FOUR new motor life-boats, two of them gifts from Scotland, were named on the Scottish coast this year, at St. Abbs, Berwickshire ; Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire; Eyemouth, Berwick- shire ; and Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.

St. Abbs, Berwickshire.

A new motor life-boat was sent to St. Abbs in December, 1936. She is of the light Liverpool type described on page 392. She has replaced another motor life-boat which was sent to St.

Abbs when the station was established in 1911, was launched on sendee twenty-seven times and rescued thirty- seven lives. The new boat has cost £3,770. She has been built out of a gift from the Annie Ronald Memorial Fund of Paisley and a legacy from the late Mrs. Isabella Forrest of Glasgow.

The naming ceremony took place on July 28th, in the presence of many hundreds of people. The Right Hon.

the Lord Amulree, P.C., G.B.E., K.C., president of the branch, was in the chair, and Boy Scouts formed a guard of honour. The Duke of Montrose, C.B., C.V.O., V.D., LL.D., chairman of the Scottish Life-boat Council, and a vice-president of the Institution, presented the life-boat to the branch on behalf of the donors and the Institu- tion, and she was received by Mr.

Robert B. Bell, J.P., the chairman of the branch. The Rev. H. M. Lamont, B.D., conducted the service of dedica- tion, and the hymns were led by a choir, accompanied by the pipe band of the King's Own Scottish Borderers.

Lady Jean Graham then named the life-boat Annie Ronald and Isabella Forrest.

A certificate of service was presented to ex-Coxswain James Nisbet, and votes of thanks were proposed by the Right Hon. the Earl of Home, K.T., and the Rev. T. Donaldson Barr, M.A. After the ceremony the life-boat was launched.

Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.

A motor life-boat of the 46-feet Watson cabin type, was sent to Fraserburgh this year and replaced another motor life-boat of a less powerful type. She is the same as the Watson cabin life-boat described on page 395, except that she has Diesel engines and can travel 192 miles at full speed without refuelling. The new life-boat, which has cost £8,178, has been built out of a legacy from the late Mrs. M. Kennedy, of Steyning, Sussex.

Fraserburgh has had a life-boat station for over one hundred years and since it was taken over by the Institu- tion in 1858 there have been 149 launches on service and 189 lives have been rescued.

The naming ceremony took place on August 7th in the presence of between four and five thousand people. The Right Hon. Lord Saltoun, M.C., pre- sided, supported, among others, by the Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, O.B.E., Lord-Lieutenant of Aber- deenshire. Vice-Admiral the Hon.

W. S. Leveson-Gower, C.B., D.S.O., vice-chairman of the Scottish Life-boat Council, presented the life-boat to the branch on behalf of the donor and the Institution. She was received by Provost George Walker. The Rev.

Thomas Johhstone conducted the ser- vice of dedication, the singing being led by a joint choir of the united churches accompanied by the Fraser- burgh Salvation Army Band. Music was also provided by the Inverallochy, Cairnbulg and St. Combs Fishermen's Flute Band.

Lady Saltoun named the life-boat John and Charles Kennedy.

Lady Saltoun also presented thecertificate of service which had been awarded by the Institution to ex- Coxswain James S. Sim.

Votes of thanks were proposed by the Earl of Caithness, C.B.E., LL.D., and Bailie James M. Thompson.

Eyemouth, Berwickshire.

A motor life-boat of the light Liver- pool type, described on page 392. was sent to Eyemouth this year, replacing a pulling and sailing life-boat. The boat, which has cost £3,835, has been built out of a legacy from the late Mr.

Charles George Gates, of Leeds, who died in 1901 and left £3,000 to the Institution to establish a life-boat station on the Yorkshire coast. It was found impossible to carry out this wish at the time, and with the consent of the relatives, the legacy has now been used for the Eyemouth boat instead. The searchlight, line-throw- ing gun and compass are the gift of Mr. W. E. K. Gulland, of Broadstairs, who asked that, as he was a Scot, his gift should be used for a Scottish life-boat.

A life-boat station was established at Eyemouth in 1876. Its life-boats have been launched fifty-three times and have rescued fifty-one lives.

The naming ceremony took place on August 21st before a large audience, with the Earl of Home, K.T., a vice- president of the Institution, in the chair, supported, among others, by Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Francis Oliver, G.C.B., K.C.M.G., M.V.O., a member of the committee of manage- ment of the Institution. The motor life-boat from St. Abbs and Berwick- on-Tweed attended the ceremony.

General Sir Reginald Wingate, Bt., G.C.B., G.C.V.O., G.B.E., K.C.M.G., D.S.O., a member of the committee of management of the Institution, pre- sented the life-boat to the branch on behalf of the donor and the Institution, and in doing so he said :— " The name of Mr. Gates is remem- bered in Leeds. He was a barrister, and an amateur artist, and he showed his generous, interest in his own city by his bequests to its art gallery. The name of his family also is known, not only throughout the British. Isles, but throughout the world, for one of the greatest acts of gallantry a»d self- sacrifice of our time, for one of his nephews was that Captain Oates of the Inniskilling Dragoons, who was one of Scott's party which reached the South Pole, and who gave his own life in a vain attempt to save the other members of the party in that terrible journey from the Pole in which all their lives were lost. Eyemouth may indeed be proud that the name of Oates should be given to its new life- boat, and I think I may tell the family of the donor that although his boat is far from the coast where he hoped it would be placed, his name will always be held in honour and gratitude." Sir Christopher Furness, Bt., presi- dent of the Eyemouth branch, accepted the life-boat, and the service of dedica- tion was conducted by the Rev. D. M.

Walker, M.A., the hymns being accom- panied by the Scremerston Brass Band.

Mrs. Bryan Oates, of Bury St. Ed- mund's, a niece of the donor and a cousin of Captain Oates of the Antarctic, named the life-boat Frank and William Oates.

Votes of thanks were proposed by ex-Provost William Scott, J.P., chair- man of the branch, and Baillie Philip, the senior magistrate of Eyemouth.

Lady Furness entertained the princi- pal guests to lunch and tea.

Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.

A new motor life-boat of the 46- feet Watson cabin type, described on page 395, was stationed at Portpatrick this year, replacing another motor life- boat of a less powerful type. She has cost £8,688 and has been built out of a gift of £10,000 from Miss Paterson, of Paisley, who has for many years been a generous subscriber to the Paisley branch.

There has been a station at Port- patriek since 1877. Its life-boats have been launched sixty-five times and have rescued 116 lives.

The naming ceremony tool* place on September llth, the Right Hon. Sir Thomas Inskip, C.B.E., K.C., Minister for Co-ordination of Defence, presiding.

The Duke of Montrose, C.B., C.V.O., V.D., LL.D., chairman of the Scottish Life-boat Council and a vice-president of the Institution, presented the life- boat to the branch on behalf of the domor and the lastitutwn, and ske wasaccepted by Mr. James McMaster on behalf of the branch. After Lieut.-Col.

C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the Institution, had spoken, the Rev. G. Paterson Graham of the Parish Church, Portpatrick, conducted the service of dedication, the hymns being accompanied by the Stranraer Town Band.

Miss Paterson, the donor, then named the boat Jeanie Speirs after her mother.

Votes of thanks were proposed by the Right Hon. Sir Herbert E. Maxwell, Bt., of Monreith, P.C., K.T., F.R.S., D.C.L., LL.D., and Lieut. Percy Jordan, R.N.

After the ceremony the boat went afloat with the principal guests, Miss Paterson herself taking the wheel..