Honorary Life-Governor.

Commander HUBERT B. BOOTHBY, D.S.O., R.N.R., chairman of the Littlehampton branch, has been appointed an honorary life-governor of the Institution in recog- nition of the valuable services which he has rendered to the Institution both at Grimsby and Littlehampton during the past twenty-five years.

Gold Badge.

The GOLD BADGE, with the RECORD OF THANKS, has been awarded to the following : Miss BESSIE BOWEN, honorary secretary, Bangor (Co. Down) branch.

Mrs. FRANK GRESHAM, honorary treasurer, South Caernarvonshire Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

Mr. HORACE S. LYNE, M.B.E., honorary treasurer, Newport (Mon.) branch.

Miss ALICE J. PHILLIPS, honorary secretary, Tunbridge Wells branch.

Mr. SAM WHITEHEAD, honorary secretary, Preston branch.

Aneroid Barometer.

The ANEROID BAROMETER, with in- scription, has been awarded to Mr. JOHN L. MCNAUGHTON, for his valuable services as honorary secretary of the Buckie branch for thirty-seven years.

Binocular Glass.

The BINOCULAR GLASS, with inscription, has been awarded to the following honorary secretaries of life-boat stations in recog- nition of valuable services : Mr. GEORGE ALEXANDER, Aberdeen.

Mr. ALEXANDER ALLAN, Kirkcudbright.

Mr. JAMES H. DAWSON, Holy Island.

Mr. J. H. JOHNSTONE, Gourdon.

Mr. JOHN MANNERS, Blyth.

Captain THOMAS A. WYNESS, Aberdeen.

Life-boat Picture or Statuette of a Life-boatman, The LIFE-BOAT PICTURE, or the STATU- ETTE OF A LIFE-BOATMAN, has been awarded to the following : Miss ALEX BROOK-JACKSON, life-boat worker, Streatham branch.

Mrs. F. M. B. CONLY, for organizing life-boat days at Frinton-on-Sea.

Miss ALBINA D. CURHIE, honorary secretary, Putney and Roehampton branch.

Mr. WILLIAM T. DAVIES, honorary secretary, Criccieth branch.

Miss IONA GRAHAM, honorary secretary, Rochester branch.

Mr. CHARLES P. HAMPSON, chairman, West Salford guild of the Manchester, Salford and District branch.

Mrs. HERBERT OLLERENSHAW, honorary secretary, Halifax branch.

Miss ELIZABETH PERKINS, life-boat worker, St. David's branch.

Mrs. BESSIE B. ZUSSEN, life-boat worker, Cardiff and Penarth branch.

Record of Thanks.

The RECORD OF THANKS has been awarded to the following : The EMPLOYEES or THE CO-OPERATIVE WHOLESALE SOCIETY, LTD., Manchester, for collections carried out at its works and branches.

Mrs. W. T. ANDERSON, honorary secretary, Old Trafford district, Manchester, Salford and District branch.

Mrs. MARY E. BARNES, O.B.E., J.P., presi- dent, Farnworth branch.

Mr. JAMES I. BARRATT, honorary treasurer and organizer, Penmaenmawr branch.

Mrs. ETHEL F. BERRY, life-boat worker in Dublin and Glenageary.

Mrs. FANNY E. COLLIER, president, South Salford district, Manchester, Salford and District branch.

Mr. T. G. COWAN, honorary treasurer, Carlisle branch.

Mr. N. WILSON CROWTHER, honorary treas- urer, Farnworth branch.

Mr. HENRY E. DONEGAN, for helping the honorary secretary of the Cork branch.

Mrs. W. H. EGGINTON, honorary secretary, Sutton Coldfield branch.

Mrs. LILLIAN E. EVARARD, a member of the committee of the Cardiff and Penarth branch.

Mr. JOHN H. FORD, M.A., honorary secretary, Hornsey branch. Miss ELLEN FORD-SMITH, president, Altrin- cham and Bowdon district, Manchester, Salford and District branch.

Mr. CHARLES F. Fox, honorary treasurer, Accrington branch.

Miss LYDIA M. GRAY, honorary secretary, Peterborough branch.

Mrs. M. M. APPENNEA GREEN, honorary secretary, Clapham branch.

Mrs. HENRY P. GREG, president, Styal and Handforth district, Manchester, Salford and District branch.

Miss JANE GRIFFITH, a member of the South Caernarvonshire Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

Mrs. ALICE M. HALES, honorary secretary, Holt branch.

Mrs. HERBERT H. HODGSON, life-boat worker, Leeds branch.

Mr. FRANK HOLT, honorary secretary and treasurer, Leigh branch.

Mrs. EDITH R. JACOB, for organizing life-boat days at Tramore.

Miss SUSAN M. JEPSON, London, for knitting woollen scarves for life-boatmen.

Mrs. VIPOND LEWIS, honorary secretary, Laugharne branch.

Councillor Mrs. ANNIE MANN, life-boat worker, Leeds branch.

Mrs. SARA MARSDEN, life-boat worker, City of Dublin branch.

Mr. CHARLES N. MASON, honorary secretary, Evesham branch.

Mrs. MAUDE M. MUGFORD, collector, Shrews- bury branch.

Mr. WILLIAM P. NABB, honorary secretary.

Haslingden branch.

Mrs. ANNIE M. OWEN, life-boat worker, Sutton Coldfield branch.

Mrs. GORDON PARK, life-boat worker, City of Belfast branch.

Mrs. ELIZABETH PELL-!LDERTON, president, Fairfleld and Droylsden district, Man- chester, Salford and District branch.

Mrs. ELIZABETH V. POOLE, honorary sec- retary, Langwith branch.

Miss EDITH H. ROBINSON, life-boat worker, City of Dublin branch.

Miss ALICE STOCKTON, collector, Tenby branch.

Mrs. ELSIE M. THOMAS, vice-president, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Cardiff and Penarth branch.

Mrs. GEORGINA TOLER, honorary secretary and treasurer, Whaley Bridge branch.

Miss EDITH M. TOMLINSON, honorary sec- retary, Sedbergh branch.

Mrs. MARY N. TROUP, honorary secretary, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Peterhead branch.

Miss MARY WILLIAMS, a member of the South Caernarvonshire Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

Miss ELIZABETH WOOD, life-boat worker, Birmingham branch.

Mr. WILFRED H. WOOD, honorary secretary, Middleton branch.

Mrs. A. D. ZAIR, honorary secretary, Solihull branch..