THE Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Committee of this Fund was held on the 26th ultimo, and was presided over by the Right Hon. Sir RALPH H. KNOX, K.C.B. Mr. CHARLES DIBDIN, the Hon. Secretary, reported that the Fund had continued to receive liberal support from the Civil Service during the past year, the number of contributors having again exceeded 26,000. The Fund had paid in 1905 to the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, ; 1,536Z. 16s. 2d., to meet all the expenses it had entailed in the year in i respect of the seven Civil Service Lifeboats and Stations provided by the Fund, and including 600/. to strengthen the endowment funds of the Boats, which have been instrumental in saving 495 lives. The total amount paid to the National Institution by the Fund since its establishment in ; 1866 has been 33.726Z. 8s. 6«Z., all of which has been raised in halfcrown subscriptions and other small amounts.