The 36th Annual Meeting of the Committee of the Fund was held on the 16th ultimo, and was presided over by Sir RALPH H. KNOX, K.C.B. Mr.

CHARLES DIBDIN, the honorary secretary, reported that the Fund continued to receive the steady support of the officials in every branch and department of H.M. Civil Service, and that during the past year the Committee had been able to pay to the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION the large sum of 1,5132. 4«. 6d., to recoup the Institution every expense entailed in 1902 by the seven Civil Service Life-boats and Stations provided by the Fund, and 8501. towards the Life-boat House and Slipway recently erected at Kingstown.

The Civil Service Life-boats have saved 418 lives, and the total amount paid to the Institution by the Fund, since its establishment in 1866, has amounted to 29,075Z. 138. 3d., all of which has been raised in half-crown subscriptions and other small amounts..