The fishwives of Cullercoats last year collected £259. One fishwife, Mrs.

B. Mattison, alone collected over £258 of that total, a record sum for one collector; and the Institution has since had £ig from the R.N. Sick Quarters' Canteen at Cullercoats to add to it in gratitude for the help which she gave the naval hospital during the war. In 24 years the fishwives have collected over £4620, and Mrs.

Mattison has collected over £1000..