OWING to the fact that the present Head- quarters at Life-boat House, Charing Cross Road, have for some years been too small for the staff required to deal with the constant expansion of the Institution's activities, the Committee of Management have for the past year been in search of more suitable premises. They have now acquired, on favourable terms, the lease of 42 and 44, Grosvenor Gardens, S.W. 1, close to Victoria Station. It is not expected that the new " Life-boat House " will be ready for occupation until next spring, and a further announcement will be made in a later issue.