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THE Prince of Wales, President of the Institution, the Duke of York, Prince Henry, Prince George, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, Patron of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, and Princess Victoria, have all accepted for use on. their cars the Institution's Motor Mascot in the form of a Life-boatmaa. This mascot is a reproduction of the figure of the Life-boatman which, stands on the memorial at Margate to nine Life- who lost their lives in 1897, when going out in a surf-boat to a vessel in distress, and there is a lifesize reproduction on the outside of Life-boat House, London. The mascot is made in two sizes, and a photograph of it appeared in The Lifeboat for September last year. It is hoped that all Life-boat workers with cars will follow the roval example and help the Institution by using it..