THE Institution has awarded a certifi- cate of service to Joseph Rourke, of Howth, co. Dublin, and has also made him a compassionate grant. He was born in 1854 and became a member of the Howth crew in 1870,-at the age of sixteen. He served as a member of the crew until 1936. He was then put in charge of the dinghy which took the crew out to the life-boat. He served as dinghy man for two years. He was then 84 years old, still keen and will- ing, but his age compelled him to retire.

He had been 68 years in the life- boat service..