Management.

Thursday, 21st January, 192S.

The Hon. GEORGE COLVILLE, in the Chair.

Reported the resignation of Captain SELWYN H. DAY, C.B., D.S.O., R.N.R., from the Committee of Management.

Decided to close the Hasborough Life-boat Station.

Reported the receipt of the following special contributions :— CIVIL SERVICE LIFE-BOAT FUND, balance of cost of Margate Motor Life-boat (per Mr. W.

Fortescue Barratt) . . . 4,821 2 - PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE Co., LTD., third instalment towards cost of Ramsgate Motor Life-boat . . . . 2,000 - - KING GEORGE'S FUND FOR SAILORS (additional donation) 1,000 - - THE LATE MR. F. H. PILLEY, CHARITABLE FUND OF (donation) 500 MR. DOUGLAS Cow (donation). 100 ANONYMOUS (additional donation) 50 - - ANONYMOUS (donation) . . 50 - - MR. ALFRED BARRETT, J.P.

(additional donation) . . 26 5 - Ms. DUNCAN HENDERSON (donation) 25 - - MB. HERBERT E. CORBETT (donation) 22 - - Miss HALL (donation) . . . 20 - - " A DERBETAN" (donation) . 20 WESTMINSTER ABBEY (Collection) 17 "M.H." 15 —To bs thankel.

Paid £14,260 6s. Id. for sundry charges, in - I i ~ i ~ j ~: I 8 1 | Cloughey, connexion with the maintenance of the various Life-boat establishments, etc. . ; »T . , ».„_ ,,, a , , ii. c I Voted £427 16-9. Off. to pay the expenses of I u t 11 • T -t , * e • i he following Liffi-boat Services :— I the following Life-boat Services :- Lives Life-boat. Vessel. rescued.

Donaghadee. . Fishing yawl Celtic, of (Motor). Donaghadee. Stood by yawl.

Gorleston . . Ketch Henrietta, of (Motor). Goole 4 Gourdon . . Six motor fishing boats of Gourdon. Escorted boats into harbour.

Lowestoft . . Fishing smack Ivan, (Motor). of Lowestoft. Stood by vessel.

Newhaven . . S.S. ComtessedeFlandre, (Motor). of Antwerp. Stood by vessel. Lives Life-boat. Vessel. rescued.

Porthdinllaen . S.S. Malje, of Hull.

Assisted to save vessel and rescued . 6 Pwllheli . . Schooner Pearl, of Gloucester. Assisted to save vessel and rescued . . . . 5 Ramsey . . Schooner Sen Gullion, of Dumfries . . . 3 St. Ives . . The Godrevy Lighthouse.

Landed a sick man.

Scarborough . Six fishing cobles of (Motor). Scarborough. Escorted cobles into harbour.

Scarborough . Coble Golden Gate, of (Motor). Filey. Escorted coble into harbour.

Whitby . . Fishing boat Pilot Me, (Motor). of Whitby. Stood by boat.

Whitby . . Motor fishing boats (Motor). Remembrance, Pilot Me and Irene, of Whitby. Escorted boats into harbour.

Whitby No. 2 . Barge Mary Bridge, of Hull 4 The Wexford Motor Life-boat saved the trawler Lailte, and rescued from shipwreck her crew of three.

i Also voted £620 4s. 3d. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat launches, assemblies of crews, etc., with a view to assisting persons on vessels in distress :—Aberdeen, Alnmouth, 1 1 | Boulmer, Brancaster, Brighton, Caister, Cloughey, Cromer (Motor), Donaghadee (Motor), Dunbar, Eastbourne (Motor), Hilbre Island, Holy Island (Motor), The Humber (Motor), Lowestoft (Motor), The Mumbles ; (Motor), New Brighton (Motor), New Quay (Cardigan), Newburgh, Newcastle, Co. Down, I Vr , 6 ' , » « • . » ™ n- T a T i Newhaven (Motor), Palling No. 2, Penlee I .,, . . ~ . y ,T & ,,, . . „ ,, (Motor), Peterhead No. 2 (Motor), Porth-dinllaen, Port Patrick (Motor), Rhoscolyn, Scarborough (Motor), Sunderland (Motor), Wells, and Whitby.

Granted £36 5s. Gd. to men for injury in the Life-boat Service at Cardigan, Gorleston, Palling, and Winterton.

Voted a small compassionate allowance to THOMAS KEW, a survivor of the Wells Life-boat disaster of 1880, who distinguished himself on that occasion, and who is now old and in very poor circumstances.

Awarded the Bronze Medal of the Institution, together with a copy of the Vote inscribed on Vellum and framed, to WILLIAM G. FLEMINO, Coxswain of the Gorleston Motor Life-boat, in recognition of his highly meritorious service when the Life-boat, under his command rescued, at considerable risk, the crew of four hands of the ketch Henrietta, of Goole, in a ful N. by E. gale, with a very heavy sea, on 22nd December, 1925.

Decided that, in recognition of their meritorious endeavours, when the Alnmouth Life-boat was launched and preparations were made for the launching of the Boulmer Life-boat in the early hours of the 20th December, to the s.s. Amble, which stranded on Alnmouth Bocks during a whole E.S.E. gale, with a very heavy sea and snow, the Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum and framed be presented to the women of Boulmer, and that each of the Life-boatmen and helpers of both Boats, both men and women, be given an additional monetary reward. The Committee also expressed their appreciation of the excellent work done on this occasion by Mr. H. B. STEPHENSON, the Honorary Secretary of the Institution's Branch at Alnmouth and Boulmer.

Awarded an Aneroid Barometer to Mr. T. HOOPER, Foreman of Works to the Institu- tion's Engineers, who went out as one of the crew in the Porthdinllaen Life-boat, and granted an additional monetary reward to the other members of the crew, for their services on the 24th December, when the Life-boat helped to save the s.s. Matje, of Hull, and rescued her crew of six, during a whole N.N.W. gale with a very heavy sea.

Granted an additional reward to the crew and helpers at St. Ives, in recognition of an arduous service on the evening of Christmas Day, when a sick man was landed from the Godrevy Lighthouse during a strong W.S.W. gale.

Granted additional rewards to the crews of the Eastbourne and Newhaven Motor Life- boats for arduous services on the 30th Decem- ber, when the s.s. Oomtesse de Flandre stranded near Beachy Head.

Directed that a Letter of Appreciation be addressed to the Ramsey Branch for a good service on the 19th December, when the crew of the schooner Ben Gullion were rescued.

Granted an additional monetary reward to the crew of the Pwllheli Life-boat for assisting to save the schooner Pearl and rescuing her crew of five, on the 24th December.

Granted an additional monetary reward to the crew of the Whitby No. 2 Life-boat for an arduous service on the 22nd December.

Voted £4 10s. to six men for rescuing the three occupants of the motor fishing coble Pathfinder, of Newbiggin, on the 9th December.

Also granted 2s. 6d. for petrol consumed.

The Pathfinder had not returned with the remainder of the fishing fleet as she had trouble with her engine, but she could be seen trying to make sail. As a N.E. wind of gale force was blowing and she was in danger of being swamped a large fishing coble was launched to her help. After skilled manoeu- vring she was picked up and brought into safety with her exhausted crew.

Voted £1 17s. 6 Z. to five men for saving the coble Rose, of Bridlington, and her two hands, on the 22nd December. Also granted 6s. for petrol and oil used. The coble had been over- taken by a strong wind from the eastward, with heavy seas, while out hauling lines. As the tide was low she could not at once run for harbour, so kept away from the land. The weather, however, got worse, the boat was in danger of sinking, and signals for help were made. The motor boat Clara, which was returning home, took the two men out of the coble, and also succeeded in saving her.

Voted £1 5s. to five men for putting off from Lynmouth in a motor boat to help a ketch seen to be in distress on the 6th December.

Also granted 5s. for petrol consumed. During a strong easterly wind the ketch's foremast had carried .away, but her Master was able to get her under control and declined the help offered.

Thursday, 18th February, 1926.

Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the Chair.

Reported the resignation from the Com- mittee of Management of Mr. R. H. GILLESPIK.

Reported the receipt of the following special contributions :—- £ *. d.

MR. PHILIP G. PEABODY (Donation) 50 - - BOYS OF BANSTEAD HALL SCHOOL (Donation) 34 4 4 —To be thanked.

Paid £15,366 7s. 9 Z. for sundry charges, in connexion with the maintenance of the various Life-boat establishments.

Voted £244 18s, ;he following Life Life-boat.

Arbroath.

6d. to pay the expenses of boat Services :— Lives.

Vessel. rescued.

Four fishing boats of Arbroath. Stood by Berwick-on- Tweed.

Eyemouth boats.

Four fishing boats of Berwick-on - Tweed.

Stood by boats.

Fishing boats of Eye- mouth. Stood by Filey boats.

Four fishing cobles of Filey. Stood by cobles.

Nine fishing cobles of Filey. Stood by Gorleston (Motor).

?he Humber (Motor).

?he Humber (Motor), Johnshaven .

cobles.

S.S. Paul et Jeannine, of Fecamp. Stood by vessel.

Steam trawler Dinorah, of Grimsby . . . 11 S.S. Tabora, of Cardiff.

Stood by vessel.

Three fishing boats of Gourdon. Stood by Cilmore .

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

Life-boat.

Scarborough (Motor).

Southwold (Motor).

Whitby .

(Motor).

Lives Vessel. rescued.

Two fishing cobles of Scarborough. Escorted cobles into harbour.

Fishing smack Meum et Tuum, of Lowestoft.

Stood by vessel.

Five fishing boats of Whitby. Escorted boats into harbour.

The Wexford (Motor) Life-boat stood by the s.s. Valdura, of Glasgow.

The Gorleston (Motor) Life-boat rendered assistance to the s.s. Paul et Jeannine, of Fecamp.

Also voted £327 9s. 9 Z. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat launches, assemblies of crews, etc., with a view to assisting persons on vessels in distress:—Aberdeen, Arklow (Motor), Balcary, Berwick-on-Tweed, Caister, Dunbar, Hilbre Island, Holyhead, Huna, Kingstown (Motor), Newburgh, Newhaven (Motor), Piel (Barrow), Ramsey, Runswick, Walton-on-the-Naze (Motor), Weymouth (Motor), and Whitby (Motor).

Granted £38 2s. to men for injury in the Life-boat Service at Eastbourne and Winterton.

Voted a further sum of £100 for the benefit of the men of the Ramsgate Life-boat, who took part in the rescue of the Indian Chief in 1881.

Voted a compassionate grant of £20 for the benefit of JETHRO PETTIT, late Coxswain of the Broadstairs Life-boat, who is now over eighty, an invalid, and in poor circumstances, and who served in the Life-boat for thirty years, and was Coxswain for ten years.

Granted £3 to Mr. R. RIVBTT, Berthing Master at Gorleston, for his hospitality at the Refuge of the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen to various Life-boat crews, who had put in there while passing up and down the coast taking Life-boats to their Stations. In February, 1925, a Framed and Inscribed Photograph of a Life-boat going out to a vessel in distress was presented to the Refuge in recognition of the hospitality which Life-boatmen had received there.

Decided that a Letter of Appreciation be sent to the Newburgh Branch for excellent work done at an arduous service launch on the night of the 10th January. Also sent Letter of Appreciation and the sum of £3 to Mechanic CROSSLEY, in recognition of his good services on this occasion.

Voted £4 to two men and addressed a Letter of Appreciation to each man for rescuing, at considerable risk, the two occupants of a motor boat on the 19th July, 1925. The two salvors, who were Lightkeepers at the Poolbeg Lighthouse, saw the boat drifting helplessly on to the rocks at the back of the Lighthouse wall in a very rough sea. They went at once to her aid, and, although unable to swim, they waded out into the sea, keeping their feet with the greatest difficulty in the rough water.

With other help the motor boat was also saved.

Thursday, 18th March, 1926.

Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the Chair.

Reported the death of Captain Sir HERBERT ACTON BLAKE, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., a member of the Committee of Management since 1910.

Elected Sir WILLIAM E. B. PRIESTLEY, J.P., Chairman of the Bradford Branch, a Vice- President of the Institution.

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

TRUSTEES OF THE LATE COLONEL JOHN C. BARLOW (To Bury Branch) (Donation) . . . 1,000 - - EXORS. OF THE LATE MRS. S. A. WALLIS (Donation) . . . 500 - - NESTLE'S 1925 COMPETITION (Donation) 250 - - " M. H." (Additional donation) 15 - - —To be thanked.

Paid £13,519 0*. 2d. for sundry charges, in connexion with the maintenance of the various Life-boat establishments.

Voted £379 8s. lOd. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services :— Lives Life-boat. Vessel. rescued.

Aranmore . S.S. Eleftherios M. Tricoglu, of Andros. Stood by vessel.

Ayr . . . . S.S. Nugget, of Glasgow. 6 Blyth (Motor) . Motor-boat Lily, of Blyth 2 Hope Cove . . S.S. Liberia, of Genoa.

Stood by vessel.

Moelfre . . . Ketch Alpha, of Newry.

Landed 3.

Moelfre . . . Schooner Exel, of Poole.

Landed 3.

Peel . . . . Fishing-boat Genesta, o f Peel. Stood by boat.

Peterhead No. 2 S.S. Bragi, of Stettin.

(Motor) Stood by vessel.

Poole and Fishing-boats of Poole.

Bournemouth Stood by fishing fleet.

Scarborough . Cobles Morning Star and (Motor) Pelican, of Scarborough.

Escorted cobles into harbour.

Torbay (Motor). S.S. Liberia, of Genoa . 3 Torbay (Motor). S.S. Izvor, of Dubrovnik.

Stood by vessel.

Wexford (Motor) Fishing smack Tipperary Lass, of Wexford.

Saved smack and . . 2 Whitby (Motor) Fishing-boat Pilot Me, of Whitby. Escorted boat into harbour.

Yarmouth, I. of S.S. Urkiola Mendi, of W. (Motor) Bilbao. Stood by vessel. crews, etc., with a view to assisting pe sons on vessels in distress:—Aberdeen No.

Aberdeen (Torry L.S.A.), Abersoch, Brook Caister, Donna Nook, Douglas (Motor Dunmore East (Motor), Easington, Helvic Head, The Humber (Motor), Johnshaven Kilmore, Margate No. 2 (Motor), Newhaven (Motor), North Deal, Port Erin (Motor), Port Logan, Rhoscolyn, Eye Harbour, St. Mary' (Motor), Sunderland (Motor), Tenby (Motor Walton-on-the-Naze (Motor), Whitby, an' Whitby (Motor).

Granted £29 Is. 6 Z. to mea for injury in th Life-boat service at Aranmore, Blakeney, East bourne, Hoylake, and Newhaven.

Voted a contribution of £10 to the Fund raised at Weymouth, for the relatives of W. T lizard, Coxswain, and of W. J, Duigman Assistant Motor Mechanic, of the Weymouth Life-boat, who lost their lives when attempting to reach a steamer in a small boat on the 8ti February.

Granted an additional reward to the crew and helpers of the Hope Cove Life-boat, who got soaked at an arduous launch on the 15tl February, when the s.s. Liberia stranded a Bolt Head, and sent a Letter of Thanks to Mr T. Dickinson, who picked up wireless messages and passed them on to the Honorary Secretary Granted a special reward of £3 to Mechanic C. H. Dawkins for his good services in the Torbay (Motor) Life-boat on the 15th and the 17th February.

Sent a Letter of Thanks to Captain and Mrs Ryder, of Salcombe Hotel, who looked after the three men rescued by the Torbay Life-boat, from the s.s. Liberia, on the 15th February.

Awarded the Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum and framed, together with the sum of £5 each to JAMES SHEA, sen., and to his son, JAMES SHEA, jun., a lad of sixteen years, in recognition of their very meritorious conduct in rescuing, at personal risk, the two occupants of a small boat, which was capsized in a squall during a moderate S.S.E. gale and a rough sea, in Tralee Bay, Co. Kerry, on the 13th February, 1926. (An account of this service appears on p. 238.) Decided that a Letter of Appreciation, to- gether with the sum of £5, be sent to Mr. JOHN BUCHAN, and that three other men should receive £3 each for rescuing the occupant of a drifting boat at Mulroy Bay, Co. Donegal, on the 16th September, 1925. (An account of this service appears on p. 238.) Voted £1 to the two men of the motor fishing- boat Gratitude, and £1 17s. 6d. to the five mem- bers of the crew of the motor fishing-boat Excelsior, together with 5s. for petrol con- sumed, for saving the fishing coble Lady Ley and her two men, at Whitby, on the 9th March, 1926. When returning from fishing the Lady Ley was caught in a squall. Her sails were lowered, but she was nearly swamped and was driven off before the wind and sea. The Gratitude put out to her heYp and succeeded in taking her in tow, but had come to the end of her petrol. The Excelsior, which had followed the Gratitude out, then took both boats in tow and brought them safely into harbour.

Voted £1 to two men for rescuing the two occupants of a small boat, at Tenby, on the 9th March, 1926. Also granted 2s. 6d. for petrol used. While on the way from Tenby to Caldy Island in a motor launch the rescuers saw the small boat being blown to leeward in a N.W. squall. The occupants of the boat were waving for help, so the launch took the boat in tow and brought her to Tenby.

Thursday, 22nd April, 1925.

Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the Chair.

Decided to close the Bull Bay Life-boat Station.

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

' BATH " (additional donation) . 1,000 - - WHITE STAR STEAMERS' CHARITY ACCOUNT (additional donation) 100 - - The Rev. Canon E. S. PALMER (donation) 50 - - To be thanked.

Paid £25,509 15s. 8d. for sundry charges in connexion with the maintenance of the various life-boat establishments.

Voted £52 4s. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services :—• Lives Life-boat. Vessel. rescued.

Folkestone . . S.S. Duce, of Genoa.

Stood by vessel.

he Humber . Steam trawler Sal- (Motor). monby, of Boston . 2 he Humber . A small boat. Saved (Motor). boat, ennen Cove . Schooner Ada, of (Motor). Barrow. Assisted to save vessel and rescued .... 6 Whitby . . . Seven motor fishing (Motor). boats of Whitby.

Stood by boats.

Yarmouth, I. of Boat of s.s. Baslemere, W. (Motor). of Southampton . 5 The Aldeburgh No. 2 Life-boat rendered assistance to the ketch Malvoisin, of London.

Also voted £238 9s. 3d. to pay the expenses E the following Life-boat launches, assemblies : crews, etc., with a view to assisting persons vessels in distress :—Abersoch, Barry Rock (Motor), Caister, Eastbourne (Motor), Fraserburgh (Motor), Lowestoft (Motor), Mar- ate No. 2 (Motor), Moelfre, The Mumbles Hotor), New Brighton No. 2 (Motor), North Deal, Peel, Porthdinllaen (Motor), Port Erin Motor), Southport, Tenby (Motor), and Tyne- outh (Motor).

Granted £47 7s. 6d. to persons for injury in ie Life-boat service at Blackpool, Boulmer, ardigan, Hoylake, and Moelfre.

Voted a compassionate grant of £5 to WM.

N. WALSH, now eighty years of age, who served for forty years in the Ballycotton Life- boat crew and acted as Head Launcher and Winchman for twenty years.

Granted £5 to FRANCIS J. MAY, Second Coxswain at Southwold, who resigned, owing to ill-health, and is in straitened circum- stances, after thirty-nine years' connexion with the Boat, during which period he served as Second Coxswain for over three years, and as Bowman for over four years.

Voted a compassionate grant of £6 to the widow of JOHN TERRY, who was left in poor circumstances. Terry had been Coxswain of the Helvick Head Life-boat for twenty-five years, and also supported an imbecile relative.

Voted a compassionate grant of £3 to the widow of RICHARD GOLDSMITH, who is now eighty years of age and nearly blind. Gold- smith, who was at one time Second Coxswain of the Ramsgate Life-boat, was one of the crew when the Life-boat went out to the Indian Chief in 1881.

Granted the sum of £5 for division amongst the permanent crew of the Humber Motor Life-boat in recognition of a good service on the 23rd March, when two men were rescued from the trawler Salmonby, which blew up.

Decided that special awards be made in recognition of the gallantry shown when the Swansea steam trawlers Tenby Castle and Cardigan Castle were lost off the coast of Co.

Galway, Ireland, on the 14th and 15th Feb- ruary respectively. The crew of the Tenby Castle were saved, but the crew of the Cardigan Castle, which had gone to the help of the other trawler, were lost except for one man.

The Silver Medal of the Institution, together with a copy of the Vote inscribed on Vellum and framed, was awarded to T. L. CLOUDS- DALE, fireman on the Tenby Castle, whose gallantry saved the crew.

The Bronze Medal of the Institution, to gether with a copy of the Vote inscribed on Vellum and framed, was awarded to Lieut. - Commander P. E. Vaux, D.S.C., R.N., District Inspector of life-boats, in recognition of his courage, initiative, and tenacious efforts, extending over several days and involving at times considerable personal risk, to trace the survivors of the crew of the Cardigan Castle.

The Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum and framed was awarded to Sergeant F. J. TOBIN, of the Irish Free State Civic Guard, who was untiring in searching for survivors.

A Pair of Binoculars, suitably inscribed, was awarded to Superintendent E. McQuillan, of the Irish Free State Coast Life Saving Service, in recognition of his action in searching two islands and his valuable co-operation with Lieut.-Commander Vaux.

Monetary rewards were granted to four men who rescued the sole survivor of the Cardigan Castle, and to other men who manned small boats to enable the searchers to go out to several uninhabited islands.

(A full description of these services will be found on page 235.) Thursday, 27th May, 1926.

Mr. HENRY E. FAROUS in the Chair.

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

THE PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE Co., LTD., Final instalment of cost of Ramsgate Motor Life-boat . 2,420 1 7 LLOYD'S, MEMBERS AND SUB- SCRIBERS OF, Collection . . 1,475 12 - L. M. TOREN, Esq. (additional donation) 40 - - " In Memory of C. D. MoK." (donation) 20 - - —To be thanked.

Paid £16,039 Is. 6d. for sundry charges in connexion with the maintenance of the various Life-boat establishments.

Voted £182 3s. 5d. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat services :—• Life-boat.

Berwick-on- Tweed Boulmer .

Lives Vessel. rescued.

Steam drifter Eyedale, of Eyemouth . . 10 Cloughey Clovelly . . , Filey . . . .

Kingsdown .

Sennen Cove (Motor) Whitby (Motor) .

Motor drifter Trite Vine, of St. Monance. Stood by and rendered as- sistance.

Schooner Via, of Brix- ham. Landed 4 Yacht Curlew, of Bide- ford. Saved vessel and rescued ... 3 Motor fishing coble Dorothy, of Filey.

Stood by vessel.

S.S. Toulouse, of Nantes.

Stood by vessel.

S.S. Deansway, of Car- diff. Stood by vessel.

Motor fishing coble Gratitude, of Whitby.

Escorted coble into harbour.

Yarmouth, I. of W. (Motor) Yacht Alektor, of Shoreham. Saved vessel and rescued . 3 The Wexford (Motor) Life-boat rescued the three hands of the ketch Daisy, of Jersey.

The North Deal Life-boat assisted to save the S.S. Montauban, of Nantes, and thirty-five persons.

Also voted £169 Os. 4d. 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, Brighton, Clogher Head, Donna Nook, Gorleston (Motor), The Humber (Motor), Margate No. 2 (Motor), New Brighton No. 2 (Motor), Palling No. 1, Penlee (Motor), Runswick, St. Abbs (Motor), Granted £20 10*. to men for injury in the Life-boat service at Blakeney and Winterton.

Voted a compassionate grant of £3 to PAT GORMAN, who is now well over seventy and had i acted as Head Launcher at Clogher Head for I fourteen years.

Voted a compassionate grant of £6 to the widow of GEORGE TART. Tart had been a member of the Dungeness Life-boat crew for twenty years and Second Coxswain for over nine years, and died after an operation, leaving his widow with three young children in great want.

Directed that a Letter of Appreciation be addressed to the Clovelly Station in recogni- tion of a good service on the 12th May, when the yacht Curlew, of Bideford, was saved and her three occupants rescued.

Voted the sum of £5, accompanied by a Letter of Thanks, to WALTER EVES, and granted the sum of £5 to another man, for their gallantry in saving a drowning man off Scarborough on the 4th May. Two cobles, . Energy and Harkaway, each with two men on board, were returning to Scarborough, laden with gravel. The sea was fairly rough for such small boats, and when they were still four miles out, a heavy sea, breaking over the Energy, swamped her, and she sank imme- diately, leaving the two men in the water.

Walter Eves and his mate in the Harkaway went at once to the rescue, throwing overboard as much as they could of their cargo for fear that they too would be swamped. One of the two men had already disappeared, but with great difficulty they got the other man into their boat.

Voted £6 to six men for rescuing one of the crew of the Greek steamer Eleftfierios M. Tricoglu, which stranded off Aranmore Island during thick weather, with a moderate S.E.

gale blowing and a heavy sea, on the 28th January. The six men put off in a yawl to her help and on reaching her found that one of the crew had jumped or fallen overboard. He was picked up in an exhausted state. But for the prompt action of the men he would probably have lost .his life. The yawl landed nine of the crew later. The Aranmore Life-boat was also launched and stood by the vessel all night at the request of the Captain.

Voted £2 to two men who went out to the schooner Via, of Brixham, when she stranded during a strong N. breeze with a rough sea off Tara Point, Co. Down, on the 13th May. The men reached the vessel before the Cloughey Life-boat, but on account of the high sea the schooner's crew were not willing to leave until the Life-boat arrived, when they were landed.

Later on they returned to their ship.