Honorary Life-Cover nor.

Mr. J. M. MAWSON, J.P., has been appointed an Honorary Life-Governor of the Insti- tution in recognition of the valuable services which he rendered as Honorary Secretary of the Piel (Barrow) Station 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.

Silver Inkstand and the Thanks of the Institution on Vellum.

A SILVER INKSTAND, suitably inscribed, and the THANKS OF THE INSTITU- TION INSCRIBED ON VELLUM, have been awarded to Mr. ALFRED BELK, who is already an Honorary Life-Governor of the Institution, on his retirement, after 51 years as Honorary Secretary of the Hartlepool Station Branch.

Gold Badges.

THE GOLD BADGE, with the RECORD OF THANKS, has been awarded to the following :— Mrs. CoLLiNOS-JoNES, President, Smethwick Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Birmingham and District Branch.

Mr. W. COULDHEY, Honorary Secretary, Bembridge Branch.

Mr. M. E. GOLDSMITH, Honorary Treasurer, Northampton Branch.

Mr. T. O. GRAY, Honorary Treasurer, Bir- mingham and District Branch.

Miss H. F. GREENHAM, Honorary Secretary and Treasurer, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, , Wallasey, New Brighton and Moreton District of the Port of Liverpool Branch.

Miss ETHEL HOPKINS, B.A., Honorary Secretary, Women's Auxiliary, Folkestone Branch.

Mrs. ADA J. Oglethorpe, Vice-President, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Lancaster Branch.

Mr. CHARLES J. SHARP, J.P., Chairman, Southampton and District Branch.

Thanks of the Institution on Vellum.

THE THANKS OF THE INSTITUTION, INSCRIBED ON VELLUM, has been awarded to the following :— Mr. FRED BRITAIN, on his retirement, after 18 years as Honorary Secretary of the Southend-on-Sea Branch.

Mr. P. C. SAVERS, on his retirement, after 12 years as Joint Honorary Secretary of the Sheringham Branch.

Binocular Glasses.

THE BINOCULAR GLASS, with inscription, has been awarded to the following Honorary Secretaries of Life-boat Stations in recog- nition of long and valuable co-operation :— Mr. T. R. BLAMPIED, Jersey.

Mr. J. H. BURTON, Beaumaris.

Mr. VINCENT DESSON, Whitehills.

Mr. ALEXANDER FINDLAY, Whitehills.

Lieut.-Col. B. M. HYNES, O.B.E., Lyme Regis.

Mr. ERNEST JONES, Rhyl.

Mr. W. J. E. LEE, Watchet.

Mr. COLIN MACCALLUM, St. Abbs.

Mr. GEORGE SCANTLEBURY, Plymouth.

Rev. H. L. SCOTT, Kilmore.

Mr. CHARLES SHILLITOE, Salcombe.

Mr. ROBERT TYRRELL, Arklow.

Aneroid Barometers.

THE ANEROID BAROMETER, with in- scription, has been awarded to the following :—• Mr. F. LE BOULANGER, who has been Honorary Secretary of the Mumbles Branch for 34 years.

Mr. J. LEWIS, who has been Honorary Secretary of the Holyhead Branch for over 30 years.

Captain DAVID REES, who has been Honorary Secretary of the New Quay (Cardigan) Branch for over 42 years.

The Rev. H. VYVYAN, M.A., who has been Honorary Secretary of the Cadgwith Branch for 34 years.

Life-boat Pictures.

THE FRAMED LIFE-BOAT PICTURE has been awarded to the following :— Mrs. F. ALLSOP, Honorary Secretary, Hyde Branch.

Lady BAYNHAM, Honorary Secretary, Sidcup Branch.

Mrs. SIDNEY CLIFFORD, Honorary Treasurer, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Bristol and District Branch.

Mrs. JANE A. CONWAY-JONES, Honorary Secretary, Conway and District Branch.

Miss L. COOK, Honorary Secretary, Bury Branch.

Mr. H. O. DIXON, Honorary Secretary, Bolton Branch.

Mrs. A. H. DOLMAN, President, Ladies' Life- boat Guild, Abertillery Branch.

Mr. F. J. GOODALL, Honorary Secretary, Bradford-on-Avon Branch.

Miss DORICE GRADWELL, Honorary Secretary, Hatch End Branch.

Mrs. EDGAR JENKINS, Chairman, Pontypridd Branch.

Mrs. J. LAMONT, Honorary Secretary, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Darlington Branch.

Mrs. MARY A. F. MACDONALD, Honorary Secretary, Nantwich Branch.

Capt. G. MONTFORD, R.D., R.N.R., Honorary Secretary, Church Stretton Branch.

Mrs. HUGH PEIRS, President, Carshalton Branch.

Mr. F. C. RAWLING, Honorary Secretary of the Wisbech Branch, and Mrs. RAWLING.

Mrs. M. REES, President, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Newport (Mon.) Branch.

Mrs. WALTER REES, President, Ladies' Life- boat Guild, Neath Branch.

Mr. E. DOUGLAS TROW, Honorary Secretary, Stourbridge Branch.

Capt. H. D. WAKEMAN-COLVILLE, R.N., Honorary Secretary, Bridgnorth Branch.

Miss MARY J. H. WALFORD, Honorary Secretary, Whitchurch (Salop) Branch.

Miss ELISABETH ff. WANKLYN, Honorary Secretary, Cheltenham Branch.

Miss ELIZABETH YEOMAN, Honorary Secre- tary, Lewisham Branch.

Records of Thanks.

THE RECORD OF THANKS has been awarded to the following :— Mrs. STANLEY AIREY, Honorary Secretary, Headingley District of the Leeds and District Branch.

Mrs. S. A. ASHPOLE, Honorary Secretary, Lichfleld Branch.

Mrs. ELLEN BARLOW, Honorary Secretary, Oswestry Branch.

Mr. C. H. BEECH. Honorary Treasurer, Kensington Branch.

The late Mr. JAMES D. BROWN, Honorary Secretary, Vhithorn and Bay of Wigtown Branch.

Mr. and Mrs. G. B. DIXON, Junr., Life-boat Workers, Walthamstow Branch.

Mr. and Mrs. J. B. DIXON, Life-boat Workers, Walthamstow Branch.

Miss D. M. FINDON, Honorary Secretary, Kidderminster Branch.

Mrs. DAVID FI.ATHER, Chairman, Ladies' Life- boat Guild, Sheffield Branch.

Mr. HAROLD GARNETT, Honorary Treasurer, Bingley District of the Bradford and District Branch.

Councillor G. L. HODGE, Honorary Secretary, Fulham Branch.

Mr. WVNNARD HOOPER, Chairman, Kensing- ton Branch.

Rector A. J. KERR, M.A., Honorary Secre- tary, Wishaw Branch.

Mrs. T. J. KIRK, Honorary Secretary, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Stockton and Thornaby Branch.

Miss LEISHMAN, Honorary Secretary, St.

Albans Ladies' Life-boat Guild, St. Albans and Harpenden Branch.

Mr. and Mrs. G. W. PARROTT, Life-boat Workers, Walthamstow Branch.

Mr. F. S. SEXTON, Honorary Treasurer, Ashford (Middlesex) Branch.

Mr. DAVID SHARP, Life-boat Worker, Edin- burgh Branch.

Air Vice-Marshal Sir OLIVER SWANN, K.C.B., C.B.E., and Lady SWANN, Life-boat Workers, Chelsea Branch.

Mr. WILLIAM TRIGG, Deputy Chief Constable of Lincolnshire, in recognition of the valuable help he has given throughout the county.

Mr. EDWIN WILSON, Honorary Treasurer,.

Croydon Branch..