NEW ROMNEY, KENT ; PORTHLEVEN, CORN- WALL ; SWANSEA, WALES ; ARBROATH and PORTPATRICK, SCOTLAND.—The Life-boats placed on these Stations many years since have recently been superseded by new boats furnished by the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. They are all of the modern self-righting type, pro- vided with one or more drop keels to increase their stability and weatherly qualities whilst in deep water, while some have been fitted, in addition, with water- ballast tanks. The Porthleven new Life- boat is named John Francis White, having been given in memory of that gentleman by his widow, Mrs. MART ANN WHITE, of Guildford Street, Russell Square, London.

The boat sent to Port Patrick, like her predecessor, is named the Civil Service No. 3, the first coat and permanent endowment of the Life-boat having been provided by the Civil Service Life-boat Fund, which has presented seven Life- boats to the Institution, all of which are fully endowed. The remaining three boats are respectively named James Stevens Nos. 11, 12 and 18, their cost having been met from the legacy bequeathed to the Institution by the late Mr. JAMBS STEVENS, of Birmingham.

All the boats are, as usual, furnished with a full equipment of stores, and three of them have been provided with new- transporting carriages.