Thursday, 14th October, 1915.

The Rt. Hon. the EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.O., V.P., in the Chair.

Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.

Read and confirmed the minutes of the Building, Finance and Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub-Committees, and ordered that their recommendations be carried into effect.

Reported the death of Colonel the Hon.

CHARLES E. EDGCUMBE, and also that Lieut-Commander H. T. GARTSIDE-TIPPING, R.N., had been killed in action, both Members of the Committee of Management.

Read the reports of the District Inspectors on their visits to the following Stations:— Northern District.—Troon, Campbeltown, Southend (Cantyre), Machrihanish, Stornoway, Arbroath, Eyemouth, Berwick-on-Tweed, Holy Island, North Sunderland, Boulmer, AlnmoathjHauxley.Cresswel andNewbiggin.

Southern District.—Rye Harbour, Hastings, Eastbourne, Brighton, Shoreham, Worthing, Hayling Island, Southsea, Atherfield, Brooke, and Totland Bay.

Irish District.—Groomsport, Donaghadee, and Helvick Head.

Reported that Mr. HARRY HARGOOD, Chairman of the Worthing Branch, had visited Shoreham; that Mr. HAROLD CLAYTON, a Member of the Committee of Management, had inspected New Quay (Card.) Station; and that Mr. J. H. BURTON, Chairman of the Anglesey Branch, had inspected Moelfre, Cemaes, Bull Bay, Cemlyn, and Rhosneigir Stations.

Presented the reports of the District Organizing Secretaries on their visits to the Branches in their respective areas.

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

T. DYER EDWARDES, Esq. . . 1000 - - (Balance of gift of £3,000 for the provision of a Motor Lifeboat for Fraserburgh.) H. ROBERTSON, Esq 15 - - Mrs. E. H. BEDFORD PIM . . 10 10 - Miss B. M. SMITH 10 10 - Miss G. BOULTON 10 - - E. D. FARMER, Esq., of Texas, U.8.A 10 - - St. Paul's Church, Mangalore (collection) 4 - - —To be severally thanked.

Reported the receipt of the following legacies:— The late Mr. EDWARD WRIGHT, of £. s. d.

Leamington (on account) . . 8500 - - The late Miss E. M. BEER, of Selly Park, Birmingham (on account) 2900 - - The late Rev. W. J. SAWYER, of Bridstow, Hereford (Consols and Annuities on account value) . 2204 - - The late Mr. ISAAC DIXON, of Keswick (to the Liverpool Branch) 220 - - The late Miss MARY BARNINGHAM, of Catterick, York . . . . 10 - •- Reported the despatch to her station of the new Dungeness Life-boat.

Paid £7,304 7s. 3d. for sundry charges in connexion with the maintenance of the various Life-boat establishments.

Voted £189 15s. lOd. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services :— Lives Life-boat. Vessel. saved Aldeburgh A boat. Saved boat and No. 2 rescued . . . . 4 Cambois . . • Stood by vessel.

Clacton-on-Sea S.S. Capitol, of London.

(Motor) Stood by vessel.

Clacton-on-Sea Barquentine Leading (Motor) Chief, of Guernsey . 9 Gorleston No. 1 S.S. Eika II., of Krageroe.

Assisted vessel and landed 1.

Harwich S.S. Koningin Emma, of (Steam) Amsterdam . . . 20 Margate No. 1. Barge Orange, oi Rochester . . . . 2 North S.S. Britannia, of Sunderland Leith . . . . . . 7 Pakefield . . Fishing-boat Pride, of Pakefield. Saved boat and 2 Cromer and Palling No. 2 Life-boats assisted to save the s.s. Mimona, of Fredrikstad ; Margate No. 1 Life-boat saved the barge Grange, of Rochester; and Padstow No. 2 Life-boat saved the ketch Trio, of Guernsey, and her crew of four.

Also voted £245 4s. 3d. 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, Brighton, Broughty Ferry (Motor), Caister No. 1, Clacton-on-Sea (Motor), Grail, Eastbourne No. 2, Harwich (Steam), Holy Island No. 1, Lowestoft, Newquay (Cornwall), North Sunderland, and St. Andrews.

The Margate No. 1 Life-boat was also launched on service.

Voted £17 5s. to men injured in the Lifeboat service at Blackpool and Flamborough.

Awarded the Silver Second Service Clasp, accompanied by a copy of the Vote inscribed on vellum and framed, to GEORGE GRIGSON, Coxswain of the Clacton-on-Sea (Motor) Lifeboat, in recognition of the gallant services to the barquentine Leading Chief, of Guernsey.

The vessel stranded on the West Sunk Sands and afterwards sank during rough weather on the 28th September, and it was only after nine attempts that the nine members of the crew, who were clinging to the mizzen boom, were rescued. Also granted monetary rewards to the coxswain and crew and motor mechanic.

Voted a farther compassionate grant of £50 towards the support of old Life-boatmen at Ramsgate, who had assisted in saving the crew of the Indian Chief, and who were now in very poor circumstances.

Voted £1 10s. to four men for putting off in a coble and assisting two rowing-boats which were in a dangerous position, ofi Redcar, owing to the wind increasing and a heavy ground swell, on the 26th September.

Also awarded 10s. to four men who assisted to launch the coble.

Thursday, 11th November, 1915.

The Rt. Hon. the EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.O., V.P., in the Chair.

Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.

Read and confirmed the minutes of the Building, Finance and Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub-Committees, and ordered that their recommendations be carried into effect.

Read the reports of the District Inspectors on their visits to the following stations :— Western District.—Aberystwith, Criccieth, Abersoch, Porthdinllaen, Rhosneigir, Rhoscolyn, Cemlyn, Cemaes, Bull Bay, Moelfre, Beaumaris, Llandudno, Llanddulas, Rhyl and Point of Ayr.

Eastern District—Harwich.

Southern District—Newhaven, Worthing, Salcombe, Hope Cove, Yealm River, and Plymouth.

Presented the reports of the District Organizing Secretaries on their visits to the Branches in their respective areas.

Reported the receipt of the following special contributions since the previous meeting :— NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE CO-OPERATIVE £. s. d.

SOCIETY 25 - - " M. E. A." 25 - - OLIVER BIRKBECK, ESQ. . . . 15 15 - " M. H." 15 - - ALDRINGHAM CHURCH COLLECTION, per the Rev. T. W. Sedgwick . 7 15 1 —To be severally thanked.

Reported the receipt of the following legacies:— The late Mr. FREDERICK £. s. d.

MARSHALL KlNDERTINE, oi Old Trafford, Manchester (on account of residuary estate) . 1186 8 10 The late Miss ELIZABETH BROWNE, of Tunbridge Wells . . . . 1000 - - The late Commander W. H. DICKMAN, of Holloway (balance) 93 15 7 The late Miss M. S. HUGHES, of Bournemouth (to the Ferryside Branch) 50 - - The late Mr. WILLIAM RYLAND, of Sheffield (part of income, 1915) 39 10 8 The late Mr. W. T. S. TOMBS, of Fishguard 25 - - The late Mr. C. NELSON, of s.s. Invergarry 12 12 8 Decided that the Atherfield Life-boat Station should be closed.

Paid £6,394 19s. 2d. for sundry charges in connexion with the maintenance of the various Life-boat establishments.

Voted £279 18s. 9d. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services:— Lives i Lite-boat. Vessel. saved.

Aldeburgh S.S. Tergestea C.T. 31.

No. 2 Stood by vessel.

Gorleston Assisted to save No. 1 vessel and . . . . 11 Life-boat.

Lowestoft .

Minehead .

Newburgh .

North Deal Port Isaac .

Lives Vessel. saved.

S.S. Oardipee, of Cardiff.

Assisted to save vessel and 22 Schooner lanthe, of Bristol 5 Barquentine Erik Gjessen, of Skudesnaes 6 11 Fishing-boat Flossie, of Port Isaac. Saved boat and . . . . 1 Ramsey . . Schooner Holy Wath, of Whitehaven . . . 3 Whitburn . . S.S. Rosyth, of Kirkcaldy 11 Bridlington Quay Life-boat rendered assistance to and landed three persons from the s.s.

Eskimo, of Hull; North Deal Life-boat stood by the s.s. Magdala, of Glasgow; and Ramsgate Life-boat assisted to save the ship Loch Oarve, of Genoa, and her crew of nineteen.

Also voted £427 17s. 3d. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat launches, assemblies of crews, etc., with the view of assisting persons on vessels in distress:— Arbroath, Broughty Perry (Motor), Clacton - on- Sea (Motor), Grail, Dunbar, Eastbourne No. 2, Flamborough No. 2, Gorleston No. 1, Harwich (Steam), Hastings, Hythe, Kingsdowne, Littlehampton, Lowestoft, Newhaven (Motor), North Deal, North Sunderland, Pakefield, Port Eynon, Queenstown, Redcar, St. Andrews, Scarborough, Southwold No. 1, and Wexford.

The Ramsgate and Clacton-on-Sea (Motor) Life-boats were also launched on service.

Voted £20 5s. to men injured in the Lifeboat service at Eastbourne and Gorleston.

Reported that His Majesty the King of Norway had bestowed a Silver Medal and Diploma on Mr. MATTHEW GRUNNILL, Coxswain, and Mr. MONTAGUE GRUNNILL, Second Coxswain of the Skegness Life-boat, in recognition of their services in saving the crew of the brig Azha, of Arendal, on the 13th November, 1912.

Voted £1 2s. Gd. to three men for putting off in a boat from Port St. Mary and saving five persons from the fishing-boat Flossie, on the 19th June. The boat, whilst beating through the Calf Sound, Isle of Man, missed stays and ran on to the rocks. The crew took refuge oa the rocks, from which position they were rescued by the salvors.

Friday, 10th December, 1915.

The Rt. Hon. the EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.C., V.P., in the Chair.

Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.

Read and confirmed the minutes of the Building, Finance and Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub-Committees, and ordered that their recommendations be carried into effect.

Reported the death of Sir ALLEN W. YOUNG, C.V.O., C.B., a member of the Committee of Management.

Read the reports of the District Inspectors on their visits to the following Stations :— Western District. — Newquay (Cornwall), Ferryside, Tenby, Angle, Little Haven, St.

David's, Fishguard, Cardigan, New Quay (Card.), Aberdovey, Barmouth, and Pwllheli.

Southern District. — Margate, Ramsgate, North Deal, Kingsdowne, Folkestone, Hythe, New Romney, Dungeness, and Guernsey.

Appointed Commander EDWARD M. HALE, R.N., as a temporary District Inspector of j Life-boats.

Presented the reports of the District Organizing Secretaries on their visits to the Branches in their respective areas.

Reported the receipt of the following special contributions since the previous meeting:— OLD AND PRESENT CARTHUSIANS, &. s. d.

towards the cost of Fishguard Motor Life-boat, per F. Girdlestone, Esq. (additional) . . . 250 - - Mrs. A. S. FHANKLYN . . . . 100 - - INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS (M.U.) 50 - - W. R. TEAGE, Esq 25 - - H.M.S. Britannia, per Captain H. G. G. Sandeman . . . . 23 8 - HOSPITAL SHIP No. 2, M.F.A.

Garth Castle, per Fleet-Surgeon E. C. Lemas 21 2 6 Mrs. SAWBRIDGE 10 - - Miss PRESTON 10 - - RUSSELL D. WALKER, Esq. . . 10 - - "R.B.J." 10 - - Miss WERE 10 - - F. S. HAMILTON, Esq 10 - - Colonel A. BIBBY 10 - - ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE, OSBORNE (collection, per the Rev. C. G.

Gordon-Vaudin, R.N.) . . . 9 5 - HADNALL CHURCH (collection, per the Rev. B. C. Mortimer) . . 8 1 9 —To be severally thanked.

Reported the receipt of the following legacies:— The late Miss JANE OSBORN, of £. s. d.

Haverstock Hill 5500 - - The late Mrs. ELIZA HELEN WATSON, of Bridge of Allan (for a Life-boat to be called the Morrison Watson, etc.) . . . 2500 - - The late Miss E. T. SPRUNT, of Emsworth, Hants. Stock value 1000 3 - The late Mrs. HENRIETTA D.

PRICE, of South Kensington, (for a Life-boat to be called Tlie Richard and John Banner Price, balance and interest) . . . 505 1 6 The late Miss EDINGTON, of North Berwick (per North Berwick Branch) . . . Stock value 378 13 11 of s. a. The late Mr. JOHN CBOALL, Edinburgh (on account).

The late Miss J. I. CEELY, of South Kensington The late Miss HELEN D. ROBB, of Tunbridge Wells The late Mr. JOHN BOYLE, of Chester ( o n account) . . . .

The late Mr. N. G-. MURRAY, of Port St. Mary Paid £7,277 19s. Id. for sundry connexion with the maintenance of Life-boat establishments.

Voted £343 16s. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services :— Lives Life-boat. Vessel. saved.

Berwick - on 6 Tweed Donaghadee (Motor) Fishguard (Motor) Lowestoft . .

£ 300 - 168 16 9 100 - - 100 - - 100 - - charges in the "various Lugger Cyrano, of Brest 6 Stood by vessel.

S.S. Emlyn, of Cardiff . 6 Montrose No. 1 North Deal .

North Sunderland Poole . . .

Rosslare Harbour S.S. FramfieU, of London Seven fishing-boats of Montrose. Remained in attendance.

S.S. Leda, of Amsterdam.

Stood by vessel.

Nine cobles of North Sunderland. Assisted five cobles.

24 St. Davids (Motor) Spurn .

Tenby .

Thurso . . .

Whitby No. 2 .

Schooner Faith, of Beaumaris Schooner Glynn, of Wexford . . . .

Schooner Seaview .

Schooner Queen of the West, of Milford . .

Schooner Maria Reid, of Wexford . . .

Schooner EdithMay, of Wexford . . . .

Boat of barque Formosa, of Porsgrund. Saved boat a n d . . . .

S.S. Freidig, of Brevik.

Rendered assistance.

Ketch Cornish Lass, of Plymouth . . . .

Steam Trawler Mannofield, of Aberdeen.

Stood by vessel.

S.S. Skane, of Helsingborg 10 11 20 Aldeburgh No. 1 Life-boat assisted to save the American schooner Helen W. Martin and her crew of eighteen ; Hornsea Life-boat stood by the s.s. Northumbria, of London; Lowestoft Life-boat assisted to save the s.s. Loch Lomond, of Dundee, and the s.s. FramfielcL, of London; Ramsgate Life-boat assisted to save the s.s. Severini, of Langesund, and her crew of twenty; and the Southwold No. 1 Life-boat saved the barquentine John, of Grimsby, and ten hands.

Also voted £468 12s. 3d. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat launches, assemblies of crews, etc., with, the view of assisting persons on vessels in distress :—Broughty Ferry (Motor), Clacton-on-Sea (Motor), Cromer, Donaghadee (Motor), Douglas, Dunbar, Fishguard (Motor), Fraserburgh (Motor), Holyhead No. 1 (Steam), Kingstown, Lowestoft, Margate No. 2, New Romney, North Deal, Padstow No. 2, Pakefield, Palling No. 2, Pwllheli, Ramsey, Ramsgate, St. Andrews, Southwold No. 1, Tynemouth (Motor), Upgang, Walton-on-the-Naze (Motor), Wexford, Whitby, and Wicklow (Motor).

Voted additional rewards to the crews of the Donaghadee and Ramsey Life-boats for long and arduous services performed in very rough weather on the 12th November.

Awarded the Silver Medal of the Institution to JAMES JAMIESON, Acting Coxswain of the Berwick-on-Tweed Life-boat, for a very gallant service, resulting in the saving of the crew of six hands of the Motor-boat Bedhand, on the 10th November. Also voted the Thanks of the Institution on vellum to Lieut.-Colonel C. LACHLAN FRASER, V.D., R.A.M.C. (T.), Honorary Secretary, at Berwick, who acted as Second Coxswain on this occasion. Also an additional monetary reward to the Acting Coxswain and to each of the members of the crew.

Further awarded the sum of £6 14s. to six fishermen belonging to Spittal, who put off in a boat and assisted the Lite-boat when she was returning to harbour, including a reward to two men who assisted from the pier.

Rewarded eleven men who went into the surf and effected communication with the trawler Cosmopolite, which had stranded off New Romney in a -whole gale on the llth November. As a result of the action of these men the crew of four men were saved.

Voted an Aneroid Barometer to Mr. ARTHUR SEALE, and gave a monetary reward to J. McDoNALD, for saving one of the helpers at Kingstown, who fell from the slipway into the water and was in danger of losing his life on the 12th November.

Also gave a monetary reward to the Coxswain of the Life-boat and three other men, who put off in the boarding-boat, and rescued the crew of four hands of the Patrol Yacht Bonalin, which had been swamped in Kingstown Harbour.

Voted £1 to four men for saving the four hands of the coble Jeannie, which struck a submerged wreck off North Sunderland on the 19th November. The salvors observed the accident and at once proceeded to the assistance of the endangered men. The men were taken on board the coble which proceeded to North Sunderland Harbour with the damaged boat in tow.

Voted 10s. to two men for putting off in a boat and saving two women and two boys, who were being carried out to sea by the wind and tide, off Pwllheli, on the 9th November.