Friday, 27th August, 1937.

PAID £13,874 lls. 7d. for the total charges of the Institution during the month, in- cluding rewards for services, payments for the construction of life-boats, life-boathouses and slipways, and the maintenance of the life-boat stations.

Included in the above was :— £42 lls. lOd. on account of pensions already granted to the dependent relatives of men who had lost their lives in the life-boat service at Port St. Mary and Rye Harbour.

Thursday, 16th September, 1937.

SIR GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the chair.

Paid £35,832 4s. Od. for the total charges of the Institution during the month, in- cluding rewards for services, payments for the construction of life-boats, life-boathouses and slipways, and the maintenance of life- boat stations.

Included in the above were :— £828 6s. 9d. to pay the rewards for life- boat services ; £333 8s. Od. to pay the rewards for life- boat launches (Accounts of these services and launches appear on pages 374 to 381) ; £20 Is. Od. for assemblies of crews, etc. ; £330 17s. 6d. 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, Fethard, Filey, Fraserburgh, Holyhead, Johnshaven, The Mumbles, New Brighton, Newhaven, Pad- stow, Port St. Mary, Rhoscolyn, Runswick, Rye Harbour, St. Andrews, Troon, Whilby and Wells; £44 17s. 6d. to men for injury in the life- boat service at Blackpool, Caister, Moelfre, Newhaven, Shoreham Harbour and Walmer.

Decided that an allowance at the rate of £2 10s. Od. a week be granted to George Thomson, a life-boatman at Buckie, who was injured and permanently disabled while on service on the 26tb January, 1937 ; the case to be reviewed in September, 1988.

Voted £59 Is. 6d. to pay the rewards for the Atherfield, Barrow, Blyth, Bridlington, Campbeltown, Dunmanus Bay, Eastbourne, Exmouth, Filey, Flamborough, Guernsey, Herne Bay, Jersey, Llandudno, Lynmouth, Moelfre, Montrose, New Brighton, New Quay (Card.), Penlee, Port Erin, Portrush, Port St. Mary, Ramsgate, St. Ives, St. Mary's, Torbay, and Walton-on-the-Naze shoreboat services, accounts of which appear on pages 384 to 388.

Thursday, 14th October, 1937.

SIR GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the chair.

Paid £32,101 Is. 7d. for the total charges of the Institution during the month, in- cluding rewards for services, payments for the construction of life-boats, life-boathouses and slipways, and the maintenance of life- boat stations.

Included in the above were :— £83 13s. 5d. to pay the rewards for life-boat services ; £117 6s. 3d. to pay the rewards for life-boat launches (Accounts of these services and launches appear on pages 381 to 384 ; £1 12s. Od. for the assemblies of crews, etc. ; £3 additional rewards for services previously reported ; £27 9s. 2d. on account of pensions already granted to the dependent relatives of men who had lost their lives in the life-boat service at Rye Harbour ; £80 10s. lOd. to men for injury in the life- boat service at Buckie and Wells.

Voted £6 14s. 6d. to pay the rewards for the Lyme Regis, New Brighton, Porthcawl, Porthdinllaen and Whitby shoreboat services, accounts of which appear on page 385.

Reported that £158 14s. 6d., including medical and other expenses, had been granted to George Thomson, a member of the Buckie life-boat crew, who was permanently injured on service in January last and who is now in receipt of an allowance of £2 10s. Od. a week.

Reported that £38 9s. Od., including medical expenses, had been granted to James Crebbin, a helper at Port St. Mary, for injury sustained at exercise on 10th June..