THURSDAY, 8th OCTOBER, 1908.

Sir JOHN CAMERON LAMB, C.B., O.M.G., in the Chair.

Colonel Fitzroy CLAYTON, V.P., who for the last twenty-five years had been the Deputy Chairman, was unanimously appointed Chair- man in succession to the late Sir Edward Birkbeck, Bart., K.C.V.O.; and the EARL OF HARDWICKE was appointed Deputy Chairman in succession to Colonel Fitzroy Clayton.

The Hon. W. F. D. SMITH, M.P., was unanimously elected a Trustee of the Insti- tution in succession to the late Sir Edward Birkbeck.

Bead 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 re- commendations be carried into effect.

Bead the reports of the District Inspectors of Life-boats on their recent visits to the following Life-boat Stations:— Eastern District. — Runswick, Staithes, Saltburn, Upgang, Whitby (two boats), Robin Hood's Bay, Redcar, Scarborough and Filey.

Southern District.—Poole, Swanage, Ather- field, Totland Bay, Brooke, Brighstone Grange, Hayling Island, Bembridge and Byde.

Western District.—The Mumbles, Barry Dock, Weston-super-Mare, Looe, Cadgwith, Penzance, Coverack, Porthoustock, Porthleven and Sennen Cove.

Irish District. — Howth, Skerries, Kings- town (two boats), Wicklow, Blackrock and Courtown.

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

Coast Development Corporation, Limited, proceeds of Concert on Clacton-on-Sea Pier in aid of Clacton-on-Sea Station . . . 38 11 8 " M. E. A." (annual subscription) . 25 - - Harrismith, 0. B. C., South Africa, collection in Garrison Chapel, per the Bev. H. M. Webb-Peploe, M.A '2 11 5 H.M.S. Highflyer, part of balance of Benefit Club on paying off, per the Bev. A. A. Carter, M.A. . . 2 10 Beaders of the Christian, per Messrs. Morgan and Scott, Ltd. 25- —To be severally thanked.

Also the receipt of the following legacies:— The late Miss M. A. Cox, of Chepstow 2,000 - - The late Mrs. ELIZA STEEDMAN, of Devonport 300 - - The late Mrs. CAROLINE M. ABNOTT JONES, of Guildford, Surrey . . 102 14 10 The late Mr. SAMUEL LEWIS, of Cork Street, W. (additional) . . 20 - - The late Miss M ABO ABET B. LAINO, of Benfrew (on account) ... - 19 1 Deep regret was expressed at the decease of Mr. WILLIAM J. POLLOCK and Captain EVAN JONES, who had respectively for long periods been Honorary Secretaries of the Ayr and South Carnarvonshire Branches of the Institution, and it was decided to send letters of condolence to their families.

Paid 6,1042. for sundry charges in connection with various Life-boat Establishments.

Voted 188Z. 18s. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services :— lives Life-boat. Vessel. saved.

Berwick - on - Yawl Family Pride, of Tweed Cockenzie. Stood by vessel.

Boulner. . . S.S. Kara, of London.

Stood by vessel.

Cloughey . . S.S. Olassford, of Glas- gow. Landed 10.

Cullercoats . . Coble Olive Branch, of Cullercoats. Stood by coble.

Llandudno . . Schooner Fanny, of Beaumaris. Ren- dered assistance.

Margate No. 2 . S.S. Lake Michigan, of Liverpool. Stood by vessel.

Penmon . . . Schooner Mary Jane, of Lancaster ... 4 Peumon . . . Schooner Lady Fielding, of Amlwch 6 Skegness . . Smack Albert, of Bos- ton. Landed 2 and afterwards assisted to save vessel.

Whitby No. 1 . Coble Salmo, of Whitby. Saved coble and 3 The Harwich steam Life-boat assisted to save the barge San. Pedro, of Bio de Janeiro and 5, and the Palling No. 1 Life-boat assisted to save the lighter Lima, of Stockton-on-Tees.

Voted 1822. 13s. 6d. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat launches, assemblies of crews, etc., with the view of assisting persons on vessels in distress:—Aldeburgh No. 2, Atherfield, Berwick-on-Tweed, Burry Port, Gorleston No. 2, Holyhead (steam), Johnshaven, Llandudno, Mumbles, Newbiggin, Newburgh, Poolbeg, Runswick, Selsey and Winchelsea.

Reported that the Belgian Government had awarded each of the crew of the Kingsdowne and Walmer Life-boats the sum of 21. and II.

respectively for their services in saving the crew of the S.S. Gap Lopes, of Antwerp, wrecked on the Goodwin Sands on the 21st December, 1907.

Also that the International Conference on Life-saving, held at St. Nazaire and Nantes in August, 1908, had awarded eleven medals and diplomas to the crew and engine-room staff of the Harwich Steam Life-boat for rescuing the crew of the schooner Notre Dame de Toutes Aides, of Nantes, wrecked on the Kentish Knock on the 7th April, 1908.

Voted 51. 10s. to men injured in the Life- boat service at Selsey and Tenby. Voted 21. 12s. 6d. to seven men for promptly putting off in a boat and rescuing two lads from a rock on which their boat had been damaged in a strong northerly gale and rough sea off Greencastle, on the 8th September.

Also allowed 5s. to defray the cost of replacing an oar which was broken.

Voted 10s. to two men for putting off in two boats and saving three persons from a coble which struck the East Scar rocks off Redcar and was stove in, in a strong westerly wind and choppy sea, on the 7th September.

Also 5s. to a man for his promptness in saving three persons whose boat was capsized and sunk in a strong N.N.W. breeze and moderate sea, off Pwllheli, on the 4th Sep- tember.

Also 15s. to two men for saving, at slight risk to themselves, three of four men from a small boat belonging to the brigantine David Rees, of Dublin, in Dingle Harbour on the 26th September. The four men were laying out a stream anchor when the boat was damaged and sank, and one of the men was unfortunately drowned before help could reach them. THURSDAY, 12th November, 1908.

The Right Hon. the EARL OF HARDWICKE 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 re- commendations be carried into effect.

Also the report of the Chief Inspector of Life- boats on sea trials of new Motor Life-boats.

Also the reports of District Inspectors of Life-boats on their recent visits to the following Stations:— Eastern District.—Skegness, Donna Nook, Sutton and Mablethorpe.

Southern District.—Winchelsea, Hastings, Shoreham, Eastbourne (two boats), Southsea, Selsey, Littlehampton. Hayling Island, Southend-on-Sea, Newhaven and Broadstairs.

Western District.— Littlehaven, Aberyst- with, Aberdovey, Cemlyn, Moelfre, Rhosneigir, Cemaes, Rhoscolyn, Bull Bay, Penmon, Llandulas, Holyhead (two boats), Llau- dudno, Rhyl and Porthoustock.

Irish District.—Hilbre Island, Hoylake, Pormby, New Brighton (two boats) Ramsey, Port St. Mary, Port Erin, Peel, Castletown, Douglas, Lytham, St. Anne's-on-Sea (two boats), Fleetwood, Blackpool, Piel (Barrow), Southport and Poolbeg.

Reported the receipt of the following special contributions since the last meeting :—- Oldham Branch, for one year's £ s. d.

maintenance of " Oldham" Life- boat at Abersoch 70 - - Newcastle-upon-Tyne Co-operative Society, Ltd. (additional) . . 25 - - " S.W.A." (annual subscription) . 25 - - The Worshipful Company of Pewterers 2,1 - - Collected in Hadnall Church, Salop, per the Rev. BROOKE C. MORTIMER, M.A 8 16 1 H.M.S. Charybdis, from Ship's £ s. d.

Company, per Paymaster ALFRED T. BABES, R.N. ... 628 Harvest Offertory at Aldringham, Suffolk, per the Rev. T. W. SEDGWICK 4 16 2 —To be severally thanked.

Also the receipt of a legacy of 1,8QOZ,, bequeathed to the Institution by the late Mr. CHARLES EDWARD GAEL, of Charltou Kings.

Voted the best thanks of the Committee to Mr. BENJAMIN HEAPE, of Rochdale, in recog- nition of his long and valuable services, extending over twenty years, as Honorary Secretary of the Rochdale Branch of the Institution, which office he had resigned owing to ill-health.

Reported that the International Jury of the Franco-British Exhibition had awarded a Diploma and. Grand Prize for the model Life-boats, etc., exhibited by the Institution.

Paid 6.702Z. for sundry charges in connec- tion with various Life-boat Establishments.

Voted 4182. 3s. Id. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services :— Lives Life-boat. Vessel. saved.

Atherfleld. . . S.S. Cayo Soto, of London. Stood by vessel.

Cromer . . . Lugger John Robert, of Yarmouth. Ren- dered assistance.

Cullercoats . . Four cobles, of Culler- coats. Stood by cobles.

Ditto .... Coble Edward, of Cullercoats. Saved coble and ... 3 Dungeness No. 1. S.S. Orlando, of Sundsvall. Stood by vessel.

Gorleston No. 1 . Steam drifter Handy, of Banff. Stood by vessel.

Littlehampton . Yacht Swallow, of Newhaven. Saved yacht and ... 1 Lowestoft No. 2 S.S. Mietzing, of Dant- z.ig, Rendered as- sistance.

Margate No. 1 . Ship Walden Abbey, of Liverpool. Stood by vessel.

Ditto .... Schooner Carl Miirk, of Svendborg. Stood by vessel.

Newbiggin . . Two cobles, of New- biggin. Stood by cobles.

Palling No. 2 . Schooner R.K.O.B. 6, of Cronstadt. Stood by vessel.

Poole .... Ketch Conquest, of Bridgwater ... 5 Queenstown . . S.S. The Queen, of Glasgow. Stood by vessel.

Skateraw. . . S.S. Prosum, of Chris- tiania .... 17The North Deal and Walmer Life-boats assisted to save the schooner Lizzie May, of Chester, and 5; and the Ramsgate Life-boat assisted to save the S.S. City of Oporto, of Dublin, and rendered assistance to the S.S. Goncesione, of Genoa.

Also voted 732J. 2s. 8d. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat launches or assem- blies of crews, &c., with the view of assisting persons on vessels in distress:—Aberdovey, Arbroath, Barry Dock, Boulmer, Broadstairs, Claoton-on-Sea, Cloughey, Donna Nook, Dunbar, Gorleston No. 1, Grimsby, Has- borongh, Holy Island No. 1, Kingsdowne, Kingstown No. 2, Littlehampton, Lowestoft No. 2, Margate No. 2, Mumbles, Penzanoe, Peterhead, Point of Ayr, Poolbeg, Southend- on-Sea, Sunderland North Dock and Hendon Beach, Winterton No. 2, and Yarmouth.

The Ramsgate Life-boat was also launched on service.

Reported that the President of the French Republic had conferred Silver Medals upon the Honorary Secretary and the two Coxswains, and bronze medals upon the other members of the crew of the Southwold No. 1 Life-boat, in recognition of their good services in rescu- ing four of the crew of the smack Joseph el Yvonne, of Dunkirk, wrecked on the 27th November, 1905. Each of the medals was accompanied by a diploma.

Also reported that the King of Norway had conferred a Silver Medal " for noble deed " and a certificate on JAMES ROBSON, Coxswain of the North Sunderland Life-boat, in recogni- tion of his gallant services in rescuing the crew of the S.S. Geir, of Bergen, wrecked on the Parne Islands on the 18th February, 1908.

Reported that 16Z. had been allowed to men injured in the Life-boat service recently at Arbroath, Cardigan, Llandudno and North Deal.

Voted an aneroid barometer, mounted on a shield and bearing a suitable inscription, to Captain OWEN PRYDIE, Captain HARRY CARE, Mr. EYAS JENKINS, and Mr. CHARLES RUSSELL, for displaying conspicuous bravery on the occasion of the wreck of the barque Amazon on the Margam Sands, Port Talbot, during a W.S.W. hurricane on the 1st Sep- tember.

Also voted 12Z. to six men who went into the heavy surf up to their necks among a great deal of wreckage and rescued six men who had jumped overboard from the wreck.

Voted the Silver Medal to Mr. PATRICK MONAN, a binocular glass bearing an inscrip- tion to Mr. JOHN McCAuSLAND, and the sum of 21. each to three other men; the award in each instance being accompanied by a vote of thanks inscribed on vellum and framed, for their gallant services in saving, at great risk to themselves, the crew of eleven, hands of the barque Trientalis, of Gothenburg, wrecked in a S.E. gale and very heavy sea, at Ballyquinton Point, co. Down, on the night of the 26th September.

Voted a binocular glass with an inscription to Captain J. SCOTT, of the tug Marsden, 21. each to the Mate and two pilots, and 10s. each to seven other men on board for their prompt and meritorious services in rescuing the crew of twenty-four hands of the S.S.

Abasoto, of Bilbao, wrecked on the White- stone Rock, near Sunderland, in thick weather, a S.E. gale and heavy sea, on the 19th October.

Voted II, to two men for saving, at moderate risk, two men, whose boat had become unmanageable and was driven dangerously near to the South Pier, Penzance, in a strong S.S.E. breeze and rough, sea, on the 17th October. The accident was caused through one of the oars breaking.

Voted 2Z. 15s. to eleven men for saving, at moderate risk, the crew of thirteen hands of the steam trawler Leipsig, of Bremen, wrecked on the Fame Islands, in moderate weather, on the 18th September.

Also 15s. to three men for promptly putting off in two boats and saving two persons whose boat was capsized by a sudden squall near North Shields, on the 17th September.

Voted 11. to four men for saving five persons whose boat was stove in on some piles and sunk at the eastern entrance of the Admiralty Harbour at Dover, in fine weather at 11 P.M., on the 3rd October.

Voted 10s. to a man for promptly saving another man whose boat was capsized and was on the point of sinking, in a strong S.W.

breeze and moderate sea, off Yarmouth, on the 14th August.

Awarded 61. 10s. to the crews of five shore- boats which were sent out to search for a missing boat containing two persons at Port Erin, on the 1st October. No trace of the boat could be found, and her occupants were not heard of.

THURSDAY, 10th December, 1908.

The Right Hon. the EARL OF HARDWICKE 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 re- commendations be carried into effect.

Read the report of the Deputy-Chief In- spector of Life-boats on his visits to Mumbles and Port Talbot.

Also the reports of the District Inspectors of Life-boats on their recent visits to the following Life-boat Stations :— Eastern District.—Great Yarmouth, Caister (two boats), Lowestoft (two boats), Pakefield, Kessingland (two boats), and Gorleston (two boats).

Southern District. — Exmouth, Brixham, Torquay, Yealm River, Plymouth, Salcombe, Hope Cove, Lyme Regis, Sidmouth, Teign- mouth, Littlehampton, Worthing and Brighton.

Western District.—Port Eynon, Padstow (two boats and a tug), Burnham and Watchet.

Irish District. — Carrickfergus, Cloughey, Killough, Newcastle, Culdaff, Greencastle, Aranmore, Portrush and Groomsport. Reported the receipt of the following special contributions since the last meeting:— £ s. d.

Cornish Coast (additional) . . . 500 0 0 Independent Order of Odd Fellows (Man- chester Unity), annual subscription. . . . 50 - - Donation . . . . 5 10 6 55 10 6 Collected on board the S.S. Cale- donia, per Captain Walter Baxter (additional) 40 - - Mr. F. 0. Brown (contents of Life- boat contribution box). . . 25 - - —To be severally thanked.

Also the receipt of the following legacies:— The late Miss HESTER SMITH, oi Nunhead, S.E 500 - - The late Mr. ALFRED BOYD, of St. George's Square, S.W. . . 200 - - The late Lady LOUISA LOPES . . 200 - - The late Commander ALEXANDER MARSHALL, R.N.R., of Glasgow . 180 - - The late Mr. STEWART CLARK, of Glasgow 100 - - The late Mr. JOHN EYTON WILLIAMS, of Chester 70 17 5 The late Mr. WILLIAM RYLAND, of Sheffield 35 8 3 The late Mr. SAMUEL LEWIS, of CORK Street, W. (additional). . 20 - - The late Miss MARGARET B. LANG, of RENFREW 9 8 11 Reported the transmission to their Stations of the Blakeney and St. Anne's No. 1 new Life-boats.

Voted the best thanks of the Committee of Management to Mr. A. F. CLOWES, in recogni- tion of his long and valuable services as Honorary Secretary of the Great Yarmouth and Caister Branch o£ the Institution, which office he had resigned on account of ill-health.

Paid 3.374Z. for sundry charges in connec- tion with various Life-boat Establishments.

Voted 181Z. -s. 6d. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services :— Lives Life-boat. Vessel. saved.

Cloughey . . Barque Croisset, of Rouen 26 Clovelly . . Ketch Spirit, of Bideford.

Assisted to save vessel.

Gorleston S.S. Sinus, of Stavanger.

No. 1 Stood by vessel.

Holyhead Schooner Sarah Ellen, No. 2 of Swansea .... 4 Newbiggin . A coble, of Newbiggin.

Attended coble.

Staithes . . Cobles, of Staithes. As- sisted cobles.

Wexford . . Yawl Rose, of Wexford . 4 Lires Life-boat. Vessel. Bared.

Whitby No. 1 Nine cobles, of Whitby.

Remained in attend- ance.

Broadstairs Life-boat assisted to save the barge Audrey, of London, and 3; Ramsgate Life-boat assisted to save the schooners Dora, of Carnarvon, and Ezel, of Cardigan; and Redcar Life-boat saved the steam drifter Tantallon Castle, of Leith.

Also voted 792Z. 8s. lid. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat launches, etc., with the view of assisting persons on vessels in distre«s: — Aldeburgh No. 2, Ballycotton, Broadstairs, Buckie, Caister No. 1, Courtmao- sherry, Clovelly, Donna Nook, Dungeness No. 2, Gorleston Nos. 1 and 2, Kilmore, Kingsdowne, North Deal, Pakefield, Palling No. 2, Point of Ayr, Port Erroll, Port Patrick, St. David's, Winterton No. 2, and Yarmouth.

Reported that the Portuguese Life-boat Society, of which Queen Amelia is President, had written expressing its grateful thanks to the Institution and to the Padstow Local Committee for the valuable services rendered to the barque Europa, of Oporto, by the Padstow No. 2 Life-boat, on the 8th January, 1908. They also conferred a medal on the Chairman of the Branch (Mr.Sussex Langford), and forwarded 101. to be divided amongst the crew.

Granted 9i. 15s. for injuries to men in the Life-boat service at Littlehampton and North Deal.

Granted an additional 11. 5s. to three men in connection with a shore-boat rescue off Lowestoft on the 27th November, 1907.

Also il 10s. to two men for saving two fellow-fishermen whose boat—the Catherine— capsized in a stormy N.N.W. wind and high sea off Clovelly, on the 19th November, 1908.

Also lOi. 15s. to the Life-boat crew for launching the skiff Moss Hose and searching for a man missing from a boat belonging to the S.S. T. W. Stuart, which capsized in a S.W. moderate gale and choppy sea, off Mar- gate, on the 24th November, 1908.

Awarded 3t. 10s. to five men for putting off in a boat to assist the schooner Flower of Portsoy in very bad weather off Holyhead on the 22nd and 23rd November. On the first occasion the weather was so unusually severe that they were unable to reach the vessel.

Next morning the weather moderated a little and they again -went off, -when the master oi the vessel declined any assistance.

Voted 51. to ten men for putting off in the private surf-boat at Arbroath and at moderate risk saving the fishing-boat Hesperus and her crew of five hands, in a S.W. gale and rough sea, on the 24th November. The fishing-boat had been driven on to the rooks near the harbour.

The crew of the Caister No. 1, after assem- bling for service on the 10th December, during a strong S. gale and heavy sea, found it was unnecessary to launch the Life-boat, as the vessel—the barge Ernest Piper, of London— drove up on to the shore. They therefore got into communication with the vessel and saved the crew of three men by means of lines.