ME. J. F. JELLICO, the Honorary Secre- tary of the Port of Liverpool Branch, died early in August after a long illness.

He was in his sixty-ninth year. Mr.

Jelliro had been the Honorary Secretary (f that very important Branch since 1907, and in 1919 was presented by the Institution with an inscribed Barometer in appreciation of his services to the Life- boat Cause. The great interest of his life was the sea. By profession he was a yacht insurance broker, and he h:td one of the largest businesses in the n ith- west of England. He was an enthu- siastic yachtsman, and was associated with the Royal Mersey Yacht Club, the New Brighton Sailing Club, of which he was secretary for some years, and the Hilbre Island Club. The Chairman of the Branch, Mr. Charles Livingston, has written to us of him, " He will be much missed by a large circle of friends, and as far as I am concerned, the blank can never be filled," and he has sent us this appreciation by another friend : " A typical sailor, with the love of salt seas in the very blood of him ; of a strength and conrage that made him the soundest of stays in real bad weather, never was he so thoroughly at home as when coax- ing some small sailing craft in ticklish surroundings. But what endeared him to all was the transparent sympathy and honesty of the man, his disregard of self and personal gain. When so many look upon life as ' a gainful fair' it was refreshing to meet one who had a truer standard of values, and who eared little for gain, but much for friendship and kindness and straightforwardness. The cleanness of the great seas was in.him, and one can only hope that St. John was mistaken when he painted Heaven as a place where there is no more sea, but that in that Valhalla reserved for valiant souls like his, he may find again that sea he loved so much.".