Life-boats:- EXPENDITURE. £ ,. d. £ „. a.

New Life-boats for the following stations :—On account —Angle, Ballycotton, Berwick-on-Tweed, Campbel- town, Clacton, Courtmacsherry, Cromarty, Dover, Fishguard, Fowey, Holyhead, Humber, Hythe, Moelfre, Newhaven, Padstow, Port Patrick, St.

Mary's (Scilly), St. Peter Port (Guernsey), Selsey, 1 0 4 4 7 7 3 10 14 7 Stornoway, Tenby, Troon, Weymouth, etc. . 105,997 Upkeep of Office and Store at Cowes . . . 212 Alterations and Repairs of Life-boats, etc. . . 11,271 Payments on Maintenance of Steam Life-boat and Tug 186 Consulting Naval Architect ..... 406 Salaries and allowances of Inspectors and Surveyors of Machinery, Surveyors of Life-boats, Assistant 8 11 10 2 19 1 5 2 130,832 14 8 Surveyors, Draughtsmen, and Clerks (31 persons) . 9,601 Travelling Expenses ...... 2,395 Pensions and gratuity ...... 5!)0 Contributions to Superannuation and Provident Fund 171 Life-boat Carriages and Tractors, viz. : - New Tractors, etc. 9,408 19 11 Repairs to Tractors 231 4 4 Alterations and Repairs of Life-boat Carriages . . 158 19 4 Salaries and allowances of Assistant Inspector and Assistant Surveyor (2 persons) .... 634 15 6 Travelling Expenses 486 8 1 Contributions to Superannuation and Provident Fund 36 14 9 10,957 1 11 36,656 8 3 22,407 1 3 Life-boat Houses and Slipways, including Engineers' charges ........

Life-boat Stores Life-boat Storeyard at Poplar, including Taxes, Insur- ance and Repairs ...... 2,504 10 4 Salaries and allowances of Deputy Chief Inspector for Stores, Storekeeper and Clerks (17 persons), and Wages of Manual Workers (56 persons) . 13,051 19 0 Pensions and gratuity .... . 273 16 3 15,876 9 5 Contributions to Superannuation and Provident Fund 46 3 10 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. . . . 12,571 13 4 12,832 14 2 2,157 0 5 Station Centenary Expenses . . . . . 17 1 3 Salaries of Assistant Secretaries, etc., of Stations (17 persons) 243 19 7 Sundry remittances to Station Branch expended, for which no detailed accounts received Life-boat Inspectors, Coxswains, Motor Mechanics, Bowmen, Signalmen and Crews, etc., viz. : — 4 5 4 0 19 6 14 7 3 4 1 10 8 6 16 10 Cost of Wreck Services, including Rewards to Life-boat Crews and others, Special Rewards and Recogni- tions, Aledals and Vellums ..... 7,211 Grants to men injured in the Life-boat service . . 595 Fees of Coxswains, Bowmen and Signalmen, Wages of Motor Mechanics, etc 23,685 Payments to Life-boat Crews and Launchers for exercises, etc 6,699 Payments to permanent Crews of Steam Life-boat and Tug 980 Pensions and Retiring Allowances to Coxswains, Bowmen and Signalmen ..... 3,190 Pensions and Grants to Relatives of deceased Life- boatmen and others ..... 1,877 Pensions and Gratuities to permanent Crews of Steam Life-boats 1,379 Carried forward 45.619 13 0 £277,339 3 1 INCOME.

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

General Subscriptions to Headquarters . . . 5,988 11 2 „ „ through Station Branches . . 6,881 1 11 „ „ through Financial Branches . 18,735 15 7 „ Donations to Headquarters .... 11,610 0 8 „ „ through Station Branches . . 22,553 15 7 „ „ through Financial Branches . . 54,649 9 2 Contributions from Harbour Authorities towards upkeep of Life-boat Stations 1,837 18 4 Contribution Boxes (Headquarters) .... 423 16 5 „ „ (Station Branches) . . . 6,054 10 7 „ „ (Financial Branches) . . . 776 10 7 -129,511 10 0 Lite-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, Maryport, North Deal and Southend (additional) . . 3,083 17 4 North Deal—Bevan Reward Fund (per the Charity Commissioners) ...... 208 5 0 Covent Garden Lifeboat Fund, per Bert J. Monro, Esq. (additional) 106 11 2 3,398 13 6 Income from Investments : — Dividends and Interest on Investments Less Income Tax deducted . 43,666 9 7 . 4,367 11 3 39,298 18 4 Special Purposes Trust Fund Income £ s. d.

Account 1,569 6 8 Less Transfer to Special Purposes Trust Fund ....

375 2 7 1,194 4 1 Less Transfers to Station Branch Contributions, and Financial Branch Contributions Income Tax recovered .

27 1 0 1,167 3 1 4,523 6 5 44,989 7 10 Carried forward £177,899 11 4 EXPENDITURE. £ «. d. £ «. d. Brought forward 277,339 3 1 Life-boat Inspectors, etc.— continued. Salaries and allowances of Inspectors of Life-boats, and Clerks (18 persons) 6,942 9 11 Travelling Expenses of Inspectors .... 2,391 11 3 Pensions ......... 740 9 0 Contributions to Superannuation and Provident Fund . 67 0 7 10 141 10 9 Administration : - One half of Salaries and allowances of Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Assistant Secretary (General), and Clerical Staff (30 persons) 4,743 7 0 £ s. d. , Rent, Rates, Taxes, Lighting, Heating, Insurance, etc. .... 1,255 8 8 Insurance under Workmen's Compensa- tion, National Insurance and Unem- ployment Insurance Acts . . 609 0 8 Commissionaires and Watchman (4 persons) 546 10 6 Telephone, Postages and Parcels . . 785 10 1 3,196 9 11 Less estimated amount chargeable to Publicity 1,500 0 0 1 696 9 11 Pension 49 13 0 Contributions to Superannuation and Provident Fund 134 14 7 Stationery, Office Expenses, Printing, Books, Circulars, Forms, etc. ....... 1,562 14 11 Auditors' Fee t 236 5 0 Law Expenses ....... 809 3 0 Repairs and improvements to the House of the Institu- tion ......... 239 10 1 9,471 17 6 Legacy Duty, etc. on Legacy from Miss Sarah Berry . '392 14 8 Publicity at Headquarters and 1040 Branches : - One half of Salaries and allowances of Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Assistant Secretary (General) and Clerical Staff (as above), and Salaries and allowances of Assis- tant Secretary (Publicity) and Typist (32 persons) , 5,551 10 10 Salaries and allowances of District Organizing Secre- taries, Clerks, etc. (35 persons) .... 6 525 19 0 Travelling expenses of District Organizing Secretaries 2,228 7 3 Annual General Meeting ...... 28 16 8 Advertising and Appeals ..... 7,395 17 6 Stationery, Printing, Books, Circulars, Forms, Badges, Collecting Boxes, Postages, etc. .... 10497 11 9 Printing and Binding the Annual Report and The Lifeboat Journal ....... 2,439 7 7 Salaries and Commissions of Assistant Secretaries, etc., of Branches (124 persons) ..... 4290 16 4 Contributions to Superannuation and Provident Fund 267 13 8 Estimated proportion of Administration Expenses as above ........ 1,500 0 0 40 726 0 7 Total Expenditure £ 338,071 6 7 INCOME.

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Brought forward 177,899 11 4 Sundry Receipts : Sale of old Life-boats, Life-boat Carriages, Life-boat £ s. d.

Houses, Condemned Stores, etc. . . . 2,300 6 6 Sale of The Lifeboat Journal, Advertisements, etc. . 131 2 7 2,431 9 1 Ordinary Income iso,33i o 5 Legacies for General Purposes 61,032 2 o Gifts and Legacies for Special Purposes : - Income only available :— Legacies 380 4 0 Special Gifts 20 0 0 Capital available :— Legacies 21,501 8 5 Special Gifts 47,789 7 7 69,691 0 0 Total Receipts 311,054 2 5 Less :— Transferred to Endowment Trust Fund . . 400 4 0 Do. Special Purposes Trust Fund . . 69,290 16 0 Less Legacy Duty, etc. . . 392 14 8 68,898 1 4 69,298 5 4 Total Receipts available for General Purposes • 241,75517 i Transferred from Special Purposes Trust Fund for Life-boats, etc., included in Expenditure, defrayed during the year by Special Legacies and Donations 33,545 15 10 275,301 12 11 Deficit charged to General Purposes Fund . . . 62,769 13 8 .£338,071 67 NOTE.—This account comprises the receipts and disbursements of the Headquarters of the Institution for the year to 31st December, 1929, and of the Branches for the year to 30th September, 1929..