On 25th February, 1928, the Newburgh Lifeboat rescued' the crew, ten in number, of the steam trawler Isle of Wight, of Hull. Her owners, The Hull Steam Fishing and Ice Company, owning the Red Cross Fleet of trawlers, have become annual subscribers of ten guineas in appreciation of this service, and Messrs. Kelsall Bros, and Beeching, Ltd., owners of the Gamecock Fleet, which is managed from the same office, have also beannual subscribers of ten guineas.

On 26th June, 1928, the yacht Bonnie Jean, of Poole, was saved and her two occupants rescued by the Weymouth Life- boat. The Institution has received a donation of £5 from the owner, Mr. J. H. Robinson, of Parkstone, who has also become an annual subscriber.

On the 6th November last the Margate Motor Life-boat rescued the crew, ten in number, of the s.s. Solway Firth, of Glasgow, which had struck some submerged wreckage and sunk. The owners, Northern Coasters, Ltd., have sent, through their managers, Messrs. Gillie and Blair, a donation of £10 in gratitude for the service.

* * * * * On the 15th January last the Aberdeen North Pier Life-saving Apparatus fired a line over the s.s. Idaho, of Hull, at the request of the owners' representative, in order to inspire confidence in the crew, as the vessel had gone aground. The owners, Ellerman's Wilson Line, Ltd., expressed their thanks and made a donation of £10 Is. 3d. to cover the expenses incurred by the Institution.

On the 2nd February, the Crew of the Aldeburgh No. 2 Life-boat assembled in readiness to take the Marine Superintendent of the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co., Ltd., and a Pilot out to the s.s. Garth Castle, which had stranded. The owners sent the Institution £3 6s. 6d. to cover the expenses and expressed their thanks for its help.

On the 12th February the Plymouth Motor Life-boat rescued ten of the crew of the s.s.

Deventia, of Workington, which stranded at Bolt Head in a strong E.S.E. gale. The three remaining members of the crew were rescued by the Life-Saving Apparatus Company. An account of this fine service, for which the Coxswain was awarded the Institution's Thanks inscribed on Vellum, appeared in the last issue of The Lifeboat. To show their gratitude, the owners, the Northwest Shipping Co., Ltd., have given £7 10s. to the Workington Branch of the Institution, and the same sum to be distributed to members of the Life-boat Crew..