Honorary Life-Governor.

Mr. JAMES HARTLEY BURTON has been elected an Honorary Life-Governor of the Institution in recognition of the valu- able help which he has given to the life- boat service both as honorary secretary of the Penmon and Beaumaris stations and as chairman of the Anglesey branch during his thirty-one years' association with the service.

Mrs. M. M. APPENNEA GREEN has been elected an Honorary Life-Governor of the Institution in recognition of the valu- able help which she has given to the life- boat service as honorary secretary of the Clapham branch.

Mrs. EDITH K. HARTLY-HODDER has been elected an Honorary Life-Governor of the Institution in recognition of the valu- able help which she has given to the life- boat service as honorary secretary of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild of the Bristol branch since its formation in 1923.

Mrs. BEATRICE M. HOLDING has been elected an Honorary Life-Governor of the Institution in recognition of the valu- able help which she'has given to the life- boat service as honorary secretary of the Leamington Spa branch.

Sir FRANCIS VERNON THOMSON, Bt., K.B.E., has been elected an Honorary Life-Gover- nor of the Institution in recognition of the valuable help which he has given to the life- boat service in London, especially in connexion with the annual appeal to the members of the Baltic Mercantile and Shipping Exchange.

Thanks of the Institution on Vellum.

The THANKS OF THE INSTITUTION INSCRIBED ON VELLUM has been awarded to : Mr. T. R. BLAMPIED, on his retirement after 17 years as honorary secretary of the Jersey station branch.

Mr. G. T. KAY, on his retirement after 8 years as honorary secretary of the Lerwick, Shetlands, station branch.

Mr. WILFRED FRAMPTON, on his retirement after 13 years as honorary secretary of the Guernsey station branch.

Colonel RALPH A. NEVILL, D.S.O., on his retirement after 31 years as honorary secretary of the Ferryside and Carmarthen Bay station branch.

Mr. ROBERT G. QUAYLE, on his retirement after 5 years as honorary secretary of the Port St. Mary station branch.

Captain W. M. WILLIAMS, on his retirement after 4£ years as honorary secretary of the Porthdinllaen station branch.

Gold Badge.

The GOLD BADGE, with the RECORD OF THANKS, has been awarded to the following : Mrs. MARY L. BLAKE, worker, Ballycotton branch.

Mrs. MARGARET E. L. CARSON, honorary secretary, Holywood, Cultra and Craigavad branch.

Miss A. D. CURRIE, honorary secretary, Putney and Roehampton branch.

Lady D'AVIES, R.R.C., president, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Bristol branch.

Mrs. EDITH A. MANBY, for making and presenting 1,525 woollen scarf-helmets to the life-boat crews.

Mr. MYER S. NATHAN, LL.D., honorary treasurer, Hampstead branch.

Miss ELISABETH ff. WANKLYN, honorary secretary, Cheltenham branch.

Mrs. G. G. G. WHEELER, president, St.

Ives (Hunts) branch.

Colonel LAWRENCE WILLIAMS, O.B.E., D.L., honorary secretary, Moelfre station branch.

Miss GERTRUDE WOOD, worker, Sheffield branch.

Binocular Glass.

The BINOCULAR GLASS, with inscription, has been awarded to the following honorary secretaries of life-boat stations in recog- nition of valuable services : Mr. JOHN S. DUNCAN, Wick ; Mr. SCOTT VALENTINE, Girvan ; Captain WILLIAM M. WILLIAMS, Porthdinllaen.Aneroid Barometer.

The ANEROID BAROMETER, with in- scription, has been awarded to Commander W. HIGHFIELD, O.B.E., R.N., for his valuable services as honorary secretary of the Hastings and St. Leonards station branch.

Life-boat Picture or Statuette of a Life-boatman.

The LIFE-BOAT PICTURE or the STATUETTE OF A LIFE-BOATMAN has been awarded to the following : Mr. P. W. ASTON, F.C.A., honorary secretary, Colwyn Bay branch.

Mr. FRANK BOOR, life-boat day depot organizer, The Hippodrome, London.

Miss M. R. BOUGHTON, honorary secretary, Scunthorpe branch.

Miss MILDRED M. BRADSHAW, honorary secretary, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Great Yarmouth and Gorleston branch.

Mrs. H. W. CABLE, honorary secretary, Woodford and District branch.

Provost JAMES CAMPBELL, honorary secre- tary, Dumbarton branch.

Mrs. ALICE CARR, president, Ladies' Life- boat Guild, Horwich branch.

Mr. JOSEPH T. COWLS, honorary secretary, Porthleven branch.

Miss ADA DAVIES, M.B.E., life-boat day organizer at Plaistow.

Mr. P. W. DAY, honorary treasurer, Isle of Wight branch.

Mrs. D. C. EDWARDS, organizer life-boat day collection at Borth.

Mrs. J. P. EDWARDS, honorary secretary, Pontypridd and District branch.

Mr. C. B. ELLISON, honorary secretary, Prestatyn branch.

Mrs. M. FIFIELD, honorary secretary, Coleshill branch.

Miss F. C. WARREN FISHER, honorary secretary, Chelsea branch, and formerly honorary secretary, Bexhill branch.

Miss BEATRICE M. FROUDE, honorary treasurer, Newton Abbot branch.

Mrs. M. GEORGE, honorary secretary, Swindon branch.

Miss HELEN HALL, honorary secretary, Rochdale branch.

Miss MURIEL HALL, honorary secretary, Shrewsbury branch.

Mr. H. K. HARDING, organizer of the life- boat day collection in the mills at Batley.

Mr. WALTER HERD, M.C., LL.B., honorary secretary, Kirkcaldy branch.

Miss MARY HULTON, honorary secretary, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Tenby branch.

Mrs. K. V. HAWORTH, honorary secretary, Keswick branch.

Miss JESSIE B. LARKIN, honorary secretary, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Ilford branch.

Miss L. VINCENT LEISHMAN, honorary secretary, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, St.

Albans and District branch.

Mrs. FRANCES MARY LOUGHNANE, life-boat day organizer at East Molesey.

Miss DORA MORRIS, life-boat day organizer at Towyn.

Mrs. HERBERT NOYCE, honorary secretary, Andover and District branch.

Mr. ROBERT PETTIGEEW, honorary secretary, Largs branch.

Mrs. KATHARINE M. ROBYNS-OWEN, honorary secretary, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, South Caernarvonshire branch.

Miss MURIEL ROWE, honorary secretary, East Grinstead and District branch.

Mr. C. CYRIL SHARP, for granting and arranging an annual collection on the Isle of Wight steamers.

Mrs. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, worker, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Birmingham and District branch.

Mr. ARTHUR GREY SPAULL, honorary secretary, Ealing branch.

Mr. W. H. STOCKDALE, life-boat day organizer, Barton-on-Humber.

Mrs. E. G. STRATFORD, chairman, Basing- stoke branch.

Mrs. A. R. TAYLOR, honorary secretary, Dulwich branch.

Mrs. MARGARET A. THOMAS, worker, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Llandudno branch.

Miss FLORENCE ANN THORNE, honorary secretary, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Greenock and Port Glasgow branch.

Miss FANNY E. TRUMAN, honorary secretary, Slough branch.

Miss KATHLEEN TWEED, honorary secretary of the Honiton district of the Axminster branch.

Mr. WILLIAM WARD, honorary treasurer, Doncaster and District .branch.

Mrs. MARY J. WIGGLESWORTH, honorary secretary, Sowerby Bridge branch.

Mr. JOHN M. WILLIAMS, worker, Aberdovey and Towyn branch.

Record of Thanks.

The RECORD OF THANKS has been awarded to the following : Mrs. FLORENCE BARKER, honorary treasurer, Beverley branch.

Miss NELLIE BEDFORD, worker, Halifax branch.

Mrs. J. BIGGS, worker, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Swansea branch.

Mr. FRANCIS E. BRADLEY, for organizing collections in Westminster and Chelsea in connection with life-boat day.

Mrs. MARY BROUGHTON, honorary secretary, Kirkheaton branch.

Mr. A. E. BURNETT, honorary secretary, Leatherhead branch.

Mrs. O. J. CURRAN, worker, Ladies' Life- boat Guild, Swansea branch, Mrs. MABEL DENHAM, honorary secretary, East Cowes Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Isle of Wight branch.

Mrs. EDITH BELL FDJXD, honorary secretary, Blackheath (London) branch.

Mrs. A. H. GLEDHILI., worker, Halifax branch.

Miss DOREEN HILDITCH, B.A., worker, Aberdovey and Towyn branch.

Mrs. RUTH M. JONES, worker, Cheltenham branch.

Mrs. EMILY MALLINSON, honorary secretary, New Mill branch.

Mr. ERNEST A. MINTER, honorary treasurer, St. Pancras branch.

Miss AMY C. MONRO, life-boat day depdt organizer, Westminster.Mrs. JANE M. PEPPER, honorary secretary, Mansfield branch.

Mr. GEOROE PEARCEY, worker, Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton branch.

Mrs. ROSABEL STEVENS, worker, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Birmingham and District branch.

Mrs. M. BUTTON, honorary secretary, Wragby branch.

Miss CONSTANCE M. TAYLOR, honorary secretary, Newark branch.

Miss MARY G. WELLS, member of committee, Oxford branch.

Mrs. CONSTANCE M. WHITTON, honorary secretary, Towcester branch.

Miss ROBERTA WILLIAMS, worker, Aberyst- wyth branch.

Mrs. FLORENCE E. M. YOUNG. M.R.S.T., honorary secretary, Erith branch Miss M. T. WILTON, life-boat day organizer, Lulworth District, Weymouth branch..