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Form of Bequest

P*OR those who wish permanently to benefit what must necessarily be a permanent Work of Humanity.

I give and bequeath to the Royal National Life-boat Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, London, Incorporated by Royal Charter, the sum of £ , for the use of the said Institution, and I declare that the said Legacy shall be paid free fr.om Legacy Duty, and that the receipt of the Treasurer of the said Institution shall be a sufficient discharge for the same.

Motor Life-boat.

60 ft. Barnett Twin Screw .

51 ft. Baraett Twin Screw .

45 ft. Watson Cabin, or 48 ft Ramsgate Type .

40 ft. Norfolk and Suffolk Type 35 ft. Self-righting Type Estimated Cost of Boat __ JL and Equipment.

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14,000 11,000 10,000 7,000 4,500 Estimated Annual Upkeep.

Jt 1,000 750 650 500 400 Estimated Coit of Maintenance for 20 years or for the Life of the Boat.

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15,600 10,200 8,850 6,800 5,450 Concrete Slipway Motor Life-boat House . . . .

( 80 h.p. .

Motor Life-boat Engine 60 h.p. .

| 40 h.p. .

Motor Caterpillar Tractor Winch and Engine Life-boat Carriage . . . . .

Power-driven Capstan for Motor Lifeboats (for hauling on ropes and heaving i n anchor) . . . . . .

Line-throwing G u n . . . . .

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costs 6,000 to 10,000 to construct ,. 1,800 , 3,000 „ 1.500 800 600 ,, 1,800 750 600 80 15 A Life-boat can be named after the donor, or receive the name which the donor chooses, and in the other cases, such as Boathouses, a tablet is affixed recording the gift. Bequests for any of these purposes are always most gratefully received by the Committee of Management; but the most acceptable of all is a general bequest, which leaves the Committee free to apply it in any way which they, with full knowledge of all the requirements of the Life-boat Service, consider will be of most value to that Service.

GEORGE F. SHEE, M.A., Secretary.

22, Charing Cross Road, London. W.C.2..