The Clogher Head Station, Co. Louth, and the Drogheda branch, which was also a life-boat station until 1929, have lost one of their most valued sup- porters by the death of Mr. R. O. Hill.

For twenty years, from 1911 to 1931, he was the honorary secretary of both branches, and until his death he took the keenest interest in their work. In 1925 he was awarded inscribed binocu- lars, and on his retirement he received the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum. His generous interest in the Institution has been shared by Mrs. Hill, who is the president of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild at Drogheda..