IN 1947 the Princess Elizabeth sent the Institution £180, the balance of her wedding present from Kimberley.

At the beginning of 1948 her wedding dress was displayed in Edinburgh.

The Lord Provost decided that the display should be in aid of the Life-boat Service, and he sent the Institution a cheque for £5,511.

The Princess herself then sent a cheque from the Royal Wedding Presents Exhibition Fund, and in December the Lord Mayor of Cardiff sent £1,000 from the public exhibition of the wedding dress in Cardiff. This gift, at his request, will be used for the maintenance of the life-boat stations on the Bristol Channel..