Thursday, 20th April, 1939.

Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the chair.

Reported that His Grace the Duke of Portland, K.G., had agreed to become acting president of the Institution during the absence in Australia of H.R.H. the Duke of Kent, K.G.

Reported the resignation of Sir John Dashwood, Bt., from the committee of management.

Produced a letter from the Turkish Life- boat Authority (Denizbank, Istanbul) asking whether the Institution could nominate a specialist to advise on life-boat work, and resolved that Captain H. G. Innes, R.N. a retired inspector of life-boats, be asked whether he would like his name to be put forward.

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

Lloyd's .... 1,527 4 0 The late Miss C. Smith—dona- tion from executors . . 200 0 0 Lady Levy and the trustees of the Albert Levy Benevolent Fund . . . 100 0 0 The late Mr. C. E. Thorpe, donation from executors . 100 0 0 Paid £47,801 5s. 9d. 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.

Among payments which have been made were: £219 Ss Id. to pay the rewards for life-boat services; £364 2s. 9d. to pay the rewards for life-boat launches (Accounts of these services and launches appear on pages 139-143); £2 12s. for the assemblies of crews, etc.; 7s. for a service previously reported; £24 10s. lOd. on account of pensions already granted to the dependent relatives of men who had lost their lives in the life-boat service at Rye Harbour; £19 13s. to men and in respect of men injured in the life-boat service at Buckie, Flamborough and Lowestoft, and in a shore- boat service at Purton.

Voted £,26 on account of additional rewards to the crews of the Blyth and New Brighton life-boats.

Voted £2 18s. 6d. to pay the reward for the Burra Isle, Shetlands, shoreboat service, account of which appears on page 152.

Thursday, 18th May, 1939.

Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the chair.

Resolved that Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., and the Hon. George Colville be re-elected chair- man and deputy chairman respectively of the committee of management.

Resolved that Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry F. Oliver be appointed a Vice-President of the Institution.

Received with regret the resignation from the committee of management of Colonel Lord William Cecil.

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

The Salvage Association . 113 10 4 Paid £34,588 12s. 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.

Among payments which have been made were:— £112 Ss. to pay the rewards for life-boat services; £82 12s. to pay the rewards for life-boat launches (Accounts of these services and launches appear on pages 143-146); £13 12s. 6d. for assemblies of crews, etc.; £142 12s. 8d. on account of pensions already granted to the dependent relatives of men who had lost their lives in the life-boat service at Cullercoats, Rye Harbour, and St. Ives; £45 10s. 6d. to men for injury in the life- boat service at Porthdinllaen and Whitby.

Reported the capsizing of the Cullercoats life-boat on exercise on the 22nd April, 1939, with the loss of six of the ten people on board, approved the pensions granted to dependents under the Institution's pension scheme, defrayed all funeral expenses, and resolved that awards of silver watches and letters of thanks be sent to certain people who helped in the work of rescue.

(For a full account of the disaster and particulars of the awards see the June issue of The Life-boat, page 75.) Voted a compassionate grant of £10 to Joseph Rourke, an ex-life-boatman of Howth, in view of his age and straitened circumstances.

Voted £4 5s. to pay the rewards for shoreboat services at Fraserburgh and Selsey, accounts of which appear on page 152.

Thursday, 8th June, 1939.

Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the chair.

Resolved that the Duke of Portland be asked to perform the opening ceremony of the new dep6t.

Resolved that a letter of congratulation be addressed to the Duke and Duchess of Portland on their golden wedding.

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

Mrs. L. S. Fisher . . . 500 0 0 Miss C. Herald . . . 100 0 0 Paid £30,287 11s. 4d. 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.Among payments which have been made were:— £84 4s. to pay the rewards for life-boat services; £132 8s. to pay the rewards for life-boat launches (Accounts of these services and launches appear on pages 146-148); £499 7s. 9rf. on account of pensions already granted to the dependent relatives of men who had lost their lives in the life-boat service at Aldeburgh, Caister, Fethard, Filey, Fraserburgh, Holyhead, Johnshaven, The Mumbles, New Brighton, Newhaven, Pad- stow, Port St. Mary, Ramsgate, Rhoscolyn, Runswick, Rye Harbour, St. Andrews, Troon, St. Ives and Whitby.

£82 17s. 6d. to men for injury in the life- boat service at Blackpool, Buckie, Caister, Moelfre, Newhaven and Port St. Mary.

Considered cases in which compassionate allowances are being paid to ex-life-boatmen and others and decided that the allowances be continued and, in some cases, reviewed in June, 1940; that C. Lacock, ex-coxswain, of Caister, now in receipt of a compassionate grant, be granted an allowance of 10s. a week from 1st January, 1940, until he becomes eligible for the old age pension, and that Andrew Young, ex-coxswain, of Cloughey, now in receipt of a compassionate grant, be granted £4 and an allowance of 5s. a week from 1st January, 1940, his case to be reviewed in June, 1940.

Voted £13 6s. 6d. to pay the rewards for shoreboat services at Bacton, Firth of Forth, Littlehampton, Mablethorpe, Margate, Padstow, Penlee, Porthcawl, Sidmouth, Teignmouth and Worthing, accounts of which appear on page 152 and 153.

Thursday. 13th July, 1939.

Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the chair.

Resolved that the thanks of the committee of management be conveyed to the central women's committee for their part in the organ- izing of London Life-boat Day on 23rd May, 1939.

Resolved that Admiral of the Fleet the Earl of Cork and Orrery, G.C.B., Commander the Honorable V. M. Wyndham-Quin, R.N., and Captain E. W. Swan, O.B.E., R.N.V.R., be co-opted as members of the committee of management.

Resolved that the emergency committee shall cease to function on the outbreak of war and that the quorum of the committee of management be then three.

Resolved that on the occupation of the new depdt the word ' depot ' be substituted for the words ' stores ' OT 'yard' wherever they now occur in the titles of officials and staff.

Reported that the pensions payable to the widows of life-boatmen who have lost their lives in the Institution's service have been adjusted as from the 1st June, 1939, in accordance with the terms of the Admiralty Order of the 15th June, 1939.

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

The Civil Service Life-boat Fund .... 3,000 0 0 Miss J. G. Watson . . 300 0 0 The Independent Order of Oddfellows . . . 52 10 0 The Drapers Company . 50 0 0 Paid £48,027 3s. 5d. 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.

Among payments which have been made were:— £149 14s. to pay the rewards for life-boat services; £140 10s. 6rf. to pay the rewards for life- boat launches.

(Accounts of these services and launches appear on pages 148-151); £7 9s. 6d. for assemblies of crews; £99 2s. 4rf. on account of pensions already granted to the dependent relatives of men who had lost their lives in the life-boat service at Cullercoats and Rye Harbour; £63 8s. Sd. to men for injury in the life-boat service at Aberdeen, Cullercoats, and St.

Ives.

Voted £14 on account of additional rewards to the crew of the Cloughey life-boat.

(An account of this service appears on page 131.) Resolved that an allowance of 10s. a week be made as from 1st July, 1939, to Garrett Hendrick, a survivor of the Fethard life-boat disaster of 1914, and that his case be reviewed in June, 1940.

Voted a grant of £5 towards the funeral expenses of W. Cheal, a member of the crew of the Hythe life-boat.

Voted £19 11s. to pay the rewards for shoreboat services at Anstruther, Arranmore.

Donaghadee, Fraserburgh, Hastings, Llan- dudno, Mablethorpe, Margate, New Brighton, North Sunderland, Shoreham and Skin- ningrove, accounts of which appear on pages 154 and 156..