.Friday, 5th July, 1918.

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

Bead and confirmed the minutes of the previous meetings.

Also 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.

Decided to invite Col. the Duke of North- umberland to become a member of the Com- mittee of Management.

Read the reports of the Acting Deputy Chief Inspector and the District Inspectors on their visits to the following Stations:— Eastern District.—Caister Nos. 1 and 2, Yarmouth, Kessingland, and Lowestoft.

Southern District.—North Deal, Kings- downe, Margate Nos. 1 and 2, Ramsgate, Hythe, Folkestone, Worthing, Southend, Weymouth, Swanage, Poole and Bourne- mouth, Exmouth, Lyme Regis, St. Holier, and St. Peter Port.

Irish District. — Fenit, Courtmacsherry, Queeustown, Ballycotton, Youghal, Helvick, Wicklow, Kingstown, Donaghadee, Cloughey, Groomsport, Newcastle, and Portrush.

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:— £ s Z GEO. W. HAYES,' Esq.,of Woking (towards the cost of a Life- boat) 1,500 - - ASHANTI GOLD FIELDS CORPORA- TION, LTD 50 - - MRS. EMILY TURNER, of Anerley 50 - - —To be thanked.

Conveyed the thanks of the Committee of Management to Mr. Charles Gulliver, Manag- ing Director of the London Theatres of Varieties, Ltd., for his invaluable help in promoting collections for the Institution in cinemas and theatres.

Suitably thanked Miss Hannah for her valuable services in connexion with the Edin- burgh Special Effort.

Paid £8,248 14s. 3d. for sundry charges in connexion with the maintenance of the various Life-boat establishments.

Lives saved.

Voted £49 4s. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services:— Vessel.

Smack Rocklight, of Aberdovey .

Life-boat.

Aberdovey.

Lives Life-boat. Vessel. saved.

New Brighton No.l Motor ketch E.D.J., of Newcastle - on - Tyne 4 St. Ives. . . . S.S. Norlands, of Tonsberg ... 17 Rhoscolyn Life-boat rendered assistance to the ketch Altje.

Also voted £83 17s. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat launches, assemblies of crews, etc., with a view of assisting persons on vessels in distress :—Douglas, Dunmore East, Penlee, Sennen Cove, Whitby Nos. 1 and 2, and Wicklow.

Granted £57 7s. 6d. to men for injury, etc., in the Life-boat service at Blakeney, Cour- town, Ilfracombe, and Sennen Cove.

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 1831.

Voted £10 8s. Sd. to cover the expenses of motor fishing-boats at Newquay (Corn.), Padstow, and Port Isaac, which were launched for the purpose of rendering assistance to vessels mined or torpedoed.

Voted an additional monetary reward to the Aberdovey crew in recognition of a credit- able service on the 18th June.

Voted £2 to four men for putting off in a rough sea and rescuing a man from a boat which had been observed about two miles from Aberdaron on the evening of the 6th April. The boat, which was half full of water, belonged to the s.s. Gyrene, of Sunderland, which had been torpedoed the previous night, and had it not been for the prompt action of the salvors the rescued man would pro- bably have been adrift until the following morning.

Voted £1 10s. to six men for rendering assistance to three persons in a small boat which was in danger of being driven out to sea in a moderate N.W. gale off Helvick Head on the 27th May. On'seeing the boat in difficulties two civilians launched the Coast- guard boat and proceeded to their assistance.

In the meantime a motor fishing-boat, enter- ing the harbour, was instructed by the owner to render help, and she succeeded in towing both boats back.

Voted £1 2s. 6d. to three men for putting off from Boulmer on the 1st June on receiving a message from a seaplane that a ketch had been attacked and sunk by a German sub- marine, and that the crew were in a small boat out at sea. The salvors succeeded in finding the boat with three men in her and safely landed them.

Voted £1 10s. to three men at Sennen Cove for landing fourteen men from a ship's boat belonging to an unknown steamer which sank in the vicinity of the Longships on the 29th June. The salvors, when out fishing, noticed a steamer suddenly stop and founder within a few minutes. They at once proceeded to the scene of the disaster, and fell in with a ship's boat, the men in which they took on board.

A motor launch landed eight men from another of the ship's boats.

Friday, 26th July, 1918.

Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., M.P., in the Chair.

Bead and confirmed the minutes of the previous meetings.

Also 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:— Northern District. — Cromarty, Southend (Gantyre), Longhope, Thurso, Stronsay, Acker- gill, Wick, and Huna.

i Eastern District.—Hasborough, Winterton Nos. 1 and 2, Wells, Hunstanton, Southwold Nos. 1 and 2, and Gorleston Nos. 1 and 2, Palling Nos. I and 2, Skegness, Donna Nook, Mablethorpe, Grimsby Dock, Hornsea, Spurn, Bridlington, and Easington.

Irish District. — Greencastle, Aranmore, Blackrock, Greenore, Clogher Head, Drogheda, Skerries, Howth, and Poolbeg.

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:— jg s $ BATH (Anonymous) .... 2,000 - - THORNGATE TRUSTEES ... 80 - - COWPER STREET BOYS' CLUB . 28 15 1 —To be thanked.

Paid £5,262 12s. id., for sundry charges in connexion with the maintenance of the various Life-boat establishments.

Voted £61 3s. 5d. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services:— lives Life-boat. Vessel. saved.

Brighton . . . Six open boats, of Brighton ... 8 North Deal S.S. City of Manila, of (Reserve) Liverpool. Stood by vessel.

Peterhead No. 2 S.S. Trieste, of Dundee 22 Spurn .... Smack Amy King, of Grimsby. Landed 1 man.

Spurn.... A seaplane. . . . 2 Also voted £22 7s. 6d. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat launches, assemblies of crews, etc., with a view of assisting persons on vessels in distress:—Aberdovey, Dunbar, Palling No. 1, Ramsgate, and Seaham.

Granted £33 14s. 6d. to'men for injury, etc., in the Life-boat service at Blakeney, St. Anne's, and Tynemouth.

Friday, 6th September, 1918.

Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., M.P., in the ,Chair.

Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meetings.

Also 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 Acting Deputy Chief Inspector and the District Inspectors on their visits to the following Stations :— Northern District.— Seaham, Newbiggin, Gresswell, Hamley, Aranmouth., Boulmer, and N. Sunderland.

Eastern District. — Blakeney, Pakefield, Aldeburgh Nos. 1 and 2, Southwold No. 1, Kes- singland, Flamborough Nos. 1 and 2, Filey, Scarborough, Upgang, Whitby Nos. 1 and 2, arid Robin. Hood's Bay.

Southern District.—Newquay (Corn.), Ilfra- combe, Hastings, Eastbourne Nos. 1 and 2, Newhaven, Brighton and Hove, Shoreham, Ryde, Littlehampton, Selsey, and Bognor.

Western District.—Appledore No. 1 and 2, Clovelly, Lynmouth, Fishguard, Rhyl, Point of Ayr, Llandullas, Llandudno, Beaumaris, Rhoscolyn, Rhosneigir, Moelfre, Bull Bay, Cemaes, Cemlyn, Porthdiullaen, Abersoch, Criccieth, Pwllheli, Aberdovey, and Barmouth.

Irish District.— Hilbra Island, Hoy lake, New Brighton Nos. 1 and 2. ' 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:— CIVIL SERVICE LIFE-BOAT FUND £. s. d.

(per W. FORTESCUE BARRATT, Esq. Balance of expenses on account of Civil Service Life- boats, 1917) 750 - - Lieut. ALEX. PIGOTT WERNHER, of Piccadilly. Allocated by his Trustees . . . . . . . 500 - - Anonymous, " Wishing to make good" 25 - - —To be thanked.

Voted £83 2s. 6d. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services:— Lives Life-boat. Vessel. saved.

Barmouth . . Sailing boat Carmen, of Aberystwith . . 1 Clovelly . . . S.S. Charity, of New- castle .... 25 Lives Life-boat.

The Lizard Vessel. saved.

Lynmouth .

Newquay, Corn.

Buns wick. .

Seaham . .

. Schooner Florence, of Looe. Stood by vessel.

. S.S. Diz, of Bilboa . 24 . S.S. Carwra, o£ Bilboa.

Landed 19.

. S.S. Giralda, of Leith 13 . S.S. The Stewart's Court, of Sunder* land. Landed Id.

No. 1 Life-boat stood by the Flamborough s.s. Genesee.

Also voted £284 is. Gd. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat launches, assemblies of crews, etc., with a view of assisting persons on vessels in distress:—Aldeburgh No. 2, Bude. Cardigan, Clovelly, Cromer, Filey, Holy Island No. 1, Kingstown, Moelfre, Newquay (Corn.), Palling Nos. 1 and 2, Peterhead No. 2, Poolbeg, Ramsgate, Southwold No. 2, and Winterton No. 1.

Voted £52 23. 2 J. to cover the expenses of motor fishing-boats at Berwick-on-Tweed, Bridlington, Cromarty, Exmouth, Kilmore, Newquay (Corn.), and Scarborough, which were launched for the purpose of rendering assistance to vessels mined or torpedoed.

Voted £1 5s. to five men for putting off from Wicklow in a skiff, in a strong breeze with heavy squalls, to the assistance of a man whose boat had been capsized about two miles from the harbour on the 19th July. On reaching the scene the salvors found the man clinging to the upturned boat, and they succeeded in rescuing him.

Voted £1 2s. 6d. to three men at Whitburn for putting off in a coble to the assistance of a seaplane which had fallen into the sea on the 4th August. When the salvors, however, reached the plane, and were about to take the two occupants off, patrol vessels came up and took the airmen on board.

Voted 15s. to two men at Lowestoft for saving a man whose boat struck the North Groyne and sank in a few minutes on the 19th August. The salvors, who were shrimp- ing, observed the accident, and proceeded to the spot as quickly as possible. They were able to rescue the man, who was hanging on to the rigging of his boat.

Voted £1 2s. to the Master of the steam ferry-boat Mona, and the crew of two men, for proceeding to the assistance of a small boat which was observed in a dangerous position about half a mile from Beaumaris Pier on the 21st August. The ferry-boat succeeded in towing the endangered boat and its four occupants into safety.

Voted £1 to a man and a little boy at Whitby for their services in saving two sailors and a soldier from the sailing-boat Salmo, which was capsized in a strong S.W. breeze on the 25th August. The salvors, who were in a boat, observed the accident and sailed and rowed as fast as possible to the spot and ; rescued the men, who were clinging to the gunwale of the capsized boat. The soldier was afterwards transferred to another boat, and the two sailors, with the help of the salvors, succeeded in righting the upturned boat and brought her ashore.

Voted 10s. to two men at Moelfre for putting I off in a small boat on the 21st August and rescuing a man who was surrounded by the tide on an outlying rock.

Voted £3 5s. to six men at Scarborough for saving ten persons in a pleasure coble which was being driven out to sea in a strong breeze on the 22nd August. The salvors, who were putting out for a night's fishing, observed the coble and proceeded to her assistance, afterwards towing her into safety.

Friday, 11th October, 1918.

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

Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meetings.

Also 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 Acting Deputy Chief Inspector and the District Inspectors on their visits to the following Stations:— Northern District.—Holy Island Nos. 1 and 2, Berwick-on-Tweed, Eyemouth, Dunbar, North Berwick, Skateraw, St. Abbs, and North Sunderland.

Eastern District.—Winterton Nos. 1 and 2, and Cromer.

Southern District.—Hayling Island,! Bern- bridge, Totland Bay, and Brooke. ! Western District. — Cardigan, Newquay (Card.), Aberystwyth, St. Davids, Littlehaven, Tenby, Angle, Ferryside, The Mumbles, Port Eynon, Weston-super-Mare, Burnham, Barry Dock, and Minehead.

Irish District.—Formby, Port Erin, Castle- town, Ramsey, Peel, Port St. Mary, and Douglas.

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

Reported the receipt of the following special £. s. d.

contributions:— HEARTS OF OAK BENEFIT SOCIETY 100 - - ANONYMOUS, " W" 50 - - C. E. B. YOUNG, Esq 50 - - M. A. W. GANDBLL, Esq. . . . 25 - - —To be thanked.

Voted £157 8s. 3d. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services:— Lives Life-boat. Vessel. saved.

Clovelly ... A Barquentine. As- sisted to save vessel and 30 Friday, 8th November, 1918.

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- ward ,and Special Sub-Committees, and ordered that their recommendations be carried into effect, Bead the reports of the Acting Deputy Chief Inspector and the District Inspectors on their visits to the following Stations :— Northern District.— Johnshaven, Storno- way, Lossiemouth, Buckle, Banff and Maedaff, Fraserburgh, Peterhead Nos. 1 and 2, Port Errol, Newburgh, and Stonehaven, Eastern District.—Cromer, and Southwold No. 1.

Southern District.—Falmouth, Porthleven, Polkrris, Yealm River, Swanage, Poole and Lives ' saved, . 6 ! life-boat.

Donaghadee , , Kirkcudbright .

Lowestoft , , Maryport. . , North Deal (Reserve) Padstow No. 1 , St. Agnes . .

in with the steamer's life-boat, which was overcrowded. They transferred some of the men to their own boats, and afterwards towed ; the others in the steamer's boat into safety.

Voted £3 to T. FERGUSON and five others tor putting off in a motor fishing-boat from Howth on the 19th August and saving a man in an open boat, which was being blown out to sea In a strong W, wind.

Voted £1 2s. 6d to A. Tom and two other men for putting off from Runswick in a small | rowing boat on the 22nd August and rescuing i a man from wreckage belonging to a motor | launch which had blown up. The weather I at the time was fins and the sea smooth.

Voted J2 to J. HURREL and another man for saving a pilot from a seaplane off Gorleston on the 16th September. The salvors were in a shrimp boat when they saw a seaplane strike the mast of another shrimp boat and fall into the sea. Notwithstanding that their trawl was down, they immediately cat away their gear and proceeded to the scene, and were successful in picking up the man, who wag in an exhausted condition.

Voted £2 5s. to TOM KINGDOM and three other men for putting off from Tenby on the 17th September in a motor fishing-boat and saving three persons who were in a pleasure boat. A moderate S.W. gale was blowing with a rough sea, and as one of the oars of the pleasure-boat was broken it was in danger of being driven on to the rocks. The salvors succeeded in bringing the boat and its occu- pants into safety.

Voted £1 10s. to R. Cowe and three other men for saving four men from the s.s. Staithes, of Middlesbrough, which had struck a mine and sank off Sunderland on the 21st Septem- ber, The salvors, who had just returned from sea, pat off and saved the four men, who were floating on wreckage, one of them being so injured that he had to be sent to the infirmary.

Vessel.

A Barge ....

Ketch Day Star, of Belfast ....

A Sloop . . . .

Solway Lightship Tobin . . . .

Schooner Lintt, of Oporto ....

Ketch Republlque et Patrie, oi Lorient .

Two boats belonging to a schooner (two trips) ....

Sunderland (Motor) An Aeroplane. Saved derelict aeroplane.

The Cromer Life-boat assisted to save the S.S. Inna, of Sunderland, and her crew of j eleven hands, and the Dungeness No, 1 Life-boat assisted to save the tag St. Keverne, of Weymouth, and her crew o£ three.

Also voted £206 12s. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat launches, assemblies of crews, etc., with a view of assisting persons on vessels in distress:—Aldeburgh No. 1, Arbroath, Blackrock, Blakeney, Broughty Perry, Clacton-on-Sea, Clovelly, Kingsdowne, Newburgh, North Deal, Padstow No. 1, Palling No. 1, Peterhead No. 2, Ramsgate, Shoreham, and Southwold No. 2.

Granted £49 10s. to men for injury, etc., in the Life-boat service at Gorleston, Kingstown, Lowestoft, Tenby, and Tynemouth.

Voted the Silver Second Service Clasp to JOBS T. SWAK, Coxswain of the Lowestoft Life-boat, and the Bronze Medal of the In- stitution to GEORGE AYERS, Second Coxswain, together with an additional monetary reward to them and to each of the crew, in recognition of their services in rescuing nine of the crew of H.M. Sloop Pomona, which was totally wrecked in a whole N.E. gale and very heavy sea about five miles south of Southwold on the 30th September.

Voted additional monetary rewards to the crews at Clovelly and Kirkcudbright for good services in very bad weather on the 29th September and 6th October respectively.

Voted M Is. id. to cover the expenses of a motor fishing-boat at Hastings, which was launched for the purpose of rendering assist- ance to a vessel in distress.

Reported that the League of Neutral Countries, Haarlem, had presented Medals to each member of the crew of the St. Agnes Life-boat in recognition of their services to the crews of seven Dutch ships which were torpedoed in February, 1917.

Voted £1 2s. 6d, to three men for landing twenty-six men from the s.g. Or/ordness, of Swansea, which was torpedoed and sunk about four miles west of Newquay (Corn.) on the 20th July. The salvors were in the vicinity when the disaster occurred, and ftll Bournemouth, Lyme Regis, Weymouth, and St. Helier.

Western District.—Watchet, Penlee, Sennen Cove, Hajle, and St. Ives.

Irish District,—Greenore, Poolbeg.Wicklow, Wexford, Dunmore East, Tramore, Fenit, Courtmacsherry, Queenstown, Ballycotton, and Youghal.

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

Reported the receipt of a special collection per the Rev, 3, A, B. COOK, of Singapore, —To be thanked.

Voted £19115s. 6& to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services:— lives Idfe-boat. Vessel. saved.

Hartlepool No. 2. 8,8. Mowstry, of , London. Stood by The Lizard .

Moelfre The Mumbles.

Penlee. . .

Ramsey . , do. . , A steamer. Stood by vessel and landed 4, Schooner BrcuMey, of Liverpool. Landed 3.

S.S. Devonshire, of Belfast .... 13 Atug . . . . .17 Schooner forest Deer, of Dublin ... 8 Ketch Marie Edmond, of Ostend. Landed 1 3 The Spurn Life-boat assisted to save the schooner Amy, of Newcastle, and her crew of fife hands.

Also voted 4142 9s, let. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat launches, assemblies o£ crews, etc., with a view of assisting persons on vessels in distress;—Blaketiey, Donaghadee, Donna Nook, Fishguard, Holyhead No. 2, St. Andrew's, St. David's, and Tenby.

Voted additional monetary rewards to the crews of the Ramsey and St. Ives Life-boats for good services on the 7th October, and 4th- 5th November respectively.

Granted £22 14s. U. to a man for injury in the Life-boat service at Blackpool.

Friday, 13th December, 1918.

Tie 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 Reward, and Special Sub-Committees, and ordered that their recommendations be carried into effect.

Read the reports of the Acting Deputy Chief Inspector and the District Inspectors on their visits to the following stations.

Northern District. — Gourdon, Balcary, I Kirkcudbright, Port Patrick, Port Logan, Girvan, Ayr, Troon, and Ardrossan.

Southern District.—-Littlehampton, Dun- geness Nos, 1 and 2, Eye Harbour, New ! Romney, Hythe, Folkestone, Margate Nos. 1 and 2, Ramsgate, North Deal, North Deal (Reserve) and Kingsdowne, St. Peter Port, Mavagissey, Coverack, Porthoustock, Cadg- with, The Lizard, Looe, Salcombe, Hope | Cove, Plymouth, i Western District.—St. Mary's and St. Agnes.

Irish District,—Helvick Head, Tratnore, | Rosslare Harbour, Kilrnore, Courtown. Arklow, Cloughey, Dorwgfaadee, Groomsport, New- { castle, Portrush, Greencastle, Aranmore, Blackrock, Clogher Head, Drogheda, and ; Skerrieg.

Presented the reports of the District Organ-izing Secretaries on their visits to the j Branches in their respective areas.

Voted £79 9s. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services : — Lives Life-boat Vessel, saved.

Caister No. 2 . . S.S. Juno, of Hull.

Stood by vestal.

Minehead . . . Fishing - boat fear Not. Saved boat and 2 Montrose No. 1 Trawler Isaac Dob- son, of Montrose.

Landed 12.

Lowestoft Life-boat assisted to save the sloop Begina,, and the North Deal Life-boat i saved the barge Inflexible, of Harwich, aad | her crew of three hands.Also voted £450 6s. 5d. to pay the' expenses of the following Life-boat launches, assem- blies of crews, etc., with a view of assisting I persons on vessels in distress:—Alnmouth, j Barry Dock, Boulmer, Brighton, Clacton, Courtmacsherry, Donaghadee, Dungeness No.

j 2, Groomsport, Holy Island No, 1, Hope Cove, i Llandudno, North Deal, North Sunderland, Penlee, Poole, Rye Harbour, St. Mary's, I Stornoway, Troon, and Yealm River.

Granted £23 to men for injury, etc., in the Life-boat service at Blakeney and the Lizard, Voted the Silver Medal of the Institution, ; together with the sum of £3, to JOHN HART, and the Bronze Medal and £5 to TIMOTHY MURPHY and JEREMIAH McCarthy respec- tlvely, and also £2 10s, each to two other men, for their gallant conduct in saving five persons from the motor fishing-boat Thomas Joseph, of Dublin, which was wrecked in a strong N. W, wind and very heavy sea on Shirkin Island,  Co. Cork, on the 10th-11th November. The fishing-boat was on a trial trip, and at the  time she struck the rocks (about 10 p.m.) there were eleven people on board, including ! three young girls. Unfortunately, four men I and two girls were drowned. On learning of the accident John Hart, the roaster of the fishing-yawl Mary Annie, of Skibbereen, put off with T. Murphy and J. McCarthy, in the punt belonging to the yawl, and succeeded in rescuing, at great personal risk, three men who were clinging to the mast of the sunken vessel. Seeing that two other persons were clinging to the rocks whom they could not save, the salvors rowed to Heir Island, about a mile distant, and obtained a larger boat, and with two extra men, with' treat difficulty rescued a man and a girl, J. Hart and T. Murphy being nearly swept off the rocks while effecting the rescue. The Committee of Management were of opinion that the service was an unusually fine piece of work both skilfully and gallantly carried out.

Voted 10s. to two men for saving two men in a rowing boat which had been overtaken by a sudden gale and was in danger of! Aberayron on the 1st November. The salvors were fishing when they observed signals of distress, and, proceeding to the scene, were able to bring the endangered men into safety.

Awarded a pair of Binoculars to WILLIAM McMURTRIE, Master of the tug-boat George Brown, and a monetary reward of £8 5s.

between him and ten other men for saving three persons from the schooner Campbeltown, which was wrecked in a S.W. gale and a very heavy sea on the 7th November. The vessel was coming into Irvine Harbour when she struck the North Entrance, and a few hours after became a total wreck. Meanwhile the tug-boat George Brown proceeded to the wreck, but had to return for extra help, and, after obtaining this, the salvors were able, with considerable difficulty and at great risk, to save the men belonging to the schooner by hauling them, by means of lines, through the sea to the tug.

Voted £1 10s. to three men for putting off in a fishing-boat from Redcar and rescuing a pilot from an aeroplane which had fallen into the sea on the 16th November. The salvors in- curred some risk in rescuing the man owing to the danger of the boat fouling the gear of the aeroplane, which was nearly under water.

Voted £4 7s. 6d. to seven men at Bridlington for saving nine persons from the steam fishing- boat Joseph and Susannah, in moderate weather and a rough sea on the 16th Novem- ber. The vessel, in attempting to get into the harbour, struck the ground and com- menced to knock up behind the pier, drawing her anchor with her. Five men from the shore got on board and tried to get her afloat, when she knocked up further into the heavy surf, and suddenly settled down, the seas making a clean breach over her. The salvors put off in the motor-boat Blue Jacket and succeeded, at some risk, in taking nine men off the fishing-vessel, which was then com- pletely submerged.

Voted £3 15s. to five men for putting off in the motor fishing-boat Ballynoe to the assist- ance of the fishing-boat Helvick Lass, which was in distress off Helvick Head, in moderate weather, on the 26th October. The Helvick Lass had had her sails blown away, and, being without an anchor, she was in danger of going to pieces on the bar. Two of the salvors, in a small boat which they had towed with them, succeeded in rescuing the two men on board the endangered vessel, after- wards towing her into safety.