THE Institution has awarded an in- scribafl Aneroid Barometer to Mr.

Lionel Hunt, of Barry Dock, Glamor- ganshire, for his gallantry in rescu- ing two men from drowning. Mr.

Lionel Hunt is a Barry Channel Pilot's assistant, in charge of a motor launch.

On the night of 4th March he took a man out to a steamer. There was a strong east wind and a heavy swell, and, in getting back into the launch, the man, Mr. Deacon, who had only one hand, fell into the sea. Mr. Hunt was alone in the launch, but he suc- ceeded in getting a line to Mr. Deacon.

The launch was thrown by the swell against the side of the ship ; its mast was snapped off; and the tide, which was running very strongly, quickly carried it away. The night was dark, and the water very cold. For half an hour Mr. Hunt was fighting desperately to get Mr. Deacon—-who was a much heavier man and severely handicapped by having only one hand—into the launch. In the end he succeeded, but by then Mr. Deacon was unconscious from the cold, Mr. Hunt himself was com- pletely exhausted, and the launch had been carried by the tide a mile away from the steamer. Mr. Hunt made at once for the pier-head, and Mr. Deacon was brought round by artificial respiration.

The second rescue took place on the night of the 15th June, when a pilot, in boarding a steamer from Mr. Hunt's launch, fell into the sea. In spite of the fact that he was again alone in the launch, and that the pilot could not swim, Mr. Hunt got him safely on board.

The Barometer was presented at the annual meeting of the full Com- mittee of the Barry Branch, and in the absence of Mr. Hunt himse.f, through sudden illness, was received by his son..