IT is now four years since the establishment of this Institution ; and the Committee, in making their Fourth Annual Report, beg leave to state, that they have continued to pursue the measures which they have deemed best calculated to effect the objects of the Institution, and have continued to grant honorary and pecuniary rewards to parties who have exerted themselves in saving Lives from Shipwreck, apportioning the same to the best of their judgment, to the services rendered, and the risk incurred.

The number of Lives saved from Shipwreck during the last year, through the means provided by the Institution, is One Hundred and Sixty-three, and the total number saved from the period of its Establishment, is Six Hundred and Eighty.

The honorary and pecuniary rewards granted last year for saving lives, were: ONE GOLD MEDALLION, FOURTEEN SILVER MEDALS, £273 9s. IN CASH..