On April 11, 1965, the Joint Commission of the Empress Shôken Fund granted an allocation to the Red Cross of Sierra Leone of 10,000 Swiss francs, to be utilized, in accordance with the wish expressed by that National Society, for the purchase of a Land Rover. We have pleasure in announcing that the Red Cross of Sierra Leone has now effected purchase of this vehicle, which will be used for work in three provincial branches which has until now beer seriously hampered by a lack of adequate means of transport.