Two new motor life-boats on the coast of Northumberland have been named this year, at Cullercoats and Boulmer.

Cullercoats.

A new motor life-boat was stationed at Cullercoats this year, replacing a pulling and sailing life-boat. She is of the light Liverpool type described on page 392, has cost £3,684, and has been built out of a legacy from the late Mrs. I. A. Oliver, of Tadcaster, Yorkshire.

The Cullercoats station was estab- lished in 1852. Its life-boats have been launched on service 113 times, and have rescued 208 lives.

The naming ceremony was held on 5th June in the presence of a large gathering of people. Among them were life-boat workers from many neighbouring branches. The Mayor of Tynemouth presided, and Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institu- tion, presented the life-boat to the branch on behalf of the donor and the Institution. She was accepted by Mr.

T. Grieve, chairman of the Cullercoats and Whitley Bay branch.

The dedication service was conducted by the Rev. Canon H. J. Blunt Fry, M.A., the singing of the hymns being led by the choir of St. George's Church, Cullercoats, accompanied by the Band of the Wellesley Nautical School.

Sir John Ramsden, Bt., then named the life-boat Richard Silver Oliver.

A vote of thanks to Sir John Rams- den was proposed by Mr. A. West Russell, M.A., M.P., and seconded by Councillor H. Jackson, J.P., chairman of the Whitley and Monkseaton Urban District Council. After the ceremony the life-boat was launched.

Boulmer.

A new motor life-boat was stationed at Boulmer this year, replacing another motor life-boat. She is of the light Liverpool type described on page 392, and has cost £3,669. She has been built out of a legacy which the late Mr. Walter Langdon, of Winchmore Hill, Middlesex, left to the Institution to provide a life-boat to be named after his wife. The line-throwing ap- paratus and searchlight are gifts from Miss A. Hall, of Hampstead, London, who has presented the Institution with six line-throwing guns, three com- passes, two searchlights and two steering wheels, in addition to gifts of money.

The Boulmer life-boat station was established in 1825. Its life-boats have been launched on service 100 times and rescued 203 lives. There was also a station at Alnmouth, manned by Boulmer men, from 1852 to 1935. Its life-boats were launched on service nineteen times and rescued fifteen lives.

The naming ceremony took place on 4th September in the presence of hun- dreds of people, and was attended by the motor life-boat from North Sunder- land. The Duke of Northumberland,, president of the Alnmouth and Boul- mer branch, was in the chair. The: Right Hon. the Viscount Runciman,, P.C., a vice-president of the Institution,, presented the life-boat to the branchi on behalf of the donor and the Institu- tion and she was received by Admirall J. E. Cameron, C.B., M.V.O., a member of the committee of the branch. The: service of dedication was conducted by the Rev. Canon R. R. Mangin, M.A.,, assisted by the Rev. H. F. Dunford,, M.C., M.A., and the singing of the hymns was led by a choir under the direction of Mr. T. Hallford, Mus.B., choirmaster of St. Michael's* Alnwick.

The Duchess of Northumberland named the life-boat Clarissa Langdon.The Duchess also presented a record of thanks awarded by the Institution to Mrs. G. Middlemiss.

A vote of thanks to the Duchess was proposed by the Earl Grey.

After the ceremony the life-boat was launched and a number of the guests went for a trip in her..