ON the 8th May, 1930, the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Motor Life-boat saved the sailing yacht Billikat, and rescued her two occupants. Mr. H. L. Loring, the owner, has become a subscriber of £2 2s. to the Institution.

On the 23rd June, 1930, as reported elsewhere, the Sennen Cove Motor Life-boat attempted to rescue two young men bathing off Land's End. Both were drowned. Their father, Mr. J. B. Buhner, of Holyhead, has sent a donation of £10 10*. and become a sub- scriber of £1 1*. in appreciation of the prompt efforts of the Life-boat.

On 23rd August last, with a strong breeze blowing and a rough sea, the Humber Motor Life-boat rescued the two occupants of the auxiliary sloop Dakar, of Hull, which had stranded while loading gravel on the banks.

The Master and Owner of the Dakar has sent a donation of £5 5s. through the Humber Station, in gratitude for this service.

At eight on the morning of 2nd October last, the Exmouth Life-boat was launched to the help of the M.v. Ben Johnson, of London, which had gone ashore on the Pole Sands, three-quarters of a mile from the Station.

Wind and sea were moderate, but there was a heavy swell on the sands. The crew of the Ben Johnson would not leave her, so the Life- boat stood by until five in the afternoon. She then returned to her Station, but put out again at midnight, as the waves from the heavy swell were breaking over the vessel, and stood by until daybreak. As the weather looked bad, she again stood by in the afternoon, and again during the night, until the wind shifted. Altogether she was standing by for over twenty hours. In gratitude for this service the National Benzole Company, the owners of the vessel, have sent a donation of £5 5s.

On the afternoon of 25th October last the Motor Life-boat at Walton-on-the-Naze went out to the help of a small open boat, which could be seen far out at sea, and in difficulties.

A nasty sea was running, with heavy squalls blowing. The Life-boat found the boat with two men on board. She was quite unmanage- able, being already half full of water and in danger of sinking. The Life-boat took off the two men and brought them into Clacton. A few days later the Institution received a letter from one of the two men, expressing his gratitude for the rescue of himself and his son.

He wrote : " I am an ex-naval chief petty officer with seven children, and in all proba- bility 1 should have lost my son and myself but for the timely help of the Walton Life-boat.

After my 23 years at sea in the Royal Navy, I now feel quite a greenhorn, and I can now realise the wonderful organisation and value to all poor and distressed brothers on land and sea. With my heartfelt thanks and my wife's and family's, I beg to remain, ever yours in gratitude.".