The people of Canterbury have always been ready to extend a helping hand to those who fall behind in the great race that is not always to the swift. In Christchurch there are many institutions, private and public, for the relief of poverty and suffering. Many societies and individuals work unostentatiously, but thoroughly, among the poor. The Ashburton and North Canterbury United Charitable Aid Board controls and supports several large institutions, among them being the Jubilee Home at Woolston, which was endowed by the late Mr. J. Eaton. The Twigger endowments, also controlled by the Board, are divided between the Old Men's Home at Ashburton, the Female Refuge, and the Lyttelton Orphanage; the Old Men's Home at Ashburton has also been endowed by Mr. S. Moule. Herrick's Home, a private institution, in Victoria Street, was established by the late Mr. Herrick, and is now carried on by Mrs Herrick and a board of advice The Samaritan Home, in Lincoln Road, is managed by a Board of Trustees, appointed by contributors and local authorities. Several homes are controlled by the Salvation Army. The Christchurch Hospital, with its Nurses' Home and other auxiliaries, is one of the best institutions of its kind in New Zealand, and its efficiency has been much enhanced by the generous benefactions of the late Mr. Hyman Marks. Excellent work, with far-reaching effects, is done by the Children's Aid Society, and there are other bodies which steadily devote their efforts in Christchurch to the cause of humanity.