ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.

FOUNDED IN 1824.

Supported by Voluntary Subscriptions.

PATRONESS.

HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.

VICE-PATRONS.

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE CONSORT, K.G.

HIS MAJESTY THE KING OP THE BELGIANS, K.G.

PRESIDENT.

VICE-ADMIRAL HIS GRACE ALGERNON DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, K.G., P.R.S.

His Grace the ARCHBISHOP of CANTERBURY.

The Most Hon. the MARQUIS of LANSDOWNE, K.G.

Rear-Admiral the Right Hon. EARL TALBOT, C.B.

The Right Ron. EARL MANY Baa.

The Right Hon. EARL of RIPON.

The Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP of LONDON.

The Right Hon. LORD JOHN RUSSELL, M.P.

Captain Sir GEO. BROKE, Bart., R.N.

THOMAS BARING, Esq., M.P., Chairman for Lloyd's.

JOHN ARGEBSTEIN, Esq.

VICE-PRESIDENTS.

Captain SHEPHERD, H.C.S., Deputy Master of the Trinity House.

THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S.

GEORGE HOLGATE FOSTER. Esq.

THOMAS NEWMAN HUNT, Esq.

CHARLES LOHBB, Esq.

JOSHUA WALKER, Esq.

Captain WASHINGTON, R.N., F.R.S., Hydrographer of the Admiralty.

Vice-Admiral BOWLES, C.B.

Rear-Admiral C. R. D. BETHUNE, C.B.

 General BLANSHARD, C.B.

ALEXANDER BOETEFEUR, Esq.

Captain Sir GEORGE BROKE,Bart.,R.N., V.r.

Rear-Admiral F. BULLOCK.

Lord HENRY CHOLMONDELEY.

Rear-Admiral BERTIE C.CATOR.

WILLIAM COTTON, Esq., PJI.S.

Vice-Admiral Sir DEANS DUNDAS.K.C.B.

Captain GEORGE DAVIES, R.N.

Commander C. R. EGERTON.

Commander FRANCIS W. ELLIS, H.N.

MONTAGUE GOBE, Esq.

Rev. C. B.GRIBBLE, M.A.

Captain W. H. HALL, H.N., C.B., P.R.S.

Captain G. A. HALSTED, R.N., Secretary to Lloyd's.

Commander J. C. HEASLOP, H.N.

Commodore EDEN, H.N., C.B., Comptroller - General of Coast Guard.

Vice-Admiral Sir THOMAS HERBERT.K.C.B.

W. H. HARTON, Esq.

Captain E. A. INGLEFIELD, R.N..F.B.S.

Captain A. JERNINGHAM, H.N.

Captain W. H. KEKNEDT, R.N., Deputy Comp.-Gen. Coast Guard.

Commander J. S. LEAN, R.N.

GEORGE LYALL. Esq., M.P.

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.

THOMAS BASING, Esq., M.P., V.P., Chairman.

THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., t'.B.S., VJ ., Deputy Chairman.

Rear-Admiral J. B. B. MCHARDY, HJT.

Captain OMMANNET, R.N.

Lord ALFRED H.PAGET, M.P.

Major GEORGE PALMER.

JAMES PEAKE, Esq., Assistant Master Shipwright In H.M.'s Dockyard, Woolwich.

Captain LAMBERT PERROTT.

JOHN DISTON PowLES.Esq.

Captain C. R. PRESTON.

Commander ROBERTSON, R.N., Surveyor-General to the Board of Trade.

Sir ROBERT C. ROWLEY, Bart.

Captain ALFRED G. RYDER, K.N.

Rear-Admiral R.SAUHABEZ, K.L.

Captain SHEPHERD, H.C.S., V.P., Deputy Master of the Trinity House.

Rear-Admiral The Marquis TOWNSHEND.

Captain SULIVAN, H.N C.B., Board of Trade.

Colonel TULLOH, R.A., Director of the Carriage Department, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich.

Rear-Admiral Sir BALDWIN W. WALKER, Bart., K.C.B., Surveyor of the Navy.

Captain WASHINGTON, H.N., F.H.S., V.P., Hydrographer of the Admiralty.

Captain J. R. WARD, R.N".

ISAAC WATTS, Esq., Assistant Surveyor of the Navy.

H. S. H. WOLLASTON, Esq.

TRUSTEES.

THOMAS BARING, Esq., M.P., FJ». | THOU AS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., TW.

JOHN DISTON POWLES. Esq.

BANKERS—Messrs. WILLIS, PERCIVAL, and Co., Lombard Street AUDITOR—G. C. BEGBIB, Esq. • EON. ARCHITECT—C. H COOKE, Esq.

SECRETARY—RICHARD LEWIS. LIFE-BOAT INSPECTOR-Captain J. R. WARD, B.N.

The object of this Institution, as declared In its title, Is to afford assistance to every wrecked person around the coasts of the United Kingdom.

The chief means by which the Society hopes to carry this object into effect are:— To build, station, and maintain in repair, Life-Boats of the most perfect description; to furnish them with all necessary Appurtenances, including Houses to preserve them in, and Carriages for their conveyance to the spots where their Services are called for; and further, to provide, through the instrumentality of Local Committees, for their proper Management, and the occasional Exercise of their Crews.

To confer Honorary Rewards in the form of Medals and votes of Thanks, and also to grant Pecuniary Remuneration to all persons who, at the risk of their own lives, save, or attempt to save, those of others on board vessels wrecked, or In distress upon any part of the coast of the United Kingdom. The Honorary Rewards being extended. In striking cases, to similar services In other parts of the world.

As an Index of the necessity for a provision of such a machinery as the above, It may be stated—that the average loss of lives from shipwreck annually on the shores of the United Kingdom Is between 600 and too.

Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully received by Messrs. WILLIS, PERCIVAL, and Co., 76, Lombard street, Bankers to the Institution; Messrs. HERRIES, FARQUAR, and Co., 16, St. James's-street; Messrs. COUTTS and Co., 69, Strand; LONDON and COUNTY BANK, 21, Lombard-street; by all the London and Country Bankers; by the several Metropolitan Army and Navy Agents; and by the Secretary at the Office of the Institution, 14, JOHN STREET, ADELPHI, London, W.C.

Payments may be made by cheques (crossed), or by Post-office Orders, to Messrs. WILLIS, PERCIVAL, and Co.; or to the Secretary.

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Clowes and Sons, Duke Street, Stamford Street, in the Borough of Lambeth, County of Surrey; and published by CHARLES KNIGHT, of 90 Fleet Street, in the Parish of St. Bride, in the City of London. Thursday, April 1,1898.