Thursday, February llth, 1932.

Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the chair.

Reported the receipt of the following special contributions :— Mrs. Helen Davis, 100 £1 Preference shares in the Lady Workers' Homes Ltd.

£ t. d.

Miss Overend . . . . 100 0 0 Great Western Railway . . 70 0 0 Miss Whittaker . . . . 50 0 0 Mr. C. E. W. Lambert. . . 25 0 0 Prudential Assurance Co., Ltd. . 21 0 0 Sir George Clerk . . . 20 0 0 Mr. W. H. A. Wharton . . 20 0 0 To be thanked.

Paid £18,041 15s. 5d. for sundry charges in connexion with the construction of Life-boats, Life-boathouses and Slipways, and the main- tenance of the Life-boat Stations.

Voted £257 11s. 3d. to pay the rewards for the Life-boat services, accounts of which appear on pp. 479-486.

Voted £240 7s. to pay the rewards for the Life-boat launches, assemblies of Crews, etc., accounts of which appear on pp. 479-486.

Voted a further £14 10s. on account of pensions already granted to the dependent relatives of men who lost their lives in the Life- boat Service at Brighstone Grange and Caister.

Granted £2 6s. to a man for injury in the Life-boat Service at Selsey.

Voted a compassionate grant of £5 to the two daughters of the late ANDREW CUNNING- HAM, ex-Coxswain of the Grail Life-boat, who were left in straitened circumstances.

Thursday, March 10th, 1932.

Sir GODFREY BAKING, Bt., in the chair.

Reported the death of Mr. Harry Hargood, a member of the Committee of Management since 1908, and a Vice-President since 1923, and resolved that an expression of sympathy be conveyed to Mrs. Hargood.

Accepted with regret the resignation of the Rt. Hon. William Dudley Ward from the Committee of Management.

Co-opted Commander Henry Strong, R.N.R., a member of the Committee of Management.

Confirmed the appointment of Lieut.- Commander G. R. Cousins, D.S.C., R.N., as a District Inspector of Life-boats.

Decided that on the retirement of Mr. H. G.

Solomon, F.C.I.S., Organizing Secretary for the Ireland and Wales District, this area be divided into two districts; and appointed Captain V.' M. Lewis, M.C., Organizing Secretary for Wales, and Mr. T. L. M. Fuge, Organizing Secretary for Ireland.

Reported the receipt of the following special contributions :—• £ s. d.

Messrs. Wallace Bros. & Co. Ltd. £100 0 0 Mrs. M. S. Hopwood, Executrix of the late Mrs. C. E. Maurice 100 0 0 Mrs. C. C. Courtauld . . 20 0 0 H.M.S. Curacoa . . . 15 0 0 To be thanked.

Paid £13,550 2s. 5d. for sundry charges in connexion with the construction of Life-boats, Life-boathouses and Slipways, and the main- tenance of the Life-boat Stations.

Voted £205 3s. 6d. to pay the rewards for the Life-boat services, accounts of which appear on pp. 486-491.

Voted £178 17s. 6d. to pay the rewards for the Life-boat launches, assemblies of Crews, etc., accounts of which appear on pp. 486— 491 ; also voted 5s. in connexion with a launch already reported.

Voted a further £337 10s. 3d. on account of pensions already granted to the dependent relatives of men who lost their lives in the Life-boat Service at Aldeburgh, Caister, Eastbourne, Fethard, Filey, Fraserburgh, Holy head, Johnshaven, Mumbles, New Brighton, Newhaven, Padstow, Port St. Mary, Rhoscolyn, Rye Harbour, St. David's, Troon, and Whitby.

Granted £73 2s. 6d. to men for injury in the Life-boat Service at Blackpool, Broughty Ferry, Caister, Cardigan, Moelfre, Newhaven, and Walmer.

Voted a compassionate grant of £5 to Miss Ellen Fawcus, a sister of the late Signalman at North Sunderland, who is in straitened circumstances.

Decided that the special weekly allowance now being paid to James Bultitude, an ex- member of the Crew of the Caister Life-boat who was injured at a launch in November, 1929, be continued until March, 1933.

Decided that the special weekly allowance now being paid to Henry Marchant, who has been incapacitated by illness since going out on service in the Newhaven Life-boat in November, 1929, be continued until March, 1933..