Honorary Life-Governors.

HARRIET, LADY FINDLAY, D.B.E., has been appointed an Honorary Life-Governor of the Institution in recognition of her valued services as President of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild of the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Branch, and Honorary Secretary of the Scottish Life-boat Council, and has been presented with a copy of the Vote, inscribed on Vellum, and signed by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, K.G., President of the Institution.

Mr. FRANCIS LAIDLER has been appointed an Honorary Life-Governor of the Institution in recognition of his valuable services, extending over thirty-one years, in arranging Matinees on behalf of the Institution, at Bradford, and has been presented with a copy of the Vote, inscribed on Vellum and signed by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, K.G., President of the Institution.

Sir GEOKOE MELLOR, J.P., has been appointed an Honorary Life-Governor of the Institu- tion in recognition of his valued services to the Life-boat Cause in Lancashire, and has been presented with a copy of the Vote, inscribed on Vellum, and signed by H.R.H.

the Prince of Wales, K.G., President of the Institution.

Miss LUCY A. SILVESTER has been appointed an Honorary Life-Governor of the Institu- tion in recognition of her valued services to the Life-boat Cause, especially as Honorary Secretary of the St. Albans and Harpenden Branch, and has been presented with a copy of the Vote, inscribed on Vellum, and signed by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, K.G., President of the Institution.

The Lady ADELAIDE TAYLOUR has been appointed an Honorary Life-Governor of the Institution in recognition of her valued services to the Life-boat Cause, and has been presented with a copy of the Vote, inscribed on Vellum and signed by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, K.G., President of the Institution.

The Gold Brooch.

THE GOLD BROOCH OR PENDANT, with the Record of Thanks, has been awarded to the following :— Mrs. R. CARPENTER, Honorary Secretary and Treasurer, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Brighton and Hove Branch.

Miss I. E. CROSS, Honorary Secretary, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Preston Branch.

The Lady EDITH DRUMMOND, Life-boat worker, Chelsea Branch.

Mrs. R. H. EDMONDSON, B.A., Honorary Secretary, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Keighley Branch.

Mr. C. E. FIELDING, Life-boat worker for 33 years, and Chairman of the Collections Committee, Manchester, Salford and District Branch.

Mr. C. OSCAR GHIDLEY, J.P., Honorary Secretary, Bermondsey Branch.

Mrs. L. HARRISON, Chairman, Ladies' Life- boat Guild; Ramsey Branch.

Mr. LESLIE M. HIGHAM, Organiser of collections on the London Stock Exchange for 25 years, during which time over £16,000 has been raised.

Mrs. M. A. B. LOCK, Honorary Secretary, Shrewsbury and District Branch.

Mrs. LOUISE R. LOWE, President, Halstead and Gosfield Branch.

Miss HELEN B. MACGREGOB, Honorary Secretary, Walton-on-Thames and District Branch.

Colonel H. W, MADOC, C.B.E., M.V.O., Honorary Secretary, Douglas Branch.

Mr. BERT MONRO, Honorary Secretary, Covent Garden Life-boat Fund.

Lady FRANCIS GODOLPHTN OSBORNE, Presi- dent, Berwick-on-Tweed Branch.

The Rev. A. M. PECKHAM, Honorary Lecturer, and Chairman, Harrow and District Branch.

Mr. GEORGE SATLE, Honorary Secretary, Peel, Isle of Man, Branch.

Mrs. TALBOT CADDOW, President, Ladies' Life- boat Guild, Carlisle and District Branch.

Thanks of the Institution on Vellum.

THE THANKS OF THE INSTITUTION, INSCRIBED ON VELLUM, has been awarded to the following :— Dr. W. B. ADDISON, on his retirement, after 14 years as Honorary Secretary of the Scilly Islands Branch, the Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum, and an inscribed Binocular Glass.

The Rev. WALTER HOLT, Honorary Secretary, Easington Branch, on his retirement, after 19 years' service.

Mr. JOHN PRIOR, Secretary, Goodwin Sands and Downs Branch, on his retirement, after 25 years' service.

Mr. T. C. REYNELL, in recognition of the valuable help and advice which he has given the Institution in connexion with its adver- tising during the past forty years.

Binocular Glasses.

THE BINOCULAR GLASS, with inscription, has been awarded to the following Honorary Secretaries of Life-boat Stations in recogni- tion of long and valuable co-operation :— Mr. A. E. HOLLIDAY, Cresswell.

Mr. W. T. MOORE, Maryport.

The Rev. D. PALMER, Cloughey.

Lieut-.Col. J. C. REA, Aberystwyth.

Mr. K. G. SPRATT, Fowey.

Mr. W. SUTHERLAND, Longhope.

Aneroid Barometers.

THE ANEROID BAROMETER, with in- scription, has been awarded to :— Mr. T. KENT RIDLER, Honorary Secretary, Minehead Branch, on completing 30 years' service.

Life-boat Pictures.

THE FRAMED LIFE-BOAT PICTURE has been awarded to the following :— Mrs. BALL, Honorary Secretary, Ladies' Life- boat Guild, Bournemouth; Poole, Bourne- mouth, Wimborne and Christchurch Branch.

Mrs. BAUCHER, Honorary Secretary, Radlett Branch.

Mrs. BROOKE-FLATTEN, Honorary Secretary, Acton and Chiswick Branch.

Mrs. COLLINS, Life-boat Worker, Hastings and St. Leonards Branch.

Mr. T. KINNEAR COOK, Honorary Secretary, Ardrossan Branch.

Mrs. COOPER-TURNER, Honorary Secretary, Kingston Branch.

Councillor J. DICKINSON, J.P., Chairman, Rotherham Branch.

Mr. L. H. FRANCEYS, Honorary Treasurer, Blackpool Branch.

Mrs. C. HARPER, Life-boat Worker, Man- chester, Salford and District Branch.

Miss S. E. HEWITT, Honorary Secretary, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Chester Branch.

Mrs. MARSDEH, Honorary Secretary, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Lytham-St.-Annes Branch.

Mr. H. E. PEACE, Honorary Secretary, Kotherham Branch.

Mr. C. SHAYLER, for organizing Concerts at Wakefield.

Mr. and Mrs. PETEE STEWART, Joint Honorary Secretaries, Middlesbrough Branch.

Mr. A. WEISER, Life-boat Worker, Manchester, Salford and District Branch.

Mrs. M. N. WILLIAMSON, Honorary Secretary, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Weymouth Branch.

Record of Thanks.

THE RECORD OF THANKS has been awarded to the following :— Mrs. ALOOCK, Honorary Secretary, Wells Branch.

Mr. S. BATED, Honorary Secretary, Belfast Branch.

Mrs. BRADLEY, Collector, Wareham District of the Swanage Branch.

Miss ELDON, Honorary Secretary, Beverley Branch.

Mrs. FAHNFIELD, Collector, Gillingham District of the Salisbury Branch.

Miss GILES, Collector, Tisbury District of the Salisbury Branch.

Miss HABOOOD, Collector, Poole, Bournemouth, Wimborne and Christchurch Branch.

Mrs. HEBDITCH, Life-boat Worker, Martock District of the Yeovil Branch.

Miss HELLYAR, Collector, Poole, Bourne- mouth, Wimborne and Christchurch Blanch.

Mr. G. KENNETT-BARRINGTON, Honorary Secretary, Dorchester (Oxford) Branch.

Messrs. A. E. LANCASTER and P. A. LENNON, for their co-operation in connexion with the annual Matinees at the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford.

To Mr. J. M. MACKAY, on his retirement from the post of Honorary Secretary of the Arbroath Branch, the Record of Thanks, and an inscribed copy of the edition de luxe of " Britain's Life-boats.".