IT is with the greatest regret that we have to record the death of Mr. H.

Fineham, I.S.O., who was Honorary Secretary of the Civil Service Life-boat Fund from February 1906 to June 1914. Mr. Fincham, who was inspired with the best traditions of the Civil Service, was intensely interested in the success of the Fund which that body has maintained since 1866, and which has conferred such marked and lasting benefits upon the heroic service of the Life-boat. His devotion to the duties of Honorary Secretary is exemplified by the fact that, only two days before his death, the Secretary of the Institution received a letter from him describing the simple but effective machinery by which lie secured the annual subscriptions to the Fund. His death is keenly regretted, not only by his colleagues of the Civil Service but by the Committee of Management and the Secretary of the Institution, to which he gave such devoted service.

At a Meeting of the Civil Service Life- Boat Fund, held on the 7th October, Mr.

W. Fortescue Barratt was unanimously elected Honorary Secretary of the 'Fund, the proposer being Sir Francis J. S.

Hopwood, the Chairman and Honorary Treasurer, the motion being seconded by Mr. Charles H. W. O'Brien, of The National Insurance Audit..