in the shape of ships. These ships, worth £3 11s. 6d., were presented to the local organiser at a special service.

An officer of the Thome and Goole Sea Scouts, who is a keen supporter of the Thome ladies' life-boat guild, is helping them by taking and fixing small photographs of life-boats on to matchboxes. He is finding a ready sale for as many as he can make.

When the gala premiere film show for 'Haifa Sixpence' took place at the Astra cinema, Colwyn Bay,Llandudno, on th April, 1968—it was a joint effort by Colwyn Bay and Rhyl—the R.N.L.I. received 75 per cent of the proceeds after expenses had been met. The cinema owner gave the Rhyl and district branch the use of the cinema, and Paramount Pictures granted use of the film.

Mr. John M. Owen, Rhyl honorary secretary, comments: 'I would think this idea is a new one for raising money for us. I wonder if it might be possible to follow up this idea in London when any big film is due for its premiere?' Ottershaw School, Surrey, has adopted the R.N.L.I. as its charity for the year.

More than £50 was raised in December, 1967, by the sale of calendars and Christmas cards. And by January this year the boys were reported to have sawed up logs worth £30. One boy recently offered his next two weeks' total pocket money to the Institution.

During the International Boat Show at Earls Court Lombard Banking Ltd., Marine Division, of London, W.I, allowed ATV Network Ltd. to use their standfor filming. Lombard Banking requested that in lieu of a facility fee the company should make a donation of £10—and the Institution is now £10 better off.

Mrs. Gilchrist, ofCowes, who runs a summer business at Godshill, Isle of Wight, is now displaying a list of local life-boat rescues alongside her R.N.L.I, collecting box. Last autumn Mrs. Gilchrist gave the season's collection of £60 to the Cowes ladle's guild.

An anonymous donor inquired of the Machynlleth branch how much they had made on a recent coffee evening—and then gave them 2s. for every £1 they had made.

The Beaumaris ladies'1 life-boat guild reports that Mr. H. Sheridan Watson makes bird boxes and sells them in aid of the Institution's funds. He has already given the guild £8 12s. from this source.

Johnnie Howard's Cambridge Lofts, Cheshunt, Herts., sent a cheque for £3 I5i. to the R.N.L.I. last year. They said: 'The cheque is in respect of stray racing pigeons which had entered our pigeon lofts for food and rest. When this happens we report the ring number and the owner is then traced. We had never expected any money all through the years until the R.N.L.I. was suggested.' Since the collecting scheme was started they have reported about 30 stray pigeons to owners. About ±s. (.d. is the average donation..