OXE of the notable Life-boat events of 1930 was the great increase in the amount contributed to the Institution by Scotland. In a year in which of the eight districts into which Great Britain and Ireland are divided for the purpose of the Institution's appeals, four showed an increase, and the other four a decrease, Scotland increased her contribution by over £12,000, or nearly 80 per cent. Her contribution in 1929 was under £16,000.

In 1930 it was over £28,000. Of this sum over £9,000 was in the form of special donations, but, even without these, the increase was over £3,000, which is more than £1,000 higher than the increase of any other District.

In 1926, the year before the Scottish Life-boat Council was formed, under the Chairmanship of the Duke of Montrose, Scotland contributed £10,722. Each vear since then has shown an increase, and Scotland has now much more than doubled her contribution of five years ago. During the four years of the Coun- cil's work the average annual contribu- tion has been £17.193. During the four previous years it was £11,308, so that the average increase is over 50 per cent.

Under the constitution of the Scottish Council, every Branch which remits over £100 is entitled to have one repre- sentative on the Council, and a second representative if it remits over £200.

The number of Branches entitled to representation has increased in the past four years from 18 to 34, and the number of representatives from 29 to 47.

As these figures show, many Branches have contributed towards the notable development in Scotland, but the chief credit belongs to Glasgow. Its record last year, and, in fact, during the past four years, is unequalled by any Branch in the history of-the Institution. In 1926, the year before the formation of the Scottish Council, Glasgow contributed £2,391, being fourth in the Institution's list of Branches, with the City of London, Manchester and Liverpool occupying the first three places. The next year showed an increase of over £1,000, the next a further increase of over £600, and the next a further increase of over £1,000. These increases brought the contribution of Glasgow in 1929 to £5,152, and the Branch then took the second place in the list, the first place being occupied by the City of London, with £9,930.* In 1930, Glasgow contri- * The City of London Branch covers only the original City and the Borough of Finsbury.

buted £13,519. In so doing, it much more than doubled its previous record, took first place in the list of Branches, the City of London being second with £8,987, and contributed a larger sum than had ever been received from one Branch, with the exception of Man- chester's contribution of £14,854 in 1924, which included a sum of over £10,000 raised as a special Cente- nary gift to the Institution. On this notable achievement, Glasgow, and the whole of Scotland, deserves the hearty congratulations of all Life-boat workers.

The whole of Greater London, which includes a number of Branches, rai ed £20,030 in 1929, and £20,737 in 1930..