Thursday, 15th October, 1925.

Sir GODFREY BARING, fit., in the Chair.

Decided that the Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) Life-boat Station be permanently established, and that the Totland Bay Station be closed.

Paid £18,859 16s. Qd. for sundry charges in connexion with the maintenance of the various Life-boat establishments.

Voted £41 15s. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services :— Lives Life-boat. Vessel. rescued.

Clacton-on-Sea . Yacht Dulcebella, of (Motor) Westcliffe. Saved yacht and rescued . 2 New Brighton, Motor vessel Innisinver, Birkenhead, of London ... 5 No. 2 (Motor).

Penlee . . . Steam trawler Rig, of (Motor) Ramsgate. Saved Weymouth . . Schooner Duchess, of (Motor) Chester .... 4 Also voted £308 14s. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat launches, assemblies of crews, etc., with a view to assisting persons on vessels in distress :—Cadgwith, Caister No. 1, Clacton-on-Sea (Motor), Fraserburgh (Motor), Hasborough, Hoylake, The Lizard (Motor), Moelfre, New Brighton (Motor), North Deal, Ramsgate, St. Helier, Sennen Cove (Motor), Wells, Whitby (Motor), and Yarmouth, I. of W.

(Motor).

The Palling No. 1 Life-boat was also launched.

Granted £125 s. 6d. to men for injury in the Life-boat service at Blackpool, Cardigan, Hartlepool and Moelfre.

Voted a compassionate grant of £5 towards the payment of the funeral expenses of Ex- Coxswain JOHN STOREHOUSE, of Teesmouth, whose relatives were very poor.

Voted 10s. to JOHN D. MCKELLAR for rescuing two persons, father and son, who were run down by a trawler, while fishing off North Berwick, on the afternoon of the 28th August.

McKellar, who was fishing near by, saw the accident and immediately cutting his cable, went to the rescue. There was a moderate westerly breeze with a moderate sea, and had it not been for his promptitude there might have been loss of life. McKellar was also allowed 20s. for the loss of his anchor and cable.

Voted £1 2s. 6d. to JOHN EVANS, Bowman of the Abersoch Life-boat, and two other Life- boatmen for rescuing a man whose canoe was capsized while he was sailing in Cardigan Bay, on the afternoon of the 13th September. On hearing of the accident they at once put off in a rowing boat and, on reaching the canoe found her occupant entangled in ropes and exhausted. The weather was fine with a fresh S.W. breeze, and after rescuing the man, the salvors towed his canoe ashore.

Voted £4 Is. §d. to Coxswain JAMES SCOTT, of the Cullercoats Life-boat, and six other men for rescuing the three occupants of a small boat, off Cullercoats, on the 15th September.

The men put off to fish at about 5 P.M. and proceeded in a north-easterly direction, but they were overtaken by a strong S.E. wind with a rising sea and were unable to get back.

With some difficulty the motor coble Fanny Story was launched, the exhausted men were taken on board, and their boat was towed into safety. The sum of 5s. was allowed for the use of the coble and fuel consumed.

Voted £5 to five men for rescuing the two bands of the fishing boat Montipelkr, of Hoylake, which was in distress off Conway, on the 15th September. The rescue was carried out in a southerly gale with a very heavy sea, by a motor fishing boat which put off when it was learned that the MonlipMer was in need of help. She was found considerably damaged with her engine broken down and riding to an anchor in a dangerous position.

With some difficulty the two men were rescued, but the boat had to be left. She was saved next day, although she had dragged half a mile during the night. Also granted £1 for fuel consumed and a boat hook which was broken.

Voted £1 15s. to two men for rescuing three other men whose coble foundered off Dunbar, on the night of the 13th September. The rescuers were pulling home from the fishing grounds when they heard cries for help in the darkness. Hastening in the direction of the cries they were just in time to pick up the men, who were much exhausted. It was fortunate that the night was fine and the rescuers near, as the boat suddenly and completely dis- appeared.

Thursday, 19th November, 1925.

Sir GODFREY BAKING, Bt., in the Chair.

Reported the receipt of the following special contributions :— £ s. d. MRS. C. CANDLER, in memory of j Percy W. Candler . . . 55 - - ANONYMOUS (additional) . . 50 - - P. W. J 28 - - —To be thanked— Paid £17,279 4s. 6d. for sundry charges in connexion with the maintenance of the various Life-boat establishments.

Voted £276 19s. Id. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services :— Lives rescued.

of Life-boat.

Abersoch Dungeness No. 2.

Vessel.

Ketch Henrietta, Goole. Landed 4.

Trawler Boy Claud, of Lowestoft. Stood by Ferryside Filey .

vessel.

Sailing ship Paul, of 16 Hamburg Motor fishing cobles, of Filey. Stood by Kingstown .

(Motor) Lowestoft (Motor) Lowestoft (Motor) North Deal .

Scarborough (Motor) cobles.

Sailing ship Hamburg, 46 of Hamburg .

Bowing boat Myra, of Lowestoft. .

Motor drifter Diligence, of Fraserburgh. Stood by vessel.

Ketch Malvoisin, of London ....

Fishing boat Friend- ship, of Scarborough.

Saved boat. and rescued ....

The Cromer (Motor) Life-boat assisted to save the barge Scotia, of London, and rescued her three hands; Holyhead No. 1 (Steam) Life-boat rendered assistance to the schooner J. H. Barrow, of Lancaster; Margate No. 2 (Motor) Life-boat assisted to save the barge Emma, of Maldon, and rescued her crew of three; and the Yarmouth, Isle of Wight (Motor) Life-boat saved the schooner Flying Foam, of Bridgwater, and rescued her crew of five.

Also voted £281 7s. 9d. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat launches, assemblies of crews, etc., with a view to assisting persons on vessels in distress :—Caister, Dunbar, Dun- geness No. 1, Girvan, Gorleston (Motor), Holy- head No. 1 (Steam), Hoylake, Howth, Margate No. 2 (Motor), Moelfre, New Brighton No. 2 (Motor), North Deal, Palling No. 1, Penlee (Motor), Peterhead No. 2 (Motor), Ramsgate, Skerries, Torbay (Motor), and Yarmouth, Isle of Wight (Motor).

Granted £11 12s. ftd. to men for injury in the Life-boat service at Caister and Winterton.

Voted a special gratuity of £100 to EDWARD WICKHAM, on his retirement, from the post of Coxswain of the Wexford Life-boat, on account of ill-health, in recognition of the fact that he had been connected with the Life-boat for 40 years, during which time he had ren- dered good service and been devoted to his duty.

Granted a compassionate allowance of £10 to MICHAEL HANNAGAN, pensioned ex-Coxswain of the Youghal Life-boat, who was very ill and very poor.

Voted a compassionate grant of £35 to the widow of GEORGE COMER, of Ilfracombe, who was drowned while fishing. Comer had served as Bowman and Second Coxswain of the Life- boat for thirty years.

Voted £5 to five men for rescuing the two occupants of the motor fishing boat Try Again, which was in distress at Montrose, on 5th October, 1925. When the "motor-fishing boat Annie was entering the River Southesk the Try Again was seen to be in trouble in a rough sea. Her engine was not working, and she was in danger of going on to the rocks. A rope was passed from the Try Again, but this attempt to tow her off failed, as the rope parted. At considerable risk the salvors again went to her and gave her their own rope. By this means she was towed to safety and later to her moorings in the river. The sum of 5s. was allowed for stores consumed.

Voted £3 10s. to the Life-boat Coxswain, at Moelfre, and six other men for putting off in the Life-boat boarding boat and going to the schooner John Swing, of Cardigan, on the 19th October. The vessel had stranded very near the Life-boat slipway, but did not require help as the weather was moderate and her crew were able to land in their own boat.

Voted £2 to two men for rescuing one of the two occupants of a small fishing boat which was capsized off Ilfracombe, on the 24th October. The two fishermen were George Comer, the Second Coxswain of the Life-boat, and his son, who had been towed out to the fishing ground and had capsized after casting off. Their cries were heard by the two salvors who were about half a mile away in a rowing boat. After a hard row—a N.W. gale was blowing and the sea was heavy—they reached the spot and rescued the son who was en- tangled in the nets. Unfortunately, George Coiner had disappeared.

Voted £4 10s. to three men for rescuing the three hands of the fishing boat Lyn, which was in difficulties when about two miles north of ] Ilfracombe, on the 26th October. A strong southerly gale was blowing, and the boat, although trying to beat back, was being carried out to sea. Her predicament was seen by the crew of another fishing boat—The Robina—who hauled their nets, left the shelter of the land, and went to her help. They suc- ceeded in getting the Lyn into harbour, but it took them two hours, and the Robina's sails were damaged. The sum of £2 was granted to cover the damage and petrol consumed.

Voted £24 Is. 6d. to the Life-boat crew at Plymouth, who manned a service cutter and proceeded to the schooner St. George, which stranded close to the Life-boat slipway, during a strong S.W. gale with a heavy sea on the night of the 6th November. When the St. George was reached it was found that her crew were in no immediate danger, and did not wish to leave the vessel, but at the Captain's request a woman who was on board was taken ashore.

Also granted Qs. to the Life-boat signalman who was in attendance.

Thursday, 17th December, 1925.

Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the Chair.

Passed a Vote of Condolence to H.M. THE KING on the death of H.M. QUEEN ALEXANDRA, Patron of the Institution.

Reported that the DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND had accepted the position of President of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

Reported the resignation of Captain G. B. PRESTON from the Committee of Management.

Reported the receipt of the following special contribution :— £ s. d.

White Star Steamers Charity Account (additional donation) . 100 - - —To be thanked— Paid £14,937 19s. lid. for sundry charges, in connexion with the maintenance of the various Life-boat establishments.

Voted £248 14*.

the following Life- Life-boat.

Berwick-on- Tweed Bridlington .

Cloughey Donaghadee (Motor) Dunbar .

Flamborough No. 2 9 Z. to pay the expenses of boat services:— Lives Vessel. rescued.

Three fishing yawls, of Spittal. Stood by yawls.

Schooner Mary Wat- kinson, of Barrow . 10 S.S. Oakgrove, of Glas- gow. Stood by vessel.

S.S. Oakgrove, of Glas- gow. Stood by vessel.

S.S. Norham, of Blyth.

Stood by vessel.

A steam trawler and a steamer. Rendered assistance.

Life-boat.

Humber (Motor) Fraserburgh (Motor) Margate No. 2 .

(Motor) Whitby (Motor).

Lives Vessel. rescued.

S.S. Whinstone, of Pres- ton 6 Steam drifter Shepherd Lad, of Fraserburgh.

Stood by vessel.

Ketch As/coy, of Lon- don. Landed 3.

Six fishing boats, of Whitby. Escorted boats into harbour.

The Caister No. 1 Life-boat rendered assist- ance to the s.s. Flashlight, of London; and the Sheringham Life-boat assisted to save the motor schooner Ingeborg, of Helsingborg, and rescued from shipwreck her crew of ten.

Also voted £371 15s. lid. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat launches, assemblies of crews, etc., with a view to assisting persons on vessels in distress: — Aberystwyth, Arbroath, Blackrock, Blyth (Motor), Buckie (Motor), Caister, Donna Nook, Dunbar, Dungeness, Flamborough No. 1, Flam- borough No. 2, Fraserburgh (Motor), Gorleston (Motor), Hartlepool (Motor), Lowestoft (Motor), Newbiggin, North Deal, Redcar, Skerries, Teesmouth (Motor), Torbay (Motor), Tynemouth (Motor).

Granted £11 6s. 6 J. to men for injury in the Life-boat service at Aldeburgh and Winterton.

Voted a grant of £2 to a fund, raised at Margate, for the benefit of J. EPPS, an old Life-boatman, and a survivor of the Surf Boat Disaster of 1897.

1 Voted a grant of £10 to the relatives of the late Coxswain G. W. DAVISON, of Sunderland, towards the medical and funeral expenses.

Davison, who died after a long illness, had been connected with the Life-boat for many years.

Decided that in recognition of the meri- torious services of the Humber Life-boat in rescuing the crew, six in number, of the s.s. Whinstone, of Preston, and the persevering efforts of the Donna Nook Life-boat in going to the help of the same vessel, when she was in distress near Saltfleet, during a whole N.

gale with a very heavy sea, on the 25th November, 1925, the following awards be given :—The Silver Second Service Clasp, to- gether with a copy of the Vote inscribed on Vellum and framed, to Coxswain ROBERT CROSS, of the Humber Life-boat, and an addi- tional monetary reward to him and to each member of the crew; the Bronze Medal of the Institution, together with a copy of the Vote inscribed on Vellum and framed, to Coxswain JOHN T. DOBSON, of the Donna Nook Life- boat, the Thanks of Institution inscribed on Vellum and framed to Second Coxswain G. W. HUMBEBSTONE, and Bowman F. WILSON, of the Donna Nook Life-boat, and an additional monetary reward to them and to each member of the crew and helpers who assisted.

Directed that a Letter of Appreciation be sent to Coxswain ROBERT KNAGGS, and that he and, each member of the crew of the Flam- borough No. 2 Life-boat be granted an addi- tional monetary reward for arduous services in exceptionally severe weather on the 25th November and the 30th November.

Directed that a Letter of Appreciation be addressed to Mr. C. H. GRAY, Honorary Secre- tary at Bridlington, for his valuable assistance at the launch of the Life-boat for service on the night of the 7th December, also that each member of the crew be granted an additional monetary reward on account of the very arduous nature of the service.

Voted an additional monetary reward to the crew of the Arbroath Life-boat for an arduous service on the 30th November, when the Life- boat was damaged beyond repair. Also granted an award to two men who put off in the pilot boat to render help.