THE following Regulations are Intended for the guidance of the Local Committee to be formed at each place at which a life-boat is ; stationed by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT Is- I strrirnoif, and to whose care and control the life-boat, her crew, and everything con- nected with her management and mainte- nance, will be intrusted.

The local committee to consist, if prac- ticable, of not less than five persons usually resident, to be elected annually. The In- specting-Commander of Coastguard of the division, or in his absence the nearest Coast- guard officer to the spot, to be ex officio a member of the local committee, 1. The life-boat's crew to consist of a coxswain-superintendent, an assistant cox- swain, a bowman, and as many boatmen in addition as the boat polls oars.

2. For every boat, at least double the number of men required {if they can be found at or near the spot) should be in- vited to become members of her crew, 3. Such men to consist of sailors and fishermen who are usually resident, and (with permission of the Admiralty} of any Coastguard men of the station who may volunteer for the service.

4. The salary of the coxswain-superin- tendent shall be 8L, and that of the as- sistant coxswain 2JL annually. On every oc- casion of going afloat to save life, the cox- swains and each of the crew shall receive alike, 10s. by day and 1?. by night; and for every time of going afloat for exercise, 4s.

In the absence of the coxswain, the assist- ant coxswain will take charge of the boat* 5. la the event of money being received * The Coxswain to held responsible for every man who goes Into the life-boat, on occasions of service and of quarterly exercise; without having a lift-belt.

1 by the life-boat for salvage of property, or j similar service, a proportion equal to two I shores shall be paid to the Institution to cover risk of damage to the boat, the re- mainder to be divided into equal shares : amongst the coxswain and crew.

6. If local subscriptions or other payments 1 be raised or made to reward any special act . of gallantry or exertion, the Institution j recommends that the whole of the money i be paid to the crew, in «qual shares.

7. As at each life-boat station there I will be a local committee, the coxswain 1 will act under their immediate directions, j and the boat, except in case of wreck, or other disaster, Is never fe be taken afloat Without their sanction.* 8. As the efficiency of a life-boat de- pends on the good training and discipline of her crew, the strictest attention must be ! paid by them to the directions of the cox- ! swain on all occasions connected with the | service. The boat shall be taken afloat for exercise, fully manned, once daring each, quarter, sometimes In rough weather, unless the boat has been oat In that quarter, either ! on service or with one of tie Inspectors.

f 9. The local committee at each station ' are requested to meet at the expiration of each quarter, and then to forward the usual Quarterly Report to the Institution, on the printed sheet provided for the purpose, as to ' the behaviour of the boat during exercise, &c., j pointing out any defects that may require to j be remedied, and offering any suggestions I that may conduce to the efficiency of the j service. Also generally to report on the j state and condition of tie boat, the carriage, I * It is desirable that each local committee should «p- | point of of their members, resident OB the spot, to spe-cially represent Item, ta conjunction with the Honorary .. secretary, on m& emergencies.

the boat-house, and all the life-boat gear.

Should occasion for immediate repairs arise, the local committee are authorized to make them to the extent of 51. : more extensive repairs to be referred, with an estimate, to the Parent Institution.

10. The boat is to be kept on her car- riage in the boat-house, with all her gear in her ready for use, except matches, rockets, and perishable articles which may require to be secured from damp.

11. There should be three keys to the boat-house, kept in different places, with the address of each painted on the door ; one in possession of the coxswain, and the others as the local committee may decide.

12. Immediately on intimation of a wreck, or of a vessel in distress, the coxswain is to use his utmost exertions to assemble his crew, launch his boat, and proceed to her assistance: and in the event of a sufficient number of his crew not being present, he is to select the best volunteers he can get to supply their places.

13. If a wreck occur at some distance from the station, so as to require the boat to be transported along the coast, the cox- swain is to send to procure sufficient horses (which, by the Wreck and Salvage Act, any magistrate, constable, or revenue officer may demand the use of), attach them to the carriage, and lose no time in making the best of his way with the crew to the scene of wreck.

14. A reward of 7s. to be given to the man who first brings intelligence of a wreck at such a distance along the coast as not to be in sight from the Coastguard or other look-out.

15. A signal shall be agreed on by which the life-boat crew can be called together when required. A flag hoisted by day and the firing of a carronade (or other alarm signal) twice, quick, by night.

16. On approaching a wreck, the cox- swain will use his judgment, according to the circumstances of the case, whether he will board the wreck end on, either on the bow, on the quarter, or on the broadside: or whether he will go to windward, drop his anchor, and veer down to the wreck; or if he will lay her alongside.

17. On boarding wrecks, the preservation of life is to be the coxswain's sole considera- tion, and he is on no account to take in goods or merchandize which might endanger the safety of his boat, and the lives of those intrusted to his charge. And should any be brought in, contrary to his remonstrance, he is fully authorized to throw them over- board.

18. No one besides the crew, namely, the coxswain, the assistant coxswain, the bowman, and one boatman for each oar, is on any account to be allowed to go out in the life-boat when going to a wreck, except with the express sanction of the local committee.

19. The life-boat is not to be used for taking off an anchor; nor for the purpose of salvage; nor for taking off stores, a pilot, or orders to a ship, so as to interfere with private enterprise, except in cases of emer- gency, but to be reserved for cases involving risk of life.

20. An entry is to be made, in the journal supplied for the purpose, of the particulars of all services performed by the life-boat in saving or attempting to save life, being a duplicate of the official reports of the same forwarded to the Institution, which journal will be retained at the station as a complete record of all the services which have been performed by the life-boat.

21. On returning from service, the boat is not to be left in the surf on the beach, but, as soon as possible, is to be got on her carriage, and placed in the boat-house.

22. The coxswain-superintendent will be held responsible for the efficiency and general good order of the boat-house, the boat, and her gear; and it is hoped that a sense of the trust confided to them in the cause of humanity will lead the coxswains and crew to be most careful on these points, and to distinguish themselves by their zeal and readiness, and by the seaman-like manner in which their boat is handled.

By order of the Committee, RICHARD LEWIS, Secretary.