Two new motor life-boats have been sent to the Irish coast this year: Kil- more, County Wexford, and Howth, County Dublin.

Kilmore, County Wexford.

The new motor life-boat at Kilmore has replaced a pulling and sailing life- boat. She is of the light Liverpool type described on page 392, and has cost £3,908. She has been built out of a legacy from the late Mr. John Pyemont, of Epsom, Surrey.

Kilmore has had a life-boat station since 1847. Its life-boats have been launched thirty-three times and have rescued fifty-seven lives.

The naming ceremony took place on the evening of 8th July in the presence of about 2,000 people, many of whom came considerable distances, and all political parties were represented. Mr.

Peter Doyle presided and the life-boat was presented to the station on behalf of the donor and the Institution by Mr. T. L. M. Fuge, organizing secretary for Ireland. She was received by Colonel C. M. Gibbon, C.M.G., honorary secretary of the branch, and Mr. D.

Allen, chairman of the Wexford County Council welcomed her on behalf of the people of the county.

The R«v. E. Crean, C.C., dedicated the life-boat and Mrs. Meyler Roche, honorary secretary of the Kilmore Ladies' Life-boat Guild, named her Arm Isabella Pyemont.

A vote of thanks to Mrs. Meyler -Roche and the Rev. E. Crean, C.C., was proposed by Mr. P. Sutton and seconded by Mr. J. Rochford, and a vote of thanks to the chairman was proposed by the Rev. T. Bateman, M.A., and seconded by Dr. P. A. Doyle, L.R.C.P.

Irish dance music, marches and waltzes were played by the Mayglass All Star band and the ceremony con- cluded with the singing of the National Anthem. The life-boat then put out.

Howth, County Dublin.

The new motor life-boat at Howth is of the 46-feet Watson cabin type as described on page 395, except that she has Diesel engines, and can travel 220 miles at full speed without refuel- ling. She has replaced another motor life-boat of a less powerful type, Lady Kylsant, which is now stationed at Wicklow. The new boat has cost £8,191, and this cost has been con- tributed in part by legacies from the late Mr. L. W. Rignall, of Hampstead, London, the late Miss M. S. Phillips, of Bristol, and the late Miss M. A.

Butterworth, of Royton, Lancashire.

The name chosen by each of these three donors is recorded on a tablet affixed inside the boat and the initial letter of each name has been used to form the name of the boat.

Howth has had a life-boat station since 1825, and since it was taken over by the Institution in 1862 its life-boats have been launched fifty times and have rescued ninety-eight lives.

The naming ceremony was held on 24tk July, in the presence of about 1,000 people, Mr. T. Gaisford St.

Lawrence, chairman of the branch, presiding. Rear-Admiral T. P. H.

Beamish, C.B., M.P., a member of the committee of management of the Institution, presented the life-boat to the branch on behalf of the donors and the Institution, and she was ac- cepted by Mr. B. J. Newcombe, honorary secretary of the branch.

Sir W. H. Boyd, Bt., K.C., then welcomed the life-boat on behalf of the people of Howth, and Mrs. Gaisford St. Lawrence named her R.P.L.

A vote of thanks to Mrs. Gaisford St. Lawrence was proposed by Mr.

Marcus A. Lynch and seconded by Mr. W. G. Smith, and a vote of thanks to the chairman and others was pro- posed by Mr. W. Me A. McCracken and seconded by Mr. T. L. M. Fuge, organizing secretary for Ireland..