Lite-boats:- EXPENDITURE. t s. a. £ New Life-boats for the following stations : — On account — Aberdeen, Eastbourne, Piel (Barrow), Rosslare Harbour, Southend-on-Sea, Stromness, Swanage, and Walton-on-Naze, etc 33,252 7 3 Provision of office accommodation and storage for timber, etc., at the Building Yards . . . 755 16 1 Alterations and Repairs of Life-boats, etc. . . 6,864 10 2 Payments on Maintenance of Steam Life-boat and Tug 1 ,500 6 9 Consulting Naval Architect . . . . . 244 9 8 Salaries and allowances of Inspectors and Surveyors of Machinery, Surveyors of Life-boats, Assistant Surveyors, Draughtsmen, and Clerks (31 persons) . 9,381 13 5 Travelling Expenses 2,278 15 7 Pensions and gratuity . . . . . . 1,150 6 10 55 4°8 Life-boat Carriages and Tractors, viz. : — New Tractors, etc. 2,997 11 5 Repairs to Tractors 169 19 0 Alterations and Repairs of Life-boat Carriages . . 80 15 5 Tipping's Sand Plates for Carriage Wheels . . 273 15 11 Salary and allowances of Assistant Surveyor of Lifeboat Carriages 301 10 7 Travelling Expenses 200 14 10 1 031 Life-boat Houses and Slipways, including Engineers' charges 37,695 Life-boat Stores 11,332 Life-boat Storeyard at Poplar, including Taxes, Insurance and Repairs 2,739 18 8 Salaries and allowances of Deputy Chief Inspector for Stores, Storekeeper and Clerks (15 persons), and Wages of Manual Workers (47 persons) . 11,584 11 11 Pensions 217 0 0 Storeyard Extension Works 1,637 3 6 16 178 Payments in connexion with Life-boat Stations, such as Repainting and other Small Repairs to Life-boats, Life-boat Carriages, and Life-boat Houses, done locally, Conveyance of Boats, Carriages, Stores, Postages, etc. . . . 8,154 8 1 Salaries of Assistant Secretaries, etc., of Stations (18 persons) 250 0 0 8 110 Life-boat Inspectors, Coxswains, Motor Mechanics, Bowmen, Signalmen and Crews, etc., viz. : — Cost of Wreck Services, including Rewards to Lirc-bo.it Crews and others, Special Rewards and Recognitions, Medals a n d Vellums . . . . . 5,782 2 8 Grants to men injured in the Life-boat service . . 452 6 8 i Fees of Coxswains, Bowmen and Signalmen, Vages of Motor Mechanics, etc. . . . . .18,188 18 5 Payments to Life-boat Crews and Launchers for exercises, etc. . . . . . . . 0,077 4 7 Payments to permanent Crews of Steam Life-boat and Tug 2,181 0 11 Pensions and Retiring Allowances to Coxswains, Bowmen a n d Signalmen . . . . . 3,f!09 1 7 5 Pensions and Grants to Relatives of deceased Lifeboat men a n d others . . . . . C27 2 6 Pensions to permanent Crews of Steam Life-boats . 448 12 0 37 667 Salaries and allowances of Inspectors of Life-boats, and Clerks (15 persons) 6,623 13 2 Travelling Expenses of Inspectors . . . . 2,182 0 10 Pensions . . 742 4 6 9 517 Carried forward . . . . £180,294 s. d.

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Subscriptions, Donations, etc. : - £ s. d. s. s. d.

General Subscriptions to Headquarters . . . 5,683 15 4 „ „ through Station Branches . . 6,459 9 11 „ „ through Financial Branches . 17,283 2 2 „ Donations to Headquarters . . . . 9,985 7 10 „ „ through Station Branches . . 20,313 12 8 „ „ through Financial Branches . . 45,369 1 6 Contributions from Harbour Authorities towards upkeep of Life-boat Stations 1,987 18 4 Contribution Boxes (Headquarters) . . . . 415 8 6 „ „ (Station Branches) . . . 3,989 9 1 „ „ (Financial Branches) . . . 504 6 6 111,991 11 10 Life-boat Funds : — Civil Service Life-boat Fund, per H. A. Clark, Esq., I.S.O., in respect of the following Life-boat Establishments — Kingstown, Margate No. 2, Maryport, North Deal and Montrose No. 1 (additional) 2,436 9 3 North Deal—Bevan Reward Fund (per the Charity Commissioners) . . . . . . 208 5 0 Northrepps Mariners' Fund, for Norfolk Life-boat Stations 12 10 0 2,657 4 3 Income from Investments : — Dividends and Interest on Investments. . . . 44,570 10 6 Less Income Tax deducted . . . . 4,423 7 11 40,147 2 7 Special Purposes Trust Fund Income £ s. d.

Account . . . . . 1,578 7 7 Less Transfer to Special Purposes Trust Fund (page 21) . . 385 16 6 1,192 11 1 Less Transfers to Station Branch Contributions, and Financial Branch Contributions . . 27 1 0 1,105 10 1 Income T a x recovered . . . . . . . 0,549 6 8 47,861 19 4 Carried forward . . £102,510 15 5 EXPENDITURE.

Brought forward Administration : — One half of Salaries and allowances of Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Assistant Secretary (General), and Clerical Staff (27 persons) £ s. d.

Rent, Rates, Taxes, Lighting, Heating, Insurance, etc. . . . . 1,423 1 7 1 Insurance under Workmen's Compensation, National Insurance and Unemployment Insurance Acts . . 074 14 1 Commissionaires and Messenger (3 persons) 5 -~ 10 0 Telephone, Postages and Parcels . . f 85 8 4.

s. d. £ s. d.

180,294 15 11 4,437 8 11 Less estimated amount chargeable to Publicity . . . . .

3,329 9 6 1.000 0 0 1,729 9 6 Pension . . . . . . . . . 49 13 0 Stationery, Office Expenses, Printing, Books, Circulars, Forms, etc. . . . . . . . 1,58s 9 7 Auditors' Fees 271 18 9 L a w Expenses . . . . . . . 78.'i 1 1 8 Repairs and improvements to the House of the Institution . 30 18 3 8,897 9 8 Renovation o f Founder's Grave . . . . 10 o o Publicity at Headquarters and 960 Branches : — One half of Salaries and allowances of Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Assistant Secretary (General) and Clerical Staff (as above), and Salaries and allowances of Assistant Secretary (Publicity) and Typist . . . 5,347 12 11 Salaries and allowances of District Organizing Secretaries, Clerks, etc. (27 persons) . . . . 0,174 13 11 Travelling allowances of District Organizing Secretaries 2,3(iG 10 10 Annual General Meeting . . . . . . 44 11 7 Advertising a n d Appeals . . . . . 0,309 10 0 Stationery, Printing, Books, Circulars, Forms, Badges, Collecting Boxes, Postages, etc. . . . . 9,131 11 6 Printing and Binding the Annual Report and The Lifeboat Journal . . . . . . . 2,072 0 2 Payments in connexion with purchase and distribution of Britain's Life-boats . . . . . . 10 7 0 Salaries and Commissions of Assistant Secretaries, etc., of Branches (123 persons) . . . . . 3,502 15 1 Estimated proportion of Administration Expenses as above 1,000 0 0 36,560 5 0 Total Expenditure 225,702 10 7 Balance unaccounted for by a dismissed Official . . 1 (19 7 9 Balance to General Purposes Fund . . . 6,715 14 o £232,047 12 10 INCOME.

£ s. d.

Brought forward 162,510 15 5 Sundry Receipts : Sale of old Life-boats, Life-boat Carriages, Life-boat £ s. d.

Houses, Condemned Stores, etc. . . . 2,697 5 1 Sale of The Lifeboat Journal, Advertisements, etc. . 183 31 11 Sale of Britain's Life-boats 393 2,884 6 3 Ordinary Income 155,395 i s Legacies for General Purposes 56,812 o 11 Gifts and Legacies for Special Purposes : - Income only available :— Legacies . . . . . . . 1.507 1 8 3 Special Gifts 200 0 0 Capital available :— Legacies 4,312 4 10 Special Gifts 657 18 3 . 6,768 1 4 Total Receipts 228,975 3 11 Less :— Transferred to Endowment Trust Fund . . 1,797 18 3 Do. Special Purposes Trust Fund . 4,970 3 1 6,768 1 4 Total Receipts available for General Purposes • 222,207 2 7 Transferred from Special Purposes Trust Fund for Life-boats, etc., included in Expenditure defrayed during the year by Special Legacies and Donations 10,440 10 3 £232,647 12 10 NOTE.—This account comprises the receipts and disbursements of the Headquarters of the Institution for the year to 31st December, 1927, and of the Branches for the year to 30th September, Ui£7..