Friday, 12th January, 1917.

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, General Purposes, Wreck and Re- Reward and Organization Sub-Committees, and ordered that their recommendations be carried into effect.

Bead the reports of the District Inspectors on their visits to the following Stations:— Northern District.—Whitehaven.

Eastern District.—Cambois, Blyth, Whit- burn, Sunderland, Seaham, Hartlepool Nos. 1, 2, and 3, Seaton Carew, Teesmouth, Redcar, Saltburn, Staithes, Hasborough, Palling Nos. 1 and 2, Winterton Nos. 1 and 2, Lowestoft, Pakefield, Kessingland Nos. 1 and 2, and Southwold Nos. 1 and 2.

Southern District.—Harwich, Clacton-on- Sea, New Romney, Dungeness Nos. 1 and 2, and Hope Cove.

Western District. — Barry Dock, Aber- ystwith, Aberdovey, Barmouth, Criccieth, Pwllheli, Abersoch, and Porthdinllaen.

Reported that the States of Guernsey had taken over the management of the St. Peter Port Life-boat station. [ 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.

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (new donation) 5 - - Civil Service Life-boat Fund (per W. FORTESCUE BARRATT, Esq.). Repayment of Rewards to Crews of Civil Service Boats during part of 1916 . . £356 8 6 Maintenance of Civil Service Boats . . 606 6 11 962 15 5 Oldham Life-boat Fund (per Messrs. COWPER and DEAN) to- wards cost of maintenance of Oldham Life-boat stationed at Abersoch . . . £100 - - Special donation . 50 - - 150 - - Covent Garden Life-boat Fund (per BEST. J. MONBO, Esq.) to- wards cost of maintenance of Covent Garden Life - boat stationed at Caister .... 54 15 1 Men of the Royal Naval Depot, Crystal Palace (per Commodore Sir R.H. Williams-BULKELEY, St., B.N.R.) 50 - - Major S. TIMMINS (new donation) 50 - - —To be severally thanked

Paid £7,368 10s. Id. for sundry charges in connexion with the maintenance of the various Life-boat establishments.

Voted £173 2s. 3d. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services :— Lives life-boat. Vessel. saved.

Kilmore . . S.S. Lennox, of Leith . 45 Boulmer . . S.S. Gustaf Adolf, of Gothenburg. Stood by vessel.

Cullercoats . A vessel 18 Cromer. . . Fishing-lugger Chieftain 3 Cloughey . . S.S. Benshaw, of Cardiff.

Landed 20.

Spurn . . . S.S. Laxton, of Goole.

Landed 7.

Whitburn . . Fishing-coble Elba, of Whitburn. Remained in attendance.

Whitburn Life-boat rendered assistance to s.s. Vale, of Norway; Whitby No. 2 Life-boat stood by s.s. Hedworth, of Sunderland, and North Deal Life-boat stood by s.s. Kingswood, of Middlesborough.

Also voted £626 14s. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat launches, assemblies of crews, etc., with a view of assisting persons on vessels in distress:—Blackrock, Blyth, Buckie, Cromer, Dunbar, Eastbourne No. 2, Gorleston No. 1, Groomsport, Hastings, Hayling Island, Hilbre Island, Hope Cove, Hoylake, Hunstanton, Kingsdowne, Lowes- toft, Montrose No. 1, New Brighton (steam), North Deal, North Sunderland, Padstow (tug), Pakefield, Palling No. 1. Palling No. 2, Port Logan, Rosslare Harbour, St. Holier, Sunderland, Totland Bay (steam), Wells, Whitby No. 2, and Winterton.

Reported that the French Republic had awarded the crew of the Donaghadee Life- boat Silver Medals and Diplomas, in recog- nition of their services in saving the crew of the ketch Cyrano, of Brest, on the 12th November, 1915.

Voted the Silver Second Service Clasp of the Institution to the Coxswain of the North Deal Life-boat, in recognition of the rescue of the crew of the s.s. Val Salice, which was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands on the 19th November, 1916.

Also voted the Silver Medal to the Second Coxswain of the Ramsgate Life-boat in recog- nition of his strenuous efforts to rescue the crew of the s.s. Sibiria, of New York, which was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands on the 20th November, 1916.

Voted the Thanks oi the Institution, in- scribed on Vellum, to the Coxswain and to three other members of the crew, of the Kilmore Life-boat, together with an addi- tional monetary reward to them and to each of the crew, for their services in rescuing the crew of the s.s. Lennox, of Leith, on the 1st January,"1917.

Also sent a Letter of Thanks to the Coast- guard officer for the great assistance he rendered on this occasion.

Voted £15 13s. to defray the funeral ex- penses of some of the men who lost their lives in the Salcombe Life-boat disaster on the 27th October, 1916.

Granted £70 18s. to men injured in the Life-boat service at Kingsdowne, Kingstown, Lowestoft, North Deal, Ramsgate, and St. Anne's.

Voted £2 to four men for putting off in a boat and saving the crew of six hands of a small boat off Scarborough, on the 28th December, 1916.

Awarded the Silver Medal to the Venerable Archdeacon John H. B. BECHER, Honorary Secretary of the Baltimore Branch, in re- cognition of his services in assisting to save part of the crew of the s.s. Alondra, off Baltimore, on the 29th December, 1916.

Also awarded the Silver Medal to two Naval Officers for their conduct on this occasion, and awarded an Aneroid Barometer to a fisherman and £47 to forty other men who participated in the rescue.

Voted the Silver Medal of the Institution to JOHN DALY, TIM DALY, MICHAEL CADOGAN, and TIM CADOGAN, together with a monetary reward to each of them, for their services in saving, at great personal risk, part of the crew of the s.s. Nestorian, which was wrecked at Cape Clear Island on the 2nd January, 1917.

Also presented a Binocular Glass to C. CADOGAN, and presented him and two other men with pecuniary rewards.

A Special Letter of Thanks was_sent to the Venerable Archdeacon BECHER for his assist- ance on the same occasion.

Friday, 9th February, 1917.

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, General Purposes, and Wreck and Reward Sub-Committees, and ordered that their recommendations be carried into effect.

Bead the reports of the District Inspectors on their visits to the following Stations :— Eastern District.—Cullercoats, Tynemouth, Upgang, RobiN Hood's Bay, Bridlington, Wells, Blakeney, Cromer, Winterton Nos. 1 and 2, and Caister Nos. 1 and 2.

Southern District.—Brighton.

Western District.—Ilfracombe, Lynmouth, Minehead, Watchet, Burnham, Weston-super- Mare, The Mumbles, Perryside, Tenby, Angle, Little Haven, St. David's, Fishguard, Cardigan and New Quay (Card.).

Mr. J. H. BURTON, Chairman of the Anglesey Branch, also inspected the Bull Bay Station.

Decided that the Life-boat stationed at Brixham should in future be known as the "Brixham and Paignton Life-boat," and the Boat at Poole as the " Poole and Bourne- mouth " Life-boat.

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 contribution since the previous meeting:— £. s. d.

His MAJESTY THE KING (sub- scription) 21 - - General Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. (donation) 105 - - —To be severally thanked.

Paid £6,347 17s. Id. for sundry charges in connexion with the maintenance of the various Life-boat establishments.

Voted £280 69. 9d. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services :— Lives LUe-bott. Vessel, saved.

Cromer . . S.S. Fernebo, of Christinehamn . . 11 North Deal . Barge Alert, of Ipswich 3 Hasborough . S.S. Edenwood ... 15 Newbiggin . . Twelve fishing-cobles of Newbiggin. Stood iy cobles.

Lynmouth . S.S. Baron Ogilvy, of Ardrossan. Stood by vessel.

Also voted £539 5s. Wd. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat launches, assemblies of crews, etc., with a view of assisting persons on vessels in distress:—Arbroath, Berwick- on-Tweed, Broughty Ferry, Buckie, Bull Bay, Caister, Clacton-on-Sea, Crail, Cromer, Donaghadee, Flamborough No. 1, Flam- borough No. 2, Gorleston No. 1, Hasborough, Helvick Head, Holy Island No. 1, Margate No. 1, North Sunderland, Padstow (Tug), Palling -No. 1, PorthleveN, St. Andrews, St. Ives, St. Mary's (Scilly), Sheringham, Skegness, Teesmouth, Torquay, and Walton- on-the-Naze.

Voted the Gold Medal and an additional reward of £2 to HENRY BLOGG, Coxswain of the Cromer Life-boat, and the Silver Medal and £2 extra to the Acting Second Coxswain in recognition of their gallant services to the s.s. Fernebo, which struck a mine and broke completely in half on the 9th January.

1 Also awarded an additional reward of £2 to each of the other thirteen members of the crew who went out three times ; £1 10s. each extra to five men who went out twice; and £1 each extra to two men who went out once.

Also voted the Silver Medal and £2 to Private STEWART HOLMES, of the 2/4 Seaforth Highlanders, for his gallant effort in wading into the surf to rescue men from the boat belonging to the s.s. Fernebo.

A Special Letter of Thanks was sent to the Military Authorities at Cromer expressing the Institution's appreciation of the valuable services rendered by the soldiers in assisting to save life and in launching the Life-boat.

Also to the Station Officer of Coastguard for his assistance on this occasion.

Also to Commander HALL, R.N., who was in charge of all the operations.

Voted an additional reward of 10s. to each of the crew of the Cromer Life-boat, for a good service in very bad weather on the 9th January, which resulted in the saving of sixteen lives from the s.s. Pyrin.

Voted an additional reward of 10s. to each of the crew of the St. Ives Life-boat, for a good service on the 10th January, to the schooner Lottie, of Padstow.

A Special Letter was sent to the Honorary Secretary at Lynmouth Life-boat Station conveying the Institution's thanks to the women who assisted to launch the Life-boat on the 22nd January.

Granted £15 8s. to a man, who was injured in the Deal (Reserve) Life-boat, on the 21st November, 1916.

Voted £1 to a fisherman who, in addition to those awarded last month, had taken part in the rescue of the crew of the s.s. Alondra, of Baltimore, on the 29th December, 1916.

Voted £3 to six men for putting off in the tug Dispatch, of Lowestoft, and saving two men from the shrimp boat Margaret and Elisabeth, which had had her sails blown away and was driving on the beach on the 9th January. A strong N.B. breeze was blowing with a very heavy sea when the tug saved the endangered men.

Voted £6 15s. to nine men for putting off from Spittal in a coble and saving fourteen persons, including two women, from a boat belonging to the s.s. Skordal, of Christiania.

The boat was seen making for the shore and was in great danger as she was nearing broken water.

Friday, 9th March, 1917.

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, General Purposes, 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:— Southern District.—Hayling Island, Ryde, Selsey, Southsea, Littlehampton, Shoreham, and Hastings.

Eastern District.—Gorleston.

Northern District.—Cromarty, Ayr, Troon, Girvan, and Ardrossan.

Western District. — Clovelly, Appledore Nos. 1 and 2, Bude, St. Ives, Hayle, Newquay (Cornwall), Point of Ayr, Rhyl, Llauddulas, Llandudno, Cemlyn, Camaes, Rhoscolyn, and Rhosneigir.

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

The Committee decided to institute a Bronze Medal, to be awarded to crews of Life-boats and others in recognition of conspicuous gallantry in life-saving.

Specially recognized -the good services, extending over many years, of the following Honorary Secretaries of Branches of the Institution:—The Rev. IRVINE CRAWSHAW, M.A., Holy Island.

RALPH RUTHERFORD, Esq., Newbiggin.

C. POWELL, Esq., Grangemouth.

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

ARTHUR C. NICHOLSON, Esq. (new donation) 50 - - Paid £6,046 7s. lid. for sundry charges in connexion with the maintenance of the various Life-boat establishments.

Voted £234 3s. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services:— Lives Life-boat. Vessel. saved.

Eastbourne S.S. F. D. Lambert, No. 2 of Sunderland.

Landed 4.

Clovelly . . S.S. Ville de Bayonne, of La Roohelle . . 20 Fishguard S.S. Leysian, of Liver- (Motor) pool. Landed 39.

Port St. Mary. S.S. Lady Plymouth, of Cardiff. Landed 26.

Spurn ... A vessel. Rendered | assistance.

St. Agnes . . 7 Dutch and 1 Nor- wegian steamers . . 47 (Also saved 3 boats.) Filey . . . Steam Trawler Cetus.

Stood by vessel.

Brooke. . . Ketch Mientje, of London. Landed 5.

Sennen Cove . A Seaplane. Saved Seaplane and ... 1 Flamborough S.S. Appollonia ... 7 No. 2 Brixham Life-boat saved the s.s. Eftichia Vergotti,; North Sunderland Life-boat landed five persons from the s.s. Porthleven, of Aber- deen, and saved the vessel; and Poole Life-boat rendered assistance to the ketch Boary, of Ipswich.

Also voted £654 6s. Id. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat launches, assem- blies of crews, etc., with the view of assisting persons on vessels in distress :—Angle, Ar- broath, Ballycotton, Brighton, Donaghadee, Dunbar, Eastbourne No. 2, Filey, Flam- borough No. 1, Hastings, Helvick Head, Holy Island No. 1, Montrose No. 1, North Sunder- land, Padstow (Tug), Palling No. 1, Peulee, Port St. Mary, Rimsey, Robin Hood's Bay, St. Davids, St. Ives, St. Mary's, Selsey, Sennen Cove, Skateraw, Teignmouth, and Youghal.

Reported that His Majesty the King of Norway had awarded a Silver Cup to the Coxswain, and Silver Medals and Diplomas to each of the crew, of the Blyth Life-boat, in recognition of their services in rescuing part of the crew of the Norwegian barque Auder, of Blyth, on the 28th February, 1916.

Granted £26 to D. PRITCHARD, who was injured in the Kingsdowne Life-boat on the 19th November, 1916.

Also granted a further sum of £10 to the survivors of the Indian Chief rescue.

Granted £3 15s. to five men for putting off in a motor boat and saving two persons from a seaplane which had fallen into the sea about five miles from St.Andrews on theSlst January.

The men were found clinging to the wreckage of the seaplane, and the prompt action of the salvors undoubtedly saved them from being drowned. Also granted 5s. for the petrol consumed.

Friday, 30th March, 1917.

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, General Purposes, and Wreck and Howard 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 :— Southern District.—Yealm River.

Eastern District.—Aldeburgh.

Western District.—Bull Bay, Moelfre, Holy- head No. 1., Holyhead No. 2, Beaumaris, Penzance, Penlee, St. Agues, St. Mary's, Sennen Cove, St. Ives.

Northern District.—Port Patrick, Ballan- trae, Port Logan, Kircudbright, Balcary, Whithorn, Campbeltown No. 1, Southend (Cantyre), Machrihauish.

Reported the receipt of the following special contributions since the previous meeting :— ARTHUR SCHOLEFIELD, Esq., per £ s. d.

the Duke of Northumberland (new donation) 100 - - Paid £7,247 Is. 4 I. for sundry charges in connexion with the maintenance of the various Life-boat establishments.

Voted £157 9s. Sd. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services :— Lives Life-boat. "Vessel. saved.

Port St. Mary . S.S. Lady Plymouth, of Cardiff 36 North Deal . A vessel 3 Clovelly . . Schooner Carry Harvey, of Plymouth ... 5 Folkestone . A Lightship. Stood by and rendered assist- ance.

St. Agnes . . S.S. Alonquin, of New York. Landed 26.

Caister No. 1 . A vessel. Stood by and assisted vessel.

I Also voted £213 8s. to pay the expenses of ! the following Life-boat launches, assemblies j of crews, etc., with a view of assisting persons on vessels in distress:—Barry Dock, Bridling- ton, Brixham, Dunbar, Hoylake, The Lizard, i New Brighton, Newcastle (Co. Down), Robin j Hood's Bay, Scarborough, Selsey, Sennen Cove, Teesmouth, Tynemouth (Motor), Whitburn, Whitby Nos. 1 and 2, and Youghal.

Voted the Bronze Medal to twelve men ! who manned the Cromer Life-boat on three occasions when she was launched to the s.s. Fernebo, on the 9th January, 1917, in addition to the previous launch to the s.s. Pyrin.

Also awarded the Thanks of the Institution, I inscribed on Vellum, to six men who put off { to the Pyrin, and were amongst the crew on : two of the launches to the Fernebo.

Awarded the Bronze Medal, together with i an additional monetary reward, to WILLIAM MiLLER, Coxswain of the Eyemouth Life-boat, | in recognition of his services in rescuing the crew of the schooner Livlig on the 6-7th ! March, 1917- i Also granted an additional monetary reward ] to each of the other members of the crew, and i sent a Letter of Thanks to the Senior Naval ! Officer at Granton for the kindness shown to { the Life-boatman after they landed at that j place. In this case a whole gale from S.S.E.

i was blowing with a very heavy sea, and the I Life-boatmen were exposed to the weather for a large number of hours.

Presented a Binocular Glass to Mr. JOSEPH COOPER, a member of the Local Committee at ] Robin Hood's Bay, who had rendered valuable assistance in connexion with the Life-boat service at that place.

! Voted a compassionate grant of £100 to a soldier named Sharpe, who became paralyzed after rendering a great deal of assistance as a launcher, at Cromer on the 9th January, in connexion with the wreck of the s.s. Fernebo.

Granted a weekly allowance to WILLIAM YATES, who was severely injured whilst assist- ing to launch the St. Anne's Life-boat in August last.

Also granted £3 to the Second Coxswain of the Scarborough Life-boat, who was injured on the 4th March, 1917.

! Voted £2 to eight men for putting off in a | motor boat for the purpose of assisting a j seaplane, which was in distress off Sennen Cove on the 18th February, 1917.

Friday, 11th May, 1917.

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

Read and confirmed the minutes of the I previous meeting.

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

Read the report of the District Inspectors on their visits to the following Stations:— Northern District. — North Sunderland, Port Erroll, Peterhead, Newburgh, Fraser- burgh, Banff and Macduff, Buckle, Lossie- mouth, Thurso, Ackergill, Huna, Wick, Campbeltown, and St. Abb's.

Southern District.—Eastbourne, Bye Har- bour, Newhaven, Totland Bay, Brooke, Bern- bridge, Swanage, Poole, Weymouth, Lyme Regis, Torquay, Teignmouth, Exmouth, Brixham, Hope Cove, Plymouth, Looe, Falmouth, Polkerris, and Mevagissey.

Western District.—Padstow, Port Isaac, Hilbre Island, Hoylake, New Brighton, and Formby.

Irish District.—Arklow, Courtown, Kilmore, Rosslare Harbour, Dunmore East, Tramore, Fenit (Tralee), Courtmacsherry, Ballycotton, Queenstown, Youghal.

Reported that Mr. J. H. BURTON, Chairman of the Anglesey Branch, had' inspected the Rhoscolyn, Rhosneigir and Moelfre 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.

H.M. THE KING (in connexion with Life-boat Day) .... 300 - - H.R.H. THE DUKE OF COSNAUGHT (in connexion with Life-boat Day) 100 - - The British Sailors' Belief Fund of Canada 4,000 - - Miss JULIET BECKITT (on account) 1,000 - - Ancient Order of Foresters' Friendly Society 145 - - HERBERT SAMUELSON, Esq. . . 100 - - Anonymous 60 - - LADY MACLAY 50 - - LORD AIREDALE 50 - - ROBERT CORRY, Esq 25 - - LADY WERNHEH ...... 25 - - Sir PHILIP WATTS, K.C.B. . . 25 - - Commander Sir CHAS. GUST, K.C.V.O., B.N 25 - - Major Sir COLERIDGE " GROVE, K.C.B 21 - - Captain J. W. W. MARTYR, Natal 20 - - L. BROTHERTON, Esq 20 - - J. H. LOVE, Esq 20 - - Miss M. P. MONRO 20 - - Vice-Admiral Sir SOMERSET A. GOUGH - CALTHORPE, K.C.B., C.V.0 10 - - — To be severally thanked.

Paid £6,649 16s. 3d. for sundry charges in connexion with the maintenance of the various Life-boat establishments.

Voted £212 3s. 6d. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services:— Lives Life-boat. Vessel. saved.

Bridlington . . Three motor fishing- boats. Remained in attendance.

Life-boat.

Brixham .

Lives Vessel. saved.

S.S. Medina,' of Greenock. Lauded Caister No. 1.

Eastbourne No. 2 Montrose No. 1 .

Montrose No. 1 .

Padstow No. 1 .

Peterhead 33.

A Lowestoft smack.

Stood by vessel.

S.S. Mexico, of Liver- pool. Stood by vessel.

Boats of s.s. Egenaes, of Stavanger . . 7 Motor-boat Aurora . 7 S.S.F. Heredia, of Christiania ... 5 A vessel .... 15 The Penlee Life-boat assisted the s.s. West Wales, of Cardiff.

Also voted £437 8s. 2d. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat launches, assemblies of crews, etc., with a view of assisting persons on vessels in distress:—Arklow, Berwick-on- Tweed, Boulmer, Brixham, Cadgwith, Clovelly, Douglas, Dunbar, Eyemouth, Hasborough, Helvick Head, Hope Cove, Hoylake, New Brighton No. 2, Newhaven, North Sunder- land, Padstow No. 1, Pakefleld, Palling No. 2, Peterhead No. 2, St. Abbs, St. Agnes, Sal- combe, Spurn Head, Torquay, Tynemouth, and Wexford.

Voted the Bronze Medal to the Coxswain of the Hythe Life-boat, together with an additional monetary reward to him and to each of the crew, for a very good service resulting in the saving of two persons from the ketch Mazeppa,, of Harwich.

Voted the Bronze Medal to the Coxswain of the Peterhead Life-boat, and an additional monetary reward of £1 to him and to each of the crew, in recognition of their gallant ser- vices on the 2nd April, in rescuing twenty-six lives from two vessels, in a strong E. by S. gale.

Also an additional reward of £1 to the motor mechanic.

Voted additional monetary rewards in re- cognition of their arduous services on the 17th April, to the crew of the Southend-on- Sea Life-boat.

Ordered a Special Letter of Thanks to be sent expressing the appreciation of the Com- mittee of the action of all concerned at St. Abbs on the occasion of the s.s. Bingholme, of Bergen, being torpedoed on the 20th April.

Also awarded £2 to four men belonging to the motor boat Five Sisters, in recognition of their services on the above occasion.

Voted a further sum of £50 for the benefit of the men of the Ramsgate Life-boat who participated in the rescue of the Indian Chief in 1881.

Granted £48 -s. 6d. to men injured in the Life-boat Service at Blackpool, Lowestoft, Peterhead, Ramsgate, Scarborough, and Teignmouth.

Voted £1 10s. to four men for saving four other men from the schooner William Martyn, of Barnstaple, which had been sunk about twenty miles from Youghal on the 16th March. When the men were picked up they were suffering a great deal from cold and exposure.

Voted £1 17s. 6d. to five men for putting off in a boat and saving the crew of four hands of the Potty, of Wicklow, which cap- sized off the harbour in a strong N.W. breeze and a moderate sea, on the 25th March.

Also voted 12s. 6d. to five other men who put off in another boat for the purpose of saving the endangered men.

Voted £4 10s. to six Life-boatmen of East- bourne for putting off in a motor-boat in answer to guns on the 25th March. The weather was thick at the time, and the men were unable to find any vessel in distress.

Also paid 11s. for petrol consumed.

Voted £4 10s. to nine men for putting off in a boat to a steamer which sunk off Berwick- on-Tweed on the 14th April. The steamer had been blown up, but the salvors succeeded in picking up one man, who was floating on the wreckage. Unfortunately, no sign could be found of any other survivors.

Also sent a Letter of Thanks to the Honorary Secretary of the Branch for his action on this Friday, 8th June, 1917.

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, General Purposes, 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:— Northern District. — Stronsay, Longhope, Stromness, Stornoway, Holy Island, New- biggin, and Cambois.

Southern District.—Southend-on-Sea, New Bomney, Dungeness, Folkestone. Hythe, The Lizard, Coverack, Cadgwith, Porthoustock, Porthleven, Salcombe, St. Helier,and St. Peter Port.

Western District.—Rhyl, Criccieth, Aber- soch, Porthdinllaen, Pwllheli, Barmouth, and Aberdovey.

Irish District.—Helvick Head, Wexford, Wicklow, Poolbeg, Skerries, Howth, Kings- town, Groomsport, and Portrush.

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

Voted the Thanks of the Institution on vellum to the following Honorary Secretaries of Branches on their resignation :—Admiral CLAUDE BUCKLE, Sir JOHN FRANKLIN (Spilsby), Captain H. E. INSKIP (Ramsgate), W. W.

PA-SUE, Esq. (Southsea), Lieutenant J. 0. WILLIAMS (Aldeburgh).

Paid £8,421 11s. for sundry charges in con- nexion with the maintenance of the various Life-boat establishments.

Voted £118 3s. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services:— Lives Life-boat. Vessel. saved.

Ballycotton . . S.S. lodes, of Middles- borough .... 2 Falmouth . . S.S. Petingaudet, of London. Remained in attendance.

Filey . . . . Seventeen fishing- cobles. Stood by cobles.

Flamborough A fishing-boat oi Hull, No. 1. Stood by boat.

Kessingland ' Ketch William No. 1. Frederick, of Liver- pool. Stood by ' vessel.

St. Abbs . . . S.S. Kitty, of Grimsby 10 Scarborough . . Cobles Elsie and Irene, of Scarborough.

Saved two cobles and 4 Seaham . . . Fishing-boat Cornu- copia, of Easington 5 Teignmouth . . S.S. Galicia, of Liver- pool. Assisted to save 53 Caister No. 1 Life-boat assisted to save schooner Surprize, of Arbroath.

Also voted £154 6s. 3d. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat launches, assemblies of crews, etc., with a view of assisting persons on vessels in distress :—Brixham, Donaghadee, Eyemouth, Filey, Ilfracombe, Montrose No. 2, Padstow No. 2, Penlee, Whitburn, and Whitby No. 2.

Voted the Bronze Medal to ex-Second Coxswain of the Hythe Life-boat, who volun- teered and went out on service on the 2nd April.

Granted £3 3s. to D. PRITCHARD for medical attendance, who was injured on service on November 20th, 1916.

Voted £6 to six men for putting off in the fishing-boat Families Pride to the assistance of the s.s. Odeuse, which had been attacked and sunk by a German submarine off St. Abbs, on the 4th May, 1917. There was a moderate breeze and fairly heavy swell at the time, but the chief risk of the salvors was owing to the close proximity of the German submarine.

NOTICE.

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