November, 1901. B. AND BE.

The 35th Annual Meeting of the Committee of the Fund was held on the 17th ultimo, and was presided over by Sir RALPH H. KNOX, K.C.B. Mr. CHARLES DIBDIN, the honorary secretary, reported that, notwithstanding the in- creasing number of appeals made to the Service for help during the past year the Fund had continued to flourish, and that at the close of the year the Com- mittee had been able to pay to the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITU- TION the handsome sum of 1,45U. 2«.8d., to recoup the Institution every expense entailed by the seven Civil Service Life-boats and Stations during the year 1901, and 783Z. 4s. 2d. towards the cost of the new Life-boat House and Slipway erected at Kingstown. The Civil Service Life-boats have saved 410 lives, and the total amount paid to the Institution by the Fund, since its estab- lishment in 1866, has amounted to 27.562Z. 8s. 9cZ., all of which has been raised in half-crown subscriptions and other small amounts. H.R.H. the PRINCE OF WALES is the Patron of the Fund, the annual subscribers and contributors to which exceed 22,000, representing every office and depart- ment of the Crown in England, Scotland and Ireland.