Friday, 28th January, 1921.

Sir GODFREY BABING, Bt., in the Chair.

Reported the receipt of the following special contributions :— COVENT GARDEN LIFE-BOAT £• *• d.

FUND (per Mr. B. J. Monro) 209 1 1 Mrs. MACANDBEW (donation) 50 - - The Rev. and Hon. E. V. R.

POWYS (new donation) . . 26 5 - WHITE STAB LINE, being a portion of the contributions made by passengers on their steamers 25 - - COXSWAINS AND CREW OF BRIXHAM LIFE-BOAT, from salvage money received (donation) 20 - - —To be thanked.

Suitably recognized the valuable services of Mr. Thomas Bradley, who has acted as Honorary Secretary of the St. Anne's-on- the-Sea Branch for the past thirty years.

Reported the death of Commander EDWABD M. HALE, R.N., Inspector of Life-boats for the Southern District.

Paid £20,558 3s. 2d. for sundry charges in connexion with the construction of Life- boats, Life-boat Houses and Slipways, and the maintenance of the various Life-boat establishments.

Voted £674 12«. 4d. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services :— Lives life-boat. Vessel. saved.

Arbroath . . Motor yawls Sun- beam and Pioneer, of Arbroath.

Stood by and as- sisted boats.

Berwick - on - Dutch s.s. Eem.

Tweed Stood by vessel.

Clacton-on-Sea. S.S. Limehouse, of (Motor) London. Stood by and assisted vessel.

Donaghadee . S.S. Thrushfield, of (Motor) Londonderry. As- sisted vessel and landed 3.

Flamborough S.S. Iceland, of No. 2 Stryno. Stood by vessel.

Gorleston No. 1. Steam trawler Fleetwood, of Grimsby ... 9 Hoy lake. . . Barque KUloran, of Glasgow. Stood by and assisted vessel.

Johnshaven. . Barquentine Fre- densborg, of KorsOr 7 Margate No. 1 . Ketch Fearless, of Ipswich. Landed lives Life-boat. Vessel. saved.

Peterhead No. 2 A floating crane of (Motor) Invergordon.

Stood by vessel.

Porthdinllaen . S.S. Freddiesmith, of Cardiff. Stood by and assisted vessel.

St. Anne'e-on-Sea S.S. Molbaeck, of Preston. Stood by vessel.

Spurn (Motor) . Three- mast ed schooner Julia Maria, of Riga.

Assisted and stood by vessel.

St.Mary'a (Motor) S.S. Hathor, of Hamburg ... 24 Wexford. . . S.S. Taff, of South- ampton ... 7 The Caister No. 1 Life-boat saved the barge Hesper, of Harwich, and her crew of 4 ; Claeton-on-Sea (Motor) Life-boat stood by and assisted the s.s. Limehou.se, of London ; Margate No. 2 Life-boat stood by and assisted the motor barge Moultonian, of Littlehampton ; Southend-on-Sea Life- boat rendered assistance to the s.s. Qrajj WaJdersee, of London ; and the Tynemouth (Motor) Life-boat assisted the steam trawler Current, of North Shields.

Voted £1,618 6s. 3d. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat launches, assem- blies of crews, etc., with a view to assisting persons on vessels in distress :—Aldeburgh No. 1, Arklow (Motor), Brixham, Buck- haven, Brighton, Blackpool, Buckie, Caister No. 1, Coverack, Clacton-on-Sea (Motor), Cromer, Dunbar, Dover (Steam), Palmouth, Fenit, Grimsby, Hilbre Island, Holyhead No. 1 (Steam), Hornsea, Lytham, The Lizard (Motor), Margate No. 1, North Deal, Padstow No. 2 and Tug, Port Isaac, Porthoustock, Porthdinllaen, Palling No. 2, Peterhead No. 2 (Motor), Rhyl, Rosslare Harbour, Sunderland (Motor), Southend- on-Sea, Sheringham, Totland Bay, Thurso, Torquay, Walton-on-the-Naze (Motor), Whitby Nos. 1 and 2, Whitby (Motor), Weymouth, and Wioklow (Motor).

The Ramsgate Life-boat was also launched on service on three occasions.

Granted £65 19s. Gd. to men for injury hi the Life-boat Service at Aberystwyth, Eyemouth, Hasborough, Margate, New- haven, Rhyl, and Tenby.

Granted a pension to the widow of JAMES McRAY, who lost his life in an accident to the Johnshaven Life-boat when she was returning to harbour with the rescued crew of the barquentine Fredensborjj, on the 21st December, 1920.

Awarded the Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum to JOHN McRAY, Coxswain of the Johnshaven Life-boat, and granted an additional monetary reward to him and to each of the crew for their ser- vices on thia occasion.

Decided that special Letters of Apprecia- tion he sent to Mr. and Mrs. ROBT. STEWART, for their untiring services ; to Dr. CHARLES AYMER, for attending the injured free of charge; to Police-Constable OBEY and Coast-guard PELLEY, for valuable assistance rendered on the same occasion.

Decided that Certificates should be granted to the relatives of men who lose their lives in the Life-boat service.

Voted an additional monetary reward to the crew of the Donaghadee Life-boat for an arduous service on the 3rd December, 1920.

Decided that a Letter of Appreciation, together with an additional monetary reward, be sent to the crew of the St. Mary's Life-boat for an exceptionally good service on the 2nd December, 1920.

Reported that an additional monetary reward had been granted to the crew of the Brixham Life-boat, as the boat had been thrown on her beam ends, fortunately without damage or loss of life, when on service on the 13th December, 1920.

Directed that a Letter of Appreciation be sent to the crew of the Lizard Life-boat, for a long and arduous service on the 2nd December, specially commending the Second Coxswain, who was in charge.

Reported that a Letter of Thanks, together with a monetary reward, had been sent to the wives of five of the Life-boat crew at Spurn, for salving the boarding- boat on the 3rd December, 1920.

Reported that a Letter of Thanks had been addressed to Mr. W. J. OLIVER, Honor- ary Secretary at Sunderland, who went out in the Life-boat on service on the 12th December, 1920.

Voted an additional monetary reward to the helpers at St. Anne's-on-Sea for their services on the 3rd December, when they, and all concerned, incurred extreme danger.

Reported that a Letter of Appreciation had been sent to the Station and that Councillor CRITCHLEY had been thanked for his hospitality to the crew.

Reported that the owners of the schooner Hermina had sent a gratuity to the members of the Fishguard Life-boat crew in recog- nition of their services on the 3rd-4th December, 1920.

Directed that a Letter of Thanks be sent to the crew of the No. 1 Life-boat at Aide- burgh, who went out in search of a local fisherman's boat, and declined any reward from the Institution.

Voted £6 to four men for saving the four hands of the coble Unity, which was in distress, off Whitby, on the 17th January.

Friday, 18th February, 1921.

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

Paid £16,550 6s. Id. for sundry charges in connexion with the construction of Life-boats, Life-boat Houses and Slipways, and the maintenance of the various Life- boat establishments.

Voted £387 8s. Sd. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services :— Lives life-boat. Vessel. saved.

Beaumaris(Motor) Schooner Pandora, of Fraserburgh . 4 Berwick-on- Two fishing - boats Tweed of Berwick. Stood by boats .

Brixham . . S.S. Broadmayne, of London. Landed 24.

Cullercoats . . Coble Edward, of Cullercoats.

Landed 4, and assisted boat into harbour Dungeness No. 1. S.S. San Fernando, of Rouen. Stood by vessel.

Easington . . Steam trawler Luitenant General Den Beer Poortu- gaal, of Ymuiden. 11 Pakefield . . Smack Iris, of Lowestoft. Stood by and assisted vessel.

Redcar . . . S.S. Aphrodite, of Piraeus ... 9 St.Mary's (Motor) Schooner Leon Bonnat, of Bay- onne .... 12 Scarborough . Five cobles of Scar- borough. Stood by and assisted cobles into har- bour.

The Sennen Cove Life-boat assisted to save the s.s. Haliartus, of Liverpool.

Voted £186 12s. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat launches, assemblies of crews, etc., with a view to assisting persons on vessels hi distress :—Aldeburgh No. 2, Berwick-on-Tweed, Donna Nook, Dunbar, Flamborough No. 2, Hornsea, Lowestoft, Margate No. 2, and Spurn (Motor).

Granted £28 15s. to men for injury in the Life-boat service at Blackpool and Caister.

Awarded the Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum to Mr. P. 0. SANDERS, of Brixham, in recognition of his meritorious action in descending a steep cliff during a thick fog on the night of the 2nd January, and boarding the s.s. Broadmayne, which was ashore, in order to reassure the persons on board.

Also directed that a Letter of Thanks be sent to the Master and Crew of the tug Dencade, for the assistance rendered by them to the Brixham Life-boat on this occasion.

Reported that a Letter of Appreciation had been sent to Capt. R. R. DAVIES, for the great assistance rendered by him since the accident at Rhoscolyn.

The Committee learnt with regret of a .fatal accident to Mrs. EMMANS, a widow, on the night of the 21st January, when the Redcar Life-boat was launched to the aid of the s.s. Aphrodite.

Granted an additional monetary reward to the helpers at Donna Nook who launched the Life-boat during severe weather on the night of the 19th January.

Granted an extra monetary reward to WM. SHEADER, who launched and took charge of the Scarborough Life-boat, when she stood by several fishing-cobles on the 27th January.

Directed that a Letter of Appreciation be sent to Mrs. Addison for her valuable and prompt co-operation on the occasion of the launch of the St. Mary's Life-boat to the schooner Leon Bonnat, on the 2nd February.

Voted the Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum, together with the sum of £5 to WILLIAM MORGAN, of Trecinney, Fishguard, in recognition of his courageous action in descending a high and precipitous cliff suspended by a rope during a strong Northerly gale, and, at considerable per- sonal risk, rescuing the Chief Officer of the motor schooner Hermina, of Rotterdam, which was totally wrecked at Fishguard on the night of the 3rd-4th December, 1920.

Voted £6 to three men for saving the two occupants of a small boat, off Southend- on-Sea, on the 12th January. In response to cries for help the three men put off in a rough sea, and after a hard pull reached the boat. They found a wounded soldier hang- ing on the moorings chain with a buoy rope round his neck. He was in grave difficulties, and his wife, who was the other occupant of the boat, was unable to help him. Both man and woman were landed in safety.

Voted £8 5s. to the crew of the Private Life-boat at Sheringham, for putting out to stand by the local fishing-boats on the 13th January, when the weather became threatening.

Voted £9 to six men for saving two of the crew of the s.s. Aphrodite, at Redcar, on the 21st January. The remainder were saved by the Redcar Life-boat.

Friday, 18th March, 1921.

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

Reported the resignations from the Com- mittee of Management of the Viscount HAMBLEDEN, Sir PHILIP WATTS, K.C.B., F.R.S., and Mr. GERALD DU MAURIER.

Reported that the Duchess of PORTLAND had accepted office as Chairman of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

Suitably recognized the services of the following gentlemen for valuable help ex- tending over many years :— Captain J. ADAMSOK, Hon. Secretary, Seaham.

Alderman DRINKWATER, J.P., Chairman, Coventry.

Mr. A. B. GREENWOOD, Hon. Secretary, Walton-on-the-Naze.

Mr. J. H. LINCEY, Hon. Treasurer, Bradford.

Appointed Lieut. P. E. VATTX, D.S.C., R.N., Inspector of Life-boats for the Irish District.

Decided to close the Little Haven (Pem- brokeshire) Life-boat Station.

Paid £14,856 3s. for sundry charges in connexion with the construction of Life- boats, Life-boat Houses and Slipways, and the maintenance of the various Life-boat establishments.

Voted £207 13s. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services •.— Life-boat.

Blyth . .

Blyth . .

Cemaes .

Easington .

Lives Vessel. saved.

S.S. Kennet, of Grimsby 6 S.S. Kennet, of Grimsby.

Landed 9.

S.S. Oak, of Newry. As- sisted vessel.

Steam trawler Mans- field, of Grimsby . . 4 H.M, drifter Gloaming . 15 The Lizard (Motor) Margate No. 1 American oil tank Strat- ford. Stood by vessel.

The Arklow Motor Life-boat stood by and assisted H.M.S. Angermanelfven; and the Kessingland Life-boat assisted the s.s.

Horley, of London.

Voted £309 3s. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat launches, assemblies of crews, etc., with a view to assisting persons on vessels in distress :—Blackrock, Bouhner, Clovelly, Filey, Greencastle, Hartlepool No. 2, Newquay (Cornwall), Palling No. 2, and Youghal.

The Hartlepool No. 2 Life-boat was also launched.

Granted £8 15s. 6d. to men for injury in the Life-boat service at Eyemouth and Rhoscolyn.

Granted an additional monetary reward to forty-four helpers at Boulmer, for their arduous work under difficult circumstances in attempting to launch the Life-boat on the 28th February, 1921.

Voted £6 to three men for putting off from Kilmore in a motor boat and saving the four hands of the s.s. Union, of Arklow, when she was sinking, on the 19th January.

Also granted £1 to the owner of the motor- boat used to cover expenses.

Voted £10 10s. to six men for saving the I two occupants of a small boat at Aranmore, Co. Donegal, on the 6th March. The boat had been wrecked the previous night and the two men had clung to the rocks all night.

When their danger was seen two men put off in a small boat, and skilfully rescued them. When they attempted to return, however, the sea was so rough that they had to seek shelter. Realising the position, four men put off in a larger boat and svicceeded in bringing the whole party ashore in safety.

Friday, 15th April, 1921.

Engineer Rear-Admiral CHARLES RUDD, in the Chair.

Elected the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND a Vice-President of the Institution on his resignation from the Committee of Manage- ment.

Reported the receipt of the following special contributions :— THEMiNE-SwEEPERs'FuND,being £. s. d.

residue of surplus money on winding up of Fund (per Mrs.

ARTHUR THESIGER, O.B.E.) . 300 13 S BLOOMSBTJBY HOUSE CLUB, pro- ceeds of Concert (per Mr. J. H.

LEAL) 13__ W. J. MACANDBEW (new sub.) 50 - - —To be thanked.

Suitably recognized the services of the following ladies and gentlemen for valuable help extending over many years :— Atherton Bannockburn.

Bermondsey.

Darlington.

Enniskillen.

Harrow.

Lake District.

Lake District.

Leeds.

Manchester.

Mansfield.

Padstow.

Poplar.

Salisbury.

Tunbridge Wells.

Wells (Somerset).

Whitcharch.

Woodbridge.

Mr. HARRY TURNER .

Miss E. WILSON Mr. C. OSCAR GBIDLEY Councillor G. R. YOUNG Lady MARY COBBY Mrs. BRUCE Mr. A. R. SLADEN .

Miss STELLA HAMILTON Mr. J. ARTHUR BATLEY Lady SHEFFIELD .

Mr. ERNEST H. LEWIS .

Mr. RlCHARD BlNNY .

The Rev. T. R. COUCH .

Major A. T. FISHER .

Miss A. J. PHILLIPS .

Mrs. ALLAN.

Mrs. KEVILL DA VIES .

Miss MINTER .

Paid £21,963 15s. 3d. for sundry charges in connexion with the construction of Life- boats, Life-boat Houses, and Slipways, and the maintenance of the various Life-boat establishments.

Voted £193 following Life Life-boat.

Arbroath.

5s. to pay the expenses of the -boat services :—- lives Vessel. saved.

Motor yawl Our Boys, of Arbroath.

Escorted fishing- yawl into har- bour.

Donaghadee .

(Motor) Margate No. 2 Rye Harbour S.S. Brynmoor.

Stood by vessel.

S.S. Woodarra, of Glasgow. Stood by vessel.

Barge Lady Ellen, of Woodbridge . 2 The Margate No. 1 Life-boat assisted the barge Atlantic into harbour.

Voted £217 15s. $d. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat launches, assem- blies of crews, etc., with a view to assisting persons on vessels in distress :—Caister No. 1, Cromarty, Dunbar, North Deal, Sunderland (Motor), and Walton-on-the- 1 Naze (Motor).

j Granted £56 to a man for injury in the Life-boat service at Rhoscolyn.

Voted a further sum of £50 for the benefit of the men of the Ramsgate Life-boat who ' took part in the rescue of the Indian Chiej in 1881.

Reported that a letter had been received i expressing the thanks of the German j Government to the St. Mary's Life-boat crew for rescuing the crew of thes.s. Hathor, on the 2nd December last.

Reported that the Carnegie Hero Fund had decided to add to their Roll of Heroes the name of JAMES McBAY, who lost his life in the accident to the Johnshaven Life-boat on the 21st December. Also reported that they had decided to grant his widow the sum of 10s. per week, subject to revision.

Voted £10 to five men for putting off from Portavogie, Co. Down, and saving the three hands of the ketch Thistle on the 15th March. The vessel was at anchor when a strong gale from the S.W. caused both her cables to part, and she drifted to some rocks.

The sea was running very high, and the crew were unable to launch the ship's boat.

Seeing this the salvors promptly manned a fishing-yawl and at considerable risk saved the three men. The vessel eventually became a total wreck.

Voted £11 5s. to six men for saving three men and their boat at Cromarty on the 16th March. A very heavy S.W. gale, at times rising to hurricane force, overtook a small fishing-boat1—the Harding — which hoisted a signal of distress. The Coxswain of the Life-boat, JOHN WATSON, and five other men, at once put out, and, in a wild sea, successfully rescued the crew, who would otherwise almost certainly have perished..