Honorary Life-Governor.

The following have been appointed HONOR- ARY LIFE-GOVERNORS of the Institu- tion and have been presented with a copy of the vote inscribed on vellum and signed by H.R.H. the Duke of Kent, K.G., President of the Institution. • Mr. WILLIAM BERTRAM, O.B.E., J.P., has been elected an Honorary Life-Governor of the Institution in recognition of the valuable help which he has given to the life-boat service at Dunbar and Skateraw for upwards of fifty years, for over forty of which he has been the honorary secretary of the station.

Mr. H. P. F. DONEGAN has been elected an Honorary Life-Governor of the Institution in recognition of the valuable help which he has given to the life-boat service as honorary secretary of the City of Cork branch for the past twenty-five years.

Thanks of the Institution on Vellum.

The THANKS OF THE INSTITUTION INSCRIBED ON VELLUM has been awarded to: Mr. THOMAS W. GOMM, on his retirement after twenty-seven years as honorary secretary of the Margate station.

The family of Capt. DAVID REES, who died after forty-seven years as honorary secretary of the New Quay (Card.) station.

Mr. THOMAS KENT RIDLER, on his retirement after thirty-seven years as honorary secre- tary of the Minehead station.

Major H. R. HILDYAHD, on his retirement after twenty-three and a half years as honorary secretary of the Hythe and Dymcrmrch station.

Gold Badge.

The GOLD BADGE, with the RECORD OF THANKS has been awarded to the following: Mrs. MAY BURTON, president, Ladies' Life- boat Guild, Beaumaris branch.

Mrs. GRACE TURNER, honorary secretary, Kingston-on-Thames branch.

Alderman W. J. DIXON, member of committee and previously chairman, Berwick-on- Tweed branch.

Mr. CHARLES DOWNEY, honorary secretary, City of Limerick branch.

Mrs. MAUD E. FENTON-JONES, honorary secretary, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Clacton- on-Sea branch.

Mr. LIONEL H. FRANCEYS, honorary treasurer, Blackpool station branch. Major H. R. HILDYARD, honorary secretary, Hythe and Dymchurch station branch.

Mrs. K. BEVAN JOHN, honorary secretary, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Llanelly branch.

Mrs. TOM LISLE, worker, Cullercoats branch.

Miss ANNIE TONKS, president, Sutton Gold- field 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. T. A. COOLE, Port Erin; Mr. W. L. JARVIS, Falmouth; Dr. J. R. W. RICHARDSON, Dover; Mr. FRANK RUDDOCK, Courtmacsherry; Alderman CHARLES E. TATHAM. Blackpool; Mr. W. H. S. TRIPP, Sunderland.

Also to: Major WILFRED LLOYD, honorary treasurer, Dunmore East; and Mr. ROBERT CROSS, coxswain, The Humber.

Captain F. HOLLINOSWORTH has been awarded a WRISTWATCH, with inscription, in recognition of his valuable services as honorary secretary, Newbiggin.

Aneroid Barometer.

The ANEROID BAROMETER, with in- scription, has been awarded to Dr. E.

LEVERTON-SPRY for his valuable services as honorary secretary of the Porthoustock station for 26 years.

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: Mrs. JESSIE E. ADDISON, honorary secretary, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Holyhead branch.

Mrs. ETHEL ASHWORTH, honorary secretary, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Ashton-under- Lyne branch.

Mr. ALFRED BROWN, honorary assistant secretary, Southend-on-Sea branch.

Mrs. W. F. CARTER, honorary secretary, Bromsgrove branch.

Mrs. IRENE CLEMENT, honorary secretary, Wadebridge district, Padstow branch.

Mrs. RICHARD DAVIES, chairman and previ- ously honorary secretary of the Menai Bridge Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

Miss FLORENCE N. EDEN, life-boat day wor- ker, Forest Hill.

Mrs. T. E. FIELD, honorary secretary, Skel- manthorpe and Scissett branch.

Mr. WILLIAM P. FULTON, honorary secretary, Isle of Bute branch.

Miss LILIAN R. FURNEAUX, organiser of life-boat day, Forest Hill.

Mr. BERT A. F. GAUNT, honorary secretary, Wednesbury branch.

Mrs. M. D. GILES, honorary secretary, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Newport (Mon.) branch.

The HEADMASTER, STAFF, SENIOR PREFECTS and PUPILS of the Grammar School, Glossop, for collecting funds for the Institution in Glossop.

Mrs. CORA HALE, honorary collector, Hornsey branch.

Mrs. T. HIMSWORTH, J.P., honorary secretary, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Dundee Branch.

Captain H. E. HOLME, R.N., honorary secretary, Boxmoor and Hemel Hempstead branch.

Miss MARION JOHNSTON, honorary treasurer and previously honorary secretary, Wim- bledon branch.

Mrs. MABEL H. LEE, honorary treasurer, Watchet branch.

Lady MAHR, honorary secretary, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Sunderland branch.

Mrs. E. MASON, honorary secretary, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Carnforth branch.

Miss EIRLYS MORRIS, worker, Barmouth branch.

Miss MATTIE R. MURRAY, honorary secretary, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Gourock branch.

Mrs. WINIFRED PETERS, honorary secretary, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Berwick-on-Tweed branch.

Miss FANNY M. POLE, honorary secretary, Neath Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

Mrs. DORA E. PURSLOW, member of com- mittee, Sutton Coldfleld branch.

Mr. R. J. RAYNER, F.C.A., honorary auditor, Southend-on-Sea branch.

Miss FRANCES J. RISHTON, honorary collector, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, City of Liverpool branch.

Mr. F. S. SEXTON, honorary treasurer and life-boat day organiser, Ashford, Middlesex, branch.

Mrs. GEORGINA M. SIMPSON, honorary secre- tary, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Bamber Bridge branch.

Mrs. ANNIE J. SMITH, honorary secretary, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Ince-in-Makerfield branch.

Mrs. W. H. SPINNEY, worker, Hythe and Dymchurch branch.

Mrs. MARY STEPHENS, honorary secretary, Kington branch.

Mrs. A. E. TOMASIX, honorary secretary, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Ryde branch.

Miss MABEL C. UPTON, worker, Coleshill district, City of Birmingham branch.

iss ISABEL YABSLEY, ho Miss Chiswick.

honorary organiser, Record of Thanks.

The RECORD OF THANKS has been awarded to the following: Mr. STANLEY AIREY, worker, Leeds branch.

Miss EDITH M. E. CLARKE, honorary secre- tary, Irthlingborough branch.

Mr. W. A. T. CLARKE, honorary secretary, Loughborough branch.

Mrs. IRENE CLAYTON, worker, Leeds branch.

Miss ELIZABETH H. GOODALL, honorary secre- tary, Shepshed branch.

Miss ELIZA J. HEARN, worker, Bridgnorth branch.

Mrs. OLIVER KNOWLES, honorary secretary, Pocklington branch.

Mrs. CHARLES LAYWOOD, honorary secretary, Doncaster branch.

Mrs. E. MAUDE MCALISTER, worker, City of Belfast branch.

Mrs. EMILY NIXON, honorary treasurer, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Rhyl branch.Mrs. ANNA M. PEMBOROUGH, worker, Leeds branch.

Mrs. E. A. PESTERFIELD, honorary secretary, Outwood and Stanley branch.

Miss MAKGARET POWER, honorary secretary, Cobham branch.

Miss NORMA PRICE, honorary secretary, Upton-on-Severn branch.

Mrs. REBEHTA PUGH, honorary secretary and previously member of committee, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Rhyl branch.

Mr. JOHN ROBERTS, honorary treasurer, Llanfairfechan branch.

Mrs. VIOLET ROWLANDSOX, honorary secre- tary, Budleigh Salterton Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

Mr. JOHN STEAD, worker. Leeds branch.

Miss GERTRUDE THOMPSON, worker and member of committee, Dewsbury branch.

Mr. P. C. TOWNER, honorary secretary, Southborough branch.

Mrs. W. A. B. WHELL, honorary secretary, Lostwithiel district, Fowey branch.

Mrs. H. E. WILTSHIRE, honorary secretary, Calne branch.

Miss HILDA M. WRIGHT, honorary secretary, Loughborough branch..