IT should be of interest to Life-boat workers, particularly those connected with Stations at seaside resorts, to read the following summary of the visitors' book kept at the Ilfracombe Boat-house in the summer of last year. During the four summer months, June to September, 1,840 names were written in it. The majority were visitors from London, the south of England and South Wales.

Many were from the Midlands, and some from the North of England. A few came from the East Coast, three came from Ireland, and two from Scotland.

There were also a number of visitors from overseas, the majority of these being from Australia. Among the places from which they came were Dunedin, Auckland, Melbourne, Sydney in New South Wales (as well as Sydney, Gloucestershire), Egypt, West Australia, Tasmania, Durban, Rhodesia, Bombay, New York, West Falkland Islands, Paris, Shanghai and Oreya, in Peru. It will thus be seen that the Ilfracombe Lifeboat House last summer has visitors from China and Peru..