Thursday, llth February, 1937.

Admiral of the Fleet Sir HENRY F.

OLIVER in the chair.

Resolved that the respectful thanks of the Institution be conveyed to Her Majesty the Queen for her gracious consent to accord her patronage to the Institution.

Reported that H.R.H. the Duke of Kent, K.G., had been graciously pleased to assume the office of President of the Institution which had been held in succession by H.M.

King Kdward VII, H.M. King George V, H.M. King Edward VIII, and H.M. King George VI when they were heirs to the throne, and resolved that the hearty and respectful thanks of the Institution be con- veyed to His Royal Highness.

Received with regret the resignation from the committee of management of Mr. F.

Cavendish Bentinck.

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

Miss Margaret Lithgow . . 8,000 6 0 The late Miss Annie Ross, dona- tion 4,881 14 5 Civil Service Life-boat Fund . 2,000 0 0 The late Mr. John Milroy, donation from Executors . 64 8 7 Anonymous . . . . 25 0 0 The Hon. Clive Pearson . . 25 0 0 Paid £24,566 9s. 2d. 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 life-boat stations.

Included in the above were :— £33610s. 9d. to pay the rewards for life-boat services ; £56113s. Sd. to pay the rewards for life-boat launches ; (Accounts of these services and launches appear on pages 277-284) ; £17 Is. 6rf. for assemblies of crews, etc.; £27 19s. 4 i. 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 ; £23 3s. 6 J. to men for injury in the life- boat service at Aldeburgh and Caister.

Voted £40 6s. 6d. on account of additional rewards to the crews of the Exmouth, Hum- ber, Montrose, Skegness, Thurso and Torbay life-boats.

(Accounts of these launches appear on pages 277-284.) Voted £8 2s. Od. to pay the rewards for shoreboat services-at Bridlington, Peterhead and Poolbeg, accounts of which appear on page 290.

Thursday, llth March, 1937 Admiral of the Fleet Sir HENRY F.

OLIVER in the chair.

Co-opted Sir Charles C. Barrie, K.B.E., D.L., J.P., M.P., and Vice-Admiral J. C. W.

Henley, C.B., members of the committee of management.

Appointed Mr. S. C. Dickinson to the newly created post of Assistant Inspector of Life- boats.

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

Miss E. S. Paterson . . 3,000 0 0 The Rev. A. C. Dyer, M.A. . 200 0 0 Paid £20,690 Is. Sd. 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 life-boat stations.

Included in the above were :— £297 11s. 6 J. to pay the rewards for life- boat services ; £32616s. 9d. topaythe rewards for life-boat launches (Accounts of these services and launches appear on pages 284-289) ; £69 6s. 6d. for assemblies of crews, etc. ; £322 7s. 6rf. 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, Fethaid, Filey, Fraserburgh, Holyhead, Johnshaven, The Mumbles, New Brighton, Newhaven, Pad- stow, Port St. Mary, Rhoscolyn, Runswick, Rye Harbour, St. Andrews, Troon, Whitby and Wells ; £58 18s. Od. to men for injury in the life- boat service at Blackpool, Broughty Ferry, Buckie, Caister, Moelfre, Newhaven, Walmer, and Walton and Frinton.

Voted £62 15s. on account of additional rewards to the crews of the Flamboroxigh, Hartlepool, Holy Island, New Brighton, and Sennen Cove life-boats.

(Accounts of these launches appear on pages 285-289.) Decided that the weekly allowance of 10s.

granted to the widow of ex-Second Coxswain Haylett, of Caister, at the January meeting, be increased to 15s.

Decided that £115 15s. compensation be paid in respect of the sinking of the Ashing smack Isabella, after she had been taken in tow by the Cloughey life-boat on the 16th August, 1936.

Reported that the Belgian Government had sent letters of thanks for the rescue of the crew of a trawler by the North Sunderland life-boat on the 28th December last, and for the services rendered by the Penlee life-boat to another trawler on the llth January.

(Accounts of these services appear respec- tively on page 237 of The Life-boot for March, and on page 277 of the current issue.) Reported that in recognition of the efforts made when the s.s. Esbo was wrecked in October, 1935, the Finnish Government have awarded silver Life-Saving Medals to Coxswain E. Charnley, of Barrow, Coxswain T. Q. Reay, of Maryport, and Coxswain J. T.

Lord, of Ramsey, and Bronze Medals (Order of the " White Rose," Second Class) to the crews of the three life-boats.

Voted £1 15s. to pay the rewards for shoreboat services at Boulmer and Jaywick, accounts of which appear on page 290..