For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.

(Incorporated &y Royal Charter.) FOUNDED IN 1824.—SUPPORTED SOLELY BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.

PATRONESS.

HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.

VICE-PATRON.

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G.

PRESIDENT.

HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, P.O., P.O.L.

VICE-PRESIDENTS.

His Grace the ARCHBISHOP of CANTERBURY, F.R.S.

His Grace the DUKE of ARGYLL, K.T., F.R.S.

The Most Noble the MARQUIS of CHOLMONDELEY.

the Right Hon. the EARL RUSSELL, K.G.

Sir EDWARD G. L. PERROTT, Bart.

THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., Chairman of Lloyd's Register.

EDWARD BIRKBECK, Esq.

The Right Hon. the EARL of LEICESTER, K.G. Colonel TALBOT CLIFTON.

The Bight Hon. LORD HATHERLEY, F.R.S., Late Lord Chan- E. W. COOKE, Esq., R. A., P.R.S.

cellor of England. i Capt. NICHOLAS DE STE. CROIX, H.C.S.

The Right Hon. LORD ROBARTES. j W. H. BARTON, Esq.

The Right Hon. LORD HAMPTON, G.C.B..F.R.S. GEORGE LI-ALL, Esq., late Governor of the Bank of England.

The Eight Hon. STEPHEN CAVE, MJP. I T. B. POTTER, Esq., M.P.

Vlce-Admlral Sir GEORGE BROKE-MIDDLETON, Bart., C.B. i ROBERT WHITWORTH, Esq.

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.

THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., P.H.S., V.P., Chairman.

GEORGE LYALL, Esq., V.P Deputy Chairman. The MARQUIS of CHOLMONDELEY. V.P.

The Right Hon. STEPHEN CAVE, M.P., VJ".

Sir WILLIAM R. CLAYTON, Bart.

Colonel FITZ-ROY CLAYTON.

Admiral Sir RICHARD COLLINSON, K C.B., Deputy Master ot the Trinity House.

Colonel the Hon. C. P. CRICHTON.

Capt. NICHOLAS DE STE. CRUI x. H.C.S.. V.P. [Admiralty.

Capt. P. J. O. EVANS, R.N., C.B., F.U.S., Hydrographer to the The Right Hon. G-. J. GOSCHEN.M.P.

JOHN GRIFFITH, Esq.

Admiral Sir W. H. BALL, K.C. B.. P.R.S.

WILLIAM H. HAETON, Esq., V.P.

The Right Hon. JOHN GELLIBRAKD HUBBAED, M.P.

Admiral J. B. B. MCHARDY.

EUGENE F. NOEL, Esq.

Sir FRANCIS BOYD ODTRAK, Bart.

Lord ALFRED H. PAGET.

Colonel GEORGE PALMER.

GEORGE PALMER, Esq.

The EARL PERCY, M.P.

Sir EDWARD G. L. PERROTT. Bart., V.P.

Rear-Admiral AUGUSTUS PHILLIMOUE, Admiral Superin- tendent of Naval Reserves.

The Hon. T. C. AGAR-ROBARTES. [Station.

Vice-Admiral A. P. RYDER, Commander-in-Chief, China Admiral of the Fleet Sir GEORGE R. SARTORIUS, K.C.B.

Vice-Admiral SlrJ. WALTER TARLETON, K.O.B.

Major-General TCLLOH, R.A., C.B.

The Right Hon. the £ARL WALDEGSAVE.

Hear-Admiral J. R. WARD.

T. M. WESUELIH, Esq., M.P.

TRUSTEES.

THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.K.S., V.P. GEORGE LYALL, Esq., V.P. The Right Hon. STEPHEN CAVE, M.P., V.P.

BANKERS—Messrs. WH.LIS, PERCIVAL, and Co., 76 Lombard Street.

TREASURER—HENRY WILLIS, Esq. AUDITOR—SAMUEL LOVELOCK, Esq., Public Accountant, P.IJLL.

HON. ARCHITECT—C. H. COOKE, Esq., PJtI.B.A. HON. SOLICITOUS—Messrs. CLAYTON and SONS.

SECRETARY—RICHARD LEWIS, of the Inner Temple, Esq., Barrlster-at-Law.

Chief Life-boat Inspector—Rear-Admiral J. R. WARD.

Assistant Life-boat Inspectors—Rear-Admiral D. ROBERTSON-MACDOXALD, and Capt. C. GRAY JONES, R..N.

The object of this Institution, as declared In Its title, Is to afford assistance to every shipwrecked 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 ifeilaJs and Votes of Thanks, and also to mate liberal grants of money 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 Coasts of the United Kingdom.

As an Index of the necessity for the provision of such a machinery as the above. It may he stated—that the average loss of lives from shipwreck annually on the shores of the United Kingdom Is 700.—Isx MAY, 1877.