Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—-At 10.20 P.M. on the 1st June the coastguard saw a flare at sea about four miles out. The life-boat was off service for survey and a motor boat manned by two men put out and searched. A fresh S.W. wind was blowing, with a choppy sea. All she found was a hurricane lamp attached to moored floats. She returned after being out for an hour and a half.—Rewards, £l 10s., and 7s. 6d. for fuel used.

Ventnor, Isle of Wight. — At about 11.15 A.M. on the 5th June the coast- guard received a report from St.

Catherine's Royal Naval Shore Signal Station that a small fishing boat appeared to be adrift with one man on board. He was seen waving withsomething on an oar. A fresh offshore wind was blowing. The Bembridge life-boat was off service, so a motor boat was sent out, and towed the small boat to Puckaster Cove.—Rewards £2.

Burtonport, Co. Donegal.—At about 1.30 P.M. on the 8th June a man fell out of his boat at a place where a very strong current runs. He managed to grasp an oar, but was unable to swim against the tide, and was being carried out to sea. Another man saw the accident, and put out in a small flat- bottomed boat. He managed to get the man into the boat, after some difficulty, and brought him ashore.— Reward, £l.

Donaghadee, Co. Down. — At about 11.20 P.M. on the 20th June, the honorary secretary received informa- tion from the coastguard and police that the motor boat Star of Ulster was on fire in the Copeland Sound. He went to the harbour to call out the life-boat, but finding a local motor boat, with her crew aboard (both life-boatmen), he sent them out in order to save time. In about twenty- five minutes' time the motor boat returned with another motor boat in tow with about twenty passengers in it. A flare burnt to bring assistance had been mistaken for a fire. The engine had broken down, and the passengers were alarmed. No risk was incurred.—Rewards, £1, and 2s.

for fuel used.

Ventnor, Isle of Wight.—At about 12.30 A.M. on the 28th June the Ventnor coastguard received informa- tion from Blackgang that a boat was drifting eastwards, and seemed in need of help, as the people on board were shouting. The coastguard sent out a motor boat to search, but no boat in distress could be found.—Rewards, £2 10s.

Courtmacsherry Harbour, Co. Cork.— At about 4.40 P.M. on the 4th July a boy fell off the bow of the yacht Fidget, while she was mooring. He was unable to swim. Three men put off in a rowing boat, but the boy had gone to the bottom. He was fished up with oars and taken ashore. The honorary secretary, Mr. F. Ruddock, the motor mechanic, and second mechanic, applied artificial respiration for forty minutes, and brought the boy round.—Rewards, £1 2s. 6d; and a letter of thanks to the honorary secretary and the two mechanics.

Dunbar, Haddingtonshire.—At about 9.15 P.M. on the 10th July, the Dunbar police asked a man to go to the help of a bather in difficulties off the Bel- haven Sands, about a mile away. With three men and a police constable, he put out in his motor boat, but on reaching Belhaven Sands, found that the bather had got ashore.—Rewards, 10s., and 3s. for fuel used.

Hayling Island, Hampshire.—At about 5 P.M. on the 12th July a Chichester pilot saw that a pleasure punt, the Madeleine, of Hayling Island, was in difficulties on Pitsea Sands. A fresh S.S.W. wind was blowing, and the sea was choppy. He immediately put out in his motor boat with a visitor, Mr. F. C. Mclntyre, of Tooting, and rescued the three men on board the punt. An attempt was made to tow the punt, but it sank.—Rewards, 10s.

to the pilot, and a letter of thanks to Mr. F. C. Mclntyre ; also 15s. for a rope lost and fuel used.

Lowestoft, Suffolk. — Late on the evening of the 13th July, Mr. W. J.

Neilson, missioner of the Rochester Missions to Seamen, who was on holiday, saw the disabled motor boat Waveney drifting north of the harbour.

There was a fresh southerly wind and a rough sea and the boat was drifting into a dangerous position.

He immediately went to the speed- boat Miss Tigon, and her skipper and Mr. Neilson went out in her to the rescue. After two unsuccessful at- tempts they got the motor boat in tow, and brought her and the four people on board safely into harbour.—Rewards, A framed letter of thanks to Mr. W. J.

Neilson, and 12s. 6d. to the speed-boat skipper ; also 5s. for fuel used.

Redcar, Yorkshire.—About 5.30 P.M., on the 18th July the assistant motor mechanic saw what appeared to be a motor boat drifting out to sea. Withtwo other men, he put out in his own motor boat to investigate, and found the motor boat Kestrel drifting seaward, with her engine broken down. The conditions were too bad to attempt to tow her, so her two occupants were taken oft.—Rewards, £l 17s. 6d.; also 2s. 6d. for fuel used.

Hayling Island, Hampshire.—On the 18th July two men in a motor boat rescued, at considerable risk to them- selves, the owner of the steam yacht Livonia, his wife and the five members of his crew after they had abandoned the yacht and taken to their dinghy.— Rewards, £2 and 3s. for fuel used.

(For a full account see " Services of the Life-boats," Selsey, page 167.

Portland, Dorset.—During the after- noon of the 19th July a man had taken out a fishing party, but had to shelter in Portland Harbour, as the weather was very unsettled, with a fresh S.W. wind and a choppy sea. He saw a small whaler belonging to H.M.S. P.C.74 capsize a short distance away, and rescued the four naval ratings who were on board.—Rewards, 10s.

Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. — About 4 P.M. on the 23rd July the life-boat coxswain put out in his motor launch, with another man, to the help of a local boat, Dorothy, which had been blown out to sea. A strong westerly wind was blowing, with a rough sea. The two men found the Dorothy about two miles offshore, and took off her crew of two, who were exhausted.—Rewards, £l, and 3s. for fuel used.

Jersey, Channel Islands. — On the 31st July an air liner was lost and life- boatmen went out in the State's tug and stood by.—Rewards, £7 10s.

(For a full account of this service see " Services of the Life-boats," page 174.) Jaywick, Essex.—On the 3rd August three men in a motor boat rescued four people whose sailing dinghy had capsized.—Rewards, £1 10s., and 5s.

for fuel used.

(For a full account see " Services of the Life-boats," Clacton-on-Sea, page 170.) Lynmouth, Devon.—About 5.30 P.M.

on the 3rd August the coastguard reported that a party of visitors had been cut off by the tide at Woody Bay, about five miles away, and were in danger of being drowned. The life- boat coxswain, with three other men, set out in a motor boat which towed a dinghy, and found that the people had climbed up out of danger. Owing to the heavy sea running and the onshore wind, it was doubtful if they could have been taken off the rocks without damaging the dinghy, so the coxswain stood up until the tide ebbed, when the people were able to get away. He then returned to Lynmouth about 8 P.M.—Rewards, £3 16s., and 6s. for fuel used.

St. Ives, Cornwall.—About 1 P.M. on the 9th August the coastguard reported that a small pleasure boat was in danger off Gwithian. A slight westerly wind was blowing, but the sea was calm.

The life-boat coxswain, and four other men put off in the ex-life-boat James Stevens No. 10, now a motor boat.

They found that the boat had capsized and had been washed ashore, and the three people on board had been able to land.—Rewards, £1 5s., and 6s. for fuel used.

Selsey, Sussex.—On the 10th August a motor boat with two men, and a rowing boat with two men, put out to search for an aeroplane which had crashed in the sea.—Rewards, motor- boat, £1 5s., and 7s. Qd. for fuel used ; rowing boat, £1. (For a full account of this service see " Services of the Life-boats," page 174).

Lowestoft, Suffolk.—About 4 P.M. on the 14th August the small rowing boat Vesper, with an improvised sail, and with two boys on board, was seen by two men who were fishing in the lona to be drifting off the land, out of control.

They hailed the boys and told them to pull for the shore. This they were unable to do, as they were seasick and exhausted. So the lona lifted her trawl and towed the Vesper into harbour.—Rewards, £1 5s. to the men, and £1 loss of fishing and fuel used.East Haven, Angus.—At about 8 A.M..

on the 23rd August three fishermen brothers, one of whom was eighty-two years old and the other two a little younger, put out with another man, a railway worker, in a 17-feet rowing boat, to the help of three men in a motor boat, which was drifting towards dangerous rocks. Her engine had broken down and her sails had been blown away. The sea was rough and a strong S.W. wind was blowing. The rescuers found the three men in the motor boat exhausted and rescued them at some risk to themselves. They were out for two hours.—Rewards, £4.

Swona Island, Orkneys.—At about 2 P.M. on the 24th August five men were marooned on the wrecked motor vessel Gunnaren on the north side of the island when engaged in salvage work.

Their boat had been washed away. A moderate south-westerly breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea, and the weather was squally, with rain showers.

A man living on the island put out in a motor boat, but was unable to reach the wreck. With his two sons he then harnessed oxen to a rowing boat, towed it in this way round the island, till it was under the lee of the wreck, and then was able to row out to her. He took oft the five marooned men and landed them at 9 P.M.—Rewards, £3, and 2s. 6d. for fuel used.

Kingsdown, Kent.—On the afternoon of the 25th August two men put off in a rowing boat and rescued a girl who had swum out to sea and had become too exhausted to get back. A light S.W. breeze was blowing, with a smooth sea.—Rewards, 10s.

Port Erin, Isle of Man.—On the after- noon of the 27th August a man and a woman went in a rowing boat to Bradda. A strong S.E. breeze was blowing, with a choppy sea, and the man was unable to get back. Police Constable Lace reported that signals for help were being made by the small .boat which was drifting off Bradda Head, and the honorary secretary, Mr. T. C. Coole, with two other men, put out in a motor boat. They found that the owner of the rowing boat had also seen the signals and had gone out in another rowing boat. The motor boat towed both boats back to harbour, the service occupying one hour.— Rewards, 15s. and 2s. 6d. for fuel used, to the boatmen; letters of thanks to Mr. Coole and to P.C.

Lace for his help on this and other occasions.

Sunderland, Co. Durham. — On the morning of the 6th September two men and a girl put out from North Hylton in a small sailing boat. A strong west breeze was blowing, with a choppy sea, and the boat's sails were carried away.

The men were unable to row against the wind and the boat was blown out to sea. She was seen from the shore and four men in a motor fishing-boat went off to her. They found her about five miles east of Souter Point, half full of water. The three people were taken into the motor fishing-boat and their boat was taken in tow.—Rewards, £2, and 5*. for fuel used.

Flamborough, Yorkshire. — At about 1 P.M. on the 30th August, at the hon- orary secretary's request, the life-boat coxswain and three life-boatmen went out in the coxswain's motor-boat to the help of two boys cut off by the tide.

They found that the boys had been rescued by a man and a woman who had swum out to them.—Rewards, £l, and 5«. for fuel used.

Portrush, Co. Antrim.—On the 1st September three fishermen left their fishing and stood by a yacht, which had drifted on the rocks, until the life-boat arrived.—Rewards, £1 2s. 6d.

(For a full account see " Services of the Life-boats," page 173.) Hastings, Sussex.—At about 7.30 P.M.

on the 22nd September two fishermen who were out fishing found and brought in two rowing boats with five people on board who were lost in the fog.— Rewards, 10s., and 2s. 6d. for fuel used..