Thursday, 10th February, 1938.

Sir GODFREY BAKING, Bt., in the chair.

Reported the receipt of the following special contributions :— £ s. d.

Anonymous .... 500 0 0 Trustees of the late Miss J.

Watson, donation to Glasgow branch . . . . 132 15 0 Executors of the late Miss Annie Wilson . . . 100 0 0 Messrs. Polish-British Steam- ship Co., Ltd. . . . 26 5 0 Paid £28,069 9s. 7d. for the total charges of the Institution during the month, including rewards for services, payments for the con- struction of life-boats, life-boathouses and slipways, and the maintenance of life-boat stations.

Included in the above were :— £418 lls. Wd. to pay the rewards for life- boat services ; £489 Is. 6d. to pay the rewards for life-boat launches; (Accounts of these services and launches appear on pages 480-487) ; £25 8s. 6rf. for assemblies of crews, etc. ; 7s. 6d. additional reward for a service already reported; £31 14s. 4 J. on account of pensions already granted to the dependent relatives of men who had lost their lives in the life-boat service at Caister and Rye Harbour ; £46 9s. to men for injury in the life-boat service at Exmouth and Ramsey.

Voted £78 on account of additional rewards to the crews of the Bembridge, Exmouth, New Brighton, Rosslare Harbour, St. David's, St. Ives, and Tenby life-boats.

(Accounts of these launches appear on pages 480-487.) Voted £29 16s. to pay the rewards for shoreboat services at Filey, Fleetwood, Newbiggin, and Whitby, accounts of which appear on page 496.

Thursday, 10th March, 1938.

Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the chair.

Resolved that the chief inspector of life- boats, Commander E. D. Drury, R.D..R.N.R., be permitted to retire from the service on 31st December, 1938, in accordance with his expressed wish.

Confirmed the appointment of Mr. S. C.

Dickinson as assistant inspector of life-boats.

Reported the receipt of the following special contributions :— £ s. d.

Executors of the late Mr. A. C Stroud . . . 1,003 0 0 Anonymous . 50 0 0 Mrs. Constance E. Matthews 43 7 4 Mrs. Agnes Folker . . 32 0 0 Paid £28,423 14s. 2d. for the total charges of the Institution during the month, including rewards for services, payments for the con- struction of life-boats, life-boathouses and slipways, and the maintenance of life-boat stations.

Included in the above were :—• £380 3s. to pay the rewards for life-boat, services; £340 14s. to pay the rewards for life-boat launches (Accounts of these services and launches appear on pages 487-496); £76 16s. for assemblies of crews, etc. ; £8 7s. 6d. additional rewards for services already reported; £335 7s. 6d. on account of pensions already granted to the dependent relatives of men who had lost their lives in the life-boat serviceat Aldeburgh, Caister, Fethard, Filey, Fraserburgh, Holyhead, Johnshaven, 'The Mumbles, New Brighton, Newhaven, Pad- stow, Port St. Mary, Rhoscolyn, Runswick, Rye Harbour, St. Andrews, Troon, Wells and Whitby; £88 to men for injury in the life-boat service at Blackpool, Buckie, Caister, Moelfre, Newhaven, Port St. Mary and St. Ives.

Voted £15 10s. on account of additional rewards to the crews of the Barrow, Dunmore East and Teesmouth life-boats.

(Accounts of these launches appear on pages 487-496.) Decided that the special weekly allowance now being paid to James Bultitude, an ex-member of the crew of the Caister life-boat who was injured at a launch in November, 1929, be continued until March, 1939.

Decided that the special weekly allowance now being paid to Henry Marchant, who has been incapacitated by illness since going out on service in the Newhaven life-boat in November, 1929, be continued until March, 1939.

Voted £9 9s. to pay the rewards for shore- boat services at Aberdeen, Barmouth, Portaskaig and Stonehaven, accounts of which appear on page 497..