The months from November to March are always marked by an intensive staff educational campaign in the Home railway world. This year, although special difficulties are being faced, the railways are continuing to conduct educational programmes for the benefit of their staffs of all grades, skilled lecturers being engaged at the principal centres on the four groups and the London Passenger Transport system. Correspondence instruction is also at the disposal of men at outstations. Examinations, held at the close of the session, enable individual progress to be judged; to successful students certificates are awarded, and in some cases money and book prizes. Appropriate entries are made in the staff records, and when promotions are on the way these records are always considered. Railway institutes also play their part in staff education. These institutes run lecture and debating societies with great success, and also place libraries of technical works at the disposal of members, in addition to reading rooms stocked with current transportation publications. The institutes also provide instruction in such page 18 page 19 subjects as home carpentry, gardening, swimming, photography and metalwork. We have great admiration for the work of institute officials—many of whom labour without any thought of financial reward—for through their efforts they bring together in happy surroundings employees of all grades, thereby greatly encouraging teamwork and the friendly co-operative spirit.