SUPPORTED SOLELY BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.

patron—gte Mast ffitarimw ffiajtstg tfje Sing.

?3restlrent—His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G.

ffiftaltman—SIR EDWARD BIRKBEOK, BART,, V.P. BqjutE=Cjiairman—COLONEL FiizEoY CLAYTON, V.P.

itcretarg—CHARLES DIBDIN, ESQ., F.R.G.S.

Telegraphic Addrat: "LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION,- LONDON." Telephone; No. 2964 ("QERRARD EXCHANGE.") APPEAL.

THE COMMITTEE OP MANAGEMENT have to state that during the past year (1905) the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION expended £68,715 on its Life-boat Establishments.

GENERAL SUMMABT OF THE WOBK OF THE INSTITUTION DURING 1905.

Number of Lives rescued by Life-boats, in addition to 27 Vessels and Boats saved by them and 91 persons landed from vessels in distress and lightships Number of Lives saved by Shore-boats, &o Amount of Eewards granted during the Year ....

Honorary Rewards:—Silver Medals and 1 Second Service Clasp Binocular Glasses Aneroid Barometers Votes of Thanks on Vellum . .

Certificates of Service ....

Total ....

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397 153 8,736 3 3 6 13 6 21 11 87 660 £8,736 3 3 The number of Lives saved either by the Life-boats of the Society, or by special exertions for which it has granted rewards since its formation in 1824 (to 31st Deo., 1905), is 45,439. The rewards and recognitions granted by the Institution in the same period comprise 99 Gold Medals and Clasps, 1,212 Silver Medals and Clasps, 63 Decorations, 870 Binocular Glasses, 15 Telescopes, 66 Aneroid Barometers, 1,776 Votes of Thanks, inscribed on vellum and framed, 174 Certificates of Service framed, and £257,513 in money.

The Committee of Management earnestly appeal to the British Public for Funds to enable them to maintain their 282 Life-boats now on the Coast and their Crews in the most perfect state of efficiency. This can only be effected by a large and permanent annual income. The Annual Subscriptions, Donations and Dividends are quite inadequate for the purpose. The Committee are confident that in their endeavour to provide the brave Life-boatmen, who nobly hazard their lives in order that they may save others, with the best possible means for carrying on their great work, they will meet with the entire approval of the people of this the greatest maritime country in the world, and that their appeal will not be made in vain, so that the scope and efficiency of our great Life-saving Service, of which the Nation has always been so proud, may not have to be curtailed.

Annual Subscriptions and Donations are earnestly solicited, and will be thankfully received by the Secretary, CHARLES DIBDIN, Esq., at the Institution, 20, CHARING CROSS ROAD, London, W.C.; by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. COUTTS AND Co., 440,Strand, London; and by all the other Bankers in the United Kingdom.—February, 1906..