THE RNLI Midnight Matinee to be held at the Victoria Palace in London, which had to be postponed, will now take place on Friday, March 8, 1974, and it should be possible to include full details in the next issue of THE LIFEBOAT.

The final figure for the National Sponsored Walk is £22,311.61, an excellent result. Another final figure is that for the Tesco Green Shield Stamp Scheme in the south. Here almost one and a quarter million stamps have been collected, which works out to 988 and seven-eighths books. Let us hope that the effort in the north proves as successful.

The other sponsored event, which is nearing completion, is the swim, and this has brought in over £18,405, with more coming in.

Regarding the paragraphs on free gift sales in the April Journal (page 463), we have been taken to task concerning the reference to the Institute of Auctioneers and Valuers. Our attention has been drawn to the fact that guilds and branches should in fact contact either the Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers or the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. Although not wishing to dispute that this is, of course, correct outside Scotland, the article was based on the suggestion by Aberdeen branch, and in Scotland the correct body to contact was that given.

It is not yet possible to give any further details of the project being run in 1974 by the Scouts—Operation 'Lifeboat'.

However, it is possible to follow up the short note about the sponsored knit-in, which it was stated in the last LIFEBOAT was developing in a satisfactory way. More knit-ins held have all proved themselves to be a relatively easy way of raising money for the cause and of getting to know other knitters. Full details are available from your local district office, together with the necessary stationery.

Those who follow the comings and goings on the CAC will be interested to learn that Mrs E. M. Magee has been appointed secretary to the committee.

For those wishing to contact the secretary or chairman of the Central Appeals Committee from outside the London area the dialling code is 0689, the number being 38209. Inside the London area the dialling is 66 38209.

The address is 126a High Street, Orpington, Kent—D.M.R..