Thursday, 10th January, 1901.

Colonel FitzRoY CLAYTON, V.P., in the Chair.

Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous meeting.

Also read those of the Building, Finance and Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub-Committees, and ordered that their recom- mendations be carried into effect.

Read the reports of the District Inspectors of Life-boats on their recent visits to the follow- ing Stations:— Northern District—Ardrossan, Ayr, Ballan- trae, Banff, Girvan, Kildonan, North Berwick and Troon.

Eastern District—Broadstairs, Dover, Dun- geness (two boats), Folkestone, Hythe, Kessing- laud, Kingsdowne, Margate (two boats), New Romney, North Deal, Ramsgate, Sheringham and Walmer.

Southern District — Fowey, Hope Cove, Plymouth, Salcombe and Torquay.

Western District—Angle, Burnham, Burry Port, Ferryside, Littlehaven, Penarth, Port Eynon, Swansea and Tenby.

Irish District—Blackpool, Clogher Head, Courtown, Drogheda, Fleetwood, Formby, Hilbre, Howth, Hoylake, Kingstown, Lytham, Piel, St. Anne's (two boats), Skerries and Southport (two boats).

Reported the receipt of a contribution of 11,6662. 5s. 9d. from the Central Committee of the Life-boat Saturday Fund, as the nett proceeds of Life-boat Saturday, 1900.

Resolved that the special thanks of the Committee be conveyed to the Central Com- mittee of the Life-boat Saturday Fund for their continued valued co-operation.

Also the receipt from the Civil Service Life- Boat Fund, per CHARLES DIBDIN, Esq., Honor- ary Secretary, of a further gum of 1,405Z. 5s. 6d., to recoup the Institution all the expenses incurred in 1900 in maintaining the seven stations at which the seven Life-boats pre- sented and endowed by the fund are placed.

The total sum thus contributed to the Institu- tion by gentlemen in Her Majesty's Civil Service has been 26,1112. 6s. Id.

Resolved that the cordial thanks of the Com- mittee be tendered to the Honorary Secretary, Committee and the subscribers to the fund.

Also the receipt of the following other special contributions since the last meeting:— £ s. d.

Licensed Victuallers Life-boat Fund, in aid of support of Licensed Victualler Life-boat at Hunstanton (additional) . . 50 - - Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds (Ashton Unity) (additional). . 25 - - " M. E. A." (annual subscription) 25 - - W, INGHAM WHITAKER, Esq. (annual subscription).....25 - - Collected on Christmas Day, in Elvetham Parish Church, per Rev. W. GILL.....3 13 6 Collected on board H.M.S. Warspite, per Rev. H. S. WANSBROUGH, B.A., R.N......1 17 3 —To be severally thanked.

Also the receipt of a legacy of 1,1322. Is. 6dL, bequeathed to the Institution by the late Mrs. MARY TAYLOR, of Hetherset, Norfolk.

Also the receipt of a special contribution of 3,5002. from Mrs. EDMUND HARVEY, of Chester Square, being 1,0007. to pay for the new large Life-boat, to be named Edmund Harvey, and stationed at Padstow, on the Cornish Coast, and 2,5002. for the permanent endowment of the boat.

Resolved that Mrs. HARVEY be cordially thanked, and that the boat be named in accord- ance with her request.

The Committee specially recognised the good services rendered by Capt. H. TOWNSHEND, who had just resigned the office of Honorary Secretary of the Courtmacsherry Branch, which he had efficiently held for twenty-three years.

Resolved also that Mr. CLEMENT HOULT be thanked for his co-operation while occupying the office of Honorary Secretary to the Wolverhampton Branch.

Reported the transmission to their Station of the Tynemouth No. 2 new Life-boat and transporting carriage.

Paid 8.366Z. Is. id., for sundry charges on various Life-boat establishments.

Voted 609Z. 15s. Id. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services :— Life-boat.

Abersoch. .

Berwick - on - Tweed .

Ditto.

Clacton .

Dungarvan Bay. .

Filey . .

Greencastle Grimsby .

Groomsport .

Holyhead . .

(Steam Life-boat).

Ditto. .

Ditto. .

Holyhead No.

head .2. . ./ Moelfre . .

Montrose 1 No. 1. . . / New Brighton Newhaven .

North Sunderland." . ./ Penarth . .

Poole . . .

Porthdinllaen Porthleven .

Ramsey . .

Ryde . . .

St. Ives . .

Swansea . .

Ditto . .

Ditto . .

Whitehaven .

Vessel. s '5» Schooner Llanddulas, of Liverpool ... 3 Four cobles, of Spittal.

Rendered assistance and saved .... 2 Fishing - boats. Stood by boats.

Brigantine Nina, of Tynemouth ... 6 Schooner Supply, of Barrow. Stood by vessel.

Fishing - cobles. Re- mained in attendance.

Schooner Mary Jones, of Chester. Stood by vessel and landed Master.

Four - masted barque Lizbeth, of Hamburg.

Stood by vessel.

S.S. Rosabelle, of Bangor.

Stood by vessel.

Schooner Ebenezer, of Carnarvon .... 5 S.S. Cufic, of Liverpool 41 Schooner Julia, of Gloucester.... 4 Brig Ocean Belle, of South Shields.

Rendered assistance.

Ship Pass of Balmaha, of Glasgow ... 28 S.S. Staperayder, of London .... 7 S.S. Angola, of Glasgow.

Stood by vessel.

Brigantine Bints Olsen, of Stavanger.

Rendered assistance.

Ketch Pallas, of Jersey.

Landed 4 from Long- stone Lighthouse.

Barque Zeffiro, of Castel- lammare .... 10 S.S. Matin, of Sunder- land. Stoodbyvessel.

Flat Caliban, of Liver- pool ...... 2 Barque Polykarp, of Grimstad. Landed 2.

Schooner Rheidol Vale, of Aberystwyth . . 3 Schooner Mette, of Marstal..... 4 Lugger Honor, of St. Ives 5 B.W.T., of Plymouth . 2 Lizzie, of Padstow . . 3 Careless, of Ilfracombe. 2 Ship Bardowie, of Glas- gow...... 6 The Bridlington, Falmouth, Lytham, Holy- head No. 2, Kessingland No. 1, Porthleven, St. Anne's No. 2 and Southend (Essex) Life- boats respectively rendered the following services'.—Four-masted barque Oranasia, oj Liverpool, rendered assistance; barque Queen of Cambria, of Carnarvon, rendered assist- ance ; ship Chiltonford, of Glasgow, assisted to save vessel; s.s. Delorane, of Glasgow, rendered assistance; steamer Christiania, of Haugesuud, rendered assistance; barque Poly- karp, of Grimstad, rendered assistance; Hopper No. 16, of Preston, assisted to save vessel; and barque Delta, of Fredrikstad, saved vessel and crew, 10.

Voted also 1821. 6s. 5d. to pay for watching, assemblies of crews or launches, etc., of Life- boats at the following stations, with the view of assisting the crews of distressed vessels:— Aberystwyth,- Aldeburgh, Angle, Ayr, Bally- waiter, Bridlington, Buckhaven, Bude, Campbeltown, Cemaes, Cemlyn, Formby, Gorleston No. 1, Hayle, Holyhead (steam Life-boat), Ilfracombe, Irvine, Looe, Lytham, New Brighton (steam Life-boat), Newquay (Cardiganshire), Palling No. 2, Plymouth, Pwllheli, Ramsey, Rhoscolyn, Shoreham, Southport No. 2, Southsea, Troon, Walton- on-the-Naze, Weston-super-Mare, Weymouth, Winterton No. 2 and Workington.

Voted an additional reward to the crew and engine room staff of the Holyhead steam Life-boat in recognition of their good services on the 20th December in proceeding out on two occasions, in a whole gale and a very heavy sea, and rescuing forty-one persons from the s.s. Cufic, of Liverpool, and four persons from the schooner Julia, of Gloucester.

The Committee decided to express their thanks to Mr. C. J. A. FRENCH for gratuitously acting on several occasions as signalman when the Life-boat at St. Ives has been called out for sen-ice.

Voted an aneroid barometer to Mr. G. H. WARD, master of the Trinity pilot cutter Alpha, and 10s. each to three of the crew for putting off in a boat from the cutter and rescuing ten of the crew of H.M. yawl Hind, which had stranded on the Shipwash Sand on the 27th November.

Also 41. to the crew of the fishing-yawl Violet, of St. Abb's, for saving the crew of five men from the boat of the s.s. Woodbine, the vessel having been abandoned in a sinking con- dition in the Firth of Forth while a moderate W. gale was blowing, accompanied by a very rough sea, on the 18th December.

Also 31. to three men for rescuing the crew of five men from the steam trawler Bit or Miss, of Aberdeen, which sunk off Keith Inch, Peterhead, in a strong S. breeze, a rough sea and thick weather, on the 3rd December.

The salvors were engaged in fishing, and on observing the Master of the trawler wave his hand, went alongside and rescued the crew, incurring considerable risk, their small boat being then over-loaded.

Also 14s. to three men for rescuing, by means of lines from the quay wall, the crew of four men from the fishing boat Mary, of Fleetwood, which had become unmanageable while entering the harbour at Whitehaven, Cumberland, in a whole gale from S.W. and a heavy sea, on the 20th December.

THURSDAY, 14th February, 1901.

Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.

Read and confirmed the minutes of the pre- vious meeting,[after which, and before proceed- ing to other business, the following Resolution was unanimously adopted:—" That the Com- mittee of Management of the Royal National Life-boat Institution, at their Monthly Com- mittee Meeting held this day, desire to place on record their profound grief at the death of Her Most Gracious Majesty QUEEN VICTORIA, Patron of the Institution for sixty-three years, and one of its largest Annual Subscribers.

The Members of the Committee of Manage- ment, the Staff of Officers, the Local Com- mittees and their Officials, the Crews of the Life-boats, together with the Fishermen and all others co-operating in the Life-boat Service of the Institution, beg to tender their deep and heartfelt sympathy to His Majesty KING EDWARD THE SEVENTH and to the Members of the Royal Family, in the irrepar- able loss they have sustained, and they earnestly pray that His Majesty may long be spared to rule over a loyal and devoted Empire." Read and confirmed the Minutes of the Building, Finance and Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub-Committees, and ordered that their recommendations be carried into effect.

Also read the minutes of the last meeting of the Central Committee of the Life-boat Saturday Fund, and ordered that their recommendations be carried into effect.

Read the report of the Chief Inspector of Life-boats on his recent visits to the South- port and Fleetwood Stations.

Also the reports of the District Inspectors of Life-boats on their visits to the following Life- boat Stations:— Northern District—Balcary, Berwick-on- Tweed, Buckhaven, Kildonan, Kirkcudbright, Maryport, Nairn, North Berwick, Port Erroll, Whitehaven, Whithorn and Workington.

Eastern District—Aldeburgh, Caister (two boats), Clacton-on-Sea, Dunwich, Harwich (two boats), Kessingland (two boats), Lowes- toft (two boats), Pakefield, Southend-on-Sea, South wold (two boats), Walton-on-Naze and Winterton (two boats).

Southern District — Brighton, Hastings, Newhaven, Bye and Winchelsea.

Western District—Penzance, St. Agnes and St. Mary's (Scilly Islands) and Weston-Super- Mare.

Irish District — Blackrock, Cloughey, Formby, Giles' Quay, Greenore, Hoylake and Newcastle (Dundrum).

Reported the receipt of the following con- tributions since the last meeting:— £ s. d.

Miss EMMA GANTHORP, in aid of Southport Branch . . . 50 - - S, s. d.

Mrs. A. HICKMAN MORGAN (ad- ditional) ...... 50 - - Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society, Limited . . . . 25 - - Contributions from St. Michael's, Paddington, per the Bev. G. F.

PRESCOTT, M.A. • . . . . 9 12 - Proceeds of offertory in St. John's Church, Egremont, midnight service, 31st December, 1900, per W. L. MORRIS, Esq. . . . 7 17 10 — To be severally thanked.

Also the receipt of the following legacies : — & s. d.

The late HENRY VAUGHAN, Esq., of Cumberland Terrace . . 2,000 - - The late Mrs. ELIZA BACK, of Midhurst, to provide a Life- boat for the English Coast, to he named after the late Admiral Sir GEORGE BACK . 1,000 - - The late STEPHEN RUSSELL, Esq., of East Kilbride . . . 965 13 6 The late PHILIP PATMORE, Esq., of Cricksea ..... 500 - - The late JOHN WATSON, Esq., of Perth ...... 400 - - The late H. F. DOBSON, Esq., of Hackney ..... 100 - - The late H. P. FEILDEN, Esq., of Leasingham, for the benefit of the Filey Life-boat . . . 100 - - The late JOHN MACKIE, Esq., of i Lewisham ..... 50 - - The late Mrs. AGNES MACKENZIE, of Tunbridge Wells ... 25 - - The late L. A. HENLE, Esq., of Pembridge Gardens . . . 22 10 - The thanks of the Institution were ordered to be presented to Capt. CABBE, B.N., Mr. JOHN CORRIS, Mr. J. W. NOEL, Capt. W. H. POPE and Mr. H. B. TRIGG, in acknowledg- ment of their past valuable services while respectively serving as Honorary Secretaries of the Guernsey, Peel, Newhaven, Padstow and Hayling Island Branches.

The Committee also specially recognised the good services of Messrs. J. C. MILLS and ROBERT LEGERTON, on behalf of the Walton- on-Naze and Clacton Branches.

Reported the transmission of a Life-boat to the new station formed at Coverack, Cornwall.

Paid 7.038Z. 10s. Id., for sundry charges on various Life-boat establishments.

Voted 280Z. 8s. id. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services : — Life-boat.

Arbroath.

Ardrossan Dungeness No. 1 . / Holyhead (Steam Life-boat) Ditto .

Vessel.

Fishing-boat, Jessie and Mary, of Arbroath.

Remained in attend- ance.

Horse Island. Landed 3.

S.S. Dragon, of Fal- mouth. Stood by vessel.

Barque Royal, of Aren- dal. Landed 6.

Schooner Liszie Edith, of Truro Lives saved.Life-boat.

Margate No. 2 Salcombe Saltburn.

St. Ive's .

Wexford Winchelsea .

Vessel.

Lives saved.

Ketch Eustace, of Rochester. Remained by vessel.

S.S. Pinedene, of Aber- ystwyth. Rendered assistance.

Steam-trawler Honoria, of Hull Brigantine Julien Marie, of Auray .

(Also saved a dog.) Yawl Love Lane, of Wexford. Stood by vessel.

Cutter Jeune Arthur, of Cherbourg .

9 The Broadstairs, Caister No. 1 and Ryde Life-boats respectively rendered the following services :—Schooner Astrcea, of Dartmouth, rendered assistance; ketch Alfred, of Padstow, rendered assistance and landed four persons; schooner Bertha, of Great Yarmouth, assisted to save vessel, and ketch Silver Spray, of Lowestoft, stood by vessel.

Voted 6891. 5s. 3d. for assemblies of crews, launches, &c., by the undermentioned Life- boats, with the view of assisting those on board vessels apparently in need of help:— Aldeburgh, Ballywalter, Boulmer, Broadstairs, Burry Port, Cardigan, Cloughey, Courtmac- sherry, Dover, Dungarvan, Dungeness No. 1, Fishguard No. 2, Fraserburgh, Harwich (Steam Life-boat), Hasborough, Hilbre Island, Hope Cove, Kildonan, Margate No. 2, New- burgh, North Deal, Padstow, Palling Nos. 1 and 2, Peel, Penzance, Plymouth, Port Enroll, Port Eynon, Redcar, St. Heller's, Seaton Carew, Walton-on-the-Naze and Wexford.

The Ramsgate Life-boat was also taken out, but her services were not ultimately needed.

Voted 51. to a man who was injured while on service with the Aldeburgh Life-boat.

Also Zl. 12s. &d. to seven fishermen, for putting off in a boat and rescuing five of the crew of the steam trawler Active, of Peter- head, which stranded on Cairnbulg Briggs, in a strong S. breeze and a moderate sea, on the night of the 13th January.

THURSDAY, 14th March, 1901.

Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.

Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous meeting.

The Meeting learned with great satisfaction that His Most Gracious Majesty the KING had consented to be the Patron of the Institution in succession to Her Late Majesty QUEEN VICTORIA, and that H.B.H. THE DUKE OF CORNWALL AND YORK had consented to become President of the Institution.

Read and confirmed the Minutes of the Building, Finance and Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub-Committees, and ordered that their recommendations be carried into effect.

Read the report of the Chief Inspector of Life-boats on his recent visit to the New Brighton Station.

Also the reports of the Deputy Chief Inspector on his visits to the Abersoch, Criccieth, Llanaelhaiara, Porthdinllaen and Pwllheli Life-boat Stations.

Also the reports of the District Inspectors ! of Life-boats on their visits to the following : Life-boat Stations:— ; Northern District — Blyth, Boulmer, ; Cambois, Creswell, Cullercoats, Hauxley, ! Newburgh and Tynemouth (two boats).

Eastern District—Donna Nook, Gorleston | (three boats), Grimsby, Hartlepool (three ; boats), Mablethorpe, Seaham, Seaton Carew, | Skegness, Sunderland (two boats), Sutton, j West Hartlepool, Whitburn and Yarmouth.

Southern District — Cadgwith, Coverack, : Falmouth, Fowey, Looe, Mevagissey, Mullion, 1 Polpear, Porthleven and Porthoustock.

Western District — Abersoch, Criccieth, I Hayle, Penzance, Porthdinllaen, Pwllheli, St. Ives and Sennen Cove.

Irish District—Ballywalter, Carrickfergus, Culdaff, Greencastle, Groomsport and Port- i rush.

Read letter from Capt. G. J. CAVEN, Master i of the s.s. Cufic, of Liverpool, forwarding a I contribution of 30s. from himself and his crew, as a small recognition of the gallant services rendered to them by the Holyhead Steam Life-boat, on the night of the 20th December last, when the boat saved forty-one lives from that vessel. He added that as a sailor he was astonished at the work the Life-boat did that night.—To be acknowledged.

Reported the receipt of the following other special contributions since the last meeting:— £ s. d.

Miss WATT, in memory of her brother, the late Surgeon-General WILLIAM GODFREY WATT . . 100 - - The Executors of the late Mr.

ABRAHAM MOCATTA . . . 25 - - Mrs. STEWART SAVILE (annual sub- scription) .....20 - - JOHN HAGGAS, Esq.....20 - - Collected on board the S.S. Ortona, per Capt. LINDSAY HAY 10 - - Offertories in Adderley Church, Market Dray ton, per Bev.

CHARLES J. WINSER, M.A. . . 46- —To be severally thanked.

Also the receipt of the following legacies:— The late N. W. F. SMITH, Esq., of Kennington (on account) . .1000 - - The late Mrs. SARAH WRIGLEY, of Holbeck.......225 - - The late I.Irs. E. S. PINKETT, of Naples......200 - - The late Miss MARY CARRUTHERS, of Whitehaven . . . . 50 - - The late JOHN WATSON, Esq., of Perth (balance) . . . . 22 2 - The late WILLIAM KEILLEE, Esq., of Wimbledon . . . - 13 4The best thanks of the Institution were ordered to be conveyed to Messrs. T. CLAYTON DRAKE, CLEMENT HOOLT, and M. H. NIXON, : in acknowledgment of their past co-operation j while serving as Honorary Secretaries respectively of the Dawlish, Wolverhampton and Appledore Branches of the Institution.

The Committee also specially recognised the valuable services, extending over many years, i of the following Honorary Secretaries of ; Branches of the Institution:—Mr. J. BALFOUR ALEXANDER, Montrose; Mr. A. F. CLOWES, Great Yarmouth; Mr. CHARLES DABELL, Atherfield ; Mr. J. H. HAMILTON, Runcorn; Mr. HUGH B. KENT, New Brighton; Mr. A. J. PHILLIPS, Newport (Monmouth); Rev. T. PRICHARD, Cemaes; Rev. J. RAYMOND, Llan- dudno; Capt. DAVID REES, Newquay, Cardiganshire ; Capt. HUGH ROBERTS, Porth- dinllaen; Rev. J. H. SCHOLFIELD, Mullion; Mr. FREDERICK F. SMITH, Rochester; Dr.

W. SMYTH, Aranmore; Mr. JOHN F. WALSH, Wexford and Mr. JAMBS WOODHOUSE, Flam- borough.

Reported the transmission to their stations at Girvan and Newburgh, Scotland, of new Life-boats, transporting carriages and sets of pushing poles and Tipping's plates.

Paid 6.628Z. Os. Id., for sundry charges 011 various Life-boat establishments.

Voted 1061. 18s. 9d. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services:— Lives Life-boat. Vessel. saved.

Anstruther . Fishing boats. Remain- ed in attendance.

Johnshaven . Fishing boat Success, of Johnshaven. Stood by boat.

Moelfre . . Schooner County of Cork, of Amlwich. Landed 2.

Peterhead . Steam trawler Roslin, of Aberdeen .... 9 Lives Life-boat. Vessel. saved.

Winterton No. 2 S.S. Chamois, of London.

Landed 4 of crew from the Newarp Light- vessel.

The Life-boats at Cromer, Falmouth and Whitburn respectively rendered the follow- ing services:—Steamer Celerity, of Great Yarmouth, saved vessel and 7 lives; ship Vondel, of Amsterdam, rendered assistance and S.S. Treneglos, of St. Ives, rendered assistance.

Voted 543Z. 15s. 6d. to pay for launches, etc., by the following Life-boats with the view of assisting vessels which appeared to require help:—Abersoch, Caister No. 1, Clo- velly, Gorleston No. 1, Hasborough, Hilbre Island, Hoylake, New Brighton (steam Life- boat), Palling No. 2, Point of Ayr, Polpear, Shoreham, Winchelsea, Winterton No. 2, Withernsea and Worthing.

Voted the thanks of the Institution, in- scribed on vellum and framed, an aneroid barometer and the sum of 11. to Mr. JAMES MACKINNON, master of the fishiug.-boat Reaper, of Castlebay, for putting off in the punt from that vessel three times and, at considerable risk, rescuing two of the crew of the fishing-boat Daisy which had been swamped by a heavy sea in Loch Slapin, on the night of the 12th November. II. was awarded to the crew of four men who attended the rope by which the punt was attached to the fishing-boat.

Also 11. to fourteen men for putting off in boats and rescuing eight men from the schooner Comet, of Hartlepool, which sunk off Bridlington, Yorkshire, in a moderate gale from N.N.E., on the 16th February.

Also 51. to a man who was injured while on service with the Winchelsea Life-boat on the 15th February..