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 INSTI- TUTION, and to whose care and control the Life-boat, her Crew, and everything connected with her management and maintenance, will be entrusted.

1. 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 invited to become a member of the Local Committee.

2. 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., pointing out any defects that may require to be remedied, and offering any suggestions that may conduce to the efficiency of the service.

Also generally to report on the state and condition of the Boat, the Carriage, the Boat- house, and all the Life-boat gear. Should occasion for immediate repairs arise, the Local Committee are authorised to make them to the extent of 51.: more extensive repairs to be referred, with an estimate, to the Parent Institution.

3. 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.

4. There should be three keys to the Boat- house, kept in different places, with the address of each painted on the door; one in the possession of the Coxswain, and the others as the Local Committee may decide.

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

6. As at each Life-boat station there will be a Local Committee, the Coxswain will act under their immediate directions, and the Boat, except in case of wreck or other disaster, is never to be taken afloat without their sanction. It is desirable that each Local Committee should appoint one of their mem- bers, resident on the spot, to specially repre- sent them, in conjunction with the Honorary Secretary, on such emergencies.

7. 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 Crews 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 Boats are handled.

8. 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 pulls oars. On service a Bowman should always go in the Boat, but he is not required on occasions of exercise.

9. For every Boat, at least double the number of men required (if they can be found at or near the spot) should be invited to become members of her Crew.

10. Such men to consist of Fishermen or other Boatmen who are usually resident -and (with permission of the Admiralty) of any Coastguardmen of the station who may volun- teer for the service.

11. As the efficiency of a Life-boat may often depend on the good training and dis- cipline of her Crew, the strictest attention must be paid by them to the directions of the Coxswain on all occasions connected with the service. The Boat shall be taken afloat for exercise, fully manned, once during each quarter, sometimes in rough weather, unless the Boat has been out in that quarter, either on service or with one of the Inspectors.

12. The Boat is to be kept on her carriage in the Boat-house, with, all her gear in her ready for use, except articles which may require to be secured from damp.

13. It being the sole object of the Institu- tion to Save Life, the Life-boat is to be reserved for cases involving risk of life; and 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 emergency, when valuable property would be lost without such aid.

14. 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 the Boat and proceed to her assist- ance ; 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. The Coxswain is held responsible for every man who goes into the Life-boat on occasions of service and of quarterly exercise, without having on a Lite-belt. In the absence of the Coxswain the Assistant Coxswain will take charge of the Boat.

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15. No one besides the Coxswain and Crew is to be allowed to go out in the Life-boat when going to a wreck, except with the express sanction of the Local Committee.

16. If a wreck occur at some distance from the station, so as to require the Boat to be transported along the coast, the Coxswain 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 the wreck.

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 entrusted to his charge. And should any be brought in, contrary to his remonstrance, he is fully authorised to throw them overboard.

18. 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.

19. The salary of the Coxswain-superin- tendent shall be St., and that of the Assistant Coxswain 21. annually. On every occasion of going afloat to save life, the Coxswains and each of the Crew will receive alike from the Parent Institution, 10s. by day, and V. by night; and for every time of going afloat for exercise, 4s. The Committee, however, re- serve to themselves the power to add to those amounts on any special occasions when un- usual risk or exposure has been incurred, or to modify, or withhold the usual payment in cases where the launching of Life-boats was manifestly unnecessary before they were put afloat.

20. 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.

21. In the event of money being received by the Life-boat for salvage of property, or similar service, a proportion equal to the shares of two of the Crew shall be paid to the Institution to coyer risk of damage to the Boat; the,remainder being equally shared amongst the Coxswain and Crew. For such service the Lifeboat men are to look to the owners of the vessels, and not to the Institu- tion, for payment.

22. If voluntary Local Subscriptions or other payments be raised or made to reward any special act of gallantry or exertion, the Institution recommends that the whole of the money be paid to the Crew, in equal shares.

The Coxswain and Crews of Life-boats are strictly prohibited from making any claim on Owners of Vessels, or others, for Saving Life.