Thursday, 9th February, 1933.

Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the chair.

Co-opted Colonel the Hon. Harold Robson, a member of the committee of management.

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

Anonymous .... 100 0 0 Messrs. Wallace Bros. & Co., Ltd. 100 0 0 Great Western Railway . . 20 0 0 Paid £14,092 10s. Id. for the total charges of the Institution during the month, in- cluding rewards for services, payments for the construction of life-boats, life-boat- houses and slipways and the maintenance of the life-boat stations.

Included in the above were :— £237 6s. Id. to pay the rewards for life- boat services, accounts of which appear on pp. 60-63.

£279 19s. to pay the rewards for life-boat launches, accounts of which appear on pp. 63 and 64.

£8 13s. 4 J. for the assemblies of crews, etc.

£4 on account of a pension already granted to the dependent relative of a man who had lost his life in the life-boat service at Caister.

£68 4s. to men for injury in the life-boat service at Caister and Plymouth.

Voted £10 towards the funeral expenses of George Robinson, a silver medallist of the Institution, who retired in 1932 after serving as coxswain and second coxswain for over 20 years at New Brighton.

Voted a compassionate grant of £27 12s. Id.

to the widow of Leng Major, who had been coxswain of the Flamborough No. 2 life- boat for 5 years and previously second coxswain for 12 years. Had Coxswain Major retired on account of the illness from which he died he would have received this sum as a gratuity.

Voted a compassionate grant of £10 for the benefit of Fred Jones, an ex-member of the Newhaven life-boat crew, to which he had belonged for 30 years, in view of his serious illness and poor circumstances.

Voted a compassionate grant of £23 Gs. 3d.

to the widow of Thomas W. Gunn, who was bowman of the Longhope life-boat for nearly 33 years and died shortly after retiring with a pension, leaving his widow in poor circumstances. The sum represents the gratuity he would have been entitled to on retirement, less the amount of pension already drawn.

Also voted £6 to pay the rewards for the shoreboat services at Dooey and Llanelly, accounts of which appear on p. 75.

Reported on the excellent co-operation which obtains between the Institution's district inspector and the Civic Guards in the Irish Free State in connexion with enquiries, especially in relation to shoreboat services, and sent a letter to the Director, Department of Industry and Commerce, Transport and Marine Branch, Dublin, expressing the committee of management's satisfaction.

Thursday, 9th March, 1933.

Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the chair.

Reported that the Edinburgh Corporation had decided to withdraw from their pro- posed bill the clause seeking to regulate collections for charity.

Confirmed the appointment of Mr. T. L. M.

Fuge and Captain V. M. Lewis, M.C., as district organizing secretaries.

Reported the receipt of the following special contributions :— Executors of the late Miss E. W. £ s. d.

Allen 7500 0 0 Executors of the late Mr. William Gibson . . . . 200 0 0 Paid £13,751 5s. 4d. for the total charges of the Institution during the month, includ- ing rewards for services, payments for the construction of life-boats, life-boathouses and slipways, and the maintenance of the life-boat stations.

Included in the above were :— £389 19s. 9d. to pay the rewards for the life-boat services, accounts of which appear on pp. 64-67.

£276 Os. 9 Z. to pay the rewards for life- boat launches, accounts of which appear on pp. 67 and 68.

£13 16s. 6 f. for the assemblies of crews, etc.

£319 3s. 6d. on account of pensions already granted to the dependent relatives of men who had lost their lives in the life-boat service at Aldeburgh, Caister, Eastbourne, Fethard, Filey, Fraserburgh, Holyhead, Johnshaven, The Mumbles, New Brighton, Newhaven, Padstow, Port St. Mary, Ramsgate, Rhos- colyn, Rye, St. Andrews, St. David's, Troon, Wells, and Whitby.

£69 18s. 6d. to men for injury in the life- boat service at Blackpool, Broughty Ferry, Caister, Cardigan, Dunbar, Moelfre, New- haven, and Walmer.

Voted 15s. to pay the rewards for the Tenby shoreboat service, an account of which appears on p. 75.

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, 1934.

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; 1934.

Thursday, 20th April, 1933.

Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the chair.

Passed a vote of thanks to H.R.H. the Prince George, K.G., for his kindness in attending the inaugural ceremony of the new Shoreham Harbour motor life-boat and naming the boat on the 15th March.

Decided to close forthwith the Easington and Port Isaac life-boat stations.

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

Anonymous .... 200 0 0 Mr. W. E. C. Watkinson . . 50 0 0 Paid £21,776 4s. Id. for the total charges of the Institution during the month, including rewards for services, payments for the con- struction of life-boats, life-boathouses and slipways, and the maintenance of the life- boat stations.

Included in the above were :— £148 7s. 3d. to pay the rewards for life- boat services, accounts of which appear on pp. 68-70.

£274 3s. to pay the rewards for life-boat launches, accounts of which appear on p. 71.

£30 18s. for assemblies of crews, etc.

£2 4s. 6 i. additional rewards in connexion with cases already reported.

£29 7s. 4d. on account of pensions already granted to the dependent relatives of men who had lost their lives in the life-boat service at Caister and Rye Harbour.

£8 10s. to men for injury in the life-boat service at Lynmouth and Skateraw.

A compassionate grant of £5 to Mrs.

Thomas, widow of the late ex-second cox- swain of the Porthleven life-boat, Richard H. Thomas, who died in March, 1933, having retired in 1921 after over 20 years' service as second coxswain and bowman.

Voted £3 7s. 6d. to pay the rewards for the Aith, Shetland, shoreboat case, an account of which appears on p. 75.

Decided that the special weekly allowance now being paid to W. E. Haylett, ex-second coxswain of the Caister life-boat, who was compelled to retire owing to serious illness due to exposures in the life-boat service, be continued..