Mr. Edmund J. Bluett, who died on llth January last, was Honorary Secre- tary of the Scilly Islands Branch for thirty-six years. He was appointed in May, 1882, and retired in September, 1918. During those thirty-six years the Life-boats at St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, rescued 128 lives. Mr. 'Bluett was presented with Inscribed Binoculars in 1892, the Institution's Decoration (now replaced by the Gold Badge) in 1902, and the Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum on his retirement..